Submissions

Author Guidelines

Types of Papers

Research Articles – full-length papers of up to 6,000-8,000 words/ XYZ characters spaces included (including references)

Research Notes – typically up to 3,000 words/ XYZ characters including spaces

How to prepare a manuscript for submission

In your submission, please include:

1. Title Page, containing

• A concise and informative title
• Author names and affiliations, including the email-addresses of all the authors
• Corresponding author
• Acknowledgements, if desired

2. Blinded Manuscript, without author identifying information

• for formatting instructions, please see below

3. Figures and Illustrations

• for instructions, please see below

4. Should your manuscript be accepted for publication, in addition: Author Biographies with

• short bio of each author, approx. 45 words/300 characters including spaces
• ideally a picture of each author (portrait)
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Manuscript Formatting

• Manuscripts shall be submitted as Word documents.
  • Font: Times New Roman
  • Font Size: 12 pt
  • Margins 2.5 cm
  • Double Line-Spacing
  • Alignment: justified

Structure

• Manuscripts should begin with the following information:
  • title
  • up to 5 keywords, separated by semicolons
  • abstract, no longer than 100 words/800 characters including spaces
• Headings should be numbered, starting with 1. There may be a maximum of three heading hierarchies.
• Please insert two blank lines before all sub-headings.
• Paragraphs are to be separated by one blank line (without automatic spacing or indentation).

Reference Style

• The reference section is to be headed “References” (without a heading number) and should ideally follow APA guidelines (https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines).
• In addition, Morals & Machines also supports the Oxford University Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities (https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/oscola) for authors from the legal field.

Illustration, Figures, Tables, and Charts

• All illustrations must be numbered consecutively and denoted as “figure”. The title of the figure must be followed by a colon. Please cited the source below the figure if appropriate.
• Illustrations must be provided separately as editable powerpoint, ai, eps, psd or pdf files in printable resolution (300 dpi) with a size of about 2 MB.
• For optimal reproduction, please take into account the width of the journal’s pages (180 x 232 mm).

Miscellaneous

• In order to emphasize words, please use italics. If quotes contain italics, it is to be specified who inserted them.
• Manuscripts can either be written in British or American English.
• On their first occurrence, all abbreviations are to be spelled out. Common abbreviations, such as AI, do not require explanations.
• Please provide additional explanations in footnotes. Footnote numbers should be inserted after the closing punctuation.
• All quotes shall be placed in quotation marks and concluded with a respective reference before a period.
• Nomos Verlag does not conclude separate contracts with the individual authors of contributions. Copyright law applies here, § 38: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_urhg/englisch_urhg.html#p0241. Further information can be found here: https://www.nomos.de/copyright