The French Review

The French Review Author Guidelines

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Peer Review Policy

The French Review is the scholarly journal of the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF). AATF membership is a prerequisite for the submission of articles and reviews.

Our journal uses a double-blind peer review system. Articles submitted to the French Review are first screened by the Editor in Chief, who determines whether the topic is suitable for our journal and meets our standards regarding length, anonymity, use of secondary sources, etc. Articles considered for publication are then sent to two evaluators who are recognized specialists in the relevant field. This process can take one to two months. In the case of a split decision, the author has two to three months to revise the article before it is sent to a third evaluator (and, if need be, to at least one of the initial evaluators). This second evaluation process can also take one to two months. In all cases, the evaluators’ comments and suggestions are forwarded to the author by the Editor in Chief. Articles are normally published within one year of acceptance.

Submitted articles may be in English or French. We only publish articles that have not appeared elsewhere (either in the original or in translation). We do not accept simultaneous submissions. In addition to scholarly articles, the French Review publishes reviews of books, films, and teaching materials. These informal pieces are commissioned by their respective Review Editors, who review them for grammar, style, factual accuracy, and suitability for publication. They are not sent out for double-blind peer review.

The French Review Editorial Board

Abstracting & Indexing Databases

• Cambridge University Press
  • Language Teaching (Online)
• Clarivate Analytics
  • Arts & Humanities Citation Index
  • Current Contents
  • Web of Science
• De Gruyter Saur
  • Dietrich's Index Philosophicus
  • IBZ - Internationale Bibliographie der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Zeitschriftenliteratur, coverage dropped
  • Internationale Bibliographie der Rezensionen Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlicher Literatur, coverage dropped
• EBSCOhost
  • Biography Index: Past and Present (H.W. Wilson), vol.56, 1983-vol.84, no.3, 2011
  • Book Review Digest Plus (H.W. Wilson), Jun.1995-
  • Current Abstracts, 7/1/2003-
  • Education Abstracts (H.W. Wilson), 10/1/1980-
  • Education Index (Online), 1983/04-
  • Education Index Retrospective: 1929-1983, 11/1/1935-3/1/1983
  • Education Research Complete, 7/1/2003-
  • Education Research Index, Jul.2003-
  • Education Source, 11/1/1935-
  • Humanities Abstracts (H.W. Wilson), 10/1/1995-
  • Humanities Index (Online), 1995/06-
  • Humanities International Complete, 7/1/2003-
  • Humanities International Index, 7/1/2003-
  • Humanities Source, 10/1/1995-
  • Humanities Source Ultimate, 10/1/1995-
  • International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text, 10/1/2000-
  • Library & Information Science Source, 12/1/1945-12/1/1945
  • MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association)
  • OmniFile Full Text Mega (H.W. Wilson), 4/1/1983-
  • Poetry & Short Story Reference Center, 7/1/2003-
  • RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (Repertoire International de Litterature Musicale)
  • Russian Academy of Sciences Bibliographies
  • TOC Premier (Table of Contents), 7/1/2003-
• Elsevier BV
  • Scopus, 2002-2015
• FRANCIS
• Gale
  • Advanced Placement Fine Arts and Music, 02/1975-05/2017
  • Book Review Index Plus
  • Gale Academic OneFile
  • Gale Academic OneFile Select, 02/1996-
  • Gale General OneFile, 02/1996-
  • Gale OneFile: Educator's Reference Complete, 02/1996-
  • Gale OneFile: Fine Arts, 02/1975-
  • InfoTrac Custom, 2/1996-
  • MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association)
• OCLC
  • ArticleFirst, vol.63, no.3, 1990-vol.84, no.1, 2010
  • Education Index (Online), 1983/04-
  • Humanities Index (Online), 1995/06-
• Personal Alert (E-mail)
• ProQuest
  • International Bibliography of Art, Selective
  • Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (Online), Selective
  • MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association)
  • Periodicals Index Online, 10/1/1997-5/1/2000
  • RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (Repertoire International de Litterature Musicale)

Abstracting & Indexing Sources

• Children’s Book Review Index   (Active)  (Print)
• Index to Book Reviews in the Humanities   (Ceased)  (Print)
• MLA Abstracts of Articles in Scholarly Journals   (Ceased)  (Print)
• Social Planning - Policy & Development Abstracts   (Ceased)  (Print)

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Published four times a year (October, December, March, and May)

Readers include: Scholars and students French and Francophone literature, cinema, culture, linguistics, and pedagogy.

Print circulation: 402

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