About the Journal

The Journal of Yoga Studies (JoYS) is a peer-reviewed, open access e-journal committed to publishing the highest quality academic research and critical discussions on all topics related to the study of all forms of yoga, from ancient to contemporary, across multiple humanities and social sciences disciplines. 

JoYS aims to serve the needs of this emerging field of study by offering a forum for reporting on research findings, discoveries, theoretical discussions and critical debates in the field, and for disseminating critical editions, translations, book reviews and other key reference materials.

As the ‘study of Yoga’ is a broad and varied subject, the scope of JoYS is inclusive of all forms of rigorous intellectual activity in the Humanities and Social Sciences including but not limited to Religious Studies, Modern, Medieval and Classical History of South Asia, Indology, Philology, Philosophy, Anthropology, Sociology, Political Studies, Literature and Arts.

JoYS does not accept submissions of natural sciences, medical or experimental psychology articles, but would consider review or analytical articles written by specialists in these fields with the specific aim of reporting relevant findings to non-specialist academic readers. 

Guest editors may be invited to oversee the production of a JoYS article set themed towards a specific topic or subject of interest.

Principles
 
The journal adheres to the Principles of Transparency and Best practice in Scholarly Publishing published by the Committee on Publication Ethics. The sections below articulate these principles as applied to JoYS.
 
Peer Review Process
  • Articles submitted to JoYS are anonymized and sent to external peer-reviewers.
  • At the editors' discretion, submissions may be internally peer-reviewed by the editorial board.
  • Book reviews are peer-reviewed by members of the editorial board.
  • External reviewers are chosen from internationally-renowned scholars with minimum university qualification to the PhD level in a subject related to the academic study of yoga in the Humanities or Social Sciences and a record of publication in their own right.
Publication Frequency
 
Individual submissions go through peer-review.  Accepted papers are copy-edited, typeset. Individual papers may be published as soon as they are ready or will be published at a least once a year as part of a ‘full’ volume.
 
Open Access Policy
 
This journal provides free diamond open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public is the most effective way to support the growth of knowledge.  Articles published in this journal qualify as Free Cultural Works.
 
Article Processing Charges
 
This journal does not charge authors an ‘article processing charge’ APC or any other submission fee.
 
Sources of Support
 
Association Monégasque pour la Recerche Académique sur le Yoga (AMRAY), Monaco generously supported the launch of JoYS in 2018 and provided the financial assistance that made this journal possible.
 
Consortium of South-Asia related, OA, non-APC journals
 
The FOASAS "Initiative for Fair Open Access Publishing in South Asian Studies" gathers information about journals that adhere to the general principles of fairness and openness in academic publishing.  Some journals whose editors have decided to collaborate explicitly include:
  • History of Science in South Asia (HSSA)
  • New Explorations in South Asia Research (NESAR)
  • Journal of Yoga Studies (JoYS)
Archiving
 
JoYS is archived from 2018 (v 1) onwards with the PKP Preservation Network. 
 
Journal History
 
JoYS was launched in 2018 with the generous support of the Association Monégasque pour la Recerche Académique sur le Yoga (AMRAY), Monaco.
 
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FOUNDING MEMBERS

Matthew Clark: Senior Editor and Administration Manager

Jason Birch and Suzanne Newcombe: Managing Editors

Jacqueline Hargreaves: Art Consultant, Production Manager, and Online Editor

Elizabeth De Michelis: Advisory Board member and former Senior Editor

 

ADVISORY BOARD

Joseph Alter, Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh

Saroja Bhate, Ex-Head, Department of Sanskrit and Prakrit Studies, University of Pune

Véronique Bouillier, Directrice de Recherche, Émérite (Anthropology), French National Centre for Scientific Research

Gudrun Bühnemann, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Elizabeth De Michelis, Formerly Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge and Oriel College, University of Oxford

Dr. Sanjukta Gupta, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford

Geoffrey Samuel, School of Religious and Theological Studies, Cardiff University

Dominik Wujastyk, Department of History and Classics, University of Alberta

EDITORIAL BOARD

Andrea Acri, Sciences Religieuses, École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris

Christèle Barois, Department of South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies, University of Vienna

Daniela Bevilacqua, School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, SOAS University of London

Kengo Harimoto, Mahidol University

Csaba Kiss, Department of Indian Studies, ELTE, Budapest

Philipp A. Maas, Institut für Indologie und Zentralasienwissenschaften, University of Leipzig

James Mallinson, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford

Mark Singleton, School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, SOAS University of London

Péter-Dániel Szántó, Department of Buddhology and Tibetology, ELTE, Budapest

Somadeva Vasudeva, Department of Indological Studies, Kyoto University

Dagmar Wujastyk, Faculty of Arts - History, Classics, & Religion, University of Alberta

ACADEMIC PARTNERS

SOAS, University of London
University of Alberta
AyurYog Project, University of Vienna
The Haṭha Yoga Project, SOAS University of London
AMRAY, Association Monégasque pour la Recherche Académique sur le Yoga