Submission Guidelines

Victorian Studies combines the highest commitment to academic integrity with an openness to innovation.  We have zero tolerance for plagiarism and other violations of academic integrity.

 

Misrepresenting the output from generative software as an author’s own is plagiarism. All work must be human authored. Any submission that deliberately misrepresents someone else’s words or ideas as the author’s, misattributes quotations or ideas, or fabricates quotations or sources will lead, at minimum, to immediate rejection. We remain vigilant about the use of generative AI in the changing academic landscape. Any legitimate use of generative AI (for example, to process data) must be disclosed and detailed through the submissions portal in the notes to editor box. The final decision about whether use of an AI tool is appropriate or permissible in the circumstances of a submitted manuscript or a published article lies with the journal’s editors. 

 

A manuscript that has been published or that is currently under consideration for publication elsewhere in either article or book form should not be submitted to Victorian Studies. The editors will not consider submissions that duplicate other published works in either wording or substance.

 

 

FORMATTING REQUIREMENTS

All manuscripts should be double-spaced and should conform to MLA Handbook guidelines, with parenthetical documentation and a list of works cited. Manuscripts should be between 8,000 and 10,000 words, inclusive of endnotes and bibliography. Informational endnotes should be kept to a strict minimum. For blind reading purposes, the author’s name, affiliation, and contact information should not appear in the uploaded submission.