Submissions
Author Guidelines
The journal accepts submissions at any time on kadmos@iliauni.edu.ge.
Manuscripts should be in MS Word, min 5000 words, including References. Please use Sylfaen 11 pt for the body and References and Sylfaen 10 pt for block quotes and footnotes (if any). Pages should be numbered, preferably in the lower right-hand corner.
Use the block format for quotations longer than five lines. Do not use quotation marks with block quotes and indent the entire quotation from both sides. Precede and follow the block quote by a blank line.
Submissions for the Articles section
Locally affiliated authors are expected to submit their manuscripts in Georgian and English in full length, together with keywords in both languages and an English abstract of up to 250 words.
International authors are expected to submit their manuscripts in English, German or French, together with keywords in English, as well as in the language of the article (if other than English), and an English abstract of up to 250 words. A Georgian abstract will also be required. The journal may, at its discretion, offer to provide a Georgian translation of the English abstract using its own resources.
Submissions for Review Articles, Opinion, Responses, Debates, Book Reviews, and Conference Reviews
Papers for these sections must be submitted in one of the following languages - Georgian, English, German or French, together with keywords in English and an English abstract of up to 250 words. In case of non-Georgian contributions, a Georgian abstract will also be required. The journal may, at its discretion, offer to provide a Georgian translation of the English abstract using its own resources.
Citation Style
The Journal conforms to the Chicago Manual of Style (15th edition) / Turabian 7th edition.
Authors are free to choose between the Author-Date and Footnote citation formats for their manuscripts. However, the same format must be followed throughout the entire manuscript. For more details, see Citation Examples.
The ISU Manual of Style, which has been designed based on Turabian 7th ed., provides citation rules in Georgian (see Part II).
Bibliographic citation of Georgian sources in English/German/French contributions:
Please note that in the References of non-Georgian submissions, Georgian sources should be translated into the language of the submission and followed by the original Georgian citation. See a relevant note and examples at the end of Citation Examples.
