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.
Category Archives: Social Science Journals
Latino Studies
For those interested in publishing articles about Latino/a/x experience, culture, history, and theory within a national, transnational, hemispheric context. Latino Studies is an interdisciplinary journal … Continue reading
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
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
The Journal of American History (JAH)
For those interested in publishing articles that contribute to current debates within American historiography. The Journal of American History (JAH) is published four times a … Continue reading
Western History Quarterly
For those interested in publishing articles about Western US history, especially colonialism, race, gender, and indigeneity. Western Historical Quarterly (WHQ) publishes articles on such topics … Continue reading
Mindfulness
For those interested in publishing articles that advance research in the theory and clinical practice of mindfulness. Founded in 2010, Mindfulness is a monthly journal … Continue reading
International Journal of Science Education (A)
For those interested in publishing articles on science education from early childhood to university, with a focus on applying research to practice in various educational … Continue reading
European Early Childhood Education Research Journal
For those interested in publishing multidisciplinary articles on early childhood education in Europe, where “early childhood” refers to the period between birth and eight years … Continue reading
Applied Linguistics
For those interested in publishing articles about applied linguistics, including from an interdisciplinary and international perspective. Founded in 1980, Applied Linguistics is a peer-reviewed academic … Continue reading
Psychological Bulletin
For those interested in publishing synthetic research and meta-analysis on psychological issues in the discipline’s top journal. Psychological Bulletin is a disciplinary journal that specializes … Continue reading
Linguistic Typology
For those interested in publishing articles that discuss variation in a linguistic subfield across spoken or signed languages from either a theoretical or descriptive perspective. … Continue reading
Online Social Networks and Media
For those interested in publishing data-driven articles or theoretical surveys investigating the complexities of social media and network content. Online Social Networks and Media (ONSEM) … Continue reading
American Sociological Review
For those interested in publishing articles that speak to a broad sociological audience and present cutting-edge research. American Sociological Review, which is the flagship journal … Continue reading
Advances in Group Processes
For those interested in developing theories of group processes, particularly theories with a sociological focus. Advances in Group Processes is a peer-reviewed publication that annually … Continue reading
Journal of Marriage and Family
For those interested in publishing articles that are empirically-based and deal with the topics of marriage and family, this is the top journal in the … Continue reading
Social Studies of Science
For those interested in publishing articles that investigate core concerns in the field of science and technology studies. Social Studies of Science invites submissions from … Continue reading
Politics and Gender
For those interested in publishing articles that address the relationship between politics and gender, and women and politics. By impact factor, this quarterly journal is … Continue reading
The Journal of Politics
For those interested in publishing articles in a top political science journal that is not staid. A top journal in political science, this journal was … Continue reading
Journal of Black Studies
For those interested in publishing articles on the Black experience. Founded in 1970 by Afrocentric scholar Molefi Kete Asante, the Journal of Black Studies is … Continue reading
Gender and Society
For those interested in publishing feminist social science research. Gender and Society, the journal of Sociologists for Women in Society, is a prestigious, highly cited … Continue reading
Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics
For those interested in publishing articles that address the relationship between politics and issues of race, ethnicity, immigration and indigeneity. The Journal of Race, Ethnicity, … Continue reading
SubStance
For those interested in publishing articles that deal with recent and emerging critical theories, particularly those that are material or object oriented and have a … Continue reading
Social Forces
For those interested in publishing articles that examine empirically-driven sociological research questions. Social Forces publishes research by established scholars in the field as well as … Continue reading
Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care
For those interested in publishing articles that comment on, review existing literature about, or empirically investigate elements of clinical perinatal care. Birth is an interdisciplinary … Continue reading
Politics, Groups, and Identities
For those interested in publishing articles that explore the politics of race, gender, ethnicity, religion, class and other dimensions of identity and structural disadvantage. “Politics, … Continue reading
American Journal of Sociology
For those interested in publishing articles that use novel empirical data or analysis to advance explanatory, frequently causal arguments addressed at macro-level disciplinary questions in … Continue reading
American Political Science Review
For those interested in publishing articles that address political theory, American politics, public policy, public administration, comparative politics, and international relations. American Political Science Review … Continue reading
Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race
For scholars interested in publishing social science research and criticism on race, with a special focus on African Americans. Launched in the spring of 2004, … Continue reading
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
The Journal of Japanese Studies
For those interested in publishing articles especially in pre-modern studies that contribute to the field of Japanese studies (in the humanities and social sciences) in … Continue reading
Anthropology Quarterly
For those interesting in publishing articles that engage with the disciplinary debates and methodological commitments of anthropology, ethnography, and cultural analysis. Anthropology Quarterly is a … Continue reading
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
Journal of African American History
For historians (or scholars analyzing primary sources) interested in publishing articles that address African American life, culture, religion, politics and movements against state violence. This is … Continue reading
American Quarterly
For those interested in publishing articles with a broad, humanistic understanding of American culture, particularly if it engages in cross-disciplinary work. American Quarterly is the official … Continue reading
Material Religion: The Journal of Objects, Art and Belief
For those interested in publishing articles that are interested in writing about the intersection of images, objects, spaces, practice with belief. An innovative, relatively new … Continue reading
Religion and American Culture: A Journal of Interpretation
For those interested in publishing articles that explore the connections between religion and other spheres of American culture. It is in the discipline of history … Continue reading
ITYOPIS Northeast African Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (NEAJ)
For those interested in publishing original research in the humanities and social sciences on the Horn of Africa. This new, annual, peer-reviewed journal is published … Continue reading
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
Cultural Critique
For those interested in publishing transnational, transdisciplinary research with a strong theoretical component (especially Marxist) on cultural production as it appears in words, images, and sounds, … Continue reading
Race and Class
For those interested in publishing critical interventions on race, racism, and imperialism with a particular disciplinary focus in anthropology, social science, and the humanities. This … Continue reading
Identities
For those interested in publishing philosophically, theoretically, and critically rich articles with an attention to unpacking aspects of identity formation as being central to understanding … Continue reading
Social Text
For those interested in publishing theoretically and critically rigorous articles with an attention to creativity and poetics while pushing the boundaries of work on race, … Continue reading
Public Culture
For those interested in publishing theoretically rigorous articles with an attention to critically engaging inequality and difference (social, cultural) as it manifests in various ways … Continue reading
Political & Legal Anthropology Review (PoLAR)
For those interested in publishing ethnographically based articles with an attention to critically engaging politics/the political and law/legality as it relates issues of public/civil society, citizenship, … Continue reading
Cultural Anthropology
For those interested in publishing theoretically rigorous and critically engaged articles with an attention both to a re/articulation of the anthropological tradition and pushing the … Continue reading
Anthropological Theory
For those interested in publishing theoretically rigorous, text-based articles with ethnography remaining secondary, and with an attention to clarity in writing and contemporary problems, especially ethically/morally … Continue reading
American Ethnologist
One of the flagship journals in the field of anthropology, dedicated to showcasing of research that deals with ethnology in the broadest sense of the … Continue reading
Ethnicities
For those interested in publishing articles that address issues of how to create successful multicultural societies. The journal addresses the inherent problems with building such societies, including issues … Continue reading
Transforming Anthropology
For those interested in publishing articles that address questions of race, gender, class and other issues of social inequality within one or more of the … Continue reading
Victorian Literature and Culture (stub)
Submit here if you have a really interesting, interdisciplinary article about Science, Race/Imperialism, Gender (mostly women), Death, Religion, Sympathy, Victorian institutions (museums, pawnshops, libraries, etc), … Continue reading
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal
For those interested in publishing publishes articles on genocides using a comparative lens and from a sociological, historical, or political-science perspective. The journal covers a wide range of … Continue reading
Holocaust Studies: A Journal of Culture and History
For those interested in publishing articles in any discipline that focus on the Holocaust (which the journal defines as “the Nazi persecution and mass murder of the … Continue reading
Holocaust and Genocide Studies
For those interested in publishing articles using a historical or sociological perspective to address any topic dealing with the Holocaust. Although the title says the journal also focuses on “Genocide … Continue reading