Submissions

Author guidelines

Guidelines for authors

The Revue des Plateformes Numériques (RPN) is a scientific journal that accepts contributions from both academics and professionals. To publish in RPN, you need to conduct a reflexive analysis based on a scientific approach and questioning, whether or not the authors hold a doctorate. Situated writings such as those proposed by professionals will also be highly appreciated. All disciplines are eligible, provided that the submitted work relates to digital platforms.

1. Submit an article or issue

1.1 Choosing the text format

The magazine publishes texts in both French and English.

These texts can be part of :

- A thematic section. At the heart of the magazine, this section aims to shed a new light on digital platforms in each issue.

- A Varias section. This is an open door for colleagues, young PhDs and doctoral students to publish outside the theme of the issue.

- A space for book reviews. This category allows authors to monitor publications related to the themes of digital platforms.

- A Working Papers section. This is a space for authors to position themselves on innovative research issues and report on the progress of research.

1.2 Submitting the manuscript

Manuscripts must be submitted to the journal electronically in .docx or .odt format, and must be addressed to the journal's management team.

The expected size (number of signs) of a piece of writing, including spaces, footnotes and bibliography, must not exceed :

-65,000 signs for an article (Themes, Varias, Working Papers).

-7,500 signs for a Review.

Articles submitted must be original and not previously published. Authors vow not to submit them to another journal until the journal's evaluation process has been completed and the editorial decision notified.

1.2.1. Submit an article

Proposals for articles should be sent by email to the RPN team. Each proposal should be no more than 65,000 characters long, and may include illustrations (in the best possible resolution, 300dpi minimum). Texts will be evaluated by the editorial board before being submitted to two reviewers for a double-blind evaluation.

1.2.2. Submit a thematic issue

Thematic issue proposals will be evaluated by the Editorial board before each article is submitted to two reviewers, and must contain:

• A two- to three-page presentation of the chosen theme.
• An introduction.
• Abstracts for each article (a minimum of five articles is expected, with up to 65,000 characters including spaces, notes and bibliography).
• A brief presentation of the authors (surname, first name, institution and e-mail address).
• Abstracts should be written in both French and English, as should summaries of articles and keywords.

Articles in the dossier must follow all the rules for submission and presentation set out above in the instructions for journal authors.

1.2.3. Review

Anyone wishing to review a book is invited to send a brief presentation and justify their choice to the editor. The book will be sent, leaving a period of three to six months (depending on the size of the book) for reading and writing a review (< 7,500 characters).

The text will then be evaluated by the editor (clarity of content, accessibility of vocabulary, size and spelling of the text). If modifications are requested, the author will be given a deadline of between one week and ten days. Once the text has been accepted, it will be formatted for online publication.

2. Anonymization procedure

Articles are evaluated anonymously using a double-blind peer-review process. No information or references identifying the author may appear in the manuscript of the article itself or in the properties of the computer file. To cite one's own work, insert the mention (Author, date) in the text and delete the references in the bibliographic list.

Two files are expected for this purpose:

File 1 (F1): Complete for the journal and online publication of the article.

File 2 (F2): Anonymized for peer review.

The two files must be clearly named: NAME_Year_F1 and ANONYMOUS_Year_F2, in order to differentiate them.

3. General presentation

3.1 Style and typography

To facilitate online publishing, the article must not contain any enrichments (with the exception of italics and bold), style sheets, tabs at the beginning of paragraphs, line breaks or paragraphs in the same section.

Please use Times New Roman size 12 and international numbering for headings: 1. ; 1.1. ; 1.1.1. ; including in the introduction, methodology and conclusion, without exceeding three levels of titles.

Do not insert footnotes in titles and intertitles. Acknowledgements are presented as author notes in the online version.

Capital letters must be accented (É, È, À, Ô, Î, Ç).

All acronyms and abbreviations must be explained when they first appear in the text.

Italics are reserved for :

• Titles of books, magazines, newspapers, Latin words (with the exception of "etc.") and foreign words not integrated into the French language.
• Highlighting a word or a short passage.

Inclusive writing is accepted in the form "étudiant-es" using the midpoint:

• Windows PC: Alt+250 or Alt+0183.
• Mac OS:⌥ alt +⌥ maj + F with French keyboard layout.

3.2 Quotes, interviews, dialogues

3.2.1. Short quotations

In quotation marks and without italics, citation reference in parentheses following the quotation, according to APA v7 bibliographic standard.

Use French quotation marks («...»), use English quotation marks ("...") for a quotation within the quotation.

3.2.2. Long quotations (more than three lines)

They are taken out of the text and set back like an interview extract.

3.2.3. Foreign-language quotation

In the case of a translated version, the author will indicate the following in square brackets: [translation by the author].

3.2.4. Interview extract

They must be without quotation marks or italics, indented, and with the mention of the author or material used in square brackets below the extract.

Author's interventions, omissions and additions are indicated in square brackets [ ].

Ellipses are indicated by suspension points in square brackets [...].

3.2.5. Dialogue

No quotation marks or italics, indented with long dashes.

Mention of the interlocutor before the long dash, in square brackets: [...] -.

Mention of the author or material used in square brackets below the dialogue.

4. Notes

Notes are infra-paginal. References are made in the body of the article, in continuous numbering with a superscript figure.

Notes are only used for brief comments, points of comparison or indications of suitable links.

5. Tables and illustrations

5.1. The tables

Tables are numbered in Roman numerals (Table I), illustrations in Arabic numerals (Figure 1; Graph 2; Map 3). They are referred to in the text and have a title which must be entered below them.

Tables are to be supplied in Word format, without wrapping or anchoring. A heavy or complex table can be integrated as an illustration.

5.2. Illustrations

Illustrations are to be supplied separately in JPG or PNG format (350 dpi ideally), readable online with their source precisely mentioned. If they are original maps, they are expected in .svg format.

In accordance with the law on literary and artistic property, no reproduction of a figure or painting already published can be accepted without written authorization from the owner (author, publisher, museum, etc.). The request for authorization must be made by the author, who is responsible for all related costs.

6. References

Bibliographic references must follow the APA standard. The Scribbr generator makes it easy to format your references according to the APA standard.

To quote in brackets according to the APA standard:

• An author: (Author's name, Date).
• Two authors: (Author name 1, Author name 2, Date).
• Three or more authors: (Name of author 1 et al., Date).
• Organization with abbreviation: indicate the full name of the organization at the first mention in the text, followed by the abbreviation. Use the abbreviation alone thereafter. Example: As indicated by the Commission nationale de l'information et des libertés (CNIL, 2023), public data...
• Organization without abbreviation: Quote the full name of the organization as author each time. Example: (MSH, 2023).
• Reference to multiple sources: (Author's name, date; Author's name, date).

Cross-references are made in alphabetical order of the first author of each reference. Example: (Untel et al, 2010; Unetelle & Untel, 2017)

The APA citation with page number, or other locator, is used in the case of an exact quotation taken identically from an author.

• An author with page number: (Author's name, year, page number).

Example: (Unetelle, 2017, p.181).

An author without a page number: (Author's name, year, other locator).

Example: (Unetelle, 2017, chapter 12).

Rule for APA citation in bibliography: Author's last name, First name initial(s) (Date). Title. Source.

The title of the source must be in italics.

To quote a book

Citation rule: Author's surname, first name initial(s) (Date). Book title. Publisher's name. URL (if ebook).

To quote a book chapter

Citation rule: Author's surname, first name initial(s) (Date). Chapter title. In Book title (start page - end page of chapter). Publisher's name.

To cite a thesis or dissertation

Citation rule: Author's surname, First name initial(s) (date). Title of dissertation [Dissertation and discipline]. University.

To quote a web page

Citation rule: Author or organization (date). Web page title. Website title. URL.

To cite a journal article

Citation rules: Author's surname, first name initial(s) (Date). Title of article. Journal title, volume (issue), start page - end page.

To quote all audiovisual media

Citation rule: Author. (Date). Title of work [Medium]. Producer if physical medium/Name of platform if online resource. URL.

Legal abbreviations are drawn up in accordance with the abbreviation tables of the REFLEX publishing association.