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Journal of Gender Studies Special Issues
Guidelines for Guest Editors
We invite proposals for special issues and special sections on any topic that fits with our aims and scope, which can be found here.
Special issues usually feature around eight papers but they can be longer or shorter than this, including articles of varying lengths as well as pieces in other formats such as interviews, conversations, and round table discussions. Special issues with five or fewer articles will be published as a Special Section within an issue of the journal.
You may find it useful to contact the Editor in Chief before putting together a proposal with a brief outline of the topic. This way we can pass on feedback on your idea from the editorial board and this will help you in putting together your proposal. Please contact Feona Attwood at [email protected]
Prospective Guest Editors should submit a proposal which sets out the need for the issue and the context of its submission, describes how the issue fits with the journal’s aims, and explains the contribution it will make. Please include the following information:
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Title
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Proposal description
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Guest Editor information and contact details
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List of suggested authors and/or manuscript titles and abstracts (if you will be using a Call for Papers to solicit contributions instead, please include this along with your plans for distributing this and any other arrangements you will be making for inviting submissions)
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Proposed deadline for submission of first drafts
Guest Editors oversee the peer-review process, working with manuscripts submitted for the special issue, with support and guidance from one of the JGS Editors. Guest editors will suggest potential reviewers, give feedback to authors, communicate with authors about deadlines, provide recommendations to the JGS editor and help with the promotion of the special issue once it is published. The review of articles contributed by the Guest Editors will be organised by one of the JGS editors.
Journal of Gender Studies’ Editors will make the final decision on submissions. Guest Editors will also write an editorial article providing an overview of the topic and introduction to the special issue, which will be reviewed by Journal of Gender Studies editors.
All Special Issue articles are peer reviewed under standard journal procedures and using the Routledge submission system.
If you are interested in submitting a proposal for a special issue, please email it to Feona Attwood at [email protected].