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Journal of Buddhist Ethics Book Reviews
Policy Guide for Reviewers Reviewers are generally chosen by the area editor. Scholars who are interested in reviewing a book that is listed on the book review page without a specified reviewer, or who wish to review a book not currently listed, should contact the area editor. While the Journal of Buddhist Ethics does accept unsolicited book reviews and is open to receiving curriculum vitae from potential reviewers, the decision to print reviews or to use particular reviewers rests solely with the Journal of Buddhist Ethics.
Reviews will communicate to specialists (and non-specialists) the scope of the book's content, assess its major points and contributions, and provide a reasoned judgment about its worth. In keeping with proper scholarly method, any critique should be directed at an author's work. Reviews that contain materials considered to be directed towards an author's character or that are considered to be potentially libelous will be rejected. The Journal of Buddhist Ethics will be the final arbiter in all cases.
When you have agreed to review a volume for us, please discuss a realistic submission date with your editor. The Journal of Buddhist Ethics aims at publishing book reviews within three months from the time you have received the volume. We realize that this is not always possible, but it has proven to be a good guideline. Occasionally, reviews may have to be reassigned or dropped. Reviews that do not meet the journal's professional standards or that fail to conform to conditions agreed upon by the reviewer and editor will be rejected. All such decisions are at the sole discretion of the Journal of Buddhist Ethics.
For specific information on review length, format, style, and submission procedures, click here. Reviews may be of any length. However, they will typically not be less than 500 words or more than 5,000. Many reviewers find a length of 1,200 to 1,500 words about right. Reviews of more than 5,000 words will be considered review articles and screened by both the book review editor and the general editors of the Journal of Buddhist Ethics.
After your review has been copyedited, it will be returned to you for a final proofreading. Please be especially careful in proofreading any transliterations in your review. We ask that you ensure that Sanskrit and Japanese words are in the JBE's transliteration format [see Style Guide] before you submit a review to our editors.
Please do not submit drafts or incomplete articles or reviews. While minor changes are permitted during final proofreading, JBE policy does not allow changes to an article after it has been published on the site.Headers should be set up as in the following example:
The Selfless Mind: Personality, Consciousness and Nirvaa.na in Early Buddhism. By Peter Harvey. London: Curzon Press, 1995, viii + 293 pages, ISBN 0-7007-0337-3 (paperback), £14.99; ISBN 0-7007-0338-1 (cloth).
Reviewed by
Rupert Gethin
Lecturer in Indian Religions
University of Bristol
rupert.gethin@bristol.ac.ukReferences should be cited in the body of the review. Where you quote from the book you are reviewing, refer to an author's argument or a prolonged discussion, or note points of particular interest or controversy, please give page references in the format illustrated at the end of the General Guidelines below. Avoid footnotes if at all possible.
Please do not use bold anywhere in the document. Use italics for emphasis.
Do not indent. A double space should be left between paragraphs.
Click here for a sample review.
Your review may be sent either by e-mail in plain text or as an attachment to an e-mail message. We prefer to receive attachments in Microsoft Word format, but WordPerfect or other popular formats are acceptable. The review should be submitted to the area editor with whom you have been working.
To view the Journal of Buddhist Ethics' Style Guide for copyediting and submissions, click here.
Please contact one of our editors before sending us books for review. Books received unsolicited may not be reviewed and will not be returned to the sender.
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