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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  • The paper has not yet been published, nor is it currently submitted to another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in the Editor's Comments).
  • The contribution file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF or WordPerfect format.
  • URL links to references are provided wherever possible.
  • The text is indented 1; the font size is 12; italics are used rather than underlining (except for url addresses); all table illustrations and figures are placed in the text rather than at the end.
  • The text conforms to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines found on the page of the journal.
  • If a paper is submitted to the peer-reviewed section of a journal, the instructions for ensuring anonymous peer review have been followed.

Author Guidelines

Études romanes de Brno is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal, and the papers published must therefore meet both professional and formal criteria resulting from this condition. When deciding about the publication of a manuscript, the editorial board bases its decision on evaluations by the reviewing board or by independent experts, in cases of highly specialized papers, but still in the thematic line of the journal. At the same time, board also takes into consideration the formal aspect of the manuscript (or recommends formal editing to the author, respectively). The editorial board also decides on suitable dates for the publication of individual texts. Submissions can be made at any time. Authors are informed about the results of the peer review process as soon as possible, no later than in three months. Unsolicited manuscripts will not be returned, no honoraria will be paid. The final decision on the publication of all texts falls within the authority of the editorial board of the journal Études romanes de Brno. All scientific papers in sections “Dossier thématique” and “Études” of the journal are peer-reviewed (non-reviewed are the other contributions in the section “Comptes rendus”; the editorial board assumes the right to refuse to publish reviews on books older than three years since their publishing date).

Authors are kindly asked to ensure that their submissions follow these guidelines:

All submissions (papers and book reviews) are to be sent electronically via the online editorial system in common formats (doc, docx, rtf, odt).

Length: original research articles of about 6000 to 10000 words; reviews up to 3000 words.

Papers must include: title in English; keywords and two abstracts (100-150 words each) in the language of the paper and in English; full contact information.

Formatting: Times New Roman, font size 12 throughout, margins 2.5 cm, spacing 1.5.

All references in text and in footnotes must be cited as follows: (Lara 1997: 56)

Works cited (References) must be listed alphabetically at the end of the paper according to the following examples:

  • Monograph: Author, A. A. (Year). Title of the monograph. Publisher.
  • Article in a scientific journal: Author, A. A. (Year). Title of the article. Title of the journal, volume (number), pp-pp. DOI
  • Chapter in a scientific monograph: Author, A. A. (Year). Title of the chapter. In Editor, E. E. (Ed.), Title of the monograph (pp. xx-xx). Publisher.
  • Chapter in a scientific monograph (available online): Author, A. A. (Year). Title of the chapter. In Editor, E. E. (Ed.), Title of the monograph (pp. xx-xx). Publisher. Retrieved from URL
  • Anonymous article in an encyclopedia: Title of the article. (Year). In Title of the encyclopedia (Edition, Volume number, pp. xx-xx). Publisher. Retrieved from URL
  • Newspaper article (available online): Author, A. A. (Year, Month Day). Title of the article. Newspaper name. Retrieved from URL

Additional examples of the required APA style usage can be found in this document.

Authors are encouraged to make use of the sample article format available here.

Use of AI Tools in Manuscript Preparation

The use of AI tools to improve language, style, or grammar (e.g., Grammarly, DeepL Write) is acceptable and does not require disclosure. However, we do not support the use of generative AI (e.g., ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, Midjourney) for producing original content such as text, data, or images. Manuscripts must reflect the authors’ own intellectual contribution. Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, and integrity of their work, including any parts modified by AI tools. AI tools must not be listed as (co-)authors. If generative AI was used in any capacity, this must be explicitly stated in the manuscript under a section titled Use of AI Services.

Examples of statements:

AI used for minor linguistic support
"The authors declare the use of AI tools, specifically [insert tool names], to support minor grammar corrections and stylistic improvements. All AI-assisted suggestions were manually reviewed to preserve the accuracy and intent of the original text."

AI used for analytical or content support
"The authors declare the use of AI tools, specifically [insert tool names], to assist in drafting selected passages and/or editing parts of the analytical framework or experimental materials. All AI-generated content was carefully verified, revised, and approved by the authors to ensure clarity, correctness, and originality."

Copyright Notice

License Terms

By submitting a work (hereinafter referred to as the “Work”) to the Études romanes de Brno (https://journals.phil.muni.cz/erb/) (hereinafter referred to as the “Journal”) for the consideration for publication, the author grants the Masaryk University (hereinafter referred to as “MUNI”) a license to the Work, under the following conditions:

1. Author’s Statements

1.1 The author declares that the Work is free of copyright or other legal defects, it was neither published anywhere else, nor simultaneously offered for publication, except for the platforms of standard scientific pre-submission communications (e.g. SSRN, ResearchGate, Academia).

1.2 The author declares that he/she is the real author or the joint author of the Work and his/her freedom to grant the license is not limited or excluded, and the author is entitled to dispose of the Work, because especially, but not limited to:

  1. the Work is not an Employee work where the employee would not be entitled to exercise the rights to the Work,
  2. using of the Work within the scope of the granted license is not limited by the third parties’ rights (e.g. copyright, the right to the protection of personal data),
  1. using of the Work within the scope of the granted license is not limited by the conditions of provided grant or other financial support (e.g. GAČR - Czech Science Foundation, TAČR - Technology Agency of the Czech Republic),
  1. the Work is not the work of joint authors, where the other joint authors would not agree to grant the license.

1.3 In the case that the Work is the work of joint authors, the author declares that all the joint authors have been informed of these License Terms and that he/she is authorized to grant MUNI the license under these License Terms on behalf of the joint authors.

1.4 The author agrees that if the Work is accepted for publication, the proposal to conclude a license agreement for the Work will be on his/her behalf aimed at an indefinite number of persons, while the content of the agreement will be determined by reference to the publicly available license conditions Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 International (available from: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); such proposal will not be done for the works or the elements (e.g. image or photographic documentation) used by the author in the Work under a contractual license with a third party.

1.5 If any of the author’s statements prove to be untrue, the author is aware that he/she is liable for the resulting damage, including the costs associated with any litigation and damage caused by a violation of the Journal’s and/or MUNI’s reputation.

2. License Grant

2.1 The author grants MUNI gratuitous non-exclusive license to use the Work in all the known manners of use (especially, but not limited to, reproduction, distribution and communication to public), individually, in the collection or together with any other works or elements unlimited as regards to amount and form and media of expression (including electronic).

2.2 The license is granted as territorially and quantitatively unlimited.

2.3 The license is granted royalty-free.

2.4 The license is granted for the duration of economic rights to the Work.

2.5 MUNI shall be entitled to grant an authorisation forming part of the license to the third party or parties, in whole or in part under a sublicense agreement, with or without remuneration.

2.6 By granting the license, the author agrees with including the Work into the scientific and bibliographical databases (e.g. EBSCO, CEEOL) as well as information systems for providing the informational services, where the Journal is currently indexed as well as those, where it will be indexed pro futuro.

2.7 MUNI shall be not obliged to make use of the license.

3. Further Use of Work

3.1 Given granted the non-exclusive license to the Work, the author shall be entitled to further use the Work. For the purpose of such further use of the Work, the author shall be obliged to state the Journal as the source of publication of the Work.

3.2 In the case of disclosure of the Work on the platforms of standard scientific pre-submission communications within the meaning of Art. 1.1, the author shall be obliged to additionally state the Journal as the source of publication of the Work, without undue delay.

3.3 The reputation of MUNI and/or Journal shall not be negatively affected by the further use of the Work.

4. Varia

4.1 Legal relations based on the license shall be governed by the laws of the Czech Republic; any disputes arising out of the license shall be settled by the courts of the Czech Republic.

4.2 If the Work is rejected for publication in the Journal, the license shall be, at the moment of the decision of rejection, restricted in such a way that it shall cover use of Work only in the necessary extent within related editorial activities (e.g. review and archiving).

Open access policy

This journal adheres the Open Access policy and is a so-called "golden" journal that publishes contributions in "Libre Open Access" mode under the terms of the Creative Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 International license (full text available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode (CC BY-SA 4.0 International).

1. Information about CC BY-SA 4.0 International

CC BY-SA 4.0 International are publicly available licensing terms that define the conditions under which a work may be used. These conditions must be respected - non-compliance therewith results in infringement of copyright. CC BY-SA 4.0 International grant users certain rights and sets them certain obligations.

CC BY-SA 4.0 International authorize the user to "share" the work, i.e. copy, distribute and communicate to the public online. At the same time, the work can be included in a collection (e.g. a journal, conference proceedings) or modified - adapted or amended. It also allows the whole or part of the licensed work to be merged with another protected subject-matter of protection (creatively modified, edited, also new creative works may be created based upon the original underlying work). The works made available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 International licensing terms may be used for commercial purposes by third parties. However, the payment must not be obtained for the use of the work (which is available under CC BY-SA 4.0 International), but for example for additional services or the medium.

CC BY-SA 4.0 International oblige the user to indicate the origin of the work (i.e., title, author, source, and reference to the licensing terms) and share the derivative works (adaptations) based upon the underlying work under the same licensing terms. The use of the underlying work without its adaptation does not imply the obligation to license a new work in which the original work was used under the same licensing terms. However, the copyright regime of the new work does not affect the work made available under CC BY-SA 4.0 International.

CC BY-SA 4.0 International does not limit statutory licenses, especially the quotation one, in particular. Citing parts of the work made available under these licensing terms does not give rise to an obligation to make the work in which the quotation was used to license it under the same licensing terms.

CC BY-SA 4.0 International does not exclude copyright protection, claims arising from it or the realization of the personal and property rights of the author of the work.

2. Practical implications

The publication of the work under the public license terms CC BY-SA 4.0 International has, among other things, the following copyright consequences:

  • everyone is entitled to:
    • share the work – i.e. reproduce, print, distribute (e.g. using P2P networks, upload on file-hosting servers or publishing websites)
    • create a derivative (adapted) works based upon the work (e.g. translate)
    • even for commercial purposes
  • the authorized user is obliged to:
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    • TASL acronym could be used to memorize the information that must be mentioned:
      • T – title,
      • A – author (author, or rightholder or database maker),
      • S – source
      • L – license – a reference to the full version of the public licensing terms CC BY-SA 4.0. – International. In printed publications, it is necessary to include the URL link
    • ShareAlike – i.e. “maintain the license” – that is to share the creative derivative works (adaptations) based upon the underlying work under the same license as the underlying original
  • the work:
    • will always be available to others -> newly created content (created by the creative work based upon the original work) cannot be "locked" into a standard copyright protection regime – it will always have to be available under CC BY-SA 4.0 International public licensing terms
    • can be uploaded to e-learning platforms
    • can be stored in topical and institutional repositories in the form of "publisher's edition", i.e. in the reviewed version, including final formatting and correction
    • can be also used for commercial purposes

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