How to Submit
- Please submit your review online using OJS and the submission URL that was included in your invitation to review.
*Peer review guidelines originally developed by former Associate Editor Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier; revised September 2025 by Associate Editor Julie Andreyev
When assessing a Soundworks submission, please use the following categories:
1. GENERAL OBJECTIVES
Does the submission meet the submission criteria? Is the submission clearly connected to sonic expressions, phenomena, and explorations in/about/of British Columbia? How does this submission contribute to our understanding of British Columbia? Is there a clear relationship between the written component and the sound piece?
2. SCHOLARSHIP AND METHODOLOGY
Is there a clear conceptual and/or theoretical contribution from the submission? Does the submission engage with questions/problems/methodologies that are relevant to sound studies and/or to other disciplines that engage with sound?
3. SOUND
Does the submitted sound work offer something that text alone cannot? Did the sound work stimulate your interest on the topic explored? Do you have any ethical concerns about the use of the audio that are not addressed by the author(s) in some way?
4. GENERAL JUDGMENT
Do you have any suggestions for improving the project? Can you suggest amendments to the essays and/or the sound piece that will clarify or increase the value of the project? Do you have any comments about the length of the sound piece or the essay? Are there concerns about potential copyright issues related to the audio? Please be a specific as possible.
5. AUDIENCE
Who is the audience for this piece? Will it attract broad and/or potentially new audiences to BC Studies? Is it likely to appeal to non-academic listeners and readers?
6. RECOMMENDATION
Please let us know whether, in your best judgment, the Soundworks submission should be:
- Accept Submission,
- Revisions Required,
- Resubmit for Review,
- Resubmit Elsewhere, or
- Decline Submission