The SIR journal, The Journal of International Relations, provides a unique opportunity for undergraduate students in the field of international studies to publish their work in a nationally distributed scholarly publication. The journal is organized and published by Sigma Iota Rho, the Honor Society for International Studies, and is entirely authored, produced, and published annually by the students membership. Previous submissions have covered topics in politics, economics, history, and area studies. Papers covering topics outside of these guidelines are considered gladly as long as they apply to international relations. The Journal was published by the Epsilon chapter of SIR at the University of Pennsylvania since 1998, and became a national publication in 2004.