Washington University Review of Philosophy

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

The Washington University Review of Philosophy is an open access journal that publishes annual volumes of original articles and interviews. Submission is by email to the editors at [email protected]. All submissions must be in English.

Original submissions: We only accept submissions that have not been published in their current form. We ask that authors refrain from submitting their papers to other publications while they are being considered by the Review.

However, we do accept submissions that have been circulated in unpublished formats (e.g. lectures), previously published in a language other than English, or modified substantially since their original publication. For papers that have been published in a previous form, please include a full citation of the previously published version and a copy of the text as published.

Format​: We prefer submission in Word fomat (.docx or .doc). Manuscripts should be double-spaced with 1" margins and 12 point font. We prefer Chicago-style citations. There is no maximum or minimum length for submissions.

Process: ​After reading your submitted manuscript, the editorial team will discuss it and decide if we will include it in the upcoming edition. If we decide that we would like to publish your piece, we will contact you and begin a dialogue on potential edits for your work. Rather than peer review, you can expect a collaborative process in which a dedicated team of undergraduate students reads your piece and, if necessary, makes suggestions so that the article best fits the mission of the Review.

Publication: Upon acceptance authors will be asked to complete a publication agreement that confirms the journal's right to publish the manuscript. Publication will be on an open access basis, with terms defined by a Creative Commons publishing license. Authors retain all other rights to their submissions including the right to republish their submissions in other articles or books they write or edit, as long as original publicaion in the Review is acknowledged.

Publication Ethics Statement

The editorial team of the Washington University Review of Philosophy is committed to ensuring the integrity of the publication process. Conformance to standards of ethical behavior is therefore expected of all parties involved: Authors, Editors, Reviewers, and the Publisher.

Authors should present an objective discussion of the significance of research work, as well as sufficient detail and references to permit others to confirm a chain of reasoning or experimental result. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable. Review articles should also be objective, comprehensive, and accurate accounts of the state of the art. The authors should ensure that their work is entirely original, and if the work and/or words of others have been used, this has been appropriately acknowledged. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable. Authors should not submit articles describing essentially the same research to more than one journal. The corresponding author should ensure that there is a full consensus of all co-authors in approving the final version of the paper and its submission for publication.

Editors should evaluate manuscripts exclusively on the basis of their academic merit. An editor must not use unpublished information in the editor's own research without the express written consent of the author. Editors should take reasonable responsive measures when ethical complaints have been presented concerning a submitted manuscript or published paper.

Reviewers must treat received manuscripts as confidential documents. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviews should be conducted objectively, and observations should be formulated clearly with supporting arguments, so that authors can use them for improving the paper. Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse himself from the review process. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors or institutions connected to the paper.

The Publisher will respond to alleged or proven cases of research misconduct, fraudulent publication, or plagiarism in close collaboration with the editors. The publisher will ensure that appropriate measures are taken to clarify the situation and to amend the article in question if necessary. This may include the publication of an erratum, clarification or, in the most severe case, the retraction of the affected work. The publisher, together with the editors, shall take reasonable steps to identify and prevent publication of papers where research misconduct has occurred, and under no circumstances encourage such misconduct or knowingly allow such misconduct to take place.