The Indo-Pacific Transdisciplinary Review (IPTR) is an open-access, internationally refereed electronic journal published semiannually by the Department of Indo-Pacific Languages & Literatures housed at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. The journal is dedicated to the production and dissemination of knowledge within the Indo-Pacific region, encompassing approximately fifty countries across the Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, and the South China Sea. As an open-access publication, IPTR does not charge any processing fees for submissions or publications.

Adopting a transdisciplinary approach to knowledge production, IPTR publishes research on languages, literature, cultures, education, cross-cultural relations, public and international affairs, indigenous knowledge, and comparative studies, among others. It also accepts creative works in the languages of the Indo-Pacific region with translation in English. We welcome different types of submission including empirical research articles, pedagogical papers, conceptual and theoretical works, short stories, poems, and critical essays, among others. While English is the primary language of the journal, we also seek submissions that are written in other languages.

The Indo-Pacific Transdisciplinary Review is now accepting manuscripts for consideration in its first inaugural issue in February 2025. Adopting a transdisciplinary approach to knowledge production, IPTR publishes research on languages, literature, cultures, education, cross-cultural relations, public and international affairs, indigenous knowledge, and comparative studies, among others. It also accepts creative works in the languages of the Indo-Pacific region with translation in English.

Submission Guidelines

• Length of manuscript will be around 20-25 pages, double spaced, including footnotes, endnotes, and references.
• The manuscript is prepared in Times New Roman, 12 points
• Abstract of 200-300 words, with five to seven key words
• Documentation follows the Chicago Manual, APA or MLA
• All notes should appear at the foot of the manuscript
• All pictures, graphics, and images must have a dpi of 300
• Captions must be placed below the pictures, graphics, or images
• Glossary for any indigenous terms used must be provided (i.e., with the indigenous term and its English English provided when such a term is not explained in the text)
• All manuscripts must be sent to the Managing Editor through this email: iptr@hawaii.edu. The manuscript must be attached as a doc/docx file.
• All manuscripts and accompanying images, graphics, and photos must be sent to the same email separately from the manuscript, but with clear instructions where to place them. These must be rendered either as .jpg or .png files.
• A short bionote of the author/s, 150 words maximum.
• The manuscript must not have been sent for consideration to other journals, reviews, or book projects.

Submission and Acceptance Schedules:

• Manuscript deadline: December 30, 2024.
• Review Decision: January 15, 2025.
• Revisions (if requested): January 30, 2025.

• inclusive (language) education
• critical essays on culture, politics, philosphy, and psychology
• culturally sustaining and responsive pedagogies
• sociolinguistic issues and concerns
• multilingualism in all of its form
• language policy in education
• teaching in foreign, second and world language contexts (diaspora)
• intersection between language and identity
• critical multiculturalism/multicultural education
• critical pedagogies in (language) education
• indigenous knowledge and philoshophy
• scholarly interviews
• book and media reviews
• creative and literary works (maybe written in any language with translation in English)
• Short stories
• Poems
• Flash fiction
• Plays
• Literary criticism/essays

We employ a double blind review process in which both reviewers and contributors remain anonymous. Contributions are first received by the managing editor who determines whether the submitted manuscript meets the basic criteria of the journal in terms of scope and quality. If the paper is determined to meet the requirements of the first stage of review, it is then forwarded to two reviewers who are experts in their field. The reviewers will decide whether the manuscript will be:

• Accepted
• Accepted with revisions
• Rejected

Maria Mercedes E. Arzadon, University of the Philippines, Philippines
Lance Collins, University of Hawaii
Lilian De la Peña, Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology, Philippines
Nenita Pambid Domingo, University of California Los Angeles, USA
Hoa Le, Harvard University, USA
Tomoaki Morikawa, Chuo University, Japan
Itaru Nagasaka, Hiroshima University, Japan
Dana Osborne, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada
Rachel Luna Peralta, Macao University of Tourism, Macau, SAR
Jason Paolo Telles, Monash University, Australia
Sorhaila Latip-Yusoph, Mindanao State University – Marawi, Philippines