Dear JIWS authors: Because we received 60 submissions in less than one week, we have once again had to close our portal for new submissions so we can prioritize peer review for these submitted pieces. Please check again early in 2026 when we will likely be open to new submissions once again. However, If you have an article or creative piece that fits the topics of one of our 3 special issues in process, please submit directly to those special issue editors: see the "Publicity" page on our left menu for the topics and submission details. Book and film reviews can also be submitted at any time to our book and film review editors--see the "Policies/Submission" tab on the left menu for their contact information.

We are also pleased to share that the JIWS has recently been elevated to a Q2 rating. This is good news for authors since it means that your published work is being cited more often, due to the quality of your work. To sustain that rating, we are accepting fewer articles while still maintaining our commitment to feminist care and mentorship and fostering equity by opening up publishing opportunities to scholars in the Global South. While some higher rates of rejection are inevitable for future submissions, we also promise to maintain our core principles. This October 2025, we are publishing an issue to celebrate a milestone--25 years of our journal. Thank you for your continued readership and support of the Journal of International Women's Studies!