Journal Review.

I acknowledge up front that there are a few holes in this, as the beautiful, open access, peer-reviewed journal I had picked out that had all of its ducks in a row and had been stated on another site to allow undergrad research in fact only accepted graduate level and above and I didn't find that out until close to the last minute, then had to work with a number of librarians to find alternatives, so there are a few questions I missed that I will send to the editor and post an update accordingly. I found a lot of this information through joining the manuscript submission website and using my deductive reasoning skills on what was and wasn't required, based on the questions asked in the required fields, et cetera.

1) Title: Women's Studies: An inter-disciplinary journal, published by the Taylor & Francis Group, specifically Routledge, and based in the Claremont Graduate University.

2) The journal was founded by Wendy Martin, currently a Professor of American Literature and American Studies Associate Provost, as well as the Director of the Transdisciplinary Studies Program at Claremont Graduate University, in 1972, and she is currently its primary editor. Description from the website: "Women's Studies provides a forum for the presentation of scholarship and criticism about women in the fields of literature, history, art, sociology, law, political science, economics, anthropology and the sciences. It also publishes poetry, film and book reviews." (Taylor & Francis Group) Looking over the early issues, it seems to have its roots specifically in the analysis of women writers, though that is hardly its only emphasis. There are twenty-one editors representing nine different disciplines on the review board.

3) There are eight issues per year. There are both electronic and print copies for subscribers. I called the editor's office and the secretary told me they do accept undergraduate research papers for article submissions, as this was unclear on the website. The journal publishes topics specific to the aforementioned disciplines, with no overriding theme specific to each issue, though there was recently an issue dedicated solely to the "Woman Art Collector." Because the journal is by subscription only, I was unable to read through multiple issues, but I accessed the sample copy and there was a strong emphasis on identitarian issues ("Black Women, Beauty, and Hair as a Matter of Being") and literary analysis (an article on an autobiographer and an analysis of transgressive women's writings) in the articles in that particular issue. Because I couldn't read entire issues, I referred to the table of contents in a few issues from this year to further feel out what they publish, and that yielded a few articles that seem closely related to a few of our class's topics, among them "Motherhood, Stereotypes, and South Park," and going back a couple of years, "Variations in Values: A Narrowing Gap Between Male and Female Employees in a Singaporean Firm in Southeast Asia?" As mentioned above, the editor is Wendy Martin, an English professor at Claremont Graduate University in California, and the publishing house is British. They don't host a conference.

4) This is a preeminent journal in the field, one of the only instances I found that all of our disciplines are equally represented. Essentially, this would be instance in which we would aim high. Given the expense of the journal and its content, this is a highly academic journal, aimed towards professors, librarians, and scholars.

5) All scholars, emerging or otherwise, with relevant papers, reviews, and articles, et cetera may submit. Resubmission is allowed, and there is a special field to indicate whether or not it's been submitted multiple times. The maximum length of submissions is twenty-five pages, and it seems the average is between fifteen and that maximum. There is no suggested length. It employs MLA, and there is an online submission drop box for all manuscripts. Your work can be submitted in whatever format necessary, but all of the contents, including pictures, if they are used, will be consolidated into a .pdf file for peer review. The abstract must not exceed two hundred words, one hundred recommended, and there is a space for a cover letter. The Works Cited must be numbered in consecutive Arabic numerals. Submissions must be original and unpublished. You do not need to be a member to publish, but you obviously need an account with the manuscript submission website.

Works Cited

"Taylor & Francis Journals: Welcome." Women's Studies: An Inter-disciplinary Journal. Taylor & Francis, 2010. Web. 23 Sept. 2010. <http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=0049-7878&linktype=1>.

"Women's Studies: An Inter-disciplinary Journal." Women's Studies: An Inter-disciplinary Journal. Taylor & Francis. Web. 24 Sept. 2010. <http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=g917928090>.

"Women's Studies: An Inter-disciplinary Journal." Women's Studies: An Inter-disciplinary Journal. Taylor & Francis. Web. 23 Sept. 2010. <http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=g794613610>.