The Call for Submissions to IJR Vol. 15: "Transforming Justice" is now open!

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Journal Aims and Scope: The Annual Review of Interdisciplinary Justice Research (IJR) is a double-blind, peer reviewed academic journal focused on thematic issues in justice. The idea began in response to our first conference in 2009, “Theorizing Justice”, when Fernwood Publishing and CIJS members collaborated in publishing a peer reviewed collection of academic papers titled Thinking About Justice. Subsequently we have published fourteen annual volumes engaging different themes usually building from our conference calls. Our journal is online, open access and independent. We do not charge fees to publish in or access the journal. Our goal is to get rigorously reviewed double-blind peer reviewed articles into public spaces where debate and analysis can take place. Past volumes of the journal can be read and downloaded without charge on our website: https://www.cijs.ca/ijr

 

We welcome submissions from across the disciplines and beyond. Past contributors have been notable academics, theorists, policy specialists, scientists, artists, activists, justice practitioners, lawyers, and students. The topics of the papers we have published span the fields of law, criminal justice, criminology, constitutional theory, sociology, psychology, politics, urban studies, and cultural and media studies.

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Editorial and Peer Review: Submissions are selected by the IJR editorial collective from manuscripts received through our yearly call for papers. To ensure editorial and academic integrity, all submissions are subject to a double-blind, peer review process and editorial review.

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Submission Guidelines and Procedures

Submissions must be original work not published or submitted elsewhere for review. If you submit an article, you are agreeing to our exclusive submission policy. Manuscripts should range between 6000-8000 words including all references and notes. Please remove or anonymize all identifying information in the body of the manuscript. Your contact information should appear on a separate cover page, including your email address, mailing address and affiliation. Your work must include an abstract of under 200 words as well as a title and keywords.

 

The use of generative AI poses many ethical, methodological, and conceptual challenges. Authors are required to disclose all use of AI, and ensure this use conforms with ethical and sound research and artistic practice. Use of AI must be carried out with careful human oversight and control, and authors should carefully review and edit results. Our policy on AI is evolving along with this new technology. Please contact us if you require additional clarification.     

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If you are interested in submitting a book review, a research note or another form of written scholarship other than a research article, please contact us well in advance of the submission deadline for further information. Usually we do not accept book reviews that are longer than 2500 words or research notes or commentaries that are longer than 5000 words. An abstract of under 150 words is required for these submissions. We welcome artistic works that relate to themes of justice, including visual art, poetry, prose and other art work. Please contact us in advance before submitting artistic works.

 

Citations and references must conform to APA guidelines. Tables and figures can be costly and time consuming to reproduce. Please keep tables and figures concise and to an absolute minimum. Lengthy footnotes are also to be avoided. Footnotes should be used sparingly and not in place of in-text citations.

 

All submissions are subject to double-blind peer review and subsequent editorial review and acceptance prior to publication. All submissions must be submitted electronically in MS Word format. Submissions will be reviewed by the editorial collective and sent out for double-blind peer review to scholars who are suitably versed in the subject matter of the submission. A minimum of two (2) double-blind peer reviews will be obtained prior to an editorial decision. Authors will be asked to provide the names and contact information of suitable potential reviewers who are experts in the field.

 

Following the peer review process the manuscript will be either accepted, accepted subject to revisions, requested to be revised and resubmitted within a certain time frame, or declined. Revisions must be completed strictly within the specified timeframe to ensure we meet our deadline for annual publication. Submissions or revisions received beyond the specified due dates will not be published in the current volume but may be considered for future volumes of the journal.

 

Acceptance of a piece will include immediate open access publication through the CIJS webpage and may include physical publication in a volume of the Annual Review. Your work will be publicized through our network on social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter and Academia.edu.

 

All submissions and inquiries should be made via our email: CIJS@uwinnipeg.ca

 

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