Victorian Periodicals Review

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The editor of Victorian Periodicals Review invites articles on the editorial and publishing history of Victorian periodicals. Emphasis is on the historical, critical, or bibliographical importance of periodicals in the history and culture of nineteenth-century Britain, Ireland, and the empire.

Contributions (including a 100-word abstract) should be written in MS Word and prepared according to the Chicago Manual of Style’s notes and bibliography format. A VPR Style Guide is available from the editor. The author’s name should be removed from the manuscript before submission via e-mail: vpr@rs4vp.org.

Correspondence unrelated to article submission may be directed to Katherine Malone, School of English and Interdisciplinary Studies, South Dakota State University, 301 Pugsley Center, Box 2218, Brookings, SD 57007.

Books for review should be sent to Rebecca Nesvet, Department of English and Humanities, University of Wisconsin–Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Drive, Green Bay, WI 54311.

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Peer Review Policy

Submissions to Victorian Periodicals Review (VPR) should be original work that has not been simultaneously submitted to any other publication. Essays are first reviewed by the editor before moving on to double-blind review by two experts in the field. Essays published in VPR examine the editorial and publishing history of Victorian periodicals. Emphasis is on the historical, critical, or bibliographical importance of periodicals in the history and culture of Victorian Britain, Ireland, and the Empire. Additionally, reviewers look for originality of argument, engagement with relevant scholarship, organization and signposting of major claims, and a high standard of writing. We aim to notify authors of our decision within three months after submission. Once accepted, essays go through at least one additional round of revision in cooperation with the editor. Articles are typically published within a year of acceptance.

Editor

Katherine Malone 
Associate Professor of English 
South Dakota State University

Associate Editor–Book Reviews

Rebecca Nesvet 
Professor of English and Humanities 
University of Wisconsin–Green Bay

RSVP Bibliographer

Kristin Kondrlik 
Associate Professor of English 
West Chester University of Pennsylvania

Submissions Editors

Lauren Cameron 
Assistant Teaching Professor of English 
Pennsylvania State University–University Park

Clare Horrocks 
Senior Lecturer in Media, Culture, Communication 
Liverpool John Moores University

Klaudia Lee 
Associate Professor of English 
City University of Hong Kong

Margaret Stetz 
Mae and Robert Carter Professor of Women’s Studies and Professor of Humanities 
University of Delaware

Caroline Sumpter 
Senior Lecturer in Victorian Literature 
Queens University Belfast

Jessica Valdez 
Lecturer, School of Literature, Creative Writing, and Drama 
University of East Anglia

Editorial Board

Julie Codell 
Professor of Art History and English 
Arizona State University

Alexis Easley 
Professor of English 
University of St. Thomas

David Finkelstein 
Senior Honorary Research Fellow 
University College London

Andrew Hobbs 
Senior Lecturer in International Journalism 
University of Central Lancashire

Linda K. Hughes 
Addie Levy Professor of Literature 
Texas Christian University

Anne Humpherys 
Professor of English 
Lehman College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York

Dallas Liddle 
Associate Professor of English 
Augsburg College

James Mussell 
Associate Professor of English 
University of Leeds

Jennifer Phegley 
Professor and Chair of English 
University of Missouri–Kansas City

Catherine Waters 
Professor of Victorian Literature and Print Culture 
University of Kent

Officers of the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals

Priti Joshi, President
Alison Chapman, Vice President
Troy Bassett, Treasurer
April Patrick, Recording Secretary

Board of Directors

Kirstie Blair
Beth Gaskell
Ali Hatapçı
Linda K. Hughes
Emma Liggins
Annemarie McAllister
Richard Menke
Fariha Shaikh

Senior Advisory Council

Laurel Brake
Julie Codell
Marysa Demoor
Maria Frawley
Richard Fulton
Linda K. Hughes
Anne Humpherys
Christopher Kent
Patrick Leary
Robert Patten
Jennifer Phegley
Joanne Shattock

Send books for review to:

Rebecca Nesvet
Associate Editor, Victorian Periodicals Review
Department of English & Humanities
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay

Email: book.reviews@rs4vp.org

Please send book review copies to the contact above. Review copies received by the Johns Hopkins University Press office will be discarded.

Abstracting & Indexing Databases

• Clarivate Analytics
  • Arts & Humanities Citation Index
  • Web of Science
• De Gruyter Saur
  • Dietrich's Index Philosophicus
  • IBZ - Internationale Bibliographie der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Zeitschriftenliteratur
  • Internationale Bibliographie der Rezensionen Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlicher Literatur
• EBSCOhost
  • America: History and Life, 9/1/1983-
  • Current Abstracts, 6/1/2003-
  • Historical Abstracts (Online), 3/1/1979-
  • Humanities International Complete, 6/1/2003-
  • Humanities International Index, 6/1/2003-
  • Humanities Source, 6/1/2003-
  • Humanities Source Ultimate, 6/1/2003-
  • MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association)
  • Poetry & Short Story Reference Center, 6/1/2003-
  • RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (Repertoire International de Litterature Musicale)
  • TOC Premier (Table of Contents), 6/1/2003-
• Elsevier BV
  • Scopus, 2009-, 2001, 1979-1980
• Gale
  • MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association)
• National Library of Medicine
  • PubMed
• OCLC
  • ArticleFirst, vol.27, no.2, 1994-vol.44, no.2, 2011
  • Electronic Collections Online, vol.38, no.1, 2005-vol.44, no.2, 2011
• ProQuest
  • Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database (Canadian Business and Current Affairs), 4/1/2015-
  • CBCA Reference (Canadian Business and Current Affairs)
  • MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association)
  • Periodicals Index Online
  • Professional ProQuest Central, 04/01/2015-
  • ProQuest Central, 04/01/2015-
  • RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (Repertoire International de Litterature Musicale)
  • The Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (ABELL)

Abstracting & Indexing Sources

• Bibliographic Index   (Ceased)  (Print)
• Children's Literature Abstracts   (Ceased)  (Print)
• MLA Abstracts of Articles in Scholarly Journals   (Ceased)  (Print)

Source: Ulrichsweb Global Serials Directory.

0.2 (2024)
0.2 (Five-Year Impact Factor)
0.00013 (Eigenfactor™ Score)

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Readers include: Multidisciplinary scholars interested in the importance of periodicals and newspapers in the history and culture of Victorian Britain, Ireland, and the British Empire

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