CJH/ACH: General Information for Reviewers

General Information for Reviewers

The Canadian Journal of History/Annales canadiennes d'histoire receives books--both solicited and unsolicited--from many publishers. A list is published once a year, usually in our December issue, of the books which have been received but not reviewed.

If you are interested in reviewing a book for our journal, please fill in our reviewer form. Also, you may visit the "Books Available for Review" section of our website and let us know if there is a book you would be willing and able to review. Typically, we require that our reviewers hold a Ph.D. in history (or equivalent terminal degree in a related discipline). Only under certain circumstances are we able to waive this requirement; contact the editor (cjh@usask.ca) for details.

Because we include a maximum of 60 reviews per issue, at a rate of 3 issues per year, we prefer that reviewers publish no more than one review per year in our journal.

Only under special circumstances will we order books at the request of a specific reviewer or consider unsolicited proposals for review essays. Such requests and proposals should be addressed to the editor. They should describe the book(s) in detail, demonstrate the significance of the book(s) to the field, and explain how the reviewer is qualified to assess the book(s).

We expect that potential reviewers will observe common decency and use common sense where possible conflicts of interest are concerned.

Do not volunteer to review a book you have reviewed or are planning to review for another periodical.
You should not review the work of authors you know well or work with closely. (Simply knowing or interacting professionally with an author does not automatically disqualify you as a reviewer. Consult the editor if the issue seems in doubt.)
Conversely, if personal or professional animosity would interfere with your ability to evaluate an author's book objectively, do not review it.
If you are mentioned in the acknowledgements of a book, or if you played any meaningful role in how a book took shape, you should not review it. (If you suspect that you may be mentioned in a book's acknowledgement pages, but do not know for certain, alert us to the possibility, and we will check.)
Do not use your review as a soapbox from which to voice pet peeves or grievances about academic publishing, the historical profession as a whole, or matters that have no bearing on the book itself or the subject it deals with. The editors will delete any such tendentious and unrelated material.

If you have any other questions or concerns, feel free to direct them to the editor. Whether you have reviewed for us before or are joining us for the first time, we look forward to working with you!

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Canadian Journal of History / Annales canadiennes d'histoire
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