Call For Papers: Veteran Trauma, Moral Injury & Accountability in Complex Care Systems

Journal: Journal of Veteran Research & Systems Accountability (JVRSA)

Publisher: Combat Support Institute (CSI)

Issue: Winter Issue

Publication Date: January 2027

Scope and Topics:

The Journal of Veteran Research & Systems Accountability (JVRSA) invites original research, policy analysis, and scholarly submissions for its Spring Issue focused on Veterans, Disability & Civil Rights in Institutional Systems. This issue seeks rigorous, evidence-based work examining how institutional systems impact veterans with disabilities and how civil rights frameworks are applied, enforced, or denied.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Combat trauma, moral injury, and complex disability as civil rights and public health issues
• PTSD, TBI, moral injury, and co-occurring conditions across the lifespan
• Complex trauma, polytrauma, and intersecting mental, physical, and neurological conditions
• Long-term, intergenerational, and cumulative outcomes of combat exposure
• Fragmentation, gaps, and failures in trauma-informed healthcare and social service systems
• Continuity of care, care coordination, and transitions between VA, DoD, and civilian systems
• Ethical, legal, and human subjects’ considerations in veteran mental health and trauma research
• Risk, harm, and unintended consequences of pharmacological, behavioral, and experimental treatments
• Access, equity, and disparities in complex trauma care delivery
• Institutional power, consent, and coercion in treatment decision-making
• Family systems, caregivers, and secondary trauma in veteran care
• Data practices, outcome measures, and evidence standards shaping veteran trauma treatment
• Innovative, integrative, and emerging care models (with critical evaluation)
• Lived experience, clinician-scholar, and practitioner perspectives
• Accountability frameworks, oversight mechanisms, and reform models for complex care systems


Abstract Deadline: August 30

Notification: September 30

Full Manuscript Submission Deadline: November 30

Publication Release: January 2027



Submission Guidelines:

-Abstracts should be 250–300 words

-Manuscripts must follow APA 7th Edition formatting

-Submissions involving human subjects must document IRB approval or exemption

-Use of the CSI IRB is permitted but not required

-All submissions are subject to double-blind peer review

Publication Information:

JVRSA is a peer-reviewed, quarterly journal dedicated to advancing research that evaluates systems affecting veterans and promotes ethical, evidence-based accountability and reform.