Edited by Dr. Mara A. Mulrooney, Director of Cultural Resources, Bishop Museum
The Rapa Nui Journal (RNJ) is the official, peer-reviewed journal, of the Easter Island Foundation (EIF). The journal serves as a forum for interdisciplinary scholarship in the humanities and social sciences on Easter Island and the Eastern Polynesian region. Each issue may include Research Articles, Research Reports, Commentaries or Dialogues, Book or Media Reviews and EIF News.

Cover Image courtesy of:
© Stephen, Jesse W. (2005, July 28). The Traveling Moai [At Tongariki near Rano Raraku, Rapa Nui].
File Format and Manuscript structure
Article manuscripts are peer-reviewed, and should be 3000 to 9000 words in length. Reports, Reviews and commentaries are not peer-reviewed, and should be 1000 to 6000 words in length.
Manuscripts should be double-spaced with margins of at least 1 inch (2.5 cm) on each side, and submitted as a single Microsoft Word (or similar) file with the following structure:
- Article title
- Author’s name(s) and contact details for publication
- Abstract
- Keywords 3-6
- Text
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Figures with captions
- Tables with captions
Manuscripts should be submitted online. You may review journal policies and author guidelines on the journal submission site.
Please send inquiries to the Rapa Nui Journal editor at (rapanuijournal@gmail.com).
Subscribe to Rapa Nui Journal through UH Press or browse full-text issues online .