Manuscript Submission Guidelines

[UPDATE : 2024.11.05]

Please read the guidelines below before visiting the Journal’s submission site:
https://dbpiaone.com/iasr.

International Area Studies Review (IASR) is a refereed journal and indexed in Scopus. It encourages free expression and discussion of different ideas and approaches, which assists in the better understanding of various regions over the world with either qualitative or quantitative methods. The journal aims to represent a wide range of research interests concerning area studies in political science, economics, ethics, sociology, culture, law, arts, and other interdisciplinary works. It welcomes and offers a platform for original research from a multi-disciplinary perspective in new and emerging areas by scholars and researchers with doctoral degrees.

Only manuscripts of sufficient quality that meet the aims and scope of IASR will be reviewed. IASR does not review papers under consideration for publication elsewhere and have not already been published elsewhere.

The journal uses a double-blinded review process. There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this Journal. Open Access option is available.

Fees and Funding

International Area Studies Review (IASR) is committed to facilitating rigorous academic research dissemination. Here are the details regarding our publication fees and funding options:

Publication Fees:

1. 1. Publication Fee : USD 200 (KRW 250,000). This fee applies to all accepted regular research articles and is payable upon acceptance.
2. 2. Publication Fee : USD 450 (KRW 500,000). This fee applies to papers that include funding acknowledgments, indicating external financial support.
3. 3. Open Access Option includes publication fee (see below): If authors choose the open access route with FAST-TRACK, an Article Processing Charge (APC) of USD 2,000 applies to ensure the wide visibility and accessibility of their work. This fee includes all aspects of the publication process from submission to publication.

*Additional Information:

All fees should be paid in USD or the equivalent in KRW. Detailed invoices will be provided for all transactions to ensure transparency and can be used for institutional reimbursements. For more information on fees, funding, and payment procedures, please visit our website or contact the editorial office.

Open Access Option

IASR offers optional open-access publishing. An Article Processing Charge (APC) of 2,000 US dollars currently applies to accepted papers. The option provides a quick review process as follows:

1. 1) Acknowledgment of submission within 24 hrs
2. 2) Acceptance notification within 30 days of submission (Blind peer review process)
3. 3) Article publishes within 60 days

Style and Formatting

10,000-word limit, including text, tables, citations, footnotes, endnotes, and references. All should be double-spaced in Times New Roman 11-point font. Tables may be single-spaced.

The abstract should be no more than 200 words.

IASR adheres to the APA reference style, and you can download a Sample MS Word format based on the APA reference style: Sample Format

Article Types

Regular Research Article: Each article must not exceed 10,000 words in length. IASR features country and regional studies from around the world. We are also open to global comparative analysis. IASR publishes articles featuring cutting-edge statistical or game-theoretic analyses and ethnographic or historical case studies. We welcome submissions from Anthropology, Economics, Geography, History, Political Science, Sociology, and other relevant disciplines.

Data Feature Articles: These articles introduce a new dataset or a significant revision of an existing one. Data Feature Articles describe a new dataset, emphasizing how the latest data can make a genuine contribution to area studies, for instance, by pointing to results that are significantly different from previously published work. A Data Feature Article is less than 6,000 words long and is double-blind peer-reviewed.

Review Essays: A Review Essay synthesizes ‘state of the art’ research and can be about several books, articles, or a combination of the two. The focus should be thematic rather than on a few books or articles. These essays will be double-blind peer-reviewed. They will be no longer than 5,000 words. Each issue of the IASR will not contain more than one Review Essay.