Thank you for your interest in Hong Kong Studies. Manuscripts submitted to the journal must comply with the following guidelines:
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Submission |
Articles should be sent to hongkongstudies@cuhk.edu.hk in Microsoft WORD format. PDFs can be supplemented if there are specific formatting requirements. Please include a short biography of no more than 50 words, including information such as affiliation, major publications, research interests etc. in a separate WORD document. |
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Word limit |
6,000 words for research articles in English, including footnotes but excluding references. Please also include an abstract of no more than 250 words. 8,000 words for research articles in Chinese. 1,200–2,000 words for scholarly reviews of academic books,films, and performances. Please inquire about suitability first. |
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Copyright and Permissions |
The journal does not accept manuscripts that have already been published or are being considered for publication elsewhere. Authors must also make sure they have obtained permission from the rightsholder(s) and abide by the fair use principle if they are using third-party copyrighted material. |
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Contributor’s biography |
A separate word file; 50 words or fewer |
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Default font |
English: Georgia; Chinese: DF-KaiSB (標楷體) |
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Spacing |
Double-spaced |
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Page numbers |
Centered at bottom of page |
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Asian names, characters and Romanization |
● Cantonese names: Peter Chan Tai-man BUT Peter Chan and Peter T. M. Chan Mainland Chinese names in pinyin: Mao Zedong Japanese names: Hepburn Romanization, surname first, with macrons, e.g. Abe Shinzō Korean names: Revised Romanization (Ministry of Culture 2000) Asian names in bibliography: Do not put a comma after surname if it is followed by the given name, e.g. Chan Tai-man, Peter. Hong Kong Studies. ... BUT Chan, Peter Tai-man. Hong Kong Studies. ... ● Chinese Romanization should follow the Mandarin pinyin system or Cantonese Jyutping (without diacritical or tonal marks except ü in pinyin). Romanization should be capitalized for proper names of people and places, as well as all content words in a title. Spacing should attempt to balance ideological coherence and readability. ● Chinese characters should be included in the first occurrence of a Chinese term or name (e.g. Chinese film titles). Use traditional characters following their Romanized forms. ● Here are some examples: tongbao 同胞, Jyutjam Wanwai/ Wanwui 粵音韻彙, waakiu 華僑, etc. |
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Article title |
Italic, flush left, Title Case (i.e. capitalize content words) |
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Authors |
Full author name, flush left |
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Abstract |
Put the abstract under your name. Format: the word Abstract (bold, italic, centered), followed by the abstract text on new line, indented from left. |
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Headings |
Level 1 – bold, Title Case Level 2 – italic, Title Case Level 3 or above discouraged Do not use numbers (i.e. 1.1, 1.2, 2.1 etc.). |
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Paragraphs |
All indented, except first paragraphs after a heading. |
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Tables & Figures |
Centered. |
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Captions |
Centered, underneath the table/figure:Table/Figure 1. Xxxxx (all italic, initial caps) |
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Endnotes and Footnotes |
● No endnotes. ● Footnotes for elaboration only. Not used for citation or referencing. ● Indicate in superscript numbers in the text with the footnote at the bottom of the page. Place the number after punctuation marks. |
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Displayed quotations (block quotes) |
● No endnotes. ● Footnotes for elaboration only. Not used for citation or referencing. ● Indicate in superscript numbers in the text with the footnote at the bottom of the page. Place the number after punctuation marks. |
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Spelling and diction |
● American spelling is used except when within a quotation or the official spelling of a proper noun. i.e. realize NOT realise; neighbor NOT neighbour BUT The Labour Party NOT the Labor Party International Finance Centre NOT International Finance Center ● No contraction. i.e. it is NOT it’ s ● Use “article” and not “paper” or “essay” ● Always capitalize the 1997 “Handover” and “One Country, Two Systems” ● Note capitalization of m for the word “mainland”: “mainland China” BUT “the Mainland” ● Compass points such as “East” and “West” are capitalized if they are part of the name of an area or political division, but not if they are general descriptive terms. i.e. South Korea, the West (including Westernization), East Japan BUT northeastern Japan, southern China, the south of Hong Kong ● Always use italics for emphasis, NOT bold or underline. |
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Abbreviations |
Full points are used for initials and lower-case Latin acronyms, so J. F. Kennedy, C. Y. Leung, i.e., e.g., et al., BUT the UK, the US, UNESCO, NATO, PhD, BC, AD etc. |
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Punctuation |
● American punctuation is used. This means double quotation marks (and singles within) enveloping the final comma or period. ● Only one space after periods, NOT two. ● Ellipsis is three dots with a space on either side. ● Use round brackets for authorial intervention, square brackets for editorial intervention. E.g. “in this (otherwise) unbefitting example […] nothing indicates that” The round brackets around “otherwise” are by the quote’ s original author. The square brackets and the ellipsis are added by the article’ s author. ● Use of serial comma is author’ s preference but should be consistent. |
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Capitalization after colon |
Small letter if the idea pertaining to the colon ends in one sentence, if not, capital. e.g. … This is effective in three ways: First, xxxx. Second, xxxx. Finally, xxxx. BUT … This is highly symbolic: the autonomy promised by the Basic Law is therefore thrown into question. |
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Dashes |
Em-rules non-spaced |
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Hyphens |
● En-dashes used for range, relation, conflict. e.g. Hong Kong– China relation ● Hyphens used for pre/suffixes and compound adjectives. e.g. pro-democracy, twentieth-century Hong Kong. However, we will not add hyphens after the suffix “post-” because in certain disciplines the dehyphenated version means a different concept, e.g. “post-colonial” and “postcolonial.” Authors should make sure the correct term is used. ● Hyphens are also used for document numbers, e.g. FCO 40-263. |
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Numbers |
● As a rule, spell out up to ninety-nine; figures for 100 and above. Exceptions: date, page, age, percentage, numbered item (e.g. Article 23), compound noun (e.g. 79-day) ● For a number range, include the last two digits for the end number unless the larger digits have changed, e.g. 168–69 (NOT 168–9), 1470–89, BUT 168–206, 1470–1501 ● Comma off digits in threes: 1,000; 1,982,235 etc. Spell out fractions with a hyphen: two-thirds, four-fifths |
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Dates |
● American order with comma (e.g. July 1, 2003); full figures for ranges of years (e.g. 1944–1945 or 1914–1918) ● Twentieth century NOT 20th century ● 1990s or 90s NOT 1990’s |
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References in text |
● Follow MLA 7th edition: (Lastname page), e.g. (Cheng 121). NOT year of publication. If using multiple sources, list alphabetically with author’ s last name, e.g. (Cheng 121; Tsang 56). ● For internet sources, the author's surname alone suffices. ● If multiple works by the same author are used, a shortened form of each title is required, e.g. (Chow, “Between Colonizers” 152), (Chow, Writing Diaspora 23). ● When citing authors with the same surnames, initials are required, e.g. (K. M. Chan 12), (J. Chan 153). |
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References |
Follow MLA 7th edition. For each entry, first line flush left and indent subsequent lines. Arrange alphabetically in author’ s surnames. Note: If the first author is listed in a full East Asian name where surnames are written first customarily, then no comma is needed after the surname, e.g. Fong Chi-hang, Brian, and Tai-lok Lui, eds. Hong Kong 20 Years after the Handover. London: Palgrave, 2018. Print. BUT Chiu, Stephen, and Tai-lok Lui. Hong Kong: Becoming a Chinese Global City. London: Routledge, 2009. Print. More examples: i.Book Bourdieu, Pierre, and Jean-Claude Passeron. Reproduction in Education, Society and Culture. Trans. Richard Nice. London: SAGE Publications, 1977. Print. ii.Edited book Bolton, Kingsley, ed. Hong Kong English: Autonomy and Creativity. Hong Kong: Hong Kong UP, 2002. Print. iii.Chapter in edited book Chow, Rey. “King Kong in Hong Kong: Watching the ‘Handover' from the USA.” A Companion to Postcolonial Studies. Ed. Henry Schwarz and Sangeeta Ray. Oxford: Blackwell, 2000. 304–18. Print. iv.Journal article Chow, Rey. “Between Colonizers: Hong Kong's Postcolonial Self- writing in the 1990s.” Diaspora 2.2 (1992): 151–70. Print. v.Web article Moiseiwitsch, Jasper. “IMF Latest to Warn of Hong Kong Banks’ Growing Mainland Exposure.” scmp.com. South China Morning Post, 9 Apr. 2014. Web. 6 Sep. 2014. [ The first date above is the date of publication, while the second after the medium of publication is the date of access. If there is no date of publication available, use n.d.] vi.Film 2046. Dir. Wong Kar-wai. Mei Ah Entertainment, 2004. DVD. |
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Book reviews |
Separate title for book review not needed. Format: Name of Book (in bold, italic). By/Edited by Author/ Editor(s). Place of publication: Publisher, year. pages pp. Format (Hardcover/paperback). ISBN-13. ● Then next line: Reviewed by (reviewer’ s name) First paragraph flush left, subsequent paragraphs indented. |
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中文文稿 |
基本與英文相同，但請留意以下數點： 一、稿件內中文字請用標楷體，英文字及羅馬數字請用Georgia字體。 二、首段以外的段落開首向左縮排兩個字元。三、破折號為兩個字元闊度。 四、參考文獻請以首字筆劃數目排序。如首字筆劃相同，則以次字排序，如此類推。 |
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