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Information for Contributors |
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Information for Contributors
Copyright 2000-2003 |
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Although many parts of the Project South Asia Website will be built by our
in-house staff, we want the site to grow and to be useful to a wide range
of users, from undergraduate and post-graduate students to specialists in
the field of South Asian studies. We strongly encourage those with
academic credentials in South Asian studies (including faculty members,
independent scholars, and advanced graduate students) to consider
submitting a written work or other items for use on the site. Our concern
is the same as that of our users: we want the site to be of high quality,
contain academically reliable information and interpretations, and to be a
forum for those who study and teach about South Asia.
To maintain the academic integrity of the Project South Asia Website, submissions should meet the general professional standards found in other, more conventional academic works, such as journals, encyclopaedias, or dictionaries, use primary sources whenever possible, and be accessible to an intelligent, but general academic readership at the undergraduate level. Submissions may be in any of the following disciplines: Anthropology, Archaeology, Art History, Drama, Economics, Folklore Studies, Geography, Health Sciences, History, International Affairs, Kashmir Studies, Languages, Law, Literature, Music, Numismatics, Philosophy, Political Science, Religion, Sociology, and Women's Studies. Submissions to the Project South Asia Website can take a number of forms:
Length of submissions may vary depending upon the type of submission. General guidelines are as follows:
Submissions generally should be previously unpublished, but if an author can secure permission for us to reprint an article or other item for use on the Project South Asia Website at no cost to us, we will consider that type of submission as well. All written submissions must be made electronically, preferably as an e-mail attachment in MSWord or WordPerfect. Before submitting any manuscript, potential authors must make an initial e-mail query of the Project Director, Dr. Karl J. Schmidt, who will determine if the intended submission falls within the general scope and goals of Project South Asia. In your e-mail query, please include the following information:
After being accepted in principle by the editorial staff, submissions in the form of essays, photo essays, research reports, case studies, translations into English, and pedagogical studies will normally be peer reviewed. Referees will comment on content as well as how the submission will best be placed in the journal. This review process may take 2-4 months. All other submissions will be reviewed in-house by the editorial staff. This process can occur more quickly, taking no more than two months. Once reviewed and accepted for publication, your work will appear in the next scheduled issue of Project South Asia. We will copyright all submissions under the general copyright of Project South Asia and the author's name (for example, "Copyright 2003 Project South Asia and [author's name]. All rights reserved. No part of this article may be reprinted in any form without written permission from Project South Asia or [author's name]), unless you would prefer to hold the copyright in your own name only. |
