Submissions

Author Guidelines

The RHJ is interested in publishing contributions from individuals and groups concerned with the fight for the right to housing and to the city globally. The Journal seeks interventions crossing disciplinary and institutional boundaries, and welcomes critical scholarship working at the intersection of political-economy, feminist, critical race studies, decolonial thinking, post-structuralism and more. All contributors should be familiar with and embrace the journal’s ethos, as expressed in our manifesto.

The RHJ accepts submissions all year around. We publish two issues per year, so depending on the time of year you submit and the outcome of the review process, your contribution will fall into one of these two yearly issues. 

Peer Review Process

We adopt a double-blind peer review policy to encourage our authors to reflect critically on their writing and to assure that only the most insightful radical contributions are published in the RHJ. Below is a summary of what the peer review process for articles published in the Long Read and Retrospectives sections entail:

• Editorial assessment of the quality and politics of the proposed contribution. If the contribution does not align to our politics (as expressed in our Manifesto) and/or if the quality is not up to the RHJ standards, the article is desk rejected. Otherwise, it proceeds to the next step;
• The article is sent out to a minimum of two peer reviewers, chosen from the RHJ’s reviewers database (which you can join by sending us a request via email at collective@radicalhousingjournal.org). Each article is assigned to one reviewer who self-defines as “scholar”, and one reviewer who self-defines as “activist” or “scholar-activist”. This is done with the intention of allowing for a more rounded and productive conversation;
• When the reviewers’ reports are back, the Editors decide upon the level of modifications required. The outcome at this stage can include one of the following: desk rejection; major revisions; minor revisions; acceptance without revisions;
• If the paper is not rejected, the author is provided with the reviewers’ comments and with an Editorial letter inviting them to proceed with the revision of their work;
• The resubmission is evaluated by the Editors, who can send the paper out to one or more of the original reviewers, asking for an additional round of revisions. At this point, the paper is returned to the authors with an Editorial commentary and can be either rejected, accepted with minor revisions or accepted without revisions.

Style Guide

The RHJ provides a style guide to help authors prepare their article to matches the journal style. Acceptance of your article will not be based on how well you implement the style guide; however, following this when preparing your article will save time for both you and the journal editors, and we may return articles to you for further work if you have not adhered to the suggestions provided in the guide.

Journal sections

The Journal is organised around four sections. The first two host substantive original works and are blind peer-reviewed (by one academic oriented and one activist-based). The other two have a more open and dialogical format and are not peer-reviewed. Aside from these, the Journal will always be introduced by a short Editorial written by the RHJ issue editors. For more information on the journal sections and links to submit to each, see below.