This spring, the Journal of American Folklore publishes its monumental 500th issue. As the official journal of the American Folklore Society, JAF has been published continually since the Society’s founding in 1888. […]
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Open Access Research Bill Advances to Illinois Senate
From Urbana-Champaign’s local newspaper, The News-Gazette: Legislation that would set up task forces at each of Illinois’ nine public universities to establish policies for open access to research articles published […]
And the award for ‘Best New Journal’ goes to…
History of the Present, the Press’s journal that approaches history as a critical endeavor, was awarded ‘Best New Journal’ for 2012 by the Council of Editors of Learned Journals. The […]
Prof. Pradeep Dhillon discusses philosophies and practices of Sikhism
Professor Pradeep Dhillon, editor of our Journal of Aesthetic Education, sat down with the Illini News Bureau to discuss cultural aspects of Sikhism. In light of the August 5 tragedy […]
New Journal: Women, Gender, and Families of Color
This month, UIP launches a new journal in cooperation with the University of Kansas. Women, Gender, and Families of Color expands the mission of Black Women, Gender, and Families, which […]
For-Profit Academic Journals “Financially Untenable”
From the Faculty Advisory Council to the Library at Harvard University: We write to communicate an untenable situation facing the Harvard Library. Many large journal publishers have made the scholarly […]
Retractions on the Rise
Carl Zimmer, writing in the The New York Times, notes a sharp increase in the number of journal article retractions in recent years — by one estimate, a tenfold increase […]
Elsevier and The Cost of Knowledge Boycott
In January, an international group of mathematicians started a boycott against Dutch publishing behemoth Elsevier over high journal subscription prices as well as policies preventing free access to research. Since […]
Peer Review No Longer in the Dark
In today’s Inside Higher Ed, Scott Jaschik reported on sessions taking place at the Modern Language Association’s annual meeting discussing the role of traditional blind peer review in scholarly publications […]
ongoing effects of war
I work on a number of journals here, journals covering diverse topics, and the variety is really interesting. Some articles stick with me for a long time. Yesterday I had […]
Season’s Greetings from the Journals Department
After such a trying and tumultuous year, we in Journals thought we would lighten the mood a bit by showing you how we truly embody the holiday spirit (faces blurred […]
New Partnership with the Illinois State Historical Society
We’re very pleased to announce a new partnership with the Illinois State Historical Society. Beginning in 2012, UIP will publish the distinguished Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society as […]