Focus and Scope

Established in 2006, the Journal of Folklore Research Reviews (JFRR) is an offshoot of the Journal of Folklore Research, published through the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University, Bloomington. The goal of JFRR is to provide timely reviews of current scholarship emerging in our disciplines and related fields, with a focus on the interplay of creativity and tradition in the expressive cultures of the world's peoples. Naturally, reviews in JFRR reflect the views of the individual reviewer and not necessarily those of the JFRR editorial staff. 

On the rare occasions when authors of these products contact us with concerns or complaints, it is our policy to offer the author of the scholarly product the opportunity to send us a reasoned response which we will consider for publication. We will evaluate this response using the same criteria we employ to evaluate reviews that are submitted for our consideration, namely, whether they are substantive responses that offer an informed perspective on the content of the reviewed material.

Peer Review Process

Editorial Review

Publication Frequency

Weekly 

Open Access Policy

JFRR is an open-access journal which means that all of our reviews are freely available without charge. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to our published reviews, or use them for any other lawful purposes, without asking prior permission from the author or the publisher as long as both are cited in the reproduction. Reviewers for JFRR do not pay any fee to publish reviews in this journal.