Author Guidelines
ICES uses an online system for manuscript submission and peer review. All submissions to the journal must be submitted online.
Full instructions and support are available on the site and a user ID and password can be obtained on the first visit.
Book Reviews: Publishers with books to be considered for review should contact the Review Editor, Christoph Haase, for instructions at: editor.ICES@phil.tu-chemnitz.de.
Authors of book reviews are normally selected by invitation, and unsolicited book reviews are not accepted.
1. Manuscript preparation: All manuscript pages, including the abstract, notes and reference list, should be typed double-spaced with margins of a least 2.5 cm (1 inch) on all four sides.
2. The abstract (between 150 and 200 words) should succinctly present the content of the research paper and be double-spaced on a separate page. The abstract should not duplicate a paragraph at the beginning of the paper.
3.Technical terms and specialized jargon should be avoided, or such terms should be clearly defined since the expected readers of ICES include scholars in several areas related to English studies, and in interdisciplinary fields (e.g. stylistics, literary studies, language teaching).
4. Cited sources and quotations. References to cited sources are to be incorporated within the text. Include page numbers. Material quoted at length in the text should be double-spaced and indented.
5. Notes and references, in that order, should follow the body of text.
6. Format for blind review: Give the author's name, affiliation, and address on a separate page and delete any identifying information from all other manuscript pages. Also delete the author's name from running heads. This facilitates anonymous review by the panel of readers.
7. References: All references cited in the text should appear alphabetically at the end of each paper or review. Note: Authors' first names as well as last names are to be spelled out. Below are examples of entries for, respectively, a paper in an edited book, a journal paper, a book review, a paper presented at a meeting, and a book. Avoid abbreviations for journal titles.
Kirkpatrick, Andy (2007). World Englishes: Implications for International Communication and English Language Teaching. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Levis, John (2005). Changing contexts and shifting paradigms in pronunciation teaching. TESOL Quarterly 39, 369-377.
Smith, Larry E. & Nelson, Cecil L. (2006). World Englishes and issues of intelligibility. In Braj B. Kachru, Yamuna Kachru & Cecil L. Nelson (eds.), The Handbook of World Englishes, 428-435. Malden, MA: Blackwell.
8. Style: With the single exception that authors' first names are to be spelled out in the list of references (see above), the style guidelines of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA, 5th Edition, 2001), should be followed.
9. Readers: Names of the specialists consulted for the evaluation of papers, book reviews, and other material are listed periodically in an issue of the journal.
10. ICES.
11. Inquiries: Questions about the submission process should be directed to the managing editor of ICES at edu
12. Copyright: the copyright remains with the authors.
Submission of an article is taken to imply that it has not previously been published and is not being considered for publication elsewhere. If related research is being published elsewhere, the fact should be stated.
Upon acceptance, authors are requested to provide an electronic version of their article. Editors and advisors reserve the right to introduce minor cuts and to amend the phrasing and punctuation in all articles accepted by them. Authors of articles will receive proofs for correction. The proofs will be sent as a PDF attachment by e-mail, unless the author has specifically indicated that he or she is not able to receive larger attachments (100-500kb) or to handle PDF, in which case paper proofs will be sent. The authors will be asked to return their corrections on paper to the editor. In order to avoid lengthy delays, proof-reading of reviews etc. will normally be done at Regensburg only. Authors are therefore requested to check their manuscripts very carefully before submitting them. Reviews are normally commissioned and must be sent in by a given dead-line; they should not exceed 1000 words.