Submissions

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Author Guidelines

Language submitted texts
Native English speakers write in English; their articles will be edited by a native speaker. Dutch authors write in Dutch; their articles shall be translated after editing. If authors want to submit an article in German, which is to be translated into English as well, please contact the editor. Most of the guidelines below are valid for all three languages.

Short outline
Authors are requested to send a short outline of the intended article to the editorial board first (bulletin@rijksmuseum.nl). This should be no more than 300 words long and contain the answers to the following questions:

  • What is the central question of the article?
  • How does the author propose to answer it?
  • What sources are being used?
  • To what conclusion(s) does the author come?
  • What does the article add to the area of research and to the knowledge of the Rijksmuseum’s collection in particular?

Full-length article
Once the Bulletin editors have extended an invitation for you to write the intended article, please observe our word count restriction of 6,000 words, including notes. Notes are primarily to be used for source references. The eventual addition of appendices must be discussed in advance with the editor. The article may be accompanied by approximately twenty images.

When approved by the Bulletin editors, the article will be submitted to two anonymous peer reviewers possessing expertise in areas relevant to the subject and research methodology. Peer reviewers will evaluate the solidity of the research, point out possible lacunae, check the prevailing terminology, and address other issues when and if applicable. Authors are expected to heed the advice they receive, with the aim of further improving the article. This definitive, peer-reviewed article will then be subjected to a final editing round and subsequently submitted for translation/correction, with the article then considered publication ready.

Short Notice
Short Notices should not exceed more than 2,000 words, including notes, accompanied by a maximum of six images. Given the limited amount of allotted space, a short notice allows for the discussion of one particular finding. In those cases when a subject is deemed too diverse for a short notice, or an object highly versatile, the Bulletin editors will recommend that a more comprehensive article be written, with the research embedded in the proper context necessary to assure the full comprehension of the results.

Short notices are edited by the Bulletin editors and in some cases by a museum curator; they are not submitted for peer review. After the author has finalized the text, it will be subjected to a final editing round and submitted for translation/correction, with the short notice then considered publication ready.

Abstract and biography
Please include an abstract and a short biography when submitting your article. The abstract should be between 150 and 200 words in length (full-length articles only). Biographies must describe your current engagements only and should span two sentences (about 30 words).

For detailed copy instructions, please read the full Instructions for Authors and English Style Guide.

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • The submission has not been previously published, 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.

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

a) The Rijksmuseum Bulletin provides immediate open access to its content. Articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work licensed under a CC BY 4.0 license. This license allows others to share the work published in The Rijksmuseum Bulletin with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

b) Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (for instance, post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.

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