For Authors

General Submission Guidelines

1. Qualifications: Researchers who specialize in literature (including comparative literature), culture, or linguistics (including foreign language teaching and translation/interpretation) can submit their manuscripts. The Journal shall not be held liable for copyright violations. In cases of such violations, the author, not the Journal, shall bear full responsibility for all legal consequences. We expect submissions to be original and unpublished. Simultaneous submissions are not allowed.
2. Content: The journal welcomes unpublished papers relevant to any aspect of Chinese, English, French, German, Spanish, Japanese, or Italian literature (including comparative literature), culture, or linguistics (including foreign language teaching and translation/ interpretation). As for the feature topic, please check the Call for Papers.
3. Format: All papers should be written following either the most recent MLA format (for articles on literature) or APA format (for articles on linguistics). All manuscripts should have a list of Works Cited in MLA format or list of References following the APA format. Notes, if necessary, should be written as footnotes. The Pinyin system of Romanization should be used for transcriptions of Chinese characters.
4. Language used: Submissions may be written in Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, or Spanish. However, submissions for a feature topic should be written in the language specified for that particular issue. If references in languages other than that used for the manuscript are cited in the paper, such references may appear in their original language, but their translation must be provided and enclosed in parenthesis. In addition, translations of foreign names, if available, must also be included.
5. Review of submissions: Submissions will undergo a two-stage double blind peer review. In the event that two external reviewers disagree, the submission will be sent to a third external reviewer. The editorial board and length of the review process will determine whether a submission will be chosen for publication and, if so, in which volume it will appear.
6. Publication: After revisions have been completed, contributors should submit their final drafts in Word format, along with an electronic file of the Copyright License Agreement. Published articles may not be reprinted, translated, or excerpted without express written consent from the Journal.
7. Offprints: Authors of published submissions will receive one copy of the journal issue. Offprints of articles will be available in PDF format at the FJJFL website. Fu Jen Journal of Foreign Languages is made available to libraries and research institutions in Taiwan and abroad for academic exchange. There is no cash income to be made, and thus authors will not receive any fees or royalties.
8. Submission is without charge; if submissions pass the review process, the journal will provide a proofreading service to maintain the quality of the articles. Hence, contributors should pay a fee of NT$2,000 for proof-reading. If submissions were sent to a third external reviewer, the journal would inform contributors of paying a fee of NT$500 for the review process. For related inquiry, please contact the Editor-in-Chief.  A submission will be published only after passing the external review process.

Formatting Requirements

1. Submissions: Please type the manuscript in a Word document (anonymous file) . Page size: A4 (Text direction: left to right)
2. Margins: Top: 4 cm; Bottom, Left, Right: 2 cm; Header 2 cm; Footer 1 cm
3. Word Count: 32 lines per page (The target length for an article written in Chinese is 12,000-25,000 words; The target length for an article written in English is 6,000-12,000 words )

* The Journal reserves the right to either shorten the text or refuse the submission. Authors will be asked to abridge manuscripts exceeding the word limit. All submissions should be anonymous; the submitted files should not include the author’s name, academic affiliation and position, or any other author information. For the review process, do not include acknowledgements in the manuscript.

4. Vol. 20 Submission Application, Vol. 21 Submission Application (Please use the form provided by the Journal.): Please indicate the title of the article, your name, academic affiliation and position, and contact information (phone number, email address, and mailing address). If there are co-authors, please provide contact information of the representative. The author’s name needs to be indicated only in the Submission Application; do not indicate the author’s name in the manuscript and abstract. For copyright issues, authors are responsible for obtaining prior written consent from the original authors or publications. The Journal shall not be held liable for copyright violations. Submitted documents will not be returned regardless of whether the manuscript is published.
5. Vol. 20 Copyright License Agreement, Vol. 21 Copyright License Agreement (The author should submit the copyright license agreement as the manuscript is accepted)
6. Order of Submission (No need to submit hardcopies): Please arrange your submission in the following order: (1) Submission Application (Please use the form provided by the journal); (2) abstract (anonymous file); (3) main text (anonymous file, including figures and tables), references, and appendices; (4) Author Declaration.Please submit these files in both Word and PDF formats.

Abstract and Keywords: Submissions should include a 300- to 500-word abstract in both Chinese and English (order: Chinese, English) and five keywords. If the manuscript is written in a foreign language other than English (in French, German, Italian, Japanese, or Spanish, for instance), the author(s) should also include a 300- to 500-word abstract in that foreign language and five keywords. (The abstracts are to be arranged in the following order: Chinese, English, the foreign language.)

Please submit the manuscript in both Word and PDF formats (anonymous file). Please use the order of the checklist in our Submission Application Form.

7. The editorial board reserves the right to publish the manuscript after review and revision. In the event of delays due to the review or revision process, including instances where submissions have failed to follow the requested format, the revised manuscript shall be published in the next issue.
8. Once a manuscript has been reviewed for publication, authors should finish the necessary revisions on time and submit their final drafts through e-mail. Submissions should be in Word format, along with an electronic version of the Copyright License Agreement (PDF format). During proofreading, major revisions will not be accepted except for typos.
9. Volumes 1~17 are published once a year in July, and starting from Volume 18, the journal is published twice a year in February and July.
10. Published articles may not be reprinted, translated, or excerpted without express written consent from the Journal. The Journal is published in both hardcopy and electronic formats. Issues related to copyright, publication ownership, and licensing shall be handled in accordance with the relevant regulations of Fu Jen Catholic University.

Language	Body	Title (Headings / Sub-headings)
Chinese	新細明體	中黑體
English, French, German, Italian, Spanish	Times New Roman	Arial
Japanese	MS Mincho	MS Gothic
Numbers	Times New Roman	Arial

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