The Journal of Irish and Scottish Studies is the only peer reviewed journal devoted to scholarly work in the languages, history, literature and cultures of both countries.
The editors also publish an online (open access) reviews section:
- JISS Online Reviews Section (open access)
Subscription is per annum, and runs on a calendar year basis (2 issues per annum, with 2 issues per volume). The Journal is available Open Access (freely available online) 6-12 months after print publication.
- Individual Print Subscription (£20 per annum)
- Institutional Print Subscription (£40 per annum)
- Individual Issues
Vol 1.1 (2007) Cultural Exchange: from Medieval to Modernity (order paperback)
JISS v1.1 Open Access
Vol 1.2 (2008) Unions: Past - Present - Future (order paperback)
JISS v1.2 Open Access
Vol 2.1 (2008) Gallic Connections: Irish and Scottish Encounters with France (order paperback)
JISS v2.1 Open Access
Vol 2.2 (2009) The Arts, Culture and the Wealth of Nations(order paperback)
JISS v2.2 Open Access
Vol 3.1 (2009) Exceptional Peoples? Irish and Scots on the Frontier (order paperback)
JISS v3.1 Open Access
Vol 3.2 (2010) The Patrick Gordon Diary And Its Context (order paperback)
JISS v3.2 Open Access
Vol 4.1 (2010) Nations, Diasporas, Identities (order paperback)
JISS v4.1 Open Access
Vol 4.2 (2011) The Spaces of the Nation: Spatial Planning in Scotland and the Island of Ireland (order paperback)
JISS v4.2 Open Access
Vol 5.1 (2011) Migrating Minds (order paperback)
JISS v5.1 Open Access
Vol 5.2 (2012) After the Homecoming (order paperback)
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Vol 6.1 (2012) National Cosmopolitanisms (order paperback)
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Vol 6.2 (2013) Social Order and Social Ordering in Stuart Ireland and Scotland (order paperback)
JISS v6.2 Open Access
Vol 7.1 (2013) Contested Witnesses in Irish and Scottish Literature (order paperback)
JISS v7.1 Open Access
Vol 7.2 (2014) The World of Patrick Gordon (order paperback)
JISS v7.2 Open Access
Vol 8.1 (2014) On the Edge (order paperback)
JISS v8.1 Open Access
Vol 8.2 (2015) The Strike in Irish and Scottish History (order paperback)
JISS v8.2 Open Access
Vol 9.1 (2019) Scottish and Irish Literature: Before and After Theory
JISS v9.1 Open Access
Vol 9.2 (2018) Scottish urban archives and histories: context and a legal historical perspective (order paperback)
JISS v9.2 Open Access
Vol 10.1 (2020) Land and Sea (paperback in press)
JISS v10.1 Open Access
Vol 10.2 (2020) Love, Loss and Landscape (order paperback)
JISS v10.2 Open Access
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