Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences

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Information for contributors

Authors should prepare manuscripts in accordance with HSNS style. For guidance refer to our style sheet and a model article.

Please observe the following instructions:
  • Supply an abstract upon submission.
  • Submit your manuscript in MS Word or RTF format, double-spaced and formatted for 8½ x 11 paper. Number pages continuously.
  • Prepare footnotes double-spaced using the footnote editor. HSNS follows the Chicago Manual of Style humanities style for footnotes; refer to the style sheet. No bibliography is required.
  • Send images, captions, tables, and displayed equations as separate files. Do not embed images in a Word document or PowerPoint. Scans should be made at min. 300 dpi for grayscale (600 dpi for line art) and saved in TIFF format. Print quality of images supplied in GIF or JPEG format cannot be guaranteed.

Manuscripts should be sent as e-mail attachments to Managing Editor Diana Wear, e-mail: diana@berkeley.edu.