Author Resources

The small size of the ASCSA Publications Office makes every book or article we publish the product of a close partnership between the author and their editor. To make the relationship as satisfying as possible, we have provided a number of resources in this section that make clear the stages your manuscript will go through. Well-prepared submissions require less time and effort on everyone’s part and will thus expedite the publication process.

Article Publishing Tips for New Authors

Tracey Cullen, editor of Hesperia, presented the paper “Publishing in Classical Archaeology: Tips for the Timid,” as part of the workshop “The Publishing Process for Beginners: Start to Finish,” at the 2011 AIA Annual Meeting. This paper recommends a few things to think about before submitting an article, and then offers some tips to help new authors understand the publication process through the lens of Hesperia. Click here to download the PDF.

Policies on Multi-authored and Serial Publications

The Publications Office will not accept conference proceedings or festschrifts until 2014 or after. Other types of collaborative volumes will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

The ASCSA Publications Office has the right of first refusal for the publication of all fieldwork projects affiliated with the School. (See the Regulations of the Managing Committee, Article IX, Section 3.)

A proposal for the publication of a fieldwork project affiliated with the School should be made by the Director of Record. The publication plan may include articles in Hesperia as well as volumes. The proposal should:

• give a brief description of the nature and scope of the project.
• identify the authors of the projected volumes and/or articles.
• briefly outline the contents of each volume and/or article with its approximate size and the approximate number and types of illustrations.
• provide a schedule of publication.

The results of a fieldwork project may be published in another venue when the Director of Record has obtained the approval of the Director of the School and the Chair of the Committee on Publications.

A subvention is normally expected for each volume in a series of fieldwork publications. Each volume and article will go through the normal review process (with outside reviewers) and must satisfy the Guidelines for Authors, the Checklist for Initial Submission, and the Checklist for Final Submission (see the Useful PDFs section of Author Resources). In the case of unusually long manuscripts, some supporting material may be published electronically. The volumes will be numbered in the order in which they are published. Conference proceedings may not be published as part of a fieldwork series.

Proposals for the publication of a fieldwork project will be reviewed by the Publications Committee and the Publications staff and may be sent to outside reviewers for comments. The Publications Committee, in consultation with the Publications staff, will decide to accept or decline a proposal for the publication of an excavation series based on the merits of the proposal and the anticipated workload of the Publications office during the period indicated in the proposal.