Submissions

Author Guidelines

Types of Contributions, Languages and Length

Kaunas History Annals accepts only original texts that have not been published or submitted elsewhere. There are no publication charges.

Articles are published in Lithuanian, English, Polish and German. Every peer-reviewed text (research article, source edition, “Seminar” article), whatever its language, has a title and keywords in Lithuanian and English and summaries in Lithuanian (up to 800 characters) and English (up to 3,000 characters). Sources are published in the original language and, where necessary, translated into Lithuanian.

Type	Length (characters with spaces)	Peer reviewed
Research article	up to 40,000 (one author's sheet), including footnotes, references, appendices, illustrations and summaries	yes
Source edition	up to 40,000; the source in the original language with historical and archaeographic commentary and, where necessary, a Lithuanian translation	yes
Early-career researcher's article (“Seminar”)	up to 40,000	yes
Review, annotation	up to 20,000	no; assessed by the Editorial Board
Chronicle, information article	up to 20,000	no; assessed by the Editorial Board

The Editorial Board may allow a longer article or source edition.

Structure of an Article

1.       Title in Lithuanian and English.

2.       Name(s), affiliation(s), e-mail address(es) and ORCID iD(s) of the author(s) (submitted in a separate file so that the manuscript remains anonymous).

3.       Summary in Lithuanian (up to 800 characters): aim, sources, method and main results. It must be understandable without the article.

4.       Keywords in Lithuanian and English (4–6).

5.       Introduction: aim and objectives, object, historiography, sources, methods, novelty.

6.       Main text divided into sections with subheadings.

7.       Conclusions.

8.       List of sources and references.

9.       Summary in English (up to 3,000 characters): aim, sources, method, main results and conclusions. It must be understandable without the article.

Authors are responsible for the linguistic quality of their texts. The editorial office has Lithuanian- and English-language editors; authors writing in Polish or German are advised to have their texts edited before submission. The editorial office does not translate texts.

Preparation of the Text

–      Texts are submitted as .docx files in Times New Roman, 12 points, 1.5 line spacing; footnotes 10 points.

–      Peer review is double-blind, so the author's name must not appear in the manuscript or in the file properties; author details are submitted separately.

–      Quotations longer than three lines are set as separate paragraphs. Quotations in the original language are given with a translation into the language of the article, in the text or in a footnote.

–      If a text or summary was translated by someone other than the author, the translator's full name is given.

–      Artificial intelligence tools may not be listed as authors. If AI was used for preparing the text, for translation or for data analysis, this is stated at the end of the article. The author is responsible for the whole content.

Citations

References follow the Chicago Manual of Style notes and bibliography system. More examples: https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html.

–      Sources in Cyrillic or other non-Latin scripts are transliterated into the Latin alphabet in the reference list (ISO 9 or Library of Congress system); the original form may be added in brackets.

–      Articles and books that have a DOI are cited with the DOI as a link (https://doi.org/…).

–      Online sources are cited with the date of access.

Footnote examples

Book: one author

Note number. Author's first name and surname, Book title: subtitle, edition (Place of publication: Publisher, year), page(s).

¹ Zigmantas Kiaupa, Lietuvos valstybės istorija, 2nd ed. (Vilnius: Baltos lankos, 2006), 150–151.

…

³ Kiaupa, Lietuvos valstybės istorija, 64–65.

⁴ Ibid., 67.

⁵ Ibid.

Book: two or three authors

Note number. First author's first name and surname and second author's first name and surname, Book title: subtitle, edition (Place of publication: Publisher, year), page(s).

¹ Ramūnas Vilpišauskas and Vitalis Nakrošis, Politikos įgyvendinimas Lietuvoje ir Europos Sąjungos įtaka (Vilnius: Eugrimas, 2003), 180–181.

Chapter in a book

Note number. Author's first name and surname, “Chapter title: subtitle,” in Book title: subtitle (Place of publication: Publisher, year), page.

¹ Vytautas Berenis, „Egodokumentų tyrimai: ištakos, metodai, perspektyvos“, in Egodokumentai ir privati Lietuvos erdvė XVI–XX amžiuje (Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, 2013), 14.

² Aleksander Pluskowski and Heiki Valk, “From Conquest to Colonisation: The Archaeology of the Crusades in Prussia, Livonia and Lithuania,” in Crusader World, ed. Adrian J. Boas (London: Routledge, 2016), 568.

Multi-volume work (one volume cited)

Note number. Author's first name and surname, General title: subtitle, vol. X, Volume title: subtitle (Place of publication: Publisher, year), page(s).

¹ XVII a. vidurio Maskvos okupacijos Lietuvoje šaltiniai, vol. 3, 1658 ir 1663 Vilniaus miesto tarybos aktų knyga (Vilnius: Lietuvos istorijos instituto leidykla, 2015), 25.

² Donald Kagan, Problems in Ancient History, vol. 2, The Roman World (New York: MacMillan Publishing, 1975), 14.

³ XVII a. vidurio Maskvos okupacijos Lietuvoje šaltiniai, 3:24.

⁴ Kagan, Problems in Ancient History, 2:15.

Journal article

Note number. Author's first name and surname, “Article title,” Journal title volume, no. issue (year): page(s).

¹ Henryka Ilgiewicz, „Lenkų visuomenės pastangos įamžinti Vilniuje iškilių asmenybių atminimą XIX a. pabaigoje – XX a. pradžioje“, Kultūrologija 18 (2010): 242.

² Piotr Daszkiewicz, “Les visiteurs lituaniens et polonais du célèbre cabinet d'histoire naturelle de Jean Hermann au XVIIIe siècle,” Cahiers lituaniens 11 (2012): 31–32.

Website

Note number. Author's first name and surname, “Page title,” Website title, posted / updated / accessed Month Day, Year, URL.

¹ „Bibliografinės nuorodos ir literatūros sąrašai“, Vytauto Didžiojo universiteto biblioteka, updated February 14, 2017, http://biblioteka.vdu.lt/bibliografines-nuorodos.

² „Bibliografinės nuorodos ir literatūros sąrašai“.

Archival source

Note number. Title of the document, archive, fonds / collection, inventory, file, folio(s).

¹ 1935 12 05 LR KAM Karo stovio reikalams referento plk. V. Braziulevičiaus slaptas raštas nr. 874 apskričių karo komendantams, LCVA, f. 384, ap. 2, b. 502, l. 12.

Reference list

–      The list is placed at the end of the article and is not numbered. Archival sources come first, followed by published sources and literature; each part is arranged alphabetically.

–      Entries are sorted by the first author's surname or, if there is no author, by title. If a title begins with an article (a, an, the, der, die, das, el, il, la, le, etc.), the entry is sorted by the second word.

–      Entries longer than one line use a hanging indent.

–      The first author is given surname first (unlike in footnotes); other authors are given first name first.

–      Up to 10 authors are all listed; if there are more than 10, the first 7 are listed, followed by an ellipsis and et al.

–      Elements of an entry are separated by full stops (in footnotes, by commas).

Sample reference list

Anglų-lietuvių kalbų specialiojo ugdymo žodynas. Šiauliai: Šiaulių universiteto leidykla, 2005.

Akmenytė, Vilma, and Giedrė Milerytė. Nuo I. B. Volfo ir Engelmano iki Ragučio: alaus daryklos istorija, 1853–2008 m. Kaunas: Kopa, 2008.

———. Volfas Engelman: bravoro istorija nuo 1853 m. Kaunas: Kopa, 2011.

Almond, Gabriel A., G. B. Powell, Kaare Strøm, and Russell J. Dalton. Comparative Politics: A Theoretical Framework. New York: Longman, 2001.

Asch, Ronald G. Nobilities in Transition 1550–1700: Courtiers and Rebels in Britain and Europe. London: Arnold, 2003.

„Bibliografinės nuorodos ir literatūros sąrašai“. Vytauto Didžiojo universiteto biblioteka. Updated February 14, 2017. http://biblioteka.vdu.lt/bibliografines-nuorodos.

Bumblauskas, Alfredas, Sigitas Jegelevičius, Benediktas Juodka, Algirdas Jakubčionis, Mečislovas Jučas, Liudas Jovaiša, Antanas Kulakauskas, et al. Alma mater Vilnensis: Vilniaus universiteto istorijos bruožai. Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, 2010.

Danytė, Milda. „Komunistinė propaganda tarp Kanados lietuvių II pasaulinio karo metais“. Oikos 1 (2006): 29–39. http://eltalpykla.vdu.lt/1/33485.

Davies, Norman. Dievo žaislas: Lenkijos istorija. 2 vols. Vilnius: Lietuvos rašytojų sąjungos leidykla, 1998.

Ilgiewicz, Henryka. „Lenkų visuomenės pastangos įamžinti Vilniuje iškilių asmenybių atminimą XIX a. pabaigoje – XX a. pradžioje“. Kultūrologija 18 (2010): 242–257, 265.

Kačerauskas, Tomas. Individas istorinėje bendrijoje: kultūrinės regionalistikos apmatai. Vilnius: Technika, 2011. https://doi.org/10.3846/1902-M.

Švedas, Gintaras, and Paulius Veršekys. „Lietuvos baudžiamosios teisės bendrosios dalies teisėkūros ir mokslo aktyvumo tendencijos“. Teisės apžvalga 2(14) (2016): 6–27. https://doi.org/10.7220/2029-4239.14.1.

Vilpišauskas, Ramūnas, and Vitalis Nakrošis. Politikos įgyvendinimas Lietuvoje ir Europos Sąjungos įtaka. Vilnius: Eugrimas, 2003.

XVII a. vidurio Maskvos okupacijos Lietuvoje šaltiniai. Vol. 3, 1658 ir 1663 Vilniaus miesto tarybos aktų knyga. Vilnius: Lietuvos istorijos instituto leidykla, 2015.

Illustrations

Illustrations and other visual material (diagrams, maps) must be suitable for reproduction. Digital illustrations are submitted as separate files (.tif or .jpg, at least 300 dpi), and their position is marked in the text.

An authorised list of illustrations is required. For each item it gives the title, the source (publication, museum, library, archive or other collection) and the name of the artist, photographer or cartographer. Illustrations are numbered according to this list.

The author is responsible for the right to reproduce illustrations and provides the rights holder's permission where required.

Author Information

With the article, the author submits: full name, academic degree and title, affiliation and position, e-mail address, ORCID iD (free at orcid.org) and research interests. The “Our Authors” section of each volume publishes the author's degree, affiliation, position and e-mail address.

In a co-authored article every author must have made a genuine contribution; the corresponding author is responsible for the consent of all co-authors.

Submission and Deadlines

–      Articles are submitted through the website of Kaunas History Annals at ejournals.vdu.lt (registration required) or by e-mail to kim@vdu.lt.

–      Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis. Articles received by 10 June are included in the forthcoming volume; those received later are considered for the following volume.

–      With the submission the author confirms that the text is original, unpublished and not under consideration elsewhere, and declares funding sources and any conflicts of interest.

–      Submitted texts and illustrations are not returned.

For questions about manuscript preparation, please contact the Administrator of Kaunas History Annals, Dr. Inga Puidokienė: kim@vdu.lt, tel. +370 600 33 752.

Submission Checklist

–      The text is original and has not been published or submitted elsewhere.

–      The title and keywords are given in Lithuanian and English.

–      Summaries are provided in Lithuanian (up to 800 characters) and English (up to 3,000 characters).

–      The introduction states the aim, sources, methods and novelty of the research.

–      Footnotes and the reference list follow the Chicago style; non-Latin sources are transliterated.

–      The author's name does not appear in the manuscript or in the file properties.

–      Illustrations are submitted as separate files with sources and rights holders' permissions.

–      Author details, including ORCID, are provided.

–      Funding sources and conflicts of interest are declared.