Nordic Journal of Media Studies

Nordic Journal of Media Studies is a thematic digital-only journal published once a year. The journal only accepts submissions (extended abstracts) in response to the Call for papers specifying the annual theme, and on the basis of this, invitations to write full-length articles are issued. An invitation to submit a full-length article does not guarantee final publication.

All articles submitted should be original works and must not be under consideration by other publishers.

How to submit an article

Send your manuscript and a cover letter to the issue editors by e-mail as stipulated in the Call. Please download a cover letter template in the attachments for authors above.

• Visit the publisher’s website to see if there is a current Call for papers

Submission requirements

Word limit: 6,000–8,000 words, including endnotes and references.

Include an abstract of 100–150 words and five relevant and informative keywords or short phrases.

All text (including block quotes) should be in 12-point font except for headings.　Use only two levels of headings; bold 14-point font for section headings and italic 14-point font for subsection headings. (Please download a manuscript template above to assist you).

Anonymise any references involving the authors to prepare for double-blind peer review.

Do not include funding information or previous projects with which you have been involved in the body text. This information should be included in your cover letter and will be added to an acknowledgements section after peer review.

All use of material, either direct or indirect, should be accompanied by an appropriate in-text citation, including material previously published by the author, which should be rewritten or summarised to avoid text-recycling or self-plagiarism.

All references should follow current APA formatting　

Empirical material that is publicly available must have an entry in the reference list; unpublished material, such as interviews, do not.　

Figures and tables should only be included if they illustrate or highlight something that cannot be easily described in the text.　

It is the author’s responsibility to obtain any permission that may be needed for using third-party material.

Manuscripts that are accepted for publication in Nordic Journal of Media Studies will have to meet the final manuscript delivery requirements laid out in the instructions for authors before preparation for publication can start.

• Visit the publisher’s website to read the full instructions for authors

Open Access statement

Nordic Journal of Media Studies is an Open Access journal that allows free unlimited access to all its contents without any restrictions to all users. All articles are published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Public licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).

Article processing charges (APC)

Articles in Nordic Journal of Media Studies are published free of charge, without publication fees or article processing charges (APC).

Archiving

Sciendo archives the contents of this journal in Portico – a digital long-term preservation service of scholarly books, journals and collections.　

Plagiarism Policy

The editorial board is participating in a growing community of Similarity Check System's users in order to ensure that the content published is original and trustworthy. Similarity Check is a medium that allows for comprehensive manuscripts screening, aimed to eliminate plagiarism and provide a high standard and quality peer-review process.