Topic: The Washington & Jefferson College Review
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Discipline | Humanities |
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Language | English |
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Former name(s) | Topic: A Journal of the Liberal Arts |
History | 1961-present |
Publisher | |
Frequency | Annual |
ISO 4 | Find out here |
Indexing | |
ISSN | 0049-4127 |
OCLC no. | 1586535 |
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Topic: The Washington and Jefferson College Review, also known as Topic or Topic: A Journal of the Liberal Arts, is a peer reviewed academic journal focused on the humanities and the liberal arts.[1][2]
It was founded in 1961 as Topic: A Journal of the Liberal Arts.[2] In fall 2004, the name was changed to Topic: The Washington and Jefferson College Review.[1]
The journal is published annually by the Washington & Jefferson College faculty and is printed in monograph format.[2][1] Each issue contains several academic essays from a number of different disciplines on a specific topic.[1] Past topics have included John Keats, The Whiskey Rebellion, Religion in the Eighteenth Century, and Italian Americans in Western Pennsylvania.[3] The journal follows the Chicago Manual of Style.[4] The peer review process uses at least three blind readers in judging each submitted article.[2] The editorial board gives special focus on interdisciplinary articles.[2]
The journal is indexed by the MLA International Bibliography, the American Humanities Index, and the Abstracts of English Studies, and EBSCO's Humanities International Complete.[2] It is a member of the Council of Editors of Learned Journals.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d "Topic". WorldCat.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Topic: The Washington and Jefferson College Review". Washington & Jefferson College. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
- ^ "CONTENTS OF RECENT VOLUMES OF TOPIC (available for purchase)". Washington & Jefferson College. Retrieved 2010-07-19.
- ^ "Style Sheet for Authors: Topic: The Washington and Jefferson College Review" (PDF). Washington & Jefferson College. Retrieved 2010-07-19.