Submissions

Author Guidelines

Proposal of Special Issue

The journal accepts proposals of special issues as part of the project’s open and participatory nature. Proposals should offer a sample of the current interests and research lines in military history and war studies.

Proposals are examined by the Editorial Board. It assesses whether the proposal meets the journal’s guidelines (see Aims and Scope) and contributes to said fields with new interpretations, sources and/or methodologies. It also considers the issue’s scope and values that there is a balanced and plural composition of authors in terms of gender and research centres.

The editors of the proposal must submit a summary (500–600 words) detailing the theme of the proposal, its relevance, the debates in which it is framed, and its contribution to the existing literature. The proposal should include a list with the names of potential contributors and the provisional titles of the articles.

The proposal must also include a cover image, accompanied by its identification details and reproduction rights.

All special issues must consist of four to seven articles about the same topic or problematic. In the proposal, each article must include a summary (200 words) specifying its objectives, sources and methodology. The journal also accepts the combination of commissioned articles and the launch of a call for papers to complete the special issue.

It is also possible to include the translation of an article written in a language other than that of the dossier. This inclusion must always ensure the coherence of the dossier as a whole and will be the responsibility of the person or team coordinating it.

The decision must be communicated together with the dossier proposal. This article, which will not undergo external double-blind peer review, will follow the editorial process described below:

The dossier coordination must obtain and provide the author’s approval for the article to be translated. The author’s consent must be communicated to the journal either within the dossier proposal or through a separate formal communication. In addition, complete details of the article (including the publisher and DOI) and of the potential translator must be submitted. If no translator is available, this must also be indicated.

The RUHM editorial team will be responsible for managing translation rights through the appropriate channels. In justified cases, it may also assume responsibility for translating the article.

However, RUHM does not commit to ensuring the success of the request, to reiterating it, or to covering any payment that may be required by the holder of the original article’s rights. If the request is denied or proves unfeasible, it will be the decision and responsibility of the dossier coordination to proceed with it or to seek an alternative. RUHM recommends always having an alternative to the initial proposal.

The translated text must comply with the author guidelines and be submitted through the OJS platform, like the other articles. Once accepted by the editorial team, the text will undergo formal review and proofreading before publication.

All articles must follow the style guide of the journal on our website (see points 3–11). The approval of a proposal does not entail the automatic approval of all proposed articles. Each one will go through the journal’s peer review system (see 2).

Once accepted and reviewed, special issues must begin with a conceptual and methodological introduction (2,500–3,500 words). This should justify and frame the issue in the proposed discussion.

Publication deadlines depend on the project’s needs. The Editorial Board will thus not arrange any publication date with the issue editors. Special issues will be published once each article has been successfully evaluated by external reviewers. Thereby, the authors of the special issue ought to include the suggested changes and corrections and then resubmit their articles, whereas the issue editors should have already sent the introduction.

Submission of articles

1. Authors agree to submit original, unpublished articles which are not being considered for publication elsewhere. Articles must be strictly related to war studies and military history, from ancient times to the present day, and they must be related to one or more of its subfields (society, culture, gender, politics, archaeology, technology, strategy, anthropology, psychology, sociology, philosophy).

The journal accepts articles in Spanish, English and Portuguese, although articles in other languages can also be considered for publication. Quotations in languages different from the text’s must be translated into the latter, lest in exceptional and reasoned cases.

2. RUHM evaluates articles through a double-blind peer review system, in which the identity of authors and reviewers remains hidden for both parties. Submitted articles are initially evaluated the Editorial Board. Only those articles which meet the journal’s standards, objectives and guidelines (see Aims and Scope) will be sent for external evaluation.

Articles suitable for publication must contribute with new interpretations or insight. Journal editors might reject any article which they consider does not meet such standards, conform to RUHM’s aims and objectives or meet basic readability criteria. The Editorial Board will also ensure the article complies with the standards of scholarly rigour and due citation.

3. Submission process. Authors must submit a copy of their article through the website. It must be a Word file between 8,500 and 11,000 words (including notes and images). The Editorial Board could make exceptions with texts which exceed or do not reach the word limits.

Text font must be Times New Roman 12. Paragraphs must be formatted with 1.15 line spacing and 1.25 cm first-line indentation, except for every new section’s first paragraph.

Foreign words must be in italics and quotation marks should be used only for direct quotations (“”).

Direct quotations of more than three lines should be presented as block quotations (without quotation marks), with a left indentation of 1 cm and single line spacing.

Footnotes should be written in Times New Roman 10 with single (1.0) line spacing and 0.5 cm first-line indent.

4. Headings must use the same font and size as the body text. They must be in bold type and not numbered. Authors should avoid subheadings whenever possible. If necessary, they should be in italics and signalled in alphabetical order: a), b), c)…

5. The title and the abstract of the article must be in the language of the text, Spanish and English, if different. The title in all languages must be placed above the body text. The abstract (200–300 words) should specify the objectives, sources and methodology of the article. Authors must also include five keywords in the language of the article, Spanish and English. The title, the abstract, keywords and headings do not count for the article’s length.

6. Before every article, authors must include a page where they detail their scholarly and contact information: full name, affiliation centre (not necessarily a university) and email.

This email will serve as the main channel for communication between the author and the Editorial Board.

If the author desires to state any acknowledgement or funding, it should be included under the headings “Acknowledgments” and “Funding”. The author must also include a disclosure statement. If there is no conflict to disclose, it should be indicated with “The author discloses no potential conflict of interests”.

7. At the end of each article, authors must provide a brief biography (under 150 words) on a separate page. It must express the author’s academic background, current professional situation and publications.

8. Tables, charts, graphs and images must be of adequate quality and clearly numbered and identified within the text (Table 1, Graph 1, Image 1). They must also include the source of origin and an explanatory key.

9. The number of images included will be decided by the Editorial Board. However, submitted files (including text and images) should not exceed 2 MB. If the graphic apparatus is especially relevant for an article, the RUHM team will determine a possibly higher number of images.

10. Footnote numbers must be inserted after punctuation marks. Besides the footnote citations, all bibliographic references must be included in a new section at the end of the article. It would not be considered for the article’s word limit. During the submission process on the website, authors will also have to include this list of references as part of the article’s metadata.

11. All bibliographic references must follow the 18th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS, https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html).

Books

Note

1. Alan Kramer, Dynamics of Destruction: Culture and Mass Killing in the First World War(Oxford University Press, 2008), 46.
2. Jay Winter and Antoine Prost, The Great War in History: Debates and Controversies, 1914 to the Present(Cambridge University Press, 2005), 34.
3. Miguel Ángel del Arco Blanco et al., eds., No sólo miedo. Actitudes políticas y opinión popular bajo la dictadura franquista (1936–1977)(Comares, 2014).

 Short note

1. Kramer, Dynamics of Destruction, 46.
2. Winter and Prost, The Great War in History, 34.
3. Del Arco Blanco et al., No sólo miedo.

Bibliographic reference

Del Arco Blanco, Miguel Ángel, Carlos Fuertes Muñoz, Claudio Hernández Burgos, and Jorge Marco, eds. No sólo miedo. Actitudes políticas y opinión popular bajo la dictadura franquista (1936–1977). Comares, 2014.

Kramer, Alan. Dynamics of Destruction: Culture and Mass Killing in the First World War. Oxford University Press, 2008.

Winter, Jay, and Antoine Prost. The Great War in History: Debates and Controversies, 1914 to the Present. Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Book Section

It is not necessary to indicate the page range within the book. In the note, specific pages are indicated as needed.

Note

1. Camilla Poesio, “La violencia en la Italia fascista: un instrumento de transformación política (1919–1945)”, in Políticas de la violencia. Europa: siglo XX, ed. Javier Rodrigo (Prensas de la Universidad de Zaragoza, 2014), 85.

 Short note

1. Poesio, “La violencia en la Italia fascista”, 85.

 Bibliographic reference

1. Poesio, Camilla. “La violencia en la Italia fascista: un instrumento de transformación política (1919–1945)”. In Políticas de la violencia. Europa: siglo XX, edited by Javier Rodrigo. Prensas de la Universidad de Zaragoza, 2014.

Translations and editions of classic works

The year of the original publication might be included in square brackets just before the cited publication date.

If the translation of the title into the language of the article is necessary, it may be indicated in square brackets after the original title.

In classic works, references may be made according to the structure (books, cantos, verses) rather than page numbers.

 Note

1. Mehmet Neşri, Kitab-ı Cihan-Nümâ [Book of the representation of the world], ed. Faik Unat and Mehmed Köymen (Türk Tarihi Korumu, [1490] 1949), 165.
2. Ilíada, trans. Emilio Crespo Güemes (Gredos, 2014), 8.470–483.

Short note 

1. Neşri, Kitab-ı Cihan-Nümâ, 165.
2. Ilíada, 2.455–458.

Bibliographic reference

Homero. Ilíada. Translated by Emilio Crespo Güemes. Gredos, 2014.

Neşri, Mehmet. Kitab-ı Cihan-Nümâ [Book of the representation of the world]. Edited by Faik Unat and Mehmed Köymen. Türk Tarihi Korumu, [1490] 1949.

Reeditions or several volumes

Note 

1. Klaus Theweleit, Männerphantasien, 3rd ed. (Matthes & Seitz, 2019).
2. Hans Delbrück, Geschichte der Kriegskunst im Rahmen der politischen Geschichte, 4 vols. (Georg Stilke, 1900–1908), 1:25.

Short note

1. Theweleit, Männerphantasien.
2. Delbrück, Geschichte der Kriegskunst, 3:45.

Bibliographic reference

Delbrück, Hans. Geschichte der Kriegskunst im Rahmen der politischen Geschichte, 4 vols. Georg Stilke, 1900–1908.

Theweleit, Klaus. Männerphantasien, 3rd ed. Matthes & Seitz, 2019.

Journal article

Note

1. Philip Dwyer, “War Stories: French Veteran Narratives and the ‘Experience of War’ in the Nineteenth Century”, European History Quarterly 41, no. 4 (2011): 564–565.
2. Ángel Alcalde Fernández, “La ‘gesta heroica’ de Belchite: construcción y pervivencia de un mito bélico franquista (1937–2007)”, Ayer 80 (2010): 210.

 Short note

1. Dwyer, “War Stories”, 584.
2. Alcalde Fernández, “La ‘gesta heroica’ de Belchite”, 194.

Bibliographic reference

Dwyer, Philip. “War Stories: French Veteran Narratives and the ‘Experience of War’ in the Nineteenth Century”. European History Quarterly 41, no. 4 (2011): 561–585. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265691411419471

Alcalde Fernández, Ángel. “La ‘gesta heroica’ de Belchite: construcción y pervivencia de un mito bélico franquista (1937–2007)”. Ayer 80 (2010): 193–214. https://www.revistasmarcialpons.es/revistaayer/article/view/alcalde-la-gesta-heroica-de-belchite

Newspaper or Magazine Articles

If they are treated as primary sources, they should be cited only in the footnotes.

1. Francisco Melgar, “España, Italia y Alemania”, Boletín de Campaña de los Requetés, 27 February 1937, 3.

Archival Sources

Ideally, citations of archival material will follow this structure: Title or description of the item, Page “p.” (if necessary), Date (day, month, year), Reference code, Unit number (cabinet, box, folder, file), Collection name, Archive name [Abbreviated name], Archive location. URL (if necessary).

For letters, the full names of the sender and recipient, as well as the location, should also be indicated.

Quotation marks will be used for specific document titles, but not for generic terms and descriptors such as “report” or “letter”.

If the format of the item is unclear (for instance, a photograph), it should be indicated after the date.

Note

1. DI, “Resumen de información del Ejército del centro del presente mes”, p. 3, October 1938, Armario 43, Carpeta 33, Legajo 2, Archivo General Militar de Ávila [AGMAV], Ávila.
2. “Notulen van de Vlaamsche Nationale Landdag te Brussel op 4 februari 1917”, p. 2, 4 February 1917, I 530/IB/5, Archief van de Raad van Vlaanderen, Algemeen Rijksarchief in België | Archives de l’État en Belgique, Brussels. https://agatha.arch.be/data/ead/BE-A0510_000408_006736#I40867365
3. Letter from Mairin Mitchell to Desmond Ryan, n. p., 2 February 1940, UCDA LA10/146, Papers of Desmond Ryan, UCD Archives, University College Dublin Library, Ireland.
4. Mitchell to Ryan, n. p., 8 February 1940.

Short note

1. “Fuerzas del General Varela”.
2. “Notulen van de Vlaamsche Nationale Landdag te Brussel op 4 februari 1917”.
3. Mitchell to Ryan, n. p., 2 February 1940.

Unpublished Academic Dissertations

 Note

1. Roland Clark, “European Fascists and Local Activists: Romania’s Legion of the Archangel Michael (1922–1938)” (PhD diss., University of Pittsburgh, 2012).

Bibliographic reference

Clark, Roland. “European Fascists and Local Activists: Romania’s Legion of the Archangel Michael (1922–1938)”. PhD dissertation, University of Pittsburgh, 2012.

 Websites

 Note

1. David Alegre Lorenz, “Entrevista con Ferran Gallego, historiador del fascismo europeo y el ciclo revolucionario de la primera mitad del siglo XX”, Seminario Interuniversitario de Investigadores del Fascismo, published 14 March 2014. Consulted 22 January 2025,  https://seminariofascismo.wordpress.com/2014/03/14/entrevista-con-ferran-gallego-historiador-del-fascismo-europeo-y-el-ciclo-revolucionario-de-la-primera-mitad-del-siglo-xx

 Bibliographic reference

Alegre Lorenz, David. “Entrevista con Ferran Gallego, historiador del fascismo europeo y el ciclo revolucionario de la primera mitad del siglo XX”, Seminario Interuniversitario de Investigadores del Fascismo. Published 14 March 2014. Consulted 22 January 2025.  https://seminariofascismo.wordpress.com/2014/03/14/entrevista-con-ferran-gallego-historiador-del-fascismo-europeo-y-el-ciclo-revolucionario-de-la-primera-mitad-del-siglo-xx

Submission of Book Reviews

12. RUHM accepts the submission of book reviews. Occasionally, the journal might also commission them. Reviewed books must have been published within the last 5 years and the text of the review must be between 1500 and 2500 words.

Reviews must specify the following data of the reviewed publication: author’s full name, title, place of publication, publisher, date, number of pages and ISBN or DOI. Reviewers must also provide a title for the review and include their full name at the end of the text.

Format guidelines are the same as for the text of articles: Times New Roman 12, 1.15 line spacing and 1.25 cm first-line indent. If the reviewer wants to refer to other publications, the citation system is also the same: 18th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style (see point 11).

Submission of Bibliographical Essays and Discussions of the State of the Art

13. To promote scholarly debate, RUHM accepts the submission of bibliographic essays and discussions of the state of the art. They can be written by multiple authors (including seminars and research groups). The must analyse at least four publications edited within the last ten years.

Bibliographic essays and discussions must be between 4500 and 5500 words and follow the journal guidelines for the format of the text (Times New Roman 12, 1.15 line spacing, 1.25 cm first-line indent) and bibliographic references (Chicago, 18th edition). The Editorial Board might exceptionally publish texts which exceed or do not reach word limitations.

Essays must have titles in English and Spanish, besides the language of the text. Analysed works must be indicated on the frontpage along with a summary (100 words) in which the author must reflect the motivations of the essay, the addressed debates and the main ideas and conclusions.

Bibliographic essays must focus on a significant chronological arc or event, a specific thematic or conceptual axis, or relevant historiographic and methodological questions concerning war studies and military history. They must provide an overview of the state of the art and current scholarly debates or critically assess the latest contributions in the field and offer some tentative perspectives for future research.

 The publication of the texts will be subject to the internal coherence and connection of the selected works, as well as the dialogue and relevant conclusions which might result from them.

This section is intended to voice individual and collective positions regarding specific historiographic problems or debates. Thus, if requested, the journal would habilitate a space for replies to the bibliographic essays and states of the art. Replies must conform to said format guidelines, including the peer review process, and they must always respect the terms of scholarly and polite discussion.

14. RUHM team reserves the right to correct typographical errors and stylistic faults during the final revision process if it does not affect the meaning and coherence of the texts. In case of major alterations, the Editorial Board will contact the author before publishing the text.

15. The Editorial Board reserves the right to publish submitted articles within two years after completing the evaluation process.

Articles and additional texts must be submitted through our website. For special issue proposals and other inquiries, authors can also write to the following email address: secretaria@ruhm.es