A candid conversation with the editor of The Journal of World History to provide some insights into the sometimes-obscure process of preparing and submitting articles, understanding and responding to readers' reports, and navigating the myriad steps before final publication. For historians, who confront a rejection rate of 75-80% of submissions to the top 250 journals, it is easy to be discouraged. Learning how to best manage the process will ultimately produce better outcomes for everyone, both authors and editors.
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Matt Romaniello is an associate professor of History specializing in Russian and world history at Weber State University. He is the author of Enterprising Empires: Russia and Britain in the Eighteenth Century and The Elusive Empire: Kazan and the Creation of Russia, 1552-1671. He is the current editor of The Journal of World History.