ISSN: 1948-352X

JCAS is looking for submissions that advance the academic study of critical animal issues in contemporary society. While animal studies is increasingly becoming a field of importance in the academy, much work being done under this moniker take a reformist, ethically detached, apolitical, non-activist, and depoliticized approach that fails to mount more serious critique of underlying issues of political economy, systems of domination, and speciesist theories, philosophies, projects, and movements. JCASis an interdisciplinary journal with an emphasis on total liberation and freedom for all. This Journal was designed to build up the common activist’s knowledge of animal liberation while at the same time appealing to academic specialists to address the important topic of animal liberation, freedom, and advocacy. We encourage and actively pursue a diversity of viewpoints of contributors from the frontlines of activism to academics. We have created the Journal for the purpose of facilitating communication between the many diverse perspectives of the animal advocacy movement. Thus, we especially encourage submissions that seek to create new syntheses between differing disputing parties and to explore paradigms not currently examined. JCAS is open to all scholars and activists. While the research and perspectives will differ, the editing of the pieces will be peer-reviewed for quality and originality. We encourage and actively pursue a diversity of viewpoints and topics. JCAS is meant to be a useful tool for academics and activists and by academic and activists to advance total liberation higher education.

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Please read these guidelines below and then send your article, essay, review, research notes, conference summary, etc. to: Dr. Richard White, Chief Editor, Journal for Critical Animal Studies.

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Publication Dates:

JCAS is published 3 times a year:

• Spring Issue – June
• Fall Issue – October
• Winter Issue – February

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Submission Guidelines:

- We seek:

• research articles and essays – no more than 7000 words
• research notes - no more than 2000 words
  
• conference summaries - no more than 2000 words
• film and book reviews - no more than 3000 words.

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Style/Format:

• All submissions should have appropriate references and citations. Manuscripts should be double-spaced in 12-point font and conform to the Harvard style format.

• Submissions must be sent in Microsoft Word format. Submissions in other software formats will not be reviewed.

• Authors should remove all self-identification from their submissions, but all submissions must be accompanied by a title page with author(s) name and affiliation, name of type of submission (e.g., article, review, conference summary, etc.), contact information including e-mail, postal address, and phone number.

• Authors must include an abstract of no more than 150 words that briefly describes the manuscript’s contents.

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Review Process:

• Upon acceptance for review, the editors will send manuscripts, under a double-peer reviewed process, to no less than two, and generally three reviewers. Reviewers provide their recommendations to the editor, who makes the final decision to accept the manuscript.

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Submissions will be assigned to one of the four following categories:

1. accept without revisions

2. accept with editorial revisions

3. revise and resubmit for peer review

4. reject

• Every effort will be made to inform authors of the editor’s decision within 100 days of receipt of a manuscript. Authors, whose manuscripts are accepted for publication, will be asked to submit a brief biography that includes their institutional or organizational affiliations and their research interests. The Journal for Critical Animal Studies only publishes original materials. Please do not submit manuscripts that are under review or previously published elsewhere.

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Copyright, Republishing, and Royalties:

• All Work published by the Journal is copyrighted by JCAS.
• Republication of Contributor’s Submitted Work may be assessed a reasonable fee for the administration and facilitation to other presses. Such fee shall be determined at the discretion of Journal for Critical Animal Studies.
• Royalties: Contributor agrees and acknowledges that no royalty, payment, or other compensation will be provided by Journal for Critical Animal Studies in exchange for or resulting from the publication of the Submitted Work.

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Submit to:

• Please send all submissions for the Journal via e-mail to:
  Dr. Richard White, Editor-In-Chief

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