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.

The Black Scholar

For those interested in publishing articles in Black Studies that are also in conversation with modern topics such as new media studies, popular culture, and … Continue reading

November 9, 2022

Journal of Popular Music Studies

For those interested in publishing articles that deal very broadly with popular music. The Journal of Popular Music Studies (JPMS), which is published by the … Continue reading

November 9, 2022

Women in French Studies

For those interested in publishing articles that concern feminist studies and the study of women in French and Francophone cultures. WIF Studies publishes articles that … Continue reading

March 20, 2019

Camera Obscura

For those interested in publishing articles in visual studies with a feminist approach. Camera Obscura is one of the premier journals on visual/media culture and … Continue reading

April 5, 2017

Journal of Women’s History

For those interested in publishing articles that focus on women’s history and historical constructions of gender. The Journal of Women’s History is published by The … Continue reading

April 5, 2017

Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society

For those interested in publishing articles that engage gender at the intersections of race, sexuality, class, nation, and/or culture. Gets hundreds of submissions each year, so … Continue reading

March 8, 2017

Differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies

For those interested in publishing articles on the problematic of difference in literary, social, political, and social texts from a combined Continental philosophy and American … Continue reading

June 12, 2015

Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature

Submit here if you’re writing about women (especially multiple works by a single author) and talk really explicitly about the larger implications of your argument. … Continue reading

May 15, 2015