Submission Guidelines and Style Guide
The editors of the Jewish Quarterly Review invite scholars to submit original research for consideration. We publish select essays on all periods and topics in the field of Jewish studies, and welcome diverse approaches. Contributions should reflect this wide readership, communicating relevance to the field as a whole and offering the necessary framing for educated nonspecialists, while meeting a high standard of scholarly excellence. As of winter 2026, JQR is an open access journal.
We do not currently publish book reviews or conference proceedings. Special forums and review essays are solicited by invitation only.
To submit an essay, visit jqr.scholasticahq.com.
We do not accept submissions by mail or by email. For questions, please contact JQR staff, at sas-jqr-katzcenter@sas.upenn.edu
Most submitted essays will be sent out for evaluation by means of double-blind peer review. We aim to deliver a decision (accept, revise and resubmit, or reject) within twelve weeks of submission.
Please follow these guidelines in preparing your submission:
- Delete all references to the author and other identifying information from headers, text, and footnotes. If you cite your own work, do so neutrally in the third person. Personal acknowledgements can sometimes indirectly identify you, so delete these as well. (We anonymize document metadata, but if your name or other identifying information appears in the text we will send it back to you.)
- Please submit your essay in both .docx and .pdf formats.
- Submit essays in English only. All foreign-language quotations should be translated.
- Limit length to 12,000 words overall.
- Number all pages and double-space both text and footnotes in Times New Roman 12-point font. Do not justify the right margin.
- Images, maps, tables, and other figures may be embedded in the manuscript document rather than sent separately. JQR prints in color.
- Along with your essay, you will be asked to submit:
- An abstract of approximately 250 words summarizing the topic, argument, and approach of your essay. This will be shared with reviewers.
- A set of keywords indicating central figures, movements, events, texts, and/or concepts in the essay.
- By submitting a manuscript to JQR the author certifies that the essay has not appeared in any other publication in whole or in part, in English or in another language; and that it is not currently under review with another publication.
In the event of acceptance:
- Contributors will be asked to edit for compliance with JQR house style, which generally follows the Chicago Manual of Style, 17th ed. More specialized style information, including detailed instructions for citation and transliteration, is in the JQR style guide.
- Contributors will be responsible for providing high resolution files of any images and obtaining all necessary permissions at their expense.
To submit, click this link which takes you to our online peer review submission system, jqr.scholasticahq.com. You will need to create a Scholastica account if you have not done so already.
Please contact Adrienne Atkins (adatkins@sas.upenn.edu) with questions or technical issues.
