Call for papers
We're accepting original research for Volume 1, Issue 4 (October – December 2026). Submissions are open all year.
- Open for
- Vol. 1, Issue 4
- Then
- Vol. 2, Issue 1
- Fees
- None
Send us your best unpublished work, from any discipline.
What we're looking for
CIJAR invites research articles, review articles, short communications and book reviews from researchers, faculty, research scholars and students. We publish across the humanities, social sciences, sciences, professional fields and religious studies, and we're particularly interested in work that brings more than one discipline to bear on a question.
Submissions are reviewed on a rolling basis. Papers accepted after an issue closes are carried over to the next one, so there's no bad time to send your work.
Key details
- Now accepting
- Volume 1, Issue 4 (October – December 2026)
- Following issue
- Vol. 2, Issue 1 (January – March 2027)
- Submission window
- Open all year
- First decision
- Usually within 4–6 weeks
- Publication
- Next available quarterly issue
- Languages
- English, Arabic
- How to submit
- Online submission form or by email to editor@cijar.org
- Review
- Double-blind
- Cost
- Free to publish and read
Before you send it
Three things that help your paper move quickly to review.
Follow the guidelines
Prepare two files, an anonymised manuscript and a title page, as described in preparing your manuscript.
Check originality
Run a similarity check first. We accept up to 10% after exclusions, as set out in our integrity policy.
Submit to one journal
Sending a paper to us means it isn't under review anywhere else, and that any borrowed material is credited and cleared.
Issue cut-off dates
Each quarterly issue closes on an internal date, which we announce on this page. Papers accepted after that date go into the following issue.
Become a reviewer
We're building our reviewer panel. If you hold a doctorate or an equivalent senior position and would like to review for CIJAR, email editor@cijar.org with a short profile, your institutional email and your areas of expertise.
Submit your paper
Rolling submissions, double-blind review, no fees.