Preparing the Manuscript for Review

The Publications Program needs an electronic version of the manuscript, which should include all elements in the book except the dedication, acknowledgments, and index. Please submit one single PDF file and adhere to the following guidelines when preparing a manuscript:

• Use a large size of type (11 or 12 points)
• Leave one-inch margins on all sides
• Double space the text proper. Set-off block quotations and footnotes can be single spaced
• Include page numbers. Consecutive numbering of the pages throughout the manuscript is best; if each chapter is paginated separately, the running heads should indicate the chapter as well as the page number
• At the review stage, footnotes are preferable to endnotes and are more likely to be read

The Peer Review Process

The Asia Center Publications Program is a peer-reviewed press. Due to the resources necessary to undertake peer review, we cannot proceed with peer review on any manuscript that is already under consideration at another press. 

The Publications Program generally commissions two external peer reader reports on each full manuscript considered for publication. If the reports are favorable, the author is shown copies (sans information that might identify the reviewer) and asked to respond to the readers’ comments. Manuscripts that have received positive reader reports must also be approved by the Program's Executive Committee, which includes faculty from across the university with expertise in Asian Studies. 

Prospective authors should expect the peer review process to take a minimum of three to four months; it may well take longer. Be advised that the Publications Program cannot guarantee that the review process will be quick or that the reader reports will recommend publication, nor do favorable reports necessarily mean that the Publications Executive Committee will vote to accept the manuscript for publication in its series.