Journal Listings and Submission Policies

The following list of journals includes those that have published articles by NPS students and those that we feel would be of interest to students. We will continue to add to this list, and we welcome suggestions from both students and faculty. Please email additional journal listings to writingcenter@nps.edu.

Unless specified, the information below applies to journal articles.

Computer Science

• IEEE Computer Society
  • Calls for papers (all conferences and publications)
  • Security and Privacy || contributor guidelines || DKL
  • Software || contributor guidelines || DKL
  • Systems Journal || contributor guidelines || DKL
  • Transactions on Software Engineering || contributor guidelines || DKL
• Society for Modeling and Simulation International
  • Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation || contributor guidelines || DKL
  • Simulation || contributor guidelines || DKL

Defense Analysis

• Combating Terrorism Exchange (CTX) || contributor guidelines || DKL
• Comparative Strategy || contributor guidelines || DKL
• Military Review (USA) || contributor guidelines || book reviews || poetry || DKL
• Small Wars Journal || contributor guidelines

Defense Management (GSDM)

• Defense Acquisition Magazine || contributor guidelines
• Cabell's Directories (a DKL-licensed resource with guidance on how and where to publish in GSDM-associated fields)

Homeland Security

• Homeland Security Affairs: The Journal of the NPS Center for Homeland Defense and Security || contributor guidelines || DKL

Information Sciences

• Cyber Defense Review || contributor guidelines || DKL
• Military Operations Research Society (MORS)
  • MOR Journal || contributor guidelines || DKL
  • Phalanx || DKL
• Society for Modeling and Simulation International
  • Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation || contributor guidelines || DKL
  • Simulation || contributor guidelines || DKL

Military

• Defence Studies || contributor guidelines || DKL
• Joint Force Quarterly || contributor guidelines || essay competitions || DKL
• Media, War and Conflict || contributor guidelines || DKL
• Military Review (USA) || contributor guidelines || book reviews || poetry || DKL

National Security Affairs

• Astropolitics || contributor guidelines || DKL
• Combating Terrorism Exchange (CTX) || contributor guidelines || DKL
• FAOA Journal of International Affairs || contributor guidelines || DKL
• Naval War College
  • Book reviews
  • Naval War College Review || contributor guidelines || DKL
  • Newport Papers || contributor guidelines
• U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings || contributor guidelines || essay contests || DKL
• Small Wars Journal || contributor guidelines
• Space and Defense (USAF Academy) (download issue for contributor guidelines)
• Strategic Studies Quarterly (USAF) || contributor guidelines || DKL

Oceanography

• Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans || contributor guidelines || DKL

Space Systems

• Air and Space Power Journal || contributor guidelines || DKL
• Joint Air Power Competence Centre Journal
• Space and Defense (USAF Academy) (download issue for contributor guidelines)

Systems Design

• Human Factors || contributor guidelines || DKL
• Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making || contributor guidelines || DKL

Systems Engineering

• IEEE Systems Journal || contributor guidelines || DKL
• Journal of Field Robotics || contributor guidelines || DKL
• Society for Modeling and Simulation International
  • Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation || contributor guidelines || DKL
  • Simulation || contributor guidelines || DKL

Additional Resources

• Dudley Knox Library maintains a list of military publications, including journals and student papers published by various institutions.