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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • 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.

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Privacy Statement

Privacy Policy

Authors and reviewers’ privacy is important to International Review of Literary Studies. This privacy statement provides information about the personal information that IRLS collects, and the ways in which IRLS uses that personal information.

Personal information collection

IRLS may collect and use personal information that is necessary for the processing and publication of manuscripts submitted to us. This information may include names, affiliation and contact details; including postal address, emails, phone numbers and fax numbers.

Using personal information

Any personal information received by IRLS will only be used to: process and publish your manuscript.  

  • administer this website;
  • personalize the website for you;
  • enable your access to and use of the website services;
  • process your manuscript;
  • publish your manuscript;
  • send to you communication about your manuscript
  • send to you statements and invoices;
  • collect payments from you; and
  • send you marketing communications.

Where IRLS discloses your personal information to its agents or sub-contractors for these purposes, the agent or sub-contractor in question will be obligated to use that personal information in accordance with the terms of this privacy statement. 

In addition to the disclosures reasonably necessary for the purposes identified elsewhere above, IRLS may disclose your personal information to the extent that it is required to do so by law, in connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings, and in order to establish, exercise or defend its legal rights.

Securing your data

IRLS will take reasonable technical and organizational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information. 

Cross-border data transfers

Information that IRLS collects may be stored and processed in and transferred between any of the countries in which IRLS operates to enable the use of the information in accordance with this privacy policy.

In addition, personal information that you submit for publication on the website will be published on the internet and may be available around the world.

You agree to such cross-border transfers of personal information.

Updating this statement

IRLS may update this privacy policy by posting a new version on this website.  

You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are familiar with any changes.