About the Journal

General:

Journal of Ethiopian Studies (JES) is the first and the oldest academic journal in the entire history of Addis Ababa University, established in 1963 with the aim of conducting, promoting, and coordinating research and publications on Ethiopia, with particular emphasis on humanities, social sciences and cultural studies. It’s a bi-annual journal published bilingually in Amharic and English.

JES publishes original empirical studies, literature reviews, theoretical articles, methodological articles, book reviews, dissertation and thesis abstracts, synopsis of major research, short communications, commentaries(comments on articles published in the Journal), and other relevant issues in the area of social sciences and humanities.

Publisher:

Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University

Sources of Support:

Source of support for publishing articles in JES is institutional funds; the processing and publication costs are covered by Addis Ababa University.

Peer Review:

The JES employs a double-blind peer-review model. All manuscripts undergo an initial assessment by the journal's editorial board. If they are considered suitable for peer review, manuscripts will then be a reviewed by a minimum of two external reviewers to assess its suitability for publication. Final responsibility for editorial decisions rest with the Editorial Board of the journal.

Open Access Policy:

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

The Journal of Ethiopian Studies (JES) is an open access journal. All articles in JES are published open access with a Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 user licence. All charges for publishing an article in the journal are funded by Addis Ababa University, Institute of Ethiopian Studies. Therefore, there is no charge to authors. Authors will not have to pay an article processing charge (APC).

Publication Scheduling:

The JES is published biannually in June and December.

Subscription information

The JES is published bi-annually by the Institute of Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University. Subscription rate for print copy per issue including postage is as follows:

Local Overseas

Institution 200 Birr USD 20

Individual 200 Birr USD 20

Submission and Style Guide
The JOURNAL OF ETHIOPIAN STUDIES (JES) publishes scholarly articles in the Social
Sciences and Humanities with reference to Ethiopia in particular and the Horn of Africa in general. Beside original research papers, the JES publishes book reviews, dissertation abstracts, and short communications of research projects. Before submitting their manuscripts for publication in JES, authors should ensure that the following requirements are complied with:
I. LANGUAGE: Amharic and English; under special circumstances only, manuscripts in
French and Italian can be considered.
II. RESPONSIBILITY FOR VIEWS: Any statements in an article accepted for publication
remain the sole responsibility of the author and should in no way be construed to reflect the opinions of the Editors or the Publisher.
III. COPYRIGHT: Authors submitting manuscripts do so on the understanding that if it is accepted for publication, copyright in the article including the right to reproduce the article in all forms and media, shall be assigned exclusively to the Publisher. The Publisher will not refuse any reasonable request by the author for permission to reproduce any of his or her contributions to the journal.
IV. FORM OF MANUSCRIPT: Manuscripts should be typed in 1.5 line spacing on one side of 8.5-11 inch (A4) white paper not more than 30 pages or 10,000 words long all in all. Use Times New Roman font only. It should be accompanied by an abstract consisting of 250-350 words. Leave a space of one inch on the left and right margins as well as the top and bottom of each page. All pages should be consecutively numbered. Author's name, institutional affiliation (include location unless obvious in the name), and a complete email address for correspondence should appear only on a separate page. An abstract together with 4-6 keywords must be included on the first page.
Authors may include in a separate file, called "README", any special instructions as to the layout or other features of their manuscripts.
V. NOTES AND REFERENCES: Notes should be numbered consecutively with superscript Arabic numerals in the text and presented separately at the end of the article. They should be as brief as possible. Published works, works accepted for publication, and citable datasets, code, and materials, should appear in the bibliography as Reference List Entries (per Chicago Manual of Style or Author-Date method) in the following manner:

Eshetu Chole. 1993."Privatisation and deregulation in Ethiopian industry: problems,
prospects and impact on economy" Journal of Ethiopian Studies, XXVI (1): 33-58.

Balibar, Etienne and Machery, Pierre. 1981. "On Literature as an Ideological Form." In
Untying the Text, a Post-Structuralist Reader, edited by Robert Young, 79-99.
Boston: Routledge and Kegan Paul.

Ullendorff, Edward. 1973. The Ethiopians: an Introduction to Country and People, 3rd
edition. London: Oxford University Press.

Schulz, William F, ed. 2007. The Phenomenon of Torture: Readings and Commentary.
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.

Dersanä Kidanä Mehrät, EMML 1860, ff.34r - 38s.

VI. FIGURES, PLATES AND TABLES: Line drawings (figures) and photographs (plates) must be incorporated into their places in the text, or provided separately as camera-ready copy. These should be numbered consecutively with their captions typed double-spaced on a separate page, not on the illustrations themselves. Number all tables consecutively with Arabic numerals. Each table likewise should be typed spaced 1.5 on a separate page and given its own title. Indicate in the margins where you would prefer to have the tables and illustrations inserted.

VII. FOREIGN WORDS: If there is an English word for a foreign term, use it. Foreign terms not found in a standard dictionary should be italicized and fully transliterated with the appropriate system. However, italicization and transliteration are not necessary with foreign words found in a standard dictionary, the names of heads of state and similarly well-known individuals, and well-known foreign organizations (e.g., Hamas). Foreign titles should be italicized and transliterated (i.e., däǧǧazmač), unless they can be found in a standard dictionary.

For languages using the Ethiopic (fidäl) script, please follow the system employed by
Encyclopedia Aethiopica as in examples in the following table:

a) Vowels				b) Consonants
vowels	Symbol	Example	Translit-eration	Consonats	Symbol	Example	Translit-eration
1^st order	ä	ዘፈነ	Zäffänä	ሸ	š	ሸሸ	šäššä
2^nd order	u	ሁሉ	hullu	ቀ	q	ቆቅ	qoq
3^rd order	i	ሂድ	hid	ቸ	č	ቸረቸረ	čäräččärä
4^th order	a	ራራ	rarra	ኘ	ñ	ኞኞ	ñoñño
5^th order	e	ቤት	bet	ዠ	ž	ገዥ	gäž
6^th order	ï/ә	እግር	ïgïr/ әgәr	የ	y	ይታይ	yïttay
7^th order	o	ሆድ	hod	ጀ	ǰ	ጀግና	ǰägna
· For detailed information, please follow the system employed by Encyclopaedia Aethiopica.				ጠ	ť	ጠጣ	ťäťťa
				ጨ	čʹ	ተንጫጫ	tänčʹačʹčʹa
				ጰ	pʹ	ጳውሎስ	Pʹawlos
				ፀ	sʹ	ፀፀት	sʹäsʹät
				ሟ	m^wa	ላሟ	lam^wa

Oromo orthography should follow the Qubee standard.

VIII. PROOFS: Authors are responsible for correcting the proofs of their articles. The
proofs should be returned to the Managing Editor promptly. Authors will be charged for changes (other than corrections of printing errors) in excess of 10% of the cost of
composition.
IX. OFFPRINT: Two copies of the printed journal will be provided to authors free of charge.
X. PLAGIARISM: Submitted articles will be checked with Turnitin detecting software, and decisions will be passed in accordance with AAU’s legislation and related policy documents.

XI. Conflict of interest: Authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might have influenced the presented results or their interpretation. If there is no conflict of interest to declare, the following standard statement should be added: ‘No competing interests were disclosed’. If a paper is a result of the funded project, authors are required to specify funding sources according to their contracts with the funder.

All manuscripts for publication and other correspondence should be addressed to:

Managing Editor
Journal of Ethiopian Studies, IES,
Addis Ababa University
P.O.Box 1176, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Email: jes@aau.edu.et
Online submission: Submissions | Journal of Ethiopian Studies (aau.edu.et)