Submission of texts

Composition of the journal

The Épistémocritique journal publishes one issue per year. This issue includes:

• either a thematic dossier,
• or a translation of texts and scientific results already published in another language.

Text submission and evaluation process

Épistémocritique’s scientific quality is guaranteed by double-blind evaluation, the use of expert evaluators from outside the journal and annual consultation of the scientific board on its editorial guidelines. In addition, the journal’s editorial bodies are regularly renewed. The evaluators are responsible for checking the originality of the article and the transparent use of its sources in order to avoid any plagiarism. Assessments are made within three months of receipt of the article by the editorial committee.

If the article is accepted after this initial assessment, it is returned to the author for revision and formatting in accordance with the journal’s presentation standards. The editorial board then carries out a final proofreading to establish the publishable version, which is submitted to the author for approval.

Proposals for dossiers to be included in an issue should be addressed to these email addresses:

• Laurence Dahan-Gaida, lgaida@univ-fcomte.fr
• Axel Hohnsbein, axel.hohnsbein@u-bordeaux.fr

The journal requests original and unpublished texts, but also authorises the publication of translations of texts and scientific results already published in another language.

Instructions for authors

1- Format: Please send us your contribution in Microsoft Word (.docx only). For all other software, please save in .rtf format before sending it.

2- Languages: Articles are published in French, English, German, Spanish and Italian.

3- Length: Between 35 000 and 45 000 characters (+/- 20 %), spaces and notes included.

4- Paratext of the article: The file submitted for evaluation must include the following elements at the top of the article, in the following order:

• title of the article
• title translated
• author’s name
• institutional affiliations, country
• bio-bibliography
• abstract
• keywords
• translated abstract
• translated keywords

5- Bio-bibliography: Each author must prepare a biographical note at the beginning of the article, clearly stating their title and/or status, organisation, current research, and latest publications (maximum 10 lines).

6- Keywords: Please add at the beginning of your contribution a list of 5 keywords (mandatory) in French, English and in the language of the article if it is not French or English.

7- Abstract: Please add at the beginning of your contribution an abstract, of no more than 250 words (mandatory) in French, English and in the language of the article if it is not French or English.

8- Body of text: Times New Roman, font size 12, line spacing 1.5. Separate paragraphs with a single carriage return. No tabs, no indents: paragraphs start at the left margin.

9- Headings and subheadings: Headings and subheadings should be placed after a single line break and at the beginning of the line. A single line break after the heading: the text begins at the left margin of the following line.

Use the following numbering for subheadings:

• 1. No indent, single line spacing
• 1.1. No indent, single line spacing
• 1.1.1. No indent, single line spacing

10- Quotations of 4 lines or more: Font size 10, single line spacing. A single carriage return before and after the quotation. Left indent of 1 cm for the entire long quotation. This is the only permitted formatting or styling command and it is mandatory. Do not use quotation marks for these long quotations, unless they are present in the quotation itself. Cæsuras are indicated by square brackets: […].

11- Punctuation: Please respect the punctuation rules of the article’s language, such as space or no space before the punctuation marks.

12- Specific case: For centuries, use, roman numerals, for example, XVIIIth century.

13- Footnotes: Single spaced. In the body of the text, the footnote number is placed in upper script before any punctuation mark, regardless of the language used. Continuous numbering in Arabic numbers. No tabs, no indents, i. e. aligned with the left margin.

14- Style: Do not use any style or formatting commands, such as center, indent or justify, except for the mandatory 1 cm indent of long quotations. In particular, do not format paragraphs and long quotations with spaces before and after. Use a single carriage return as indicated above.

15- No pagination: Please do not use headers or footers.

16- When copy-pasting from external sources (web pages, other Word or PDF documents…), please use the “Paste Special: Unformatted Text” function. You can then add special format such as italics.

17- Iconography:

Images and illustrations are welcome but should not exceed ten per contribution. If you have any, you can include them in the text, but you must also attach them separately in .jpg or .png format, in full size, with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi. Please ensure that the images are free of copyright. If this is not the case, the author of the article undertakes to have the reproduction rights and, if necessary, to obtain the necessary authorisations and send them to the publisher when submitting the article.

The location of the images must be indicated in the article with the following information:

• a numbering (e. g. “Figure 1” then “Figure 2”, etc.) referring directly to the name of the corresponding image file;
• a title with author, place of publication, year, etc.;
• a caption (optional);
• credits (mandatory): rights owners, sources, copyright, etc.;
• an alternative text (mandatory): since 28 June 2025, digital publications must comply with the accessibility requirements set out in Decree No. 2023-778 of 14 August 2023. Each image must therefore be accompanied by alternative text consisting of one or two sentences describing the image in question. This alternative text is intended for visually impaired or blind people who use speech synthesis technology.

Example of alternative text for Leonardo da Vinci’s painting of the Mona Lisa: The image shows a painting depicting the portrait of a young woman seated in three-quarter profile and looking at the viewer. In the background is a mountainous landscape with a path, a bridge crossing a river and vegetation.

18- Reference system: For all contributions written in French, please refer to the reference system set out on the page “Soumission de textes et instructions aux auteurs”. In languages other than French, the MLA system should be preferred (unless otherwise agreed between the guest editor and the journal’s editorial staff).

If the reference is clear in the body of the text, put in parenthesis only a page number. You may add, only if necessary, an author’s name before the page number. If the list of work cited (see below) contains more than one item by the same author, please add a keyword from the title of the item cited. In sum, put in parenthesis only what is necessary to identify the item in the works cited.

Examples:

• If the works cited contains only one item by Pierssens: “According to Pierssens (156)…”
• If the author’s name is not mentioned in the body of the text: “We are now familiar with the concepts of epistemocriticism (Pierssens, 203)…”
• If the works cited contains more than one item by Pierssens: “As Pierssens has shown (Savoir, 316)…”
• If neither the author nor the item cited are in the body of the text and works cited contains more than one item by the author: “We are now familiar with the concepts of epistemocriticism (Pierssens, Savoirs, 203)…”

19- Bibliography: Please add at the end of your contribution a list of works cited (mandatory), in alphabetical order of the last name. Single carriage return between each entry, no indentation, no tabs. Entries should be in the following format:

• Book:

Last name and first name of author, Title on the book or the journal, Place of publication, Publisher, Year.

Example: Dumas Guy, La fin de la République de Venise. Aspects et reflets littéraires, Paris, Presses universitaires de France, 1964.

• Article in journal:

Last name and first name of author, “Title of article”, Title of journal, vol.-n°, Year, Page(s) [just one “p.” before page numbers].

Example: Jonard Norbert, “L’Italie et le mythe solaire de la Révolution”, Revue des Études Italiennes, n° 1-4, 1992, p. 139-153.

• Article in book:

Last name and first name of author, “Title of article”, in First and last name of director (ed.), Title of book, Place of publication, Publisher, Year (collection, n°), page(s).

Example: Heuzé Philippe, “Une page de Robespierre. Étude d’un morceau d’éloquence révolutionnaire”, in Raymond Chevalier (ed.), La révolution française et l’Antiquité, Tours, Centre de recherches A. Piganiol, 1991 (Caesarodunum, Vol. XXV bis), p. 117-26.

• Internet references:

Last name and first name of author, “Title of article”, Title of journal or webpage, vol.-n°, Year, online [full url or DOI] (consulted + date).

Example: Perget Florent, “Fiction(s) de la non-fiction : paradoxes, poétique et rhétorique de la bande dessinée de vulgarisation”, Épistémocritique, n° 26, 2025, online [DOI : 10.58335/epistemocritique.821] (consulted December 09 2025).