Bulletin of Chinese
Article Contribution Guidelines
(Revised on February 4 , 2026)
- This bulletin is only for academic publication. The journal invites papers from current or former full-time or part-time teachers at domestic or foreign universities or colleges, researchers at research institutions, or those with doctoral qualifications. If multiple authors are co-authors, the first author must meet the above conditions.
- Contributions should be unpublished or unprinted (degree dissertations, web articles and conference/symposium proceedings are considered as published works). Each article should be within length of 10,000 to 30,000 words (including Chinese and English abstracts, key words, citations, footnotes and endnotes) except for special contributions.
- The Bulletin of Chinese will reject any further contribution of authors who contributed the same article to another publication.
- Articles should be contributed in either Chinese or English. All articles should be processed with Microsoft Word. Contributions should include Chinese and English versions of the followings: the title, the author’s name, the abstract (up to 300 words for each language), along with no more than 10 Chinese and 10 English keywords. Authors are strongly advised to follow the attached Guidance on Style and Contents of Articles specified by the Bulletin of Chinese to facilitate editing.
- Manuscripts will be submitted to two experts for blind review; therefore, any information that may identify the author must be removed from the text. Authors will be notified of the acceptance or rejection of their papers in writing. Please retain a copy of your work, as submitted manuscripts will not be returned. This journal does not publish articles by the same author consecutively. The Editorial Committee reserves the right to determine the final number of papers published in each issue.
- Papers requiring revision must adhere to the specified deadline; failure to do so will be treated as withdrawal.
- We do not offer an honorarium. Authors of published articles will receive two free copies of the Bulletin of Chinese.
- To authors of serious violations on the regulations of assessment, causing disorders to the administrative procedure and affect the Bulletin’s academic credit, we reserve the right to refuse their submissions for 3 years under the Editors Committee’s decision.
- The Bulletin of Chinese assumes no responsibility for the copyright issues relating to or in connection with the contributed articles, such as figures, tables and quotations. Authors should apply for permissions to the copyright holders in advance, ensuring that their articles are free from infringement on rights of the third parties. Authors are fully liable for any legal consequences arising from or in connection with plagiarism, re-production and/or infringement.
- Authors agree and authorize the Bulletin of Chinese to re-authorize this Department and University and/or other database owners to re-produce; provide via the internet services; and license subscriber to download, print and browse their works accepted by the Bulletin, including format modifications to meet the demands of website services.
- The Bulletin of Chinese is a biannual journal with issues published in June and December. The closing date of contributions is January 10 and July 10 of each year (postmark serves as proof).
- The Bulletin of Chinese includes the following fields: classics and history, philosophy, literature, language and philology, Chinese teaching, and interdisciplinary studies. Authors should specify their field of contribution.
- Authors should include a Personal Datasheet on a separate sheet of paper. The form could be downloaded from the website at (https://www.ch.ntnu.edu.tw/BOC/show_all_news.php)
- Contributions should be addressed to:
Editors Committee
Bulletin of Chinese
Department of Chinese
National Taiwan Normal University
No.162, Sec. 1, Heping E. Rd.,
Daan Dist., Taipei City 106308,
Taiwan (R.O.C.) Phone: +886-2-77491596