Abstract: Contenders in the field of academic journal publishing in Mindanao—the state, the Catholic religious, and the nonsectarian sector—generally produce journals once a year only because of the dearth of articles, the protracted processes, and rather modest resources. Thus, print run and reach are limited even as networked technology is expanding journal access. Within Mindanao academic journals are research abstracts, notes and comments, book reviews, and research articles that illuminate aspects of Mindanao: Educational capital and agents; indigenous, Islamized, and settler communities and their evolving cultures; variegated histories; and aspirations for peace and development. Top disciplines are education, history, political science, literature, and anthropology. Journal distinction or excellence is asserted through editors’ linguistic and cultural habitus as well as quality criteria, including advancement of knowledge, new knowledge or data, level of scholarship, appropriate methodology and analysis, relevance to Mindanao realities, theoretical soundness, and acceptable research design.