Manuscript Submission Guidelines
The Editorial Board of The Journal considers articles for publication that meet the following requirements:
- The articles on current issues in the humanities and arts (linguistics, literary studies, folklore studies, art, new media art, design, history) and interdisciplinary and related fields, having links with the humanities and arts (for example, in the fields of education and social sciences) should be submitted in Latvian or English.
Also, reviews, critiques, chronicles, and surveys on monographs, publications, and topical issues in humanities and art and related fields can be submitted.
The manuscript should be submitted in electronic form.
- The article should include the following elements
2.1. Full name of the author, represented institution, ORCID number, and author’s e-mail on the left-hand side (Bold).
2.2. Title of the article – centred (Bold/BLOCK CAPITALS).
2.3. Summary in English at the beginning of the article (3500–4000 characters). The summary should include the aim of the research, methodology, the main results, conclusions, and keywords (up to 7).
2.4. Summary in Latvian (identical to the summary in English, including the title of the article and keywords).
2.5. Length of the article: 8 to 15 pages (including summaries, keywords, tables, charts, diagrams, pictures, and bibliography).
2.6. The article should be structured (introduction, main part, conclusions). Subtitles are optional.
2.7. Bibliography and list of abbreviations (if necessary) at the end of the article.
- References and bibliography
3.1. All references should be explained in the bibliography. The bibliography should be composed in the Latin alphabet and arranged in alphabetical order. All other writing systems, e.g. the Cyrillic script, should be transliterated into Roman script via the online tool Translit (available at http://translit.cc/). The author may compose separate lists for sources and literature.
3.2. The references should be written in parentheses after the citation, indicating the author’s surname, year of publication, and used pages. If the whole publication instead of a single citation is used, then the page numbers should not be indicated. All units in the bibliography should be written in the following format: Surname of the author, Name (year of publication). Title. Place of publication: Publisher.
3.3. Formation of the references and bibliography:
Publication by one author:
In-text reference: (Fowler 1970a, 17)
Bibliography: Fowler, Alastair (1970a). Silent Poetry: Essays in numerological analysis. London: Routledge & K. Paul.
In-text: (Fowler 1970b, 17)
Bibliography: Fowler, Alastair (1970b). Triumphal Forms: Structural patterns in Elizabethan poetry. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Publication by two authors:
In-text reference: (Lakoff, Johnson 1980, 100–105)
Bibliography: Lakoff, George; Johnson, Mark (1980). Metaphors We Live By. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press.
Three or more authors:
In-text reference: (Tišheizere et al. 2020, 35–36)
Bibliography: Tišheizere, Edīte; Rodiņa, Ieva; Jonīte, Dita; Mellēna-Bartkeviča, Lauma (2020). Neatkarības laika tēatris. Latvijas teātra parādības un personības gadsimtu mijā un 21. gadsimtā. Rīga: Latvijas Univesitātes Literatūras, folkloras un mākslas institūts.
Article in a book, collection of articles, journal:
In-text reference: (Sloane 2006)
Bibliography: Sloane, Thomas O. (2006). Donne and the image of Christ. Rhetorica: A Journal of the History of Rhetoric, 24 (2), pp. 187–216.
Printed newspaper, magazine:
In-text reference: (Beyer 2021)
Bibliography: Beyer, Susanne (2021). Mensch und Mythos Sophie Scholl. Der Spiegel, 18, 104–108 S.
In-text reference: (Sabeedriski-politisks apskats 1907)
Bibliography: Sabeedriski-politisks apskats par ahrzemem. Auseklis, 1, 45–56. lpp. Available at: http://periodika.lv/periodika2-viewer/view/index-dev.html?lang=fr#issue:/p_001_ausk1907n01|issueType:P [accessed 16.03.2025.]
Internet resources:
In-text reference: (Grovier 2021)
Bibliography: Grovier, Kelly (2021). The Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal: The 2700-year-old ‘fake news’. BBC Culture. Available at: https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210325-the-lion-hunt-of-ashurbanipal-the-2700-year-old-fake-news [accessed 08.03.2025.]
In-text reference: (Peina 2022, 9)
Bibliography: Peina, Elīna (2022). Mūsdienu latviešu terminogrāfijas nākotne – būt vai nebūt? Scriptus Manet: humanitāro un mākslas zinātņu žurnāls, 14. Atb. red. Zanda Gūtmane. Liepāja: LiePA, 8.–17. lpp. DOI: https://doi.org/10.37384/SM.2022.14.008
Archive materials:
In-text reference: (IFCO)
Bibliography: Ivano-Frankivsk State Oblast Archives Records. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives, Washington, DC. File 271/1/572, Reel 26, RG-31.013M
Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools:
In-text reference: (OpenAI 2025)
Bibliography: OpenAI (2025). ChatGPT (GPT-5) [Large language model]. Available at: https://chat.openai.com/ [accessed 05.11.2025.]
In-text reference: (Sinclair, Rockwell 2023)
Bibliography: Sinclair, S.; Rockwell, G. (2023). Voyant Tools [Web application]. Available at: https://voyant-tools.org/ [accessed 05.11.2025.]
- Technical requirements
4.1. Format – MS Word, A4.
4.2. Page left and right side margins – 2.5 cm.
4.3. Font – Times New Roman, 14. Bibliography and summaries – Times New Roman, 12.
4.4. Line spacing – 1 (single).
4.5. The main body of the text – justified (except for the title and author’s name).
4.6. Paragraphs indented – 1.25.
4.7. Single space between words and after punctuation (except inside brackets and quotation marks).
4.8. Omissions in the citations should be marked with square brackets [..].
4.9. If the emphasis is used in the citation (bold, italic, underline), then the author of the emphasis and his/her initials should be mentioned in square brackets, for example, [emphasis mine – A. A.]. The same requirement applies to the translation made by the author of the article, for example, [translation from Italian mine – A. A.].
4.10. Tables, charts, and pictures should be centered. They should be numbered and black and white. The titles and sources should be mentioned below the table/chart/picture.
4.11. When a person is mentioned for the first time, full name and surname should be used, for example, Jonathan Swift (1667–1745), further in text: Swift. At the first mention of a person, the original spelling of name and surname should be indicated in brackets, for example, Salvador Dali (Salvador Dalí, 1904–1989).
4.12. Quotations should be enclosed within double quotation marks “…” and should not be typed in italics.
4.13. If a translated work is mentioned, the original title and the publication year should be written in parenthesis, for example, The Man Who Laughs (L’Homme Qui Rit, 1869). - Reference to a research project
If a reference to a research project is needed, the project funder, title of the project, and project number (excluding the project logo) should be provided. The reference should be placed in a footnote next to the title of the article. - Artificial Intelligence use policy
In accordance with current international research ethics standards (COPE, Elsevier, Springer Nature, Taylor & Francis, ICMJE), Scriptus Manet requires transparent disclosure of any use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the preparation of manuscripts.
The use of AI tools for generating scholarly content – including the creation of ideas, arguments, interpretations, data, or conclusions – is not permitted. Manuscripts must be the intellectual work of the author(s) and reflect their own critical reasoning and academic contribution. AI tools cannot be listed or acknowledged as co-authors.
However, AI tools may be used for auxiliary and technical purposes, such as:
– improving grammar, style, or linguistic clarity (editing assistance);
– producing translations of the author’s own text;
– conducting text corpus analysis, data visualization, or other analytical tasks within digital humanities or computational research.
Whenever AI tools are employed in these permitted ways, authors must provide a clear and precise disclosure of:
– the name and version of the tool used;
– the provider (e.g., OpenAI, Google, etc.), and
– the specific purpose of its use (e.g., language editing, corpus frequency analysis).
This information should appear either in the Introduction section or in a separate acknowledgement in a footnote to the article.
Example disclosure statement in the footnote:
Artificial intelligence was used for language editing/translation using ChatGPT (OpenAI, GPT-5, 2025). The author reviewed and verified all content generated by this tool.
The author(s) bear full responsibility for the accuracy, originality, and integrity of all content in the submitted manuscript, including any parts produced with the assistance of AI tools. The use of AI does not exempt authors from ethical and legal accountability for plagiarism, data validity, or research transparency.
