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.
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
Victorians Institute Journal (stub)
For those interested in publishing close readings of a single work of a popular Victorian author, especially Hardy or Dickens.
Victorian Review (stub)
For those interested in publishing an article on a lesser known Victorian author or text, or one on an obscure topic in relation to a … Continue reading
Nineteenth Century Literature (stub)
For those interested in publishing articles with very broad claims about an author, discourse, or text.
Dickens Studies Annual (stub)
For those interested in publishing articles with close readings of any of Dickens’s novels or short stories or of his life and legacy.
Eighteenth-Century Life
Submit here if you’re writing about a canonical British author, have a historical (not theoretical) perspective, and want to talk about the author’s journals and … Continue reading
Eighteenth-Century Studies
Submit here if you have a substantial amount of historical or contemporary (aka 18th century) theoretical background or if you’re writing about something global (not … Continue reading
Victorian Studies (stub)
For those interested in publishing articles with broader, interdisciplinary, and cutting-edge approaches to Victorian cultural history.
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
Journal of Postcolonial Writing
For those interested in publishing on texts written in English after 1950, particularly on an individual postcolonial author or text; a critique of contemporary postcolonial … Continue reading
Journal of Literary and Cultural Disability Studies (stub)
For those interested in publishing a close reading of disability in a single text or, more generally, in a group of texts by one author or … Continue reading
Comparative Literature
For those interested in publishing theoretically rigorous articles with large claims on different national or linguistic literatures and with a focus on transmission or circulation. … Continue reading
SEL: Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900
Submit here if you don’t mind waiting for the annual issue on your time period; if you’re working in the 19th century, submit if you have … Continue reading
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
ELH (English Literary History)
For those interested in publishing a traditionally structured article (historical/ theoretical background followed by close reading); if you’re working in the 19th century, write about … Continue reading