Research articles will present original research in any of the ten areas of the Journal’s subject categories. Articles will normally range between 5,000 and 7,500 words; consult the editor about deviations from these parameters.

Contributors are welcome to contact the editor beforehand to discuss proposals or for guidance regarding the sorts of topics which are suitable for publication in the Journal. Research articles will be subject to blind peer review by appropriate members of the Editorial Board or external evaluators selected at the editor’s discretion.

Research articles must be submitted according to the Submission Procedures described below. Authors of accepted manuscripts assign to Journal of Buddhist Ethics the right to publish the text both electronically and in any other format and to make it available permanently in an electronic archive.

Authors should send inquiries directly to the General Editor:

Stephen L. Jenkins
Email: stephen.jenkins@humboldt.edu

Submission Procedures

1. Format. Manuscripts should be submitted for consideration as Microsoft Word files and attached to an email to the general editor. Download and use this template to prepare your article. Download and use the Gentium 7.000 font.
2. Style. Consult the JBE Style Guide paying special attention to citation style. We use MLA in-line citation, minimizing the number of footnotes. Citations must include precise page numbers. Consult the Style Guide regarding the transliteration of foreign terms (including diacritical marks). In general, technical terms (except for those in general use, such as karma or nirvana) should be translated with the original language in parentheses on first occurrence.
3. Submission: Submit two versions of your article, one with your name and academic affiliation, and another without that information.
4. Artificial Intelligence: Authors must be completely transparent about using AI and are fully accountable for all manuscript content. When submitting manuscripts, authors must declare which AI tools were used and how they were employed. If AI is used to generate text, this should be acknowledged and the exact AI prompts identified in footnotes. Recognizing that AI makes errors, may contain biases, and may infringe copyrights, authors must carefully check and correct any AI-generated material, verifying all facts, quotations, and citations.