Please read the guidelines below and then visit our submission site http://fls.ccnu.edu.cn to upload your manuscript. Please note that manuscripts not conforming to these guidelines may be returned.
Only high-quality manuscripts that meet the aims and scope of Foreign Literature Studies (FLS ) will be reviewed.
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal.
As part of the submission process, you will be required to declare that you are submitting your original work, that you hold the rights to the work, that you are submitting the work for its first publication in the Journal, that it is not being considered for publication elsewhere, and that you have obtained and can supply all necessary permissions for the reproduction of any copyrighted works not owned by you.
1. What do we publish?
Before submitting your manuscript to FLS, please ensure you have read the Aims & Scope.
2. Editorial policies
2.1 Peer review policy
FLS operates a strictly anonymous peer review process, in which the reviewer’s name is withheld from the author and the author’s name from the reviewer. At their own discretion, reviewers may opt to reveal their name to the author in their review. However, our standard practice is for both identities to remain concealed. Each manuscript is reviewed by at least one referee. All manuscripts are reviewed as rapidly as possible, and an editorial decision is generally reached within 3 - 6 months of submission.
2.2 Authorship
All parties who have made a substantive contribution to the article should be listed as authors. Principal authorship, authorship order, and other publication credits should be based on the relative scientific or professional contributions of the individuals involved, regardless of their status.
2.3 Funding
FLS requires all authors to acknowledge their funding in a consistent format under a separate heading. Please confirm the exact English translation of the name and grant number of the funding.
3. Publishing Policies
All authors hereby assert their moral rights to be identified as the Author of the Article according to the Copyright Law of the People's Republic of China 2010. For more details, please visit http://www.ncac.gov.cn/chinacopyright/contents/+079/175+02.html
3.1 Publication ethics
3.1.1 Plagiarism
FLS takes issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. We seek to protect the rights of our authors, and we always investigate claims of plagiarism or misuse of published articles. Equally, we seek to protect the reputation of our journal against malpractice. Submitted articles may be checked with duplication-checking software. Where an article, for example, is found to have plagiarized other work or included third-party copyrighted material without permission or with insufficient acknowledgement, or where the authorship of the article is contested, we reserve the right to take action including, but not limited to: publishing an erratum or corrigendum (correction); retracting the article; taking up the matter with the head of department or the dean of the author's institution and/or relevant academic bodies or societies; or taking appropriate legal action.
3.1.2 Prior publication
Previously published material is generally unacceptable for publication in FLS.
3.2 Contributor's publishing agreement
Before publication, FLS requires the author, as the rights holder, to sign a Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement, which is an exclusive license agreement to stipulate that the author retains copyright to the work but grants FLS the sole and exclusive right and license to publish it, for the full legal term of the copyright. Exceptions may exist where an assignment of copyright is required or preferred by a proprietor other than FLS. In such cases, copyright to the work will be assigned by the author to the society. For more details, please visit http://www.ncac.gov.cn/chinacopyright/contents/+079/175+02.html.
3.3 Open access and author archiving
FLS offers optional open access publishing via both traditional paper publications and the network channels. For the electronic version, please visit the websites: www.ebsco.com.
4. Preparing your manuscript for submission
To best serve your own interests, we endeavor to ensure that only those manuscripts conforming to the principles of academic integrity will be accepted.
We welcome MLA-style manuscripts of 6000-12000 words in length. In the “Works Cited” part, English translations of all works cited in Chinese must be provided. Please ensure your manuscript conforms to the MLA reference style.
To be submitted for editorial evaluation, your manuscript should include a front page containing the title of the manuscript, an abstract not exceeding 300 words, 3 to 5 keywords, and author information, including full name, title/designation, affiliation (university), academic interests/areas of academic specialty, email and/or other contact information.
5. Submitting your manuscript
Please check whether you already have an account in the system before trying to create a new one. If you have reviewed or authored for the journal in the past few years, it is likely that you have already had an account created.
5.1 Information required to complete your submission
You will be asked to provide contact details and academic affiliations for all co-authors via the submission system and identify who is to be the corresponding author. These details must match what appears on your manuscript. At this stage, please ensure you have included all required statements and declarations and uploaded any additional supplementary files (including reporting guidelines where relevant).
5.2 Permissions
Please also ensure that you have obtained the necessary permission(s) from copyright holders to reproduce any illustrations, tables, figures or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere. For further information, including guidance on fair dealing for criticism and review, please see the Copyright and Permissions page in the Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement.
6. On acceptance and publication
6.1 FLS Production
Your FLS Editorial Board will keep you informed about your article’s progress throughout the production process. Proofs will be sent by PDF to the corresponding author and should be returned promptly. Authors are reminded to check their proofs carefully to confirm that all author information, including names, affiliations, sequence and contact details are correct, and that declarations of funding, if any, are accurate. Please note that if there are any changes to the author list at this stage, all authors will be required to complete and sign a form authorizing the change. For more details, please see http://www.ncac.gov.cn/chinacopyright/contents/+079/175+02.html.
6.2 Access to your published article
FLS provides authors with online access to their published article.
7. Further information
Any correspondence, queries or additional requests for information on the manuscript submission process should be sent to the FLS editorial office as follows:
Foreign Literature Studies, 152 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. To subscribe to this journal or purchase any single issue, please contact us at wwyj@mail.ccnu.edu.cn. Phone: (86) 2767866042.
Editorial Department of Foreign Literature Studies
March 1, 2021