IJTS Research Article Competition, 2025

Eligibility  

This competition is open to anyone with a scholarly interest in Taiwan except members of the judging panels. We welcome submission of original research articles relevant to the broadly defined field of Taiwan studies. 

Submission 

• There are two categories for entry: Art & Humanities; and Social Sciences.
• The article should be between 6,000 and 12,000 English words in length, including references and notes. Please follow our Instructions for Authors carefully
  • (https://brill.com/fileasset/downloads_products/Author_Instructions/IJTS.pdf) and submit the article online via the Editorial Manager 
  • (https://www.editorialmanager.com/ijtsbrill/default2.aspx).
• Upon submission, please indicate where appropriate (1) the submission is for the IJTS Research Article Competition, 2025; and (2) for which one of the two subject categories you wish your article to be considered.
• Articles must not have been submitted for publication elsewhere.
• Submissions may be co-authored, but in the case of a co-authored submission winning, any prize will be split between the authors.
• Entrants may only submit one article per category. All submissions must be received by the IJTS Editorial Manager by 30 April 2025. 

Judging and Prizes 

• The evaluation of entries will be completed on 31 October 2025.
• Articles must be relevant to Taiwan studies and will be judged on: quality of content; intellectual rigour; relevance; originality; and quality of presentation.
• The competition will award the best research article in each category. Winners will be notified by the end of December 2025. Each winner will receive a monetary award of £300 and a certificate. Moreover, the winning articles will be published in the IJTS after appropriate revision following peer review.
• IJTS reserves the right to withhold the award of any or all prizes if the articles submitted do not meet the standard deemed appropriate by the judges.
• IJTS’s decisions on the competition will be final and is not subject to any appeal.  

Contact 

• Any questions about this competition, please contact the IJTS Editorial Office  (ijts.office@eats-taiwan.eu) and Dr. John Wood (jow105@aber.ac.uk), with the subject line ‘IJTS Research Article Competition Enquiry’.
• IJTS website: https://brill.com/view/journals/ijts/ijts-overview.xml

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