Submissions
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items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.- The article is previously unpublished and has not been submitted to any other journal (otherwise an explanation is attached in "Comments for the editors").
- The file’s format is Microsoft Word, RTF or WordPerfect.
- The text corresponds to the format template provided on the website and follows the stylistic and bibliographical guidelines for authors.
- All illustrations, graphics and tables are inserted at an appropriate place in the text and not at the end of the text.
- Where possible, a DOI or URL has been added to the references.
Articles
Theoretical, empirical and conceptual scientific contributions are externally peer-reviewed (double blind peer review).
Working papers
Empirical studies that are not yet completed, and insights into research projects (e.g. without presentation of results), are reviewed in an editorial peer review.
Practice reports
Practice reports are reviewed in an editorial peer review.
Copyright Notice
As the author, you are responsible for ensuring that the copyrights for illustrations from other sources have been granted.
All articles in KONTEXTE are published under the CC-BY-4.0 international license.
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Protection of Personal Data
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