Shortform Hosting at Oxford

Welcome to the main index page for the Shortform Hosting at Oxford (SHOx) service. This service is managed by the Bodleian Libraries for hosting open access research outputs such as open journals.

SHOx is available to Oxford-affiliated publications for the dissemination of scholarly works via the 'diamond' open access model, in which works are free to publish and to read. The service can support a variety of shortform publication types including peer-reviewed journals, conference proceedings, reports, and working papers.

To find out more, visit www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/shox

Below are a list of the journals and other academic titles hosted by the SHOx service:

Journals

  • Harris Manchester College Journal

    The Harris Manchester College Journal (HMCJ) is a peer-reviewed, diamond open-access digital journal for scholarly work from mature students, early-career researchers, and their collaborators at Harris Manchester College (HMC) and the wider University of Oxford community. It is the first Middle Common Room (MCR)-led journal at the College, and the first amongst all Oxford colleges to be hosted on the Bodleian Libraries' Shortform Hosting at Oxford (SHOx) platform using the Public Knowledge Project's Open Journal Systems (OJS).

    Submit your work here now: https://hmcj.shox.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/HMCJ/about/submissions. 

    Enquires: journal@hmc.ox.ac.uk

  • St. Antony’s International Review

    St. Antony’s International Review (STAIR) is the University of Oxford’s peer-reviewed journal of International Affairs. STAIR publishes two issues each year, commentary pieces and podcast episodes on an ongoing basis, and hosts events during the academic year. Created by graduate students of St. Antony’s College in 2005, STAIR publishes emerging and veteran scholars alike alongside each other and accepts English language submissions from anywhere in the world.

  • Oxford Comparative Criticism and Translation

    The OCCT Review is a postgraduate-led journal publishing research articles, book reviews, interviews, criticism, and creative work in the fields of Comparative Criticism and Translation Studies by graduate, postgraduate, and early career researchers. We accept submissions in English that discuss ideas and new books that intersect with a growing range of linguistic and cultural traditions.

  • Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford

    The Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford (JASO) is a diamond access (free to publish, free to read), peer-reviewed anthropology journal edited by a group of staff and students from the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography at the University of Oxford. JASO is indexed by Scopus. Our eISSN is 2040-1876. The legacy print ISSN is 0044-8370.

    Clicking on bold text in the contents list below will take you to the abstract and other information about an article and links to the pdf version.

    Publication frequency: JASO publishes at least one issue a year typically with 6-8 articles and book reviews. Special Issues are published on an ad hoc basis, after discussion with the editorial board.  

     

  • Journal of the Oxford Graduate Theological Society

    The Journal of the Oxford Graduate Theological Society (JOGTS) is a peer-reviewed journal which publishes scholarly articles in the field of theology and religion. As an affiliate of the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Oxford, the scope of the Journal is defined by the breadth of research undertaken by fellows and postgraduate students of the faculty. As such, articles address questions pertinent to the critical study of theology and religion from a variety of disciplines and methodologies, including (but not limited to): biblical criticism, modern systematic theology, philosophy of religion, the study of religions, science and religion, patristic studies, ecclesiastical history, anthropology and sociology of religion.

  • Journal of the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences

    Journal of the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (JNDS) is an open access, online only journal that showcases case reports and contemporary issues in Surgery including but not limited to sustainability, Global Surgery, inequalities in gender and race. It also considers submissions of high quality reviews on clinical topics, and clinical research in all fields of surgery. We encourage submissions from students all over the world.

  • Vestiges: Traces of Record

    Vestiges: Traces of Record  is a diamond open access journal. Articles are published under a CC license. We do not charge an APC. The journal is listed in DOAJ. ISSN: 2058-1963.

    Our vision is for a journal which will publish detailed case studies of material which are of interest to researchers who use archives. We hope that the journal will attract submissions and readers from those working in history, political science, archaeology, anthropology and sociology, and other cognate disciplines. 

    Back issues are at https://www.vestiges-journal.info/ and on ora.ox.ac.uk