Global Environmental Politics

If you are considering submitting a manuscript to GEP for possible review, be sure to read our guidelines for submissions below.

GEP publishes Forum Articles, Research Articles, and Research Notes.

Forums are short commentaries (2,000-3,000 words, including footnotes and bibliography) that should stimulate discussion on salient issues of interest to other scholars in the field. Forums should provoke thought, discussion, and debate amongst the readership. Forum submissions typically receive two single-blind reviews. We publish up to two Forums in a specific issue of the journal.

Research Articles are full-length papers (maximum 8,000 words, including footnotes and references) that contain an original contribution to research on global environmental politics. Research Article submissions are sent to three referees for double-blind reviews before a final editorial decision is made. Research Articles form the majority of pieces we publish.

Research Notes (3,000-5,000 words, including footnotes and bibliography) provide discussions of new data sources and/or research techniques relevant to the GEP community as well as analysis of the practice of research relevant to global environmental politics. Manuscripts on research tools and techniques may be qualitative, quantitative, or formal. Authors should demonstrate the broad utility of the approach. Papers on new data sources should, in addition to describing the substance, provide a discussion of the range of questions for which the data could be useful. They should also include arrangements for making the data available and accessible to the GEP community. Research Note submissions are sent to three referees for double-blind reviews before a final editorial decision is made. We publish just a few Research Notes each year.

If you have further questions, feel free to send email to us at gepjournal@gmail.com. We try to respond promptly to requests.