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Writing the articles
A typical article, consisting of approximately 1500-2000
words devoted to a single Ottoman author, will contain
a brief biography of its subject, detailed information
about each one of their historical works
(contents, evaluation, critique of the secondary literature,
editions,
etc.),
and a list of relevant manuscripts. All of this should
be written in strict accordance to the guidelines available
on this website. The editorial
committee of the Historians
of the Ottoman Empire project will assign article topics
to selected scholars, and provide them with a basic bibliography
of secondary sources and/or a list of manuscripts as
collected by the research assistants.
In order to maintain consistency throughout the database,
a set of guidelines has been determined to harmonize
the transliteration of non-Latin scripts, the translation
of Turkish official titles, and some phonological issues.
The contributors will be requested to follow these rules
in order to achieve a proper degree of consistency between
the various articles.
The project will pay $ 0,12 per word as royalty to the
authors. The payment will be made after the article is
accepted for publication in its final version. |
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Collecting and editing the articles
Once the articles are submitted, the editorial
committee will review them and, if necessary, request some modifications
or improvement. In order to ensure the highest level
of reliability of the database as a research tool, Historians
of the Ottoman Empire reserves the right to ultimately
reject an article it solicited and assign it to another
scholar if the author is unwilling or unable to conform
to the guidelines and scholarly standards of the project. |
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Publishing the first draft on the web
After the editorial
committee has received and given
its preliminary approval to a certain number of articles,
these will be made available on the web, free of charge,
accompanied by a set of practical search tools. Although
we expect that not all articles will be ready by the
end of 2005 and that those available will still be subject
to minor modifications and additions, this beta version
of the Historians of the Ottoman Empire database will
already be citable. This will allow us to receive feedback
from the scholarly community at large, both in general
terms and about specific entries, and will have the added
advantage of publicizing the existence of the project
Historians of the Ottoman Empire. |
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