The International Journal of Conflict and Violence (IJCV) is a periodical for scientific exchange and public dissemination of the latest academic research on conflict and violence. The subjects on which the IJCV concentrates have always been the focus of interest in many different areas of academic life.

Consequently, our journal encompasses contributions from a wide range of disciplines including sociology, political science, education, social psychology, criminology, ethnology, history, political philosophy, urban studies, and the study of religions.

The IJCV is open-access. All the articles are available to anyone on the internet, free of charge and without restriction. This is a response to the developments of recent years, where dissemination of knowledge has undergone rapid change that has led conventional printed media to become an obstacle to communication within (and beyond) the scientific community. A printed journal requires a great deal of time to prepare, thus causing delays, consumes scarce financial and human resources, and restricts access to subscribers only. An open-access web-based electronic publication is the up-to-date response to the need for swift, open, and free dissemination of knowledge as a common good.

This media shift notwithstanding, IJCV will naturally exercise quality control through peer reviews by international experts in the field using the established criteria.

Reviewers assess the relevance, contribution to knowledge, methodological adequacy, clarity of presentation, and validity of the conclusions of submitted manuscripts.

The IJCV is edited by Wilhelm Heitmeyer (University of Bielefeld), Douglas S. Massey (Princeton University), Steven Messner (University of Albany, NY), James Sidanius (Harvard University), and Michel Wieviorka (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris).

The IJCV is published twice a year, in spring and in fall. Each issue will focus on one specific topic while also including articles on other issues.

Published and planned topics are:
Spring 2007: Discrimination
Fall 2007: Terrorism
Spring 2008: Youth and Violence
Fall 2008: Anomie/Anomia and Violence

Calls for papers:
http://www.ijcv.org/index.phpoption=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=27