Pluto Journals

Pluto Journals was launched in 2009, as an independent and international journal publisher in the field of the social sciences. We pride ourselves on producing world class journals that are at the cutting edge of humanities research today.

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Pluto Journals

 

An independent social science publisher based in London.

Pluto Journals was launched in 2009, as an independent and international journal publisher in the field of the social sciences. We pride ourselves on producing world class journals that are at the cutting edge of humanities research today. 

Pluto Journals remains an international bespoke company that prides itself on being able to offer individual services to each of our publishers. Our individual service is in terms of being able to respond to the individual needs of our journals and their editors, plus, we offer a full production and marketing service. While we are a small publisher compared to the rest, we offer a more direct, supportive, and efficient relationship with our editors, readers, and aggregators.

 


 

Our team

Roger van Zwanenberg - Managing Director

Over the last 40 years Roger has been Publisher and Head of two independent publishing companies: Zed Books (1976–86) and Pluto Press (1987–2012). In 2009, Roger began to launch Pluto Journals and continues to manage the company. Roger has been interested in Global Affairs over his whole lifetime, and is currently writing a book on world history.
Contact: rogervz@plutojournals.com

Eve Kanram - Journals Manager

Eve is the journals Manager at Pluto Journals, working to publish our variety of social science journals and manage their promotion. Alongside her work at Pluto Journals, Eve also coordinates activities and projects at the Ameena Gafoor Institute and the Pluto Educational Trust.
Contact: evek@plutojournals.com

Anne Jeanpert - Finance Manager

Anne manages the financial side of Pluto Journals, working to ensure our longevity and financial health. Alongside her work at Pluto Journals, Anne is the Finance Executive and Secretary for Pluto Press where she has been since 2005.
Contact: annej@plutojournals.com

 

 

Our Titles

 

At Pluto Journals, we publish journals across the social sciences and humanities. These include research in the fields of current affairs, international studies, law, political economy, disability studies, and Arab and Islamic studies.

From 2021 we are hoping to flip all our journals to Open Access in partnership with Knowledge Unlatched. In line with the Open Science movement, we are happy to provide full price transparency of the Pluto Journals portfolio.

 

EXCELLENT RESEARCH

We pride ourselves on producing cutting edge research that is both thought provoking and rigorously peer reviewed. 

 

GLOBAL REACH

Our journals are not only international in terms of subject matter, our editors come from around the world and we sell globally.

 

BESPOKE APPROACH

As a small independent publisher, we are able to offer a tailored approach for editors and our publishers.

 

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Arab Studies Quarterly

Arab Studies Quarterly is a quarterly peer-reviewed scholarly journal published by Pluto Journals on the Arabs, their culture, history, and institutions. Print ISSN: 0271-3519 / e-ISSN: 2043-6920. 

Created on 2021-08-25
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Bethlehem University Journal

The Bethlehem University Journal is a bi-annual peer-reviewed scholarly journal published by Pluto Journals in partnership with the Office of the Dean of Research at Bethlehem University, Palestine.

Print ISSN: 2521-3695 / e-ISSN: 2410-5449

Created on 2021-08-25
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Decolonial Horizons / Horizontes Decoloniales

Decolonial Horizons is an annual peer-reviewed online journal published by Pluto Journals in association with Otros Cruces.

Print ISSN: 2545-8728 / e-ISSN: 2422-6343

Created on 2021-08-25
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Dhaxalreeb

With more than two decades of advocacy and practical knowledge production, dissemination, and preservation in the Global South, the Redsea Cultural Foundation in Hargeysa, Somaliland, has officially established the Somaliland Centre for African Studies (SCAS) in 2023. The Centre is the academic wing of the foundation dedicated to asserting the space of African indigenous knowledge in the global educational discourse with the active role and recognition of African Scholars. Its mission is to be a centre of excellence in African indigenous knowledge and methodology development whereby global scholars especially scholars of the Global South are networked for collaborative knowledge production, archiving, and sharing. Its vision is to become a leading and reputable African knowledge production, dissemination, preservation, and archival centre by 2030.

Created on 2025-02-28
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Groundings: The Journal of the Walter Rodney Foundation

Groundings: The Journal of the Walter Rodney Foundation is a bi-annual peer reviewed scholarly journal into the life and thought of Walter Rodney, as well as covering topics such as African studies and decolonization. The Journal also serves as the source of Foundation related news, inquiry, and activism.

Print ISSN: 2515-2106 / e-ISSN: 2573-069X

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Created on 2021-08-25
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Ibadan Journal of Sociology (IJS)

Ibadan Journal of Sociology is published by the Department of Sociology, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. It provides a platform for Africans and scholars in other world regions to disseminate and share findings on research related to the development, structure and functions of society as well as impact of social policies, practices and interventions in Africa.

Created on 2025-01-14
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Institute of Employment Rights Journal

The Institute of Employment Rights Journal is an annual journal published by Pluto Journals to serve the trade union movement in the UK and Commonwealth. It deals with labour law, with most of the authors being labour barristers discussing British and European law.

Print ISSN: 2398-1326 / e-ISSN: 2398-1334

Created on 2021-08-25
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International Journal of Critical Diversity Studies

International Journal of Critical Diversity Studies is a bi-annual, peer-reviewed journal published by Pluto Journals and administered by the Wits Centre for Diversity Studies. 

Print ISSN: 2516-550X / Online ISSN: 2516-5518

Created on 2021-08-25
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International Journal of Cuban Studies

International Journal of Cuban Studies is a bi-annual, peer-reviewed academic journal published by Pluto Journals that provides a platform for publications on Cuba and related topics. It is the publication of the International Institute for the Study of Cuba at the University of Buckingham, whose website can be seen here.

Print ISSN: 1756-3461 / e-ISSN: 1756-347X​

Created on 2021-08-25
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International Journal of Disability and Social Justice

The International Journal of Disability and Social Justice is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal published by Pluto Journals that contributes to the field of interdisciplinary Disability Studies. 

Print ISSN: 2732-4036 / e-ISSN: 2732-4044. 

 

Created on 2021-08-25
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Islamophobia Studies Journal

Islamophobia Studies Journal is a bi-annual peer-review journal that focuses on the critical analysis of Islamophobia and its multiple manifestations in our contemporary moment.

Print ISSN: 2325-8381 / e-ISSN: 2325-839X

Published by Pluto Journals.

Created on 2021-08-25
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Journal of Fair Trade

The Journal of Fair Trade is a biannual, peer-reviewed title published by Pluto Journals bringing together academics and practitioner voices 

ISSN 2513-9525 (print) / ISSN 2513-9533 (online)

The Journal is owned and run by the Journal of Fair Trade Society (with support from the Pluto Educational Trust), a membership organisation which reflects the wider movement and all who are passionate about change.  Join us and help build back fairer! Click here to see membership categories 

Created on 2021-08-25
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Journal of Global Faultlines

The Journal of Global Faultlines is a biannual peer reviewed journal published by Pluto Journals.

Print ISSN: 2397-7825 / e-ISSN: 2054-2089

Created on 2021-08-25
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Journal of Humanities (JH)

The Journal of Humanities (JH) is a multi-disciplinary, double-blind peer-reviewed journal aiming to develop new knowledge by challenging current themes, theories, methodologies, and practices in the human sciences. The journal publishes original research articles, theoretical articles, philosophical reflections, review articles, scholarly opinions, and empirical research on a wide range of issues such as humans and their interaction with the environment, cultural identities, religions, higher education, gender, performative arts, media and communications, globalisation, politics, and development and any inter-disciplinary studies within the humanities and the social sciences.

Created on 2025-01-14
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Journal of Indentureship and its Legacies

The Journal for the Study of Indentureship and its Legacies is a bi-annual peer-reviewed scholarly journal published by Pluto Journals in partnership with the Ameena Gafoor Institute for the Study of Indentureship and its Legacies. 

Print ISSN: 2634-1999 / e-ISSN: 2634-2006

Created on 2021-08-25
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Journal of Intersectionality

The Journal of Intersectionality is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal published by Pluto Journals that publishes research into how we might understand the idea and application of ‘intersectionality’.

Print ISSN: 2515-2114  / e-ISSN: 2515-2122

Created on 2021-08-25
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Legon Journal of the Humanities (LJH)

Founded in 1974, Legon Journal of the Humanities (LJH) is a peer-reviewed periodical published by the College of Humanities, University of Ghana. The journal is devoted to the study of the humanities, operationally conceptualized to cover not just the arts and languages but also social science disciplines, such as cultural studies, human geography, international affairs, management studies, political science, psychology, and sociology.

Created on 2025-02-27
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Policy Perspectives

Policy Perspectives is a peer-reviewed, open access, biannual journal of the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), Islamabad, which also brings forth occasional special issues. The journal disseminates the research carried out by the Institute and its associates on a diverse range of current and evolving topics. The digital edition of the Journal is co-published and distributed by Pluto Journals, UK.

Print ISSN: 1812-1829 / e-ISSN: 1812-7347

Created on 2021-08-25
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Prometheus. Critical Studies in Innovation

Prometheus is a quarterly peer-reviewed international, multidisciplinary journal published by Pluto Journals that publishes papers on innovation, by which we mean the production, introduction and diffusion of change

ISSN: 0810-9028 / e-ISSN: 1470-1030

Created on 2021-08-26
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ReOrient: The Journal of Critical Muslim Studies

ReOrient is an international journal published biannually by Pluto Journals every spring/summer and autumn/winter on the newly emerging field of Critical Muslim Studies.

Print ISSN 2046-6056 / e-ISSN: 2046-6064

Created on 2021-08-26
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Socialist Lawyer

Socialist Lawyer is the triannual print and online publication of the Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers.

Print ISSN: 0954-3635 / e-ISSN: 2055-5369 

Published by Pluto Journals.

Created on 2021-08-26
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State Crime Journal

State Crime Journal is a biannual peer reviewed journal by the International State Crime Initiative.

Published by Pluto Journals. Print ISSN: 2046-6056 / e-ISSN: 2046-6064

Created on 2021-08-26
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The Ethiopian Journal of Education (EJE)

The Ethiopian Journal of Education (EJE) is one of the reputable journals published in the area of education. It is among the few pioneers in the publication of educational articles at least to recent time.  Its long-standing and uninterrupted history in the publication of scientific articles in Education and Humanities dates back to the 1960s. A retrospective glance from the time of its inception to the present shows that the Journal has passed through series of stages to reach the point of reputation.

Created on 2025-01-14
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Work Organisation, Labour & Globalisation

Work Organisation, Labour & Globalisation is a bi-annual peer-reviewed scholarly journal published by Pluto Journals that focuses on the new global division of labour.

Print ISSN: 1745-641X / e-ISSN: 1745-6428

WOLG community & membership. Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation (WOLG) is more than just a journal. It has evolved into an extended global community of scholars interested in developing a dialogue about the changing nature of work and labour organisation that crosses disciplinary and national boundaries. Become an individual member or instutional member to join and support the WOLG community.

Created on 2021-08-26
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World Review of Political Economy

World Review of Political Economy (WRPE) is a quarterly, peer-reviewed journal, published by Pluto Journals as the official publication of the World Association for Political Economy, to produce research into Marxist political economy.

Print ISSN: 2042-891X / eISSN: 2042-8928. 

World Association for Political Economy (WAPE) has developed as a membership organization which facilitates the exchange of knowledge, new thought and research across the divide of languages and geography. Please click here to see more about joining WAPE.

Created on 2021-09-30
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Zamani: A Journal of African Historical Studies

An international journal of African history which is based in Africa. It has an international editorial board and welcomes cutting-edge and high-quality research on Africa's rich and diverse pasts. Zamani is published biannually.

Created on 2025-01-09
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Zanj: The Journal of Critical Global South Studies

Zanj: The Journal of Critical Global South Studies is a bi-annual peer-reviewed scholarly journal published by Pluto Journals that provides a uniquely engaged scholarly space for Global South perspectives and research on the Global South. 

Print ISSN: 2515-2130 / e-ISSN: 2515-2149

Created on 2021-08-26
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