Submission guidelines

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Please read the guidelines in full before submitting your manuscript.
Manuscripts not conforming to these guidelines may be returned.

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From 1st Jan 2026, Journal of Peace Research (JPR) will be published by Oxford University Press.

How to submit your manuscript

Journal of Peace Research is hosted on ScholarOne™ Manuscripts, a web based online submission and peer review system - Sage track. Please read the Notes for Authors available on the journal’s Submissions and Enquiries page: http://www.prio.org/JPR/SubmissionsAndEnquiries and then simply visit http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jpres to login and submit your article online.

IMPORTANT: Please check whether you already have an account in the system before trying to create a new one. If you have reviewed or authored for the journal in the past year it is possible that you will have had an account created.

All papers must be submitted via the online system.

Address correspondence to: The Editor, Journal of Peace Research, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)

PO Box 9229 Grønland, NO-0134 Oslo, Norway

Tel: + 47-22 54 77 22. Fax: + 47-22 54 77 01. Email: jpr@prio.no; PRIO website: www.prio.org; JPR website: www.sagepublications.com

 

English Language Editing Services: Please click here for information on professional English language editing services recommended by Sage.

This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)

Sage Choice and Open Access

If you or your funder wish your article to be freely available online to non subscribers immediately upon publication (gold open access), you can opt for it to be included in Sage Choice, subject to payment of a publication fee. The manuscript submission and peer review procedure is unchanged. On acceptance of your article, you will be asked to let Sage know directly if you are choosing Sage Choice. To check journal eligibility and the publication fee, please visit Sage Choice. For more information on open access options and compliance at Sage, including self author archiving deposits (green open access) visit Sage Publishing Policies on our Journal Author Gateway.