JOTSS Scope and Focus
The Manuscript: Journal of Swift Studies (JOTSS) is committed to fostering dialogue between established and new voices in the emerging field of Taylor Swift Studies.
We welcome articles of roughly 3,000-8,000 words that demonstrate rigorous research and careful analysis. Submissions to JOTSS may draw from diverse methodological approaches whether historical, literary, philosophical, or cultural, but should seek to be innovative and advance our timely understanding of Taylor Swift Studies.
JOTSS welcomes scholarly analysis that critically examines Taylor Swift's work, impact, and phenomena, regardless of stance, provided it maintains a scholarly focus and contributes meaningfully to the emerging academic discipline.
While we recognize the cultural value and merit of non-academic work, JOTSS is not the correct genre for such literature as fan spaces and popular presses dedicated to Taylor Swift material already exist. Manuscripts that fail to establish a robust theoretical framework and sufficiently engage with current academic discourses (scholarship) may be automatically desk rejected.
