Topic: The Washington & Jefferson College Review
DisciplineHumanities
LanguageEnglish
Publication details
Former name(s)
Topic: A Journal of the Liberal Arts
History1961-present
Publisher
FrequencyAnnual
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Topic
Indexing
ISSN0049-4127
OCLC no.1586535
Links

Topic: The Washington and Jefferson College Review, also known as Topic or Topic: A Journal of the Liberal Arts, is a peer-reviewed academic journal focused on the humanities and the liberal arts.[1][2]

It was established in 1961 as Topic: A Journal of the Liberal Arts.[2] In Fall 2004, the name was changed to Topic: The Washington & Jefferson College Review.

The journal is published annually by the Washington & Jefferson College faculty and is printed in monograph format.[1][2] Each issue contains several academic essays from a number of different disciplines on a specific topic. Past topics have included John Keats, the Whiskey Rebellion, pirates, Rebecca Harding Davis, religion in the eighteenth century, and Italian Americans in Western Pennsylvania.[3] The journal follows The Chicago Manual of Style.[4] The editorial policy has a special focus on interdisciplinary articles.[2]

The journal is indexed by the MLA International Bibliography, American Humanities Index, Abstracts of English Studies, and EBSCO's Humanities International Complete.[2] It is a member of the Council of Editors of Learned Journals.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Topic. WorldCat. OCLC 1586535.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Topic: The Washington and Jefferson College Review". Washington & Jefferson College. Archived from the original on 2012-03-20. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
  3. ↑ "Articles Published in TOPIC". Washington & Jefferson College. Archived from the original on April 21, 2014. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Style Sheet for Authors: Topic: The Washington and Jefferson College Review" (PDF). Washington & Jefferson College. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-20. Retrieved 2010-07-19.


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