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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is Microsoft Word (*.docx or *.doc).
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is double-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • All instances of the author’s name as well as other identifying information have been removed from the submission, including from the file name of the submission.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines below.
  • The document has been formatted according to U.S. standards: 1" margins; paper size U.S. letter (8.5" × 11")

Author Guidelines

Please carefully review the GLPC Style Sheet PDF prior to submission. If you would like to find out which concepts are currently available or being prioritized, please click here DOCX.

General guidelines related to the Style Sheet are as follows:

  1. The ideal length for an entry will depend on the concept. In general, entries should be no shorter than 3,500 words and no longer than 8,500 words.
  2. Entries should be idea-driven, focusing on philosophical problems and the internal logic of their solutions.
  3. Where appropriate, entries should cite instructive examples from Goethe's literary works to illustrate how concepts unfold and work.
  4. Entries should strive to be balanced in their discussions. They should avoid advocating a single point-of-view about a concept or a particular interpretation of Goethe or some other thinker, but rather survey the range of approaches to the concept.
  5. Explanatory references in notes are allowed, but authors should be judicious about their use.
  6. Endnotes and bibliography should follow the Chicago Manual of Style.
  7. Links to other reference works and data-bases (e.g., Goethe-Wörterbuch, Grimm, Goethes Werke, etc.) may be included.
  8. Accurate English translations should be provided. Poetry should be offered in prose renderings.
  9. While GLPC entries may occasionally draw on content that authors have previously published, such material should be treated according to the same citational conventions that regulate the use of material written by others. Small excerpts are allowable to the extent they are integrated into the genre of a lexicon-entry, but entries should not duplicate lengthy passages or arguments verbatim.

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

  1. The Author retains copyright in the Work, where the term “Work” shall include all digital objects that may result in subsequent electronic publication or distribution.
  2. Upon acceptance of the Work, the author shall grant to the Publisher the right of first publication of the Work.
  3. The Author shall grant to the Publisher and its agents the nonexclusive perpetual right and license to publish, archive, and make accessible the Work in whole or in part in all forms of media now or hereafter known under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License or its equivalent, which, for the avoidance of doubt, allows others to copy, distribute, and transmit the Work under the following conditions:
    1. Attribution—other users must attribute the Work in the manner specified by the author as indicated on the journal Web site;
    with the understanding that the above condition can be waived with permission from the Author and that where the Work or any of its elements is in the public domain under applicable law, that status is in no way affected by the license.
  4. The Author is able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the nonexclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the Work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), as long as there is provided in the document an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
  5. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post online a prepublication manuscript (but not the Publisher’s final formatted PDF version of the Work) in institutional repositories or on their Websites prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work. Any such posting made before acceptance and publication of the Work shall be updated upon publication to include a reference to the Publisher-assigned DOI (Digital Object Identifier) and a link to the online abstract for the final published Work in the Journal.
  6. Upon Publisher’s request, the Author agrees to furnish promptly to Publisher, at the Author’s own expense, written evidence of the permissions, licenses, and consents for use of third-party material included within the Work, except as determined by Publisher to be covered by the principles of Fair Use.
  7. The Author represents and warrants that:
    1. the Work is the Author’s original work;
    2. the Author has not transferred, and will not transfer, exclusive rights in the Work to any third party;
    3. the Work is not pending review or under consideration by another publisher;
    4. the Work has not previously been published;
    5. the Work contains no misrepresentation or infringement of the Work or property of other authors or third parties; and
    6. the Work contains no libel, invasion of privacy, or other unlawful matter.
  8. The Author agrees to indemnify and hold Publisher harmless from Author’s breach of the representations and warranties contained in Paragraph 6 above, as well as any claim or proceeding relating to Publisher’s use and publication of any content contained in the Work, including third-party content.
  9. The Author agrees to digitally sign the Publisher’s final formatted PDF version of the Work.