Dear JIWS authors: Our portal for new submissions will remain closed until March 1, 2026. We are currently working on the peer review process for articles to be considered for the October 2026 regular issue. In March 2026, we will open the portal for submissions to be considered for the October 2026 or February 2027 issue. However, If you have an article or creative piece that fits the topic of one of our special issues in process, please submit directly to those special issue editors: see the "Call for Papers" 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. Thank you for your continued readership and support of the Journal of International Women's Studies!