E-International Relations is the world’s leading source for International Relations scholarship and insight, reaching over 3 million readers annually via our web, email and social channels. We welcome authors who want to contribute accessible academic-styled works and informed topical analysis – from any discipline or perspective – that has something to say about international affairs.
Why publish with E-International Relations? We curate the world’s largest space for IR-inclined folk, offering unrivalled impact and exposure that extends beyond the usual academic and publishing spaces. Rather than replacing traditional sources (such as journals), we offer an alternative and/or force multiplier to help authors get their ideas out there, reach a significant audience, and get feedback from engaged readers.
Two important notes to consider before proceeding with a submission:
DO NOT SEND US AI GENERATED TEXT: Submission of content confirms that authors have understood our Publishing Agreement which, among other things, forbids generated text. We use multiple tools and methods to scan for AI and anything that appears generated in whole, or in part, will be rejected.
WORK MUST BE EXCLUSIVE: Submissions must not be under consideration, or published, elsewhere. They must be complete and original works (no pitches).
We welcome submissions in three different formats, that conform to our style guide, each of which is outlined below:
SCHOLARLY ARTICLES
Guide length 2000–3500 words.
The most important signifier of what we are looking for in a Scholarly Article is an author with evident academic or professional expertise on a subject area, who can avoid overly dense jargon-laden writing and express their ideas accessibly. So, if your ideas cannot be understood (within reason) by an informed lay person, you should send your work to an academic journal, not to us. As an academic publisher, we define expertise as distinctive scholarly research/insight, primary data collection/fieldwork, or professional reflections from practice. We welcome pieces testing out new ideas or challenging existing research, book excerpts reshaped to work stand-alone, excerpts of PhD research, and summaries of (or responses to) longer/other works.
Scholarly Articles should start with a basic overview of the issue they are exploring and reference supporting material throughout via hyperlinks and/or the Chicago Manual of Style’s author-date system. Headings, if used, must be bold set and left aligned.
We do not allow footnotes or endnotes in any form (for referencing, or otherwise).
OPINION PIECES
Guide length 800–1500 words.
We seek informed opinion from emerging and established academics and practitioners/experts that reflect on topical/newsworthy issues in a way that engages a scholarly audience. As an academic publisher, we define expertise as distinctive scholarly research/insight, primary data collection/fieldwork, or professional reflections from practice. Opinion Pieces should give a basic summary of the issue before developing an analysis over an engaging series of concise paragraphs. We expect a decent number of embedded hyperlinks through the text pointing to reputable sources to back up/support claims made, and flag up deeper/wider reading.
We do not allow footnotes, endnotes, headings, or academic references/lists (other than hyperlinks) in Opinion Pieces.
You must have academic or professional expertise on the subject of your opinion piece. Amateur commentary will be rejected.
REVIEWS
Guide length 800–1500 words.
Reviews are welcome of books as well as other media such as films, video games and podcasts. We would expect that authors have already obtained the works needed. Reviews are expected to critically analyse the content (whether that is positive, negative or mixed), not merely describe it. We welcome reviews focusing on one work, or a Review Feature that considers a series of interrelated works. Authors should situate the subject area the work under review exists within by referencing supporting material via hyperlinks and/or the Chicago Manual of Style’s author-date system.
We do not allow footnotes, endnotes or headings in Reviews.
STYLE GUIDE FOR ALL SUBMISSIONS
Present your work in Microsoft Word format (.docx)* in publishable English (any variant), conforming to one of our three formats above. *Free services (e.g google docs, Libre Office) can also export in word format.
BASIC FORMATTING: (1) left align and single space text; (2) indent quotes longer than two lines and do not italicise quotes; (3) do not indent paragraphs and place one line space between each paragraph; (4) remove any endnotes / footnotes.
Shape a catchy title that directly describes the content. It must be no more than 80 characters (including spaces) and in Title Case.
Referencing, depending on the type of submission (see above), should be via embedded hyperlinks and/or the Chicago Manual of Style’s author-date system. We do not allow footnotes or endnotes in any form (for referencing, or otherwise).
Include a narrative form bio (20–100 words) for each author at the top of your attachment. Include affiliations, titles, positions and preferred pronouns (as applicable). We are happy to reference/promote notable publications (hyperlink these). Please also supply a link to one website and/or your main social profile.
If you have used figures/tables/images, compile these at the bottom of your work and number them. If used, these must be integral to the content and be created/owned by you, or supplied with attribution and a link to the source.
When ready, send your work to submissions.e.ir@gmail.com
It must have the email subject/title ‘SUBMISSION’.
It must be attached in Microsoft Word format (.docx).
It must include an author bio on the top of the first page.
It must include an AI declaration:
Either confirm/paste the following in your email to us ‘I have not used AI tools in the preparation of this submission’.
Or as we permit strictly assistive uses of AI (such as light editing – though not anything that materially reshapes/rewrites text), in your email to us briefly account for what tools you have used, and declare that your words and your thoughts are your own.
Submission confirms that you have read and understood our Publishing Agreement.
You will get an auto-response noting that our team will get back to you within 14 days – please do not chase us for a response within this period. Our response will be either a notice of publication (typically with minor copy/style edits applied), a revise and resubmit request, or a rejection.
Substack
If you are an author of multiple pieces on our platform (3 or more) we can add your substack byline to your publications. Please contact us here and provide the email address you use to sign into substack so we can set this up.
Publish a book with E-International Relations
We publish open access books. If you have an idea for a book, you can get in touch (here or by email) and let us know what you have in mind. Typically, we seek edited collections – though monographs and textbooks are also welcome.
If you want to read more about our position on AI generated content, our Editor-in-Chief has written an article about it.