Journal and publication scope
BRIQ and contribution types
BRIQ (Belt & Road Initiative Quarterly) is an open access scholarly journal of international politics, economy, and culture.
Belt and Road Initiative Quarterly (BRIQ) features a broad range of content, from academic articles to book reviews, review essays, interviews, news reports, and feature articles.
The Editorial Board can issue calls for papers for special issues and invite authors to contribute manuscripts; however, it also welcomes unsolicited submissions.
Fee policy
There are no fees to submit or publish in this journal.
Submission conditions
Language, file, and originality
Submissions are invited in English or Turkish. All submissions are to include a short biography (150-word limit) and should be sent as Microsoft Word attachments to briq@briqjournal.com. Articles or other content that have been previously published or are under review by other journals will not be considered for publication.
BRIQ follows American Psychological Association style (7th edition, www.apastyle.org) and uses American English spelling.
Academic articles
BRIQ uses a double-blind review process for all academic articles.
Academic articles should be between 5,000 and 9,000 words in length, including abstracts, notes, references, and all other content. Please supply a cover page that includes complete author information, and a fully anonymized manuscript that also contains an abstract (200- word limit) and 5 keywords.
Other contribution types
Book reviews should not exceed 1,000 words; review essays covering two or more works can be up to 3,000 words.
News reports consisting of brief analyses of news developments should not exceed 1,500 words; feature articles combining reporting and analysis can be up to 3,500 words.
BRIQ is an open access journal that allows readers to easily read and download the contents of published articles from the website. These contents are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) which means that the readers can copy, download, redistribute, and share the contents only if appropriate credit is given.
Please contact the Editorial Board for interview proposals.
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