As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
Relevance. Though "Kontrapunkte" does not consider itself to be an exclusively scientific jour-nal, it nevertheless accepts only those submissions which contribute to current issues within music education, and which have a basis in relevant academic literature. Submissions should have an obviously relevant scope of application.
Practicability. Contributions to this journal should be useful toward the development of the issue under discussion. Incidental statements of a personal nature that are irrelevant to the subject as well as the promotion of persons, groups, institutions, or products are to be avoided.
Transparency. Contributors should disclose any possible competing or personal (theoretical, business, biographical, etc.) conflicts of interest or sources of bias. Such disclosures should not be considered to create a privileged status within the discussion, but rather should be understood as a mechanism to relativize the scope of validity of the relevant statements.
Ethical Standards. Contributions should focus on the content under discussion. Offensive, racist, or sexist statements, or any other form of defamation, will not be tolerated.
Use of Pseudonyms. A worthy discussion involves clarity within productive dispute. Therefore, we request that commentators refrain from using pseudonyms and enter their full name and, if applicable, their business or private website address in the appropriate comment window.
The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in «Comments to the Editor»).
The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements (see below).
Author Guidelines
Data Formats. Manuscripts in text format are to be submitted as .doc or .docx. Please submit podcasts as x and audiovisual contributions as x. Audio or video contributions are to be designed in such a way that the contents fit accepted journalistic standards (see above).
Language. Contributions are accepted in any of the official languages of Switzerland or in English. Citations from any of these languages should be left in their original form. Citations from other languages should be translated (if applicable with a statement concerning the original wording). Please add subtitles in an official Swiss language to those contributions appearing in a local dialect.
Range and Structure. Contributions in text format should contain a maximum of 25,000 characters (excluding references) and contain an introduction giving the reader an overview of the issue and its context as well as an outline of the content. Please use subheadings. Contributions in audio or video format should be a maximum of 30 minutes in length.
Text Format. Layout, spelling and typography should be consistent throughout. Please use the following guidelines:
The main body of the text should be written in Times New Roman font size 12. Footnotes should appear in Times New Roman font size 10;
Subheadings should be short in length with a maximum of two levels. A blank line should appear between the previous text and a subtitle.
Use the following markings for double quotes: («…») and the following for single quotes: (‹…›).
Use block quotes for those citations spanning more than five lines.
Deletions, insertions or changes to an original citation should be marked with brackets ([…]).
Use italics to place emphasis in the text. Please avoid any other way of emphasizing text such as boldface or underlining. In order to achieve consistency in layout between articles, please avoid using manual page breaks or alternative fonts and sizes.
Please avoid using footnotes to cite literature, but rather for short explanations where further information is helpful. Footnotes should be kept short and should only contain that which is essential.
References and Bibliography. Contributions in text format should contain inline references set in parentheses. References should be listed at the end of each article in alphabetical order of the author’s last name using the German language format of the American Psychological Association ,7th edition.
Gender-sensitive Language. Please avoid the use of the generic masculin
Video, Audio, Figures and Tables. Appropriate permission to publish all materials is to be obtained from the author before submission. Contributions in text format should refer to graphic material in parenthesis (example: «Figure 1: Impression von der Schulmusiktagung vom 16./17. November 2018 in Luzern»).
Abstracts and Key Words. Contributing authors should submit an abstract or a trailer. Abstracts in text format should contain a maximum of 1,200 characters. Trailers in audio or video format should be no longer than one minute in length and contain no more than xMB. A translation of the Abstract or Trailer into an additional official Swiss language as well as into English should also be submitted by the author (assistance is available from the editorial team in this regard if needed). Translation of trailers can be achieved through the use of subtitles. Authors should also include 6 to 10 keywords that will be published together with the link to the online publication.
