GUIDELINES FOR THE PREPARATION OF MATERIALS

“CHINGGIS KHAAN HERITAGE & CULTURE” A SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL GUIDELINES FOR THE PREPARATION OF MATERIALS

                                  Ulaanbaatar

Article 1. General requirements
1.1.    Book and journal titles should be in Italics.

  • Example:

Some source texts related to Chinggis Khaan are transliterated into modern Mongolian scripts along with its glossaries and printed in the Chinggis Khaan Heritage and Culture, Volume 5.

1.2.    The language of the citation source and the foreign words, specifically explained, should be written in Italics.

  • Example:

For example, the words and phrases fetus (хээл), womb (хэвлий), and blood relatives (элэгний ураг) from the Secret History of the Mongols connote blood or the matrilineal relatives.

1.3.    Layout:

Page layout

B5 (18.2 cm x 25.7 cm), top 2 cm, bottom 2 cm, left 3 cm, right 2 cm, lines on the left and the right are (justify, ctrl+j) justified, header and footer will not be used, no page numbering, line and paragraph spacing single, 1.15.

Font

Times New Roman

Font size

Title (bold) 14 pt, Subtitle (bold) 12 pt, abstract keywords, main text, bibliography 11 pt, reference, table, chart pictures, picture description, text 10 pt.

Title of the Article

Bold, upper and lower case, centered. No dot at the end.

Author’s bio

1 tab space, FIRST NAME in uppercase, Last Name capitalize the first letter;

1 tab space, name of the institution, and position in upper and lower case.

For work with three or more authors, the last name will be written in alphabetical order. The affiliated institutions and employment will be written down in the footnote section.

Abstract

Approximately 200 words.

Keywords

Up to 8 noun words related to the research including conjunctive.

Subtitle

it will not be recommended to begin a new paragraph immediately after a title or sub-title

Main text

Avoid starting a new paragraph or inserting a tab space at the beginning of the text following an article title or sub-title

Quotations and footnotes

In the footnote section.

Bibliography

Start a new page at the end of the text, only the books and words cited are written in English alphabetical order following authors. The author’s multiple works are listed starting in chronological order.

1.4.    If an acknowledgment needs to be included in an academic article, it is customary to present it as a footnote to the title of the article.

Article 2. Grammar 
2.1. Journal, publishing in English, would adhere to both British and American grammar.

Article 3. Punctuation marks

Comma

Commas will be used between clauses, conjunctive, and bywords.

... population of Mongol realms, in China, Central Asia, and the Middle East.

Hyphen

Hyphens can be used in some compound words and clichéd expressions.

pan-Eurasian, proto-Mongolic, socio-political

Quotation-marks

In case, a word is used in an emphatic or satirical sense, not in its ordinary sense.

According to Mongol tradition, patrilineal relatives are called “bone relatives” whereas matrilineal relatives are called “blood relatives”.

Quotations up to 30 words must be in quotation marks.

West army led by Fiyanggu “... departed from Hohhot on 18th of the second month, arrived in Karakul on 13th of the third month; then camped in Hulustai, which is on the left side of Ongi River …”

Direct Speech or Quoted Speech must be in quotation marks.

I.Maiskii, a Russian missionary, and a diplomat, explains: “Along with the nobles of the golden lineage, all tayiji are considered of ‘white bone’”.

Parenthesis

The author’s comments, additional observations, definitions, etc., must be in the curly brackets.

Using archival documents kept at the National Archive of History, records of the noblewomen of the Khalkha Sechen Khan, Tüsheet Khan and Sain Noyon provinces (records on noblewomen of Zasagt Khan have not been found),... .

 The Mongolian Academy of Sciences (MAS)

Square bracket

Square brackets must be used for inserted words.

Сорхон Шарын гэрт, тэргэнд, исрийн доор хүртэл нэгжиж, хойд унгаст тэргэнд онож, амсараа бүхүй унгас таталж, [Тэмүжиний] хөлд хүрэхүйд Сорхон шар ....

Slash

It must be used as an expression of antithetic or alternative ideas. In this case, space will not be taken on both sides of the slash.

Life security consists of recognizing the human determination to Prolong Life/Postpone Death, sustained by the Will-to-Live (WTL).

Article 4. Foreign words and phrases
4.1. Using a language other than English in a journal is considered foreign. 
4.2. Use diacritical marks to denote letter accents as far as they are crucial for the pronunciation or meaning of words.
4.3. Avoid excessive quotations of sources and facts in foreign languages.

Article 5. Upper and lowercase letters
5.1. Keep news and journal names as they are when capitalizing each word;

  • Example:

New York Times, The Sheffield Gazette, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post

5.2. Remember to capitalize proper names and those are driven from human names.

  • Example:

Chinggis Khan, Central Asia, Ongi River, Xiongnu, Marxism, Leninism, Tolkienist.

Article 6. Numbers
6.1. When expressing percentage it’s necessary to write “percent” after the number.
6.2. Numbers with four or more digits must be separated by commas. 

Article 7. Quotations and footnote
7.1. Citations must follow the Chicago manual of style /CMS/
7.2. The first citation of each source must be complete, in case of repetition, and concise.
7.3. A Short citation consists of the author’s name, title (can be abbreviated by more than 4 words), year, and page number. “Ibid” can also be used.

  • Example: Full note

Thomas T.Allsen, Mongol Imperialism: The Policies of the Grand Qan Möngke in China, Russia, and the Islamic Lands, 1251-1259, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1987: 144-151.

  • Example: Short note

T.Allsen, Mongol Imperialism, 1987: 144-151.

Ibid, 1987: 171.

  • Example: Citations with multiple authors

 

Full note

Short note

1 author

Thomas T.Allsen

T.Allsen

2 authors

Ernst Cassires and Charles William Hendel

Cassires and W.Hendel

3 authors

William W.Fitzhugh, Morris Rossabi, and William Honeychurch

W.Fitzhugh, Rossabi, and Honeychurch

4+ authors

Demkin, V.A. et al.

Demkin, V.A. et al.

Demkin, V.A. et al. “Paleosol and Paleoenvironmental Conditions in the Lower Volga Steppes during the Golden Horde Period (thirteenth-fourteenth centuries A.D.),” Eurasian Soil Science 39/2, 2006: 115.

  • Example: Book

Full

Robert E.Bedeski, Prolonging Existence: Lessons from Genghis Khan and a theory of Life Security, Mauritius: Scholars’ Press, 2018: 180. 

Short

Bedeski, Prolonging Existence, 2018: 180.

  • Example: Book chapter

Full

Udaanjargal, Ch., “Qing Period Studies,” in Chinggis Khaan Heritage and Culture Tom.1, ed. Khatanbaatar Choidogsuren, Ulaanbaatar: Bembi San Press, 2022: 75-91. 

Short

Udaanjargal, Ch., “Qing Period Studies,” 2022: 75-91. 

  • Example: Journal article

Full

Bayarsaikhan, D., “Some thoughts on why did the Mongol Empire succeed and fell,” in Chinggis Khaan Heritage and Culture Tom. 1, ed. Khatanbaatar Choidogsuren, Ulaanbaatar: Bembi San Press, 2022: 8. 

Short

Bayarsaikhan, D., “Some thoughts on why did the Mongol Empire succeed and fell,” 2022: 8. 

  • Example: Translated, compiled, and edited article

Full

Walther Heissig, Түүхээ эрж яваа Монголчууд (The Mongols a People in Search of Their Own History), trans. Gerelt, T., Ulaanbaatar: Soyombo Printing, 2021: 13.

(trans. ed. comp.)

Short

Walther Heissig, Түүхээ эрж яваа Монголчууд, trans. Gerelt, T., 2021: 13

  • Example: Website

-    If the date of publication is unknown, the date of access can be entered

Full

J. Khulan, “Ten Honorable Man, who are awarded by Chinggis Khaan Orden,” Ikon.mn, 2017.11.19, https://ikon.mn/n/15lb.

Natalie Sherman, “US raises interest rates despite banking turmoil,” bbc.com, accessed on March 10, 2023, https://www.bbc.com/news/business-65041649.

Short

J.Khulan, “Ten Honorable Man, who are awarded by Chinggis Khaan Orden.”

N.Sherman, “US raises interest rates despite banking turmoil.”

7.4. Maintain original grammar, punctuation, and capitalization of cited sources.
7.5. Use quotation marks for short quotes up to 30 words; long quotes of 30 words or more can be presented in a new indented paragraph without quotation marks.

  • Example:

West army led by Fiyanggu “... departed from Hohhot on 18th of the second month, arrived in Karakul on 13th of the third month; then camped in Hulustai, which is on the left side of Ongi River …”

Though, station servicemen were strictly sanctioned in cases of mistakes in fulfilling their responsibilities, even for the slightest misusage of equipment and food, etc., as is stated in the Secret History of the Mongols (§280),

Station service horses, sheep for food, mares for koumiss, chariots, and cows for chariots, whatever we set from here: in case of missing even a short tether it should be regarded as equal to missing half of all the total sum; in case of missing even a spoon like spoke it should be regarded as equal to missing half of the total. As it is decreed so.

7.6. Use ellipses (three dots) to indicate an omitted text from the middle of sentences.

Article 8. Bibliography
8.1. Bibliography follows Chicago manual of style /CMS/
8.2. Cited books and works are alphabetized by author surname in English references.
8.3. List works by the same author in reverse chronological order.
8.4. Please note that bibliography must be complete. 

  • Example: A book

Thomas T.Allsen. Mongol Imperialism: The Policies of the Grand Qan Möngke in China, Russia, and the Islamic Lands, 1251-1259. Berkeley: University of California Press. 1987.

  • Example: A book with 2 authors

Batbayar, Tsedendamba and Shared, K. Soni. Modern Mongolia: A Concise History. New Delhi: Pentagon Press. 2002.

  • Example: A book with multiple authors

Demkin, V.A., Yakimov, A.S., Alekseev, A.O., Kashirskaya, N.N., El’tsov, M.V. “Paleosol and Paleoenvironmental Conditions in the Lower Volga Steppes during the Golden Horde Period (thirteenth-fourteenth centuries A.D.).” Eurasian Soil Science 39/2. (2006): 115-126.

  • Example: Book Chapter

Udaanjargal, Ch. “Qing Period Studies.” in Chinggis Khaan Heritage and Culture Tom.1. Edited by Khatanbaatar Choidogsuren. Ulaanbaatar: Bembi San Press. (2022): 75-91. 

  • Example: Journal article

Bayarsaikhan, D. “Some thoughts on why did the Mongol Empire succeed and fell.” in Chinggis Khaan Heritage and Culture Tom. 1. Edited by Khatanbaatar Choidogsuren. Ulaanbaatar: Bembi San Press. (2022): 8.

  • Example: Translated, compiled, and edited article

Walther Heissig. Түүхээ эрж яваа Монголчууд (The Mongols a People in Search of Their Own History). Translated by Gerelt, T. UB. Soyombo Printing. 2021.

(Translated by, Edited by, or Compiled by)

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