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kwrandolph
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Where to publish?

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Is there any journal that accepts papers from people not affiliated with any academic institution?

Secondly, are they on line only, on line and in print, or in print only?

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Ken M. Penner
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I can't think of any journals that require institutional affiliation. (Though some might require a terminal degree.) I've just recently joined the board of the Journal of Biblical Literature, and we accept papers from people not affiliated with an academic institution. But I'd try somewhere else for your first article. JBL's rejection rate is quite high.
For a description of JBL's practice a decade ago, see http://www.sbl-site.org/publications/ar ... icleId=270
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Stephen Hughes
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I have no intention of publishing, but out of curiosity, do writers of articles pay journals to publish their papers or the other way round?
Stephen Hughes BA (Greek), BTh, MA (Egyptology)
וַאֲהַבְתֶּ֖ם אֶת־הַגֵּ֑ר כִּֽי־גֵרִ֥ים הֱיִיתֶ֖ם בְּאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃ (Deut. 10:19)
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Thanks, Ken:
Ken M. Penner wrote:I can't think of any journals that require institutional affiliation. (Though some might require a terminal degree.) I've just recently joined the board of the Journal of Biblical Literature, and we accept papers from people not affiliated with an academic institution. But I'd try somewhere else for your first article. JBL's rejection rate is quite high.
For a description of JBL's practice a decade ago, see http://www.sbl-site.org/publications/ar ... icleId=270
The last I checked, JBL accepts papers from only members of SBL, membership costing $100s a year last time I checked. That means I would have to pay even to be considered for my papers to get rejected. I don’t have that sort of gelt.

Does anyone have experience with academia.edu online publishing?

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Ken M. Penner
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kwrandolph wrote:Does anyone have experience with academia.edu online publishing?
I put a lot of my work on academia.edu
See https://stfx.academia.edu/KenPenner
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Stephen Hughes wrote:I have no intention of publishing, but out of curiosity, do writers of articles pay journals to publish their papers or the other way round?
Normally there's no payment either way.
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