Stylesheet

We provide style templates in Microsoft Word format (.docx) for the submission of research articles/”Forum” contributions and reviews. The templates are available in both German and English and contain all necessary paragraph styles.

Please format your contribution according to these templates before submission.

➟ Stylesheet (eng)

➟ Stylesheet (ger)

If you have any questions and/or problems, please contact info@opengenderjournal.de.

Formatting guidelines

All paragraph styles in our template are described below. They are included in the MS Word documents linked above.

General

  • File format: Microsoft Word (*.docx)
  • Sentence: Block text

Article

Title

  • Header (Noto Sans Regular, font size: 11)
  • As heading in text body (Source Sans Serif Pro – Semibold, font size: 20)

Headings

  • Heading 1 (Source Sans Serif Pro – Semibold, font size: 18)
  • Heading 2 (Source Sans Serif Pro – Semibold, font size: 16)
  • Heading 3 (Source Sans Serif Pro – Semibold, font size: 14)

Body

  • Font: Noto Sans Regular
  • Font size: 11
  • First paragraph under a heading without indentation, indentation (1 cm) from the second paragraph onwards
  • See style guide for abbreviations, etc. (Styleguide | Open Gender Journal)

Foot notes

  • Font: (Noto Sans Regular, font size: 11)
  • Position: At the bottom of the respective page. Footnotes are not meant for references.

Figures and tables

  • Position: At a suitable place in the body text, not at the end of the text
  • Source and rights: The source must be indicated, including image rights.
  • Label position: Title above the figure/table, source below the figure/table (Noto Sans Display Condensed Regular, font size: 11)
  • Reference in the body text: “Table X” (All tables and figures must be referenced in the body text.)
  • Numbering: Consecutive in the article: 1, 2, 3, ...

References