Article Submission and Peer-Review Process
Published semiannually, Sound Studies Review (SSR) is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal,
which seeks to present multiple perspectives on the science and cultural reception of sound in both
the historic and current listening environment. The purpose of SSR is to diversify the audience of
sound studies by offering a wide range of differing topics that converge at the intersections between
historical musicology, ethnomusicology, music theory, organology, acoustical research, history of
science, audio technology, performance studies, philosophy, politics, philology, and semiology.
Before submitting an article to the journal for consideration, the author must ensure that the
proposed topic is not only suitable and pertinent to the research areas of the journal but more
importantly, the article is original and has not been sent to any other journal for consideration. If
the submitted article is of interest to Sound Studies Review, the author will be contacted by an
assistant editor and be asked to sign and return the Author Agreement.
Once the Author Agreement is received, all submitted articles go through a double-blind, peer-
review process. The peer-review process is limited to three weeks, and according to the reviewers’
reports, the editorial staff will inform the author of the journal’s decision whether or not to publish
the submitted article. The reports and the reviewers’ identity remain anonymous, unless stated
otherwise. The reviewed article is treated confidentially, and it is made clear to the reviewers that
they must not divulge their activity in any way but uniquely to the editors, including any disclosure
of the content of the submitted article in full or in part on social media or in their own research.
There is no prescribed limit to the article length, but the editorial staff kindly ask all authors not to
exceed 10,000 words. Every article submission must include a 500-word abstract, a short bio (no
more than 100 words, including name, affiliation, and email address) and be placed in the
following file formats:
MS Word (or any other compatible word processor) file (.doc, .docx, .txt, or .rtf) without
images nor musical examples, which will be provided in a separate file. Please avoid any
personal references in the body of the text.
a PDF of any images and musical examples used in the text
Please use the journal's email address, ssrjournal@manhattan.edu, to submit all documents related
to the article.