About This Journal
The Journal of Tolkien Research (JTR) is a peer-reviewed electronic journal. It is an open access journal, and content will be published immediately once peer reviewers and editors have deemed it ready for publication. Content will be bundled on a yearly basis and given an issue number to assist authors and libraries in citing work and managing dissemination. Authors have the right to choose which Creative Commons license is appropriate for their content (see our Copyright Notice under Submission Guidelines).
Journal of Tolkien Research is an Open Access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of Open Access.