Call for Application for _Gender and Sexuality_ Vol. 19
Wednesday,June 14,2023Center for Gender Studies is now accepting application for its peer-reviewed journal, Gender and Sexuality, to be published next Spring (Expected to be published in March, 2024). We have reviewed our editorial process and decided to put our deadline forward. Application deadline for 19th issue of Gender and Sexuality is July 31st, 2023.
◆General Information
Gender and Sexuality is an academic journal on the study of gender and sexuality, published by the Center for Gender Studies at the International Christian University. The journalʼs research section shall consist of research papers on empirical investigations, theoretical discussions on gender and sexuality studies, and research notes . The field section shall feature case studies by activists, and field reports concerning gender-related activities at institutional, domestic, and international levels.
We hope you will be interested in submitting your manuscript to Gender and Sexuality. We only accept manuscripts for research paper, research notes and field reports. We do not accept manuscripts for for book reviews.
For further inquiry, please contact us at cgs@icu.ac.jp.
◆Basic Regulation
Followings are basic regulations for manuscript preparation. For details of the journal regulation please refer here. If you find different directions on the Journal Regulations section and this website, please follow instructions indicated in this website.
- ◇Manuscripts submitted to this journal must be previously unpublished, in full or in part.
- ◇Only Japanese or English manuscripts shall be accepted.
- ◇Manuscript format must be in accordance with the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th Edition, 2020). Manuscripts submitted in other formats may be rejected regardless of their contents and their scholarly worth.
- ◇Manuscripts (papers or summaries) that are not in the author’s native language must be proofread by a native speaker of that language. Manuscripts with obvious inadequacies such as grammatical errors shall be rejected.
- ◇The author’s name, affiliation, specialization, e-mail address, postal address and telephone number should be written on a separate word file. Name, affiliation and specialization should be indicated in both English and Japanese.
- ◇To ensure anonymity during the screening process, the author’s name should not appear in the text or document file names. Personal information saved in the document properties should also be deleted.
- ◇There shall be no payment involved for manuscripts or for insertion.
- ◇Manuscripts should be written in a style appropriate for an internationally circulated academic journal.
- ◇Manuscripts that do not conform to these guidelines may be returned with a request for revision.
◆Submission guidelines
- ◇Manuscript of Research Papers and Research Notes
- ーResearch papers should be between 16,000 to 20,000 Japanese characters or 6,500 to 8,500 English words in length, including references, and footnotes. Figures and graphic images are not included in the number of words. Please keep the numbers of figures and graphic images to minimum and necessary numbers.
- ーResearch notes should be less than 12,000 Japanese characters or 5,000 English words in length, including references, and footnotes. Figures and graphic images are not included in the number of words. Please keep the numbers of figures and graphic images to minimum and necessary numbers.
- ーField reports should be no longer than 12,000 Japanese characters or 5,000 English words in length, including references, and footnotes. Figures and graphic images are not included in the number of words. Please keep the numbers of figures and graphic images to minimum and necessary numbers.
- ーThe title should be short, simple, and no more than 40 Japanese characters or 20 English words in length. It should also preferably address the main topic.
- ◇Summary
- ーTwo abstracts, one in English (no more than 500 words) and one in Japanese (no more than 800 Japanese characters), should be attached on separate sheets with a list of five keywords in both English and Japanese.
- ◇Separate Sheet Indicating Contact Information
- ーThe author’s name, affiliation, specialization, e-mail address, postal address and telephone number should be written on a separate word file.
- ーName, affiliation and specialization should be indicated in both English and Japanese.
We are looking forward to receiving your submissions.