Last month’s discussion of book reviews mentioned, amongst different issues, the decline within the variety of evaluations revealed by Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (NDPR). A coverage change could reverse that development.
NDPR doesn’t settle for unsolicited e-book evaluations, and has up to now solely revealed e-book evaluations that it has invited folks to jot down.
Now, it should settle for unsolicited e-book evaluate proposals from potential reviewers. If the proposal is authorized, then the particular person making the proposal shall be invited to submit a evaluate.
The brand new coverage is on the NDPR website:
Evaluations are commissioned and vetted by a distinguished worldwide Editorial Board. We don’t settle for unsolicited evaluations, however welcome proposals for evaluations from suitably certified reviewers (within the regular course of affairs, a professional reviewer could have obtained a doctoral diploma in philosophy or different related self-discipline). Within the occasion {that a} proposal is obtained, we are going to vet it within the regular means with our Editorial Board earlier than figuring out whether or not to situation an invite to jot down a evaluate.
The present editor of NDPR is Christopher Shields (UCSD).
