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Israel Studies
Edited by Arieh Saposnik
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- Keywords: Cultural Identity, Ethnic Identity, Ethnicity, International Studies, Jewish Culture, Jewish Identity, Jewish Studies, Middle East Studies, National Identity, Political Science
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Israel Studies presents multidisciplinary scholarship on Israeli history, politics, society, and culture. Each issue includes innovative research, essays and reports on matters of broad interest, reflecting diverse points of view. Temporal boundaries include the advent of Zionism, the pre-state period, and the state of Israel. Events and phenomena in diaspora communities, as they affect Zionism and the Israeli state, are also of interest to the journal.
Israel Studies is sponsored by the Ben-Gurion Research Institute for the Study of Israel and Zionism at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University.
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Editorials Israel Studies
Ben-Gurion Research Institute for the Study of Israel and Zionism
Midreshet Ben-Gurion
P.O.B. 257
8499000
Israel
Email: [email protected]
Ben-Gurion Research Institute for the Study of Israel and Zionism
Midreshet Ben-Gurion
P.O.B. 257
8499000
Israel
Email: [email protected]
Founding Editor: S. Ilan Troen, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev / Brandeis University
Editors
- Arieh Saposnik, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Managing Editor
- Noa Ravinsky Raichel, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Editorial Board
- Natan Aridan, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
- Yael Aronoff, Michigan State University, United States
- Arnold Band, University of California, Los Angeles, United States
- Deborah Bernstein, University of Haifa, Israel
- Raphael Cohen-Almagor, University of Hull, Britain
- Donna Robinson Divine, Smith College, United States
- Alan Dowty, University of Notre Dame, United States
- Joanna Dyduch, Jagellonian University, Poland
- Robert O. Freedman, Johns Hopkins University, United States
- Aviva Halamish, The Open University of Israel, Israel
- Rachel Harris, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, United States
- Ron Hassner, University of California, Berkeley, United States
- Daniel C. Kurtzer, Princeton University, United States
- Esther Meir, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
- Csaba Nikolenyi, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
- Kobi Peled, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
- Ilan Peleg, Lafayette College, United States
- Shulamit Reinharz, Brandeis University, United States
- Rachel Rojanski, Brown University, United States
- Lilach Rosenberg-Friedman, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
- Jonathan Sarna, Brandeis University, United States
- Len Saxe, Brandeis University, United States
- Gabriel Sheffer, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
- Ofer Shiff, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
- Colin Shindler, S.O.A.S, University of London, Britain
- Kenneth Stein, Emory University, United States
- Russell Stone, American University, Washington, D.C., United States
- S. Ilan Troen, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev / Brandeis University, Israel
- Chaim I. Waxman, Hadassah College, Jerusalem/Rutgers University, Israel
Israel Studies encourages multi-disciplinary scholarship on the development of Israeli society and culture and includes essays on Israeli history, literature, political science, economics, sociology, anthropology, and historical geography. Temporal boundaries include the pre-state period although emphasis is on the State of Israel. Attention is given to the study of the different groups that constitute Israeli society. Due recognition is also given to events and phenomena in Israel’s diaspora communities as they affect the state.
For information regarding the formatting of submissions, please see the submission guidelines on Open Journals Systems here. Submissions should be submitted through Open Journals Systems (OJS).
The Editors
- Strive to meet the needs of readers and authors;
- Constantly improve the journal;
- Ensure the quality of the material we publish;
- Facilitate freedom of expression;
- Maintain the integrity of the academic record;
- Are uncompromising in maintaining intellectual standards;
- Are always willing to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies when needed.
- Editors should have systems for managing their own conflicts of interest as well as those of their staff, authors, reviewers and Editorial board members.
Relations with Authors
- We take all reasonable steps to ensure the quality of the material we publish.
- Guidelines for authors appear on our website and upon request will be sent to those requesting them. We convey to all authors a clear set of expectations when publishing with Israel Studies.
- Our decisions to accept or reject an article for publication are based only on the paper’s importance, originality, and clarity, and the study’s relevance to the remit of the journal.
- Authors should acknowledge all sources of data used in the research and cite publications that have been influential in the research work.
- Authors are requested to state whether the article has been submitted to or is under review with another publication.
- Authors are requested to state whether the article has previously been published in another language and if so, to furnish details.
- Articles are blind, peer-reviewed by between two and five reviewers.
- Authors receive reviewer comments within two months of review.
- Upon receipt of our reviewers’ comments, suggestions, and requests for changes necessary for publication, authors are asked to address all comments and suggestions by the reviewers in the resubmitted article.
Relations with Reviewers
- All peer reviewers’ identities are blind and protected.
- Reviewers receive guidelines on what is expected of them.
- Reviewers are informed to the best of our knowledge on who has funded the research and on the role of the funders in the research.
- Reviewers will not be approached where a conflict of interest is detected.
Complaints
- Complaints and concerns are immediately addressed by investigating the validity of the complaint and taking appropriate steps.
Encouraging Debate
- We encourage scholarly discussion and debate. Cogent criticisms of published work may be addressed and, depending on length, such comment may be published as a follow-up article. Note: we do not have a letters column.
Encouraging Academic Integrity
- We aim to ensure that research material published conforms to internationally accepted ethical guidelines.
- Authors are requested to sign an Indiana University Press/Israel Studies Consent to Publish Agreement, and when accompanied by images, a Permissions Agreement Illustration and Artwork must be submitted as well. An article will not publish without these documents.
Pursuing Misconduct
- If misconduct is suspected before taking the matter further, we will first seek a response from those accused.
Ensuring the Integrity of the Academic Record
- When it is recognized that a significant inaccuracy, misleading statement or distorted report has been published, we will endeavor to print a correction promptly and with due prominence.
- If, after an appropriate investigation, an item proves to be fraudulent, we will ensure that the retraction is clearly identifiable to readers, aggregators, and indexing systems.
Committee on Public Ethics (COPE)
Process for dealing with complaints against Editors referred to COPE, please see page 3 here.
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- ISSN: 1084-9513
- e-ISSN: 1527-201X
- Frequency: triannually
- First Issue: Volume 1, number 1 (1996)
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