1. The Journal is a scholarly publication committed to music studies. The Editorial Board welcomes manuscripts of original essays on academic music research or translation of classic musical treatises.
2. The Journal calls for submission on a regular basis and publishes in May and November each year. Manuscripts will be reviewed upon submission. On principle, each issue will only publish one article by the same author.
3. The Journal accepts submissions in Chinese or English only. Papers in Chinese should be between 8,000 to 20,000 characters and papers in English should be between 5,000 and 12,000 words (excluding footnotes, bibliography, and Chinese and English abstracts). Translations are limited to scholarly or classic music treatises, and the target language should be Chinese. Annotations and references should accompany the translated text. Preferred length of translations should be the same as papers in Chinese.
4. Manuscripts should be prepared according to the Journal’s Style Guide. The title should be provided in both Chinese and English. A Chinese abstract of no more than 300 characters and an English abstract of no more than 200 words should be included, along with 5 keywords in both Chinese and English. A bibliography should be attached at the end of the manuscript and should list only the works cited in the manuscript.
5. The Journal does not publish manuscripts that fall outside its aims and scope, are plagiarized, have been previously published, have been submitted to multiple journals, are non-academic, or lack proper references.
6. Contributors should e-mail a PDF file of the Author Information Form and their manuscript (in both MS Word and PDF formats) to: yyyjntnumusic@gmail.com.
7. Manuscripts shall be reviewed and recommended anonymously by at least two scholars and approved by the Editorial Board before publication. Authors will be notified if the submission does not meet the Journal’s requirements.
8. Authors whose papers have been accepted should sign the Copyright Authorization Letter granting the Journal the non-exclusive right to entrust a third-party to publish the manuscript electronically and to conduct digital transmission, which includes duplication, file download and printing. The author retains the copyright of the paper. For Chinese articles approved by the Editorial Board, the author is required to provide an English summary of approximately 1,200 words within one week of notification. The Journal will publish it at its discretion.
9. After the papers are published, the authors are solely responsible for ethical disputes involved.
10. These Regulations shall take effect upon approval by the College Academic Development Council. Any amendments shall undergo the same procedure to become effective.
