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).
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMITTING A PAPER
Actes d’història de la ciència i de la tècnica is the Journal of the Societat Catalana d’Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica. It is devoted to the history of science, medicine and technology from earliest times to the present day in any of the European Union Languages. It publishes articles, research notes and book reviews. There is one volume per year.PREPARATION OF MANUSCRIPTS
1. Articles have to be composed with a word-processor for PC in a “doc” or “opd” file extensions preferably. Articles have to be submitted via the application "Submit Articles" on this site.
2. Submission of a manuscript implies your assurance that the content has not previously been published in form or in substance, and that the manuscript itself is not under consideration elsewhere.
3. Articles should not exceed 15,000 words, including pictures, footnotes and bibliography.
ORGANIZATION OF ARTICLES
1. The title page should bear the title of the article written in capitals, and name, surname, and the professional setting of the author/s. Please, be sure to remove any self-referencing footnotes as well. However, if relevant self-references should be included as if they were from third author(s). If your identity is obvious from the manuscript, it cannot be sent out for review.Articles always include an abstract in about ten lines and the key words both in English.
2. If your manuscript contains illustrations, they must be sent in separate files. They must be high resolution grey scale or black-and-white, JPG, GIF, TIF or BMP format. Do not submit images embedded in text. Location of images or figures must be clearly indicated in the text.
3. Footnotes are to be numbered consecutively, with superscript numerals placed outside the punctuation, thus: «…according to Polanyi.7». However you are required to use footnotes only when necessary.
4. Quotations have to be inserted in the text accordingto the following models:
• One author: (Collins, 1992: 129-130)• Two authors: (Scheidecker & Laporte: 1999)• More than two authors: (Usselman et al., 2005: 1-55)
5. An organized bibliography should be added at the end of the article. References in this bibliography are to be cited as follows:
Articles in journals:
SALAVERT FABIANI, V. L. et al. (1991), «Bibliografía histórica sobre la Ciencia y la Técnica en España», Asclepio, 43, (2), 233-302.
Books:
COLLINS, H. M. (1992), Changing order: replication and induction in scientific practice, Chicago, The University of Chicago Press.
Chapters of books:
PRINCIPE, L. (2000), «Apparatus and reproducibility in alchemy». In: HOLMES, Frederic L.; LEVERE, Trevor H. (ed.). Instruments and experimentation in the history of chemistry, Cambridge, Mas., London: The MIT Press, 55-74.
Webpages:
WILLIAMS, J. D. 21st Century Science: http://www.21firstcenturyscience.org. [Date of the last access].
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