Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

The Journal publishes original scholarship on all aspects of NJ studies, grounded in historical context. We strongly encourage submissions that help to tell the stories of people, groups, places, and events commonly excluded from dominant historical narratives; or that give new perspectives on familiar stories. 
 
 

 

Section Policies

Articles

Unchecked Open Submissions Checked Indexed Checked Peer Reviewed

Museums and Archives; Documents and Artifacts

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Talks

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Teaching New Jersey History

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Book Reviews

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NJSAA Graduate Award Papers

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Letter from the Editor

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Exhibit Reviews

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NJ History and Historic Preservation Conference Poster Winner

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Film Reviews

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Special Feature

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NJSAA Undergraduate Award Papers

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Research Notes

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Peer Review Process

All article submissions undergo a double-blind peer review process, with each being evaluated by two scholars with expertise in the subject matter. Articles are deemed "Publish with minor revisions" "Revise and Resubmit" or "Reject as Unpublishable."

 
 
 

 

Publication Frequency

We will publish two issues per year, in the Summer and Winter.

 

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

 

New Jersey Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Editorial Board

Editor

Melissa Ziobro, Specialist Professor of Public History, Monmouth University

Book Reviews Editor

Jonathan Mercantini, Chair, Department of History, Kean University

Board

Beth Allan, Curator, Morven Museum and Gardens

Jason Allen, Director of Community Engagement, NJ Council for the Humanities

Ronald Becker, Professor Emeritus, Rutgers University Libraries

Michael Birkner, Professor, Gettysburg College

Chris Fischer, Professor of History, The College of New Jersey

Paul Israel, Director and Editor, Thomas Edison Papers

Kristen O'Brasill Kulfan, Instructor, Rutgers University

Maxine Lurie, Professor of History Emerita, Seton Hall University

Mary Rizzo, Associate Director of Public & Digital Humanities Initiatives, American Studies & History at Rutgers-Newark

Janet L. Sheridan, Principal Cultural Heritage Specialist, Down Jersey Heritage Research, LLC

Vivian Thiele, Database Archvist, NJ State Archives

Matthew Tomaso, Director, Cultural Resources, PS&S

Richard Veit, Associate Professor of History and Anthropology, Monmouth University

 

 

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