Calls for Papers

Open Call for Papers:

IJFAB provides a forum within bioethics for feminist thought and debate. IJFAB welcomes feminist scholarship on ethical issues related to health, health care and the biomedical sciences, public health, the social, cultural, and environmental determinants of health, and global ethics. IJFAB aims to demonstrate clearly the necessity and distinctive contributions of feminist scholarship to bioethics.

IJFAB publishes at least one open issue per year in addition to thematically framed special issues. Please submit your manuscript in any of the categories listed below, and the Editorial Office will see that it is reviewed either for IJFAB's next open issue or for an appropriate special issue of IJFAB.

• Articles are usually in the range of 8,000–10,000 words (roughly 32–40 manuscript pages). Shorter articles are also welcome.
• Conversations provide a forum for public dialogue on particular issues in bioethics. Scholars engaged in fruitful exchanges are encouraged to share those discussions here. Submissions for this section are usually 3,000–5,000 words.
• Commentaries offer an opportunity for short analyses (under 4,000 words) of specific policy issues, legislation, court decisions, or other contemporary developments within bioethics.
• Narratives often illuminate clinical practice or ethical thinking. IJFAB invites narratives that shed light on aspects of health, health care, or bioethics. The format for narrative submissions may be a case study, or a short story or other creative work. Submissions for the section are usually in the range of 3,000–5,000 words.

All submissions are subject to double anonymous peer review. The Editorial Office aims to return an initial decision to authors within eight weeks. Authors are frequently asked to revise and resubmit based on extensive reviewer comments. The Editorial Office aims to return a decision on revised papers within four to six weeks.

Manuscripts submitted to IJFAB should not be under simultaneous consideration by any other journal, nor should they have been published elsewhere. Please find additional instructions for submission here.

IJFAB also welcomes proposals for future special issues. Please contact the Editorial Office directly: EditorialOffice@IJFAB.org.