Important notice

We have become aware that websites such as BrightLink Research Index and University Press Journals are claiming to offer publication in certain Cambridge University Press journals for a fee. We do not work with such companies.

Submissions to Cambridge University Press journals can only be made via the online peer review systems linked to from this Cambridge Core website, or else directly to the editorial offices of those journals that do not operate online peer review systems. Under no circumstances will International Journal of Middle East Studies request authors to make payments, other than designated Open Access charges, and any such request should be treated as fraudulent. All submissions should be made directly through the IJMES submission site.

For more information on predatory publishing, please visit the Think Check Submit website

How to submit your manuscript

1. First, be sure you have followed the instructions in the “Preparing your manuscript” guide.
2. All submissions should be made online at the IJMES Scholar One Manuscripts website. New users should first create an account. Once logged on to the site, submissions should be made via the Author Center. Online user guides and access to a helpdesk are available here.
3. ORCID: We suggest that all corresponding authors identify themselves using ORCID when submitting a manuscript to this journal. ORCID provides a unique identifier for researchers and, through integration with key research workflows such as manuscript submission and grant applications, provides benefits such as facilitating the discoverability of your publications, sharing information across platforms, sharing information about your research and affiliations, and communicating to readers updated information about forms of address such as pronouns. See our ORCID FAQs for more information.

   
   If you don’t already have an iD, you can create one when you submit a manuscript to this journal. You can register for one directly from your user account on ScholarOne, or alternatively via https://ORCID.org/register.

   If you already have an iD, please use it when submitting your manuscript, either by linking it to your ScholarOne account, or by supplying it during submission using the "Associate your existing ORCID iD" button.

4. Licence to publish: Before Cambridge can publish your manuscript, we need a signed licence to publish agreement. Under the agreement, certain rights are granted to the journal owner which allow publication of the article. The original ownership of the copyright in the article remains unchanged. For full details see the publishing agreement page.