Contribute
The Berkeley Planning Journal invites contributions that critically examine the evolving nature of planning and urban life. While each journal volume revolves around a theme with calls for contributions, we welcome submissions any time to help shape future volumes.
While deeply rooted in the traditions of planning scholarship and practice, we believe the most pressing urban challenges are interdisciplinary, demanding insights from inside the planning world and beyond. BPJ actively seeks submissions from across the social sciences, design, and humanities that engage with the political, social, and spatial elements of urban life.
Submissions should conform to the following:
Full-length journal article (5,500 - 9,000 words)
Book review (1,000 - 2,000 words)
Reflection (250 - 1,000 words)
Multimedia (audio/video/web/photo essay)
References: in-text citations and bibliography in Chicago Style
Our publication process
BPJ’s publication process typically takes around 10 months.
Volume theme is announced.
Submissions are received exclusively via eScholarhip until October 1.
Our editorial team reviews and assigns manuscripts to peer reviewers in October. Reviewers are requested to submit a first review within 45 days.
Once all reviews are received, our editor will return them with a decision on paper publication. If publication is recommended contingent on major revisions, revised manuscripts will be due February 1.
Layout and final editorial preparations are completed through the early spring, with the goal of publishing by the end of March. Editorial holdups, including delayed reviews and resubmissions, can extend this timeline, but our editorial team does its best to stay on schedule.
If you have submitted a manuscript and have questions about the timeline, please reach out.