Reviews of Peer-Reviewed Journals in the Humanities and Social Sciences

We give you the scuttlebutt on academic journals—aiding you in selecting the right journal for publication—in reviews that are sometimes snarky, sometimes lengthy, always helpful. Written by Princeton University graduate students and Wendy Laura Belcher.

PMLA (Publications of the Modern Language Association)

For those interested publishing articles that discuss timely and culturally relevant literature and archival materials. For those looking to make broad connections (not close reading) … Continue reading

September 19, 2022

The Black Scholar

For those interested in publishing articles that address black life, black culture, black suffering, black death, black sexual politics, black religion, black liberation and all … Continue reading

February 23, 2017

Journal of the American Academy of Religion (JAAR)

For those interested in publishing articles that speak to other scholars of religion and to the state of the field of religious studies as a … Continue reading

February 14, 2017

PMLA (Publications of the Modern Language Association)

For those interested publishing articles that discuss timely and culturally relevant literature and archival materials. For those looking to make broad connections (not close reading) … Continue reading

June 15, 2015

American Anthropologist

For those interested in publishing ethnographically based articles and with an interest in the trajectory of the discipline and privileging clarity and creativity. It publishes … Continue reading

June 15, 2015