Submissions

Author Guidelines

Submitting for publication in Image & Text

- Author Guidelines

Download the Author Guidelines

- Editorial Policy

Download the Editorial Policy

- Publishing Agreement (upload a signed copy on submission)

Download the Publishing Agreement

Important excerpts from Editorial Policy:

• Image & Text publishes original research articles, book reviews, exhibition reviews, and conference reports.
• Authors may wish to discuss the scope or applicability of their articles prior to submission and are encouraged to contact the Editor in this regard. Email: image.text@up.ac.za.
• Authors must fill in and submit the Publishing Agreement on submission of their manuscript as well as a cover letter outlining how the manuscript fits the scope of the journal.
• All manuscripts received are first read by members of the Editorial Board, who may recommend changes before submitting the manuscript for peer review, or may reject manuscripts outright that are deemed inappropriate for the journal or not of a sufficient standard.
• Manuscripts are sent for refereeing to at least two subject specialists in a double blind refereeing process. The referees are chosen from other tertiary institutions or fields of expertise as appropriate. The comments and recommendations of the referees are conveyed to authors, and they may re-submit manuscripts once changes, if necessary, have been effected. If articles are rejected by both referees, authors are not encouraged to re-submit.
• Authors may provide the names of one or more potential referees for consideration by the Editorial Board, but this does not guarantee that they will be used. The names of potential referees should be listed in the cover letter.
• All authors are subject to the same rigorous review process.
• The Editorial Board makes the final decision on submissions, based on the recommendations of the referees.
• Only material deemed to be of a suitably high standard is published.
• Image and Text only accepts manuscripts written in English.
• Once articles have been accepted for publication, authors are responsible for the professional technical and language editing (copy-editing) of their submissions. Image and Text only provides proofreading of articles that have already been copy-edited. Please take note of the difference between copy-editing and proofreading: 
• Copy-editors do the following:
  •    Correct spelling, punctuation, grammar, and capitalisation.
  •    Ensure that arguments are clear and that meaning is unambiguous.
  •    Apply the journal’s style for in-text citations, referencing and formatting.
  •    Check that all sources used in in-text citations appear in the reference list and that all  sources listed in the reference list are cited in the text.
  •    Verify references against original sources and ensure that DOI’s are active and deliver correctly.
• Proofreading is the final, pre-print safety check. Proofreaders do the following: 
  •    Catch leftover typos, layout slips, and formatting glitches before publication.
  •    Check consistency.
  •    Prepare the manuscript for layout.
• Authors are responsible for the originality, validity, and integrity of the content of their manuscript and remain fully responsible for the scientific integrity of their submissions. They must ensure that page numbers referenced in direct quotes are correct. If fabricated or hallucinated sources are detected during peer review or proofreading, the manuscript will immediately be rejected.
• The Editorial Board reserves the right to return/reject manuscripts that have not been copy-edited to the required standard.
• The Editorial Board reserves the right to shorten submissions if necessary. 

How to submit

Submissions should conform to the following editorial requirements:

• Fill in, sign, and upload the Publishing Agreement.
• Upload a separate cover sheet that provides the following details:
  • title of the article
  • name of author/s
  • ORCID iD/s
  • affiliations and contact details of all author/s (provide a primary and secondary email address for all authors)
  • designation of author/s
  • date of submission
  • why the submission is suitable to the scope of the journal.
• Anonymised articles must be presented in the following sequence:
  • title of article
  • 150-200 word abstract and six key terms
  • main text (use footnotes, not endnotes)
• Manuscripts must be typed in Times New Roman,12-point font size, 1.5 line spacing with generous left and right margins, left-aligned only.
• Adhere to the style outlined in the Author Guidelines (see above). 
• Length of articles must be approximately 5,000 – 7,000 words (including references).
• Please use footnotes and not endnotes.
• Digital images must be of a quality suitable for reproduction and printing and should be 300dpi and in jpg or tiff format. When submitting for peer review, images and captions should be placed within the text. If the manuscript is accepted for publication, the images must be submitted as separate high-resolution image files.
• Authors are responsible for obtaining copyright and reproduction clearance for all visual or other material submitted, where necessary. Authors must keep a record of permissions obtained and send them to the journal if requested.

Neither the editors nor the University of Pretoria accepts responsibility for the loss of manuscripts or visual material.

All articles accepted for publication must be professionally edited and must adhere to the Style Guide.

Contact Image & Text
Tel: +27 (012) 420 2353
Email: Image.text@up.ac.za