All materials submitted to HEQ are reviewed by the editorial team, which adheres to principles of transparency and best practice in the selection and publication of all material in the journal. That includes triple blind peer review, rapid turnaround, and expert copyediting.

For more specific information about different materials, please see the following information:

• Research Articles
  These are typically 10,000-12,000 words and contain original research based upon archival and primary sources as well as secondary scholarship. Articles that pass internal review are sent to external peer reviewers who generate reports for authors and editors. Multiple rounds of revision may be required. The entire process utilizes triple blind peer review; authors, editors, and reviewers do not know each other’s identities.
• Historiographical Essays
  These are typically 5,000-10,000 words and contain original framing, contextualizing, synthesis, or some other insight into the literature. Historiographical essays that pass internal review are sent to external peer reviewers who generate reports for authors and editors. Multiple rounds of revision may be required. The entire process utilizes triple blind peer review; authors, editors, and reviewers do not know each other’s identities.
• Review Essays
  Review essays on two or more books are commissioned and edited by the Book Review editors.
• Book Reviews
  Solicited and reviewed by the Book Review editors, book reviews are usually 700-1,000 words.
• Policy Dialogues
  Policy Dialogues of 3,000-5,000 words pair a historian of education and a policy-focused scholar in conversation on a specific topic. Conversations are reviewed and edited for clarity by the editorial team.
• Forums
  Forums of 4-10 contributors are organized by the editors or a proxy on a specific topic. Contributions are commissioned and edited by the editorial team.
• Presidential Address
  Composed by the HES President and delivered each fall, the Presidential Address is reviewed by the editorial team.
• HES Prize
  Selected by the HES Prize Committee, the winner has the option to publish an article-length manuscript in HEQ, reviewed by the editorial team.
• In Memoriam
  Commemorations of deceased scholars are reviewed by the editorial team.
• Editorials/Introductions
  The co-editors write a brief introduction to each issue.
• Graduate Student Blogs
  Blog entries are written by graduate students, typically in consultation with their faculty advisors; they usually comment on a recent research article in HEQ and are published on the CUP website.