Structure edited volume

Front matter, dedication page, acknowledgements, foreword

The front matter (pp. 1–4) and cover are created by the publisher shortly before going to press. You will be sent both for checking (see also cover and front matter).
If you wish to have an extra dedication page, please include it in the manuscript copy as an extra page when you submit it so that we can take it into account in the pagination. If the dedication is to be less “prominent”, you can include it in your acknowledgements or foreword.
Acknowledgements or forewords which do not constitute an introduction to the topic are placed before the table of contents. (However, both must be submitted with the manuscript, not later!)
All the text elements that appear before the table of contents, as well as the table of contents itself, do not belong in the table of contents of the finished book.

Please create a table of contents. Make sure that the entries are exactly (!) identical in wording with the contribution headings in the text and please pay attention to font styles (e.g. italics). Otherwise it will be unclear to us which title is the correct one.
Please state the author’s full name (no academic titles or affiliation) above the heading of the respective contribution.
If there are several authors, their names will be separated by a slash (/).
Main headings do not end with punctuation. The subheading starts with a new line.
The contributions are usually not counted.
If the volume consists of several parts which should be separated by divider pages, list the corresponding headings in the table of contents and insert the titles on their own separate page in the respective place in the manuscript.

Sample table of contents edited volume

[Front matter created by the publisher]

Dedication page

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Table of contents

Mary Editor
Why This Book is Important
An Introduction

Part I

Edith Smith

About the Table of Contents as a Work of Art
Philosophical Reflections

Oscar Murphy / William O’Sullivan
‘And Then Came the Second Contribution’
Edited Volumes and Their Structure in the Early 1990s

Niamh Brown / Emma Matthews / Harper Walsh
Why the Third Contribution always Follows the Second
The Order of Contributions and Their Consequences for the Edited Volumes

etc.

Indices [not yet created at the time of manuscript submission]

Subheadings

Please use Arabic numbering for subheadings. The number 0 is not permitted.
Subheadings never consist of just a number, but always include text as well.
Unlike contribution titles, subheadings are structured using punctuation marks (full stops, colons, dashes) where necessary.
In English subheadings, please capitalise only the first word and proper nouns. The rest should be in lower case

Example subheadings

1. This is a first-level subheading

1.1 This is a second-level subheading

This is continous text.

1.2 This is a second-level subheading

This is continous text.

2. This is a first-level subheading

This is continous text

Bibliography

This is a bibliograpy

Lists and bibliography

Lists of figures are inserted before the bibliography of the contribution so that all information on sources and licences can be traced at the contribution level. We have compiled more information on lists and bibliographies for youhere.
Bibliographies are also placed at the end of each contribution (before the affiliation) so that all references can be traced back to the relevant contribution. Please note that for some of our series, thecitation guidelines are specified by the editorial boards.
The bibliography should be titled according to the guidelines provided by the volume editors.