Journal of Popular Romance Studies

Journal of Popular Romance Studies

Discipline	Cultural
Language	English
Edited  by	Eric Selinger
Publication details
History	2010–present
Publisher	International Association for the Study of Popular Romance
Frequency	Annual
Open access	Yes
License	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	J. Pop. Roman. Stud.
Indexing CODEN (alt) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR  · NLM (alt) · Scopus
ISSN	2159-4473
LCCN	2011202200
OCLC  no.	892516834
Links
Journal homepage Online archive

The Journal of Popular Romance Studies is a peer-reviewed open access academic journal published by the International Association for the Study of Popular Romance. It was established in 2010 and until 2016, two issues were published each year. From 2017 onwards, a single issue is published yearly. The journal covers the study of popular romance media, including romance novels, chick lit, romantic comedy films, dating culture, and love songs. The journal also publishes reviews of recently published academic books, notes and queries, and long and short pieces on university teaching of popular romance media and culture. ^{[1] [2]}

In addition, the journal regularly publishes special issues, focusing on particular authors (e.g. Jennifer Crusie), ^[3] genres or themes (e.g. Black Romance), ^[4] or notable works (e.g. E.M. Hull's The Sheik). ^[5]

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals, ^[6] Modern Language Association Database, ^[7] and is listed in Scopus ^[8] and ERIH PLUS. ^[9]

Francis Award

The journal hosts an annual essay award sponsored by the International Association for the Study of Popular Romance, the Francis Award, for the best unpublished essay on popular romance media or romantic love in global popular culture. It is named in memory of Consuela Francis, associate provost and professor of English and African American Studies at the College of Charleston. The author of the winning essay receives a $250 prize, and has the option to publish their submission in the journal. ^[10]

References

1. "Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Popular Romance". Journal of Popular Romance Studies. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
2. "Pedagogy: Notes on Teaching Popular Romance". Journal of Popular Romance Studies. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
3. "Nothing But Good Times Ahead: A Special Forum on Jennifer Crusie". Journal of Popular Romance Studies. 2020-12-20.
4. "Special Issue: Black Romance". Journal of Popular Romance Studies. 2022-05-16.
5. "Special Issue: The Sheik". Journal of Popular Romance Studies. 2020-12-21.
6. "Journal of Popular Romance Studies". Directory of Open Access Journals. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
7. "Journal of Popular Romance Studies". MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals. University of Barcelona . Retrieved 2023-08-19.
8. "Source details: Journal of Popular Romance Studies". Scopus Preview. Elsevier . Retrieved 2023-08-19.
9. "Journal of Popular Romance Studies". ERIH PLUS. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
10. "The Francis Award". Journal of Popular Romance Studies. International Association for the Study of Popular Romance. 3 August 2016. Retrieved 2023-08-19.

External links

• Official website
• International Association for the Study of Popular Romance