Guidelines

Only manuscripts of sufficient quality that meet the aims and scope of Mobility Humanities will be reviewed.
As part of the submission process you will be required to warrant that you are submitting your original work, that you have the rights in the work, that you are submitting the work for first publication in the Journal and that it is not being considered for publication elsewhere and has not already been published elsewhere, and that you have obtained and can supply all necessary permissions for the reproduction of any copyright works not owned by you.

Before submitting your manuscript to Mobility Humanities, please ensure you have read the information here.

In preparing a paper for submission to Mobility Humanities, you should not be uncritically exhaustive in synthesizing research but might concentrate on the most promising and productive trends and developments.

While seeking vibrant interdisciplinary discussions on the phenomena, technologies, and infrastructures of mobility and its ramifications from the humanities perspective, Mobility Humanities encourages papers that delve into their cultural-political, ethical, and spiritual and emotional meanings, focusing on the representation, imagination, and speculation that surround mobility.

Mobility Humanities welcomes original articles that make an innovative contribution to the humanities-based mobility studies from philosophical thoughts, literary, cultural and communication inquiries, historical, geographical, and sociological research around the world. We especially welcome research from and about Asia and the Global South.

Mobility Humanties consists of articles, creative/visual essays, book review(s), and an interview or dialogue, as well as special issues.

Papers are accepted for consideration on the understanding that they are not being submitted elsewhere.

Article should be approximately 8,000 words or less.
Creative/Visual Essay should be approximately 3,000 words and ten images.
Book Review should be approximately 2,000 words or less.
Introduction for Special issue, Interview, and Dialogue should be no less than 2,000 words.

The language of the journal is British English

All submissions are initially assessed by the journal editorial team who decides whether or not the article fits the scope of the journal and is suitable for peer review. Submissions considered suitable are assigned to two independent experts, who assess the article for clarity, validity, and sound methodology.

The journal operates a double-blind peer review process, meaning that authors and reviewers remain anonymous for the review process to external reviewers. Reviewers are asked to provide formative feedback, even if an article is not deemed suitable for publication in the journal.

Based on the reviewer reports the journal Editors will make a recommendation for rejection, minor or major revisions, or acceptance. Overall editorial responsibility rests with the journal’s Editors-in-Chief, who are supported by an expert, international Editorial Board.

All parties who have made a substantive contribution to the article should be listed as authors. Principal authorship, authorship order, and other publication credits should be based on the relative scientific or professional contributions of the individuals involved, regardless of their status. A student is usually listed as principal author on any multiple-authored publication that substantially derives from the student’s dissertation or thesis.

All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in an Acknowledgements section. Examples of those who might be acknowledged include a person who provided purely technical help, or a department chair who provided only general support.

Individuals who provided writing assistance, e.g. from a specialist communications company, do not qualify as authors and so should be included in the Acknowledgements section. Authors must disclose any writing assistance – including the individual’s name, company and level of input – and identify the entity that paid for this assistance.

It is not necessary to disclose use of language polishing services.
Please supply any personal acknowledgements separately to the main text to facilitate anonymous peer review.

Mobility Humanities takes issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. We seek to protect the rights of our authors and we always investigate claims of plagiarism or misuse of published articles. Equally, we seek to protect the reputation of the journal against malpractice. Where an article, for example, is found to have plagiarized other work or included third-party copyright material without permission or with insufficient acknowledgement, or where the authorship of the article is contested, we reserve the right to take action including, but not limited to: publishing an erratum or corrigendum (correction); retracting the article; taking up the matter with the head of department or dean of the author’s institution and/or relevant academic bodies or societies; or taking appropriate legal action.

If material has been previously published it is not generally acceptable for publication in Mobility Humanities. However, there are certain circumstances where previously published material can be considered for publication. Please contact the Editor at the address given below.

It is essential that all data is accurate, and representative of your research. Data sharing is more and more prevalent, increasing the transparency of raw data. Cases of data fabrication/falsification will be evaluated by the editor. We may then ask authors to provide supporting raw data where required. We may also ask Journal Editorial Board members to assist in further evaluation of the paper and allegations. If the explanation is not satisfactory we will reject the submission. We may also choose not accept future submissions.

It is very important to be honest about any conflicts of interest, whether sources of research funding, direct or indirect financial support, supply of equipment or materials, or other support. If an author does not declare a conflict of interest to the journal upon submission, or during review, and it affects the actual or potential interpretation of the results, the paper may be rejected or retracted.

Before you submit, make sure you’ve:

Finally, notify all the co-authors once you have submitted the paper.

The document must be set at the US letter standard size. The entire document (including notes) should be double-spaced with 1-inch (2.5 cm) margins on all sides and no extra spaces between paragraphs. A 12-point standard font Times New Roman is required for all text, including headings and notes. Unusual characters or diacritics should be flagged by placing the entire word in red type, as they may not translate correctly in typesetting.

The cover page should provide the title of the article, complete contact information for each author (mailing address, phone number, and email), biographical data of approximately 100 words for each author (including an ORCID if applicable), a total word count, the number of tables and/or figures included, and any acknowledgments. Affiliations and email addresses will be posted online for indexing/abstracting purposes. For title, please use bold with initial capital letter for any proper nouns.

The article must include an approximately 200-word abstract and 5 to 8 keywords. The abstract should not duplicate the text verbatim but rather include the research question or puzzle, identify the data, and give some indication of the findings. Keywords should be drawn from the content and not duplicate the article title, listed in alphabetical order, and separated by commas; only proper nouns should be capitalized.

Be parsimonious in the use and design of tables. Provide only data relevant to the textual argument. Create headings and communicate the argument under discussion. Avoid designing tables so wide that they must be printed at right angles to the normal reading position. Tables must be numbered and titled.

Rough drawings of figures are acceptable upon submission. All illustrations and figures if accepted must be provided to us camera-ready.

A substantive idea that seems worth presenting in a footnote is usually worth presenting in the text. When inclusion in the text proves difficult, that indicates a strong argument for dropping the point. If you decide that you must include certain ideas as notes, number them consecutively and place them at the bottom of the page.

Mobility Humanities adheres to the MLA style. View the 2023 Mobility Humanities Manuscript Style Guidelines to ensure your manuscript conforms to this reference style.

Please submit your paper to the following email account: https://mc03.manuscriptcentral.com/mobilityhumanities

Mobility Humanities is committed to preserving and sharing all content for future generations. To this end, all issues will be archived and made available in the National Library of Korea and dCollection. This ensures that all content will be accessible to researchers and scholars for many years to come.

There are no submission fees, editorial processing charges, article processing charges (APCs), page charges, colour charges.

8-1) Special Issue

Any correspondence, queries or requests regarding the Special Issue section should be sent to the Editor-in-Chief and Associate Editor as follows:

Editor-in-Chief Inseop Shin (seoha@konkuk.ac.kr)
Associate Editor Jinhyoung Lee (gespenst@hanmail.net)

8-2) Manuscript Submission, Peer Review Process, and Publication (Hard Copy)

Any correspondence, queries or additional requests for information on the manuscript submission process, peer review process, and publication (hard copy) should be sent to Associate Editor and/or the Mobility Humanities editorial office as follows:

Associate Editor Jinhyoung Lee (gespenst@konkuk.ac.kr)
The Mobility Humanities editorial office (mobilityhumanities@gmail.com)
The Academy of Mobility Humanities, Konkuk University
11F, New Millennium Hall, Konkuk University 120 Neungdong-Ro, Gwangjin-Gu, Seoul 05029, South Korea