Author Guidelines
Comparative Cinema accepts unpublished articles on comparative cinema by authors whose proposals have been previously accepted in the Call for Papers of each thematic dossier. The journal will not accept proposals that are not original. The maximum number of authors per article will be three. The journal will accept texts in English, Spanish and Catalan.
The journal’s main research lines are:
- The interpretation of filmic forms and the relations between films.
- The history of interpretation and the analysis of critical and political contexts.
- Comparative essays on material processes and practices of creation, distribution and exhibition.
- The study of comparative cinema methodologies and its relation to literature and visual arts.
- Reviewing the history of cinema based on the investigation of forms and the aesthetic confluences between films and narrative videos, non-fiction, the avant-garde, scientific, industrial and expanded cinema.
- The essay and visual thought.
Articles
The research articles must have a minimum length of 5500 words and a maximum of 7000 words, including footnotes (but not including references). They should be linked to thematic issues that will be published in the website’s Call for Papers section.
The “Films in Discussion” section includes interviews and conversations aimed at research, debate and documentation, and related to the monographic topics tackled in each issue. The minimum length must be 5000 words and the maximum 8000 words.
The journal will also include some unoriginal documents that will act as the conceptual basis for the themes and research strands proposed in each issue.
Reviews
The length of the reviews must be between 800 and 1000 words.
The information on the reviewed book should include full name of the author, publisher, city of publication, year of publication and number of pages.
The author of the review must indicate his or her name and email address.
We accept reviews of books edited sometime over the last 5 years.
* Comparative Cinema also receives texts for a new miscellaneous section, "Rear Window", in which the journal will include articles that have no thematic bond to the proposed monographic issues. The reception of these submissions is carried out continuously throughout the year, but the articles will be published in subsequent issues of the journal, prior coordination with the editors.*
2. Guidelines for Submissions
Languages: Comparative Cinema accepts articles in English, Catalan and Spanish.
Submission: The texts must be submitted in a Word file and via the RACO OJS platform*. Authors must delete their name and any identifying details from the text and notes, as well as from the file properties/metadata.
CV/résumé: All articles must be accompanied by a brief CV of 70 words or less. In the case of articles written by more than one author, their CVs will be published separately.
Images: the author must provide a minimum of three images. The comparison of these images must be the basis for the paper. The images must have a minimum resolution of 800 px.
Title: Upon submission, the title of the articles must be 20 words long or less. Further information can be added later through subtitling.
Abstract: Abstracts must be 150 words long or less, and only one paragraph. Abstracts must be submitted in Catalan or Spanish and English.
Keywords: Keywords should include 6–10 words, separated by commas. They must be submitted in Catalan or Spanish and English.
Funding: Authors are responsible for stating the funding and institutional support received for the research.
Typeset and font size: Articles must be submitted in Times New Roman, 12 point. Paragraphs must be justified. The line spacing must be in 1.5 point, both for the main text and for the footnotes. Indents must not be used. Titles and subtitles should be in bold.
Word processing tools: Please refrain from using tools such as tables, numbering, columns, headings, etc.
Bibliography: The sources for both the texts and ideas from other authors must be clearly and explicitly identified. Quotes and bibliographical references must follow the Chicago Manual of Style guidelines, and more specifically its Go to Author-Date Style: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org
Authors are advised to use inclusive lenguage in their articles. The journal also encourages the incorporation of gender perspective to the analysis when relevant.
* For instructions on how to send articles, visit the PKP School Youtube Channel.
