Guidelines for authors

For articles to be submitted the following rules apply:

  • A maximum word count of 2.000 (footnotes not included).
  • Information about the author & picture of the author.
  • Paragraphs should be as short as possible (about 50 words per paragraph) with frequent use of subheaders for online legibility.
  • Please avoid the use of hyperlinks in the text, rather use footnotes instead. The use of footnotes should be limited in size and in number.
  • References to books, articles in bundles, articles in newspapers and magazines should follow the template of the Clingendael Magazine (see below).

 

Correct referencing in footnotes of:

Webpages:

When possible, please do not provide the URL but use a hyperlink.

Please use the function 'Insert Hyperlink' in Word or use the hotkey Ctrl + K.

Books:

First the name of the author (preferably first name and surname), then the title of the book in italics, then the location of the publisher and a colon, then the publisher, finished by the publication year, and when applicable add the page numbers.

Example:
Koos Janssen, De Verenigde Staten en China, Amsterdam: Bert Bakker, 2012, page 82-86.

Articles in a newspaper or magazine:

First the name of the author (preferably first name and surname), followed by the title of the publication in citation marks, then the name of the paper or magazine in italics, then (for magazines, if possible) the volume and issue, finished by the date of publication, and when applicable add the page numbers.

Example newspaper:
Maarten van Dalen, ‘Obama wint Amerikaanse verkiezingen’, de Volkskrant, 10 november 2012.

Example magazine:
Maarten van Dalen, ‘Obama wint Amerikaanse verkiezingen’, Internationale Spectator, jrg. 67, nr. 2, februari 2013, blz. xxx-xxx.

Articles in bundles:

First the name of the author (preferably first name and surname), followed by the title of the publication in citation marks and a comma, then the word 'in' and a colon, then the names of the editors of the relevant bundle and add '(ed.),' behind it, finished by the name and publisher of the bundle as if it were a book (see above).

Example:
Piet Dillissen, ‘Zuid-Afrika en de apartheidspolitiek’, in: Daan Peters & Jan Visser (ed.), Geschiedenis van Zuid-Afrika, Deventer: Kluwer, 2012, blz. 124-156.