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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 submission has not been previously published (including within conference proceedings) nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • Manuscripts submitted to be published as Feature Articles must be between 6000-9000 words in length (including endnotes, captions and references). They must also include a 150 word maximum abstract. If exceeding 9000 words, submitted manuscripts will be returned to authors.

Author Guidelines

Before submitting, all authors must download and read the Dancecult Style Guide (aka "the DSG").

The flow of a typical peer-reviewed piece, from initial submission to publication:

  1. An author submits an article to the journal, or is contacted by an editor to write an article.
  2. The article is forwarded by email to the editor(s).
  3. The editor(s) initiate the peer review process.
  4. Comments on the article are submitted to the editor(s), who then assign one of four evaluations to the article:
    1. Accept for publication as submitted
    2. Accept with minor revisions
    3. Revise and resubmit (no need for re-review)
    4. Revise and resubmit (must be re-reviewed)
    5. Reject for publication
  5. Following outcome A or B the submisson is accepted with / without the requirement for revisions. Following outcome C the author must resubmit for review. Following outcome D, the author must resubmit for re-review. And following outcome E the paper is rejected for publication.
  6. The article is copyedited for formatting, style, spelling and grammar. Where possible, a proof copy is provided to the author.
  7. The article is published in the designated issue of Dancecult.

Please note. Editors screen submissions to ensure manuscripts are relevant to and match the scope of Dancecult, fulfill section protocols (e.g. word limit), meet basic English standards (e.g. grammar, spelling and syntax) and conform to scholarly expectations (e.g. structure, referencing, furthering the advancement of knowledge). Editors maintain the right to reject submissions not complying with any of these basic protocols, requirements, and expectations. It is essential that authors read the Dancecult Style Guide (DSG) carefully before submitting. Submissions that do not comply with the DSG may be returned upon submission. Final acceptance for publication relies on author DSG compliance.


Feature Articles

Feature Articles are 6000-9000 words (including endnotes, captions and bibliography). Must include a 150 word abstract.

Transpositions

This section features foreign-language articles, selected for their quality and contribution to EDMC scholarship, in translation into English. While it is currently beyond the logistical capacities of Dancecult to provide peer-reviewing, editing, and the publication of articles in multiple foreign languages, this new translation project promises to introduce prominent and ground-breaking foreign-language EDMC scholarship to a wider readership, while also increasing the international exposure of non-Anglophone scholars. The articles to be translated for this section are usually selected by the Foreign Languages Editor (FLE), in consultation with the Executive Editor; nonetheless, the FLE will gladly accept suggestions of articles to consider for translation. Contact the FLE by email.

From the Floor

Our "From The Floor" section hosts imaginative submissions reviewed by Dancecult editors (that is, submissions are not typically subject to blind peer-review). Submissions include field reports, mini-ethnographies, photo-essays and interviews. Pieces for this section should be between 750-2500 words in length. Rather than written in the style of an article with formal analysis and many citations, FTF pieces are more conversational or blog-like in style, and may consist of experimental and creative reportage styles across the field of EDM. They may include substantive multimedia components.

Reviews

Book, film, television, music and conference reviews pertaining to the broad field of EDMC studies as it touches upon popular music, ethnography, ethnomusicology, political theory, philosophy, music and technology, subculture and beyond (1500 words maximum).

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
  1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
  2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g. post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal. Such derivate works or subsequent publications must happen no less than one calendar year after the initial publication date in Dancecult.
  3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g. in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

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