Guidelines for Submission

Asia Policy is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to bridging the gap between academic research and policymaking on issues related to the Asia-Pacific. The journal publishes, in descending order of emphasis, three types of peer-reviewed essays:

	social scientific research that both use social science theories, concepts, and approaches and draw clear and concise policy implications on issues of import to the region
	research notes that present, in a well-organized format, new, important, and even conceptual frameworks or descriptive information of use to policymakers, especially on topics that have traditionally been underrepresented in the literature
	policy analyses that present original, persuasive, analytically rigorous, and clear and concise research-based argumentation on crucial policy matters

General Requirements

Asia Policy welcomes the submission of policy-related research on important issues in the Asia-Pacific. Authors or editors interested in having a book considered for review should submit an Executive Summary of the book in 275 words or less in Asia Policy’s format. Submissions may be sent to submissions@nbr.org.

Asia Policy requires that all submitted manuscripts have not been previously published in any form, either in part or in whole, and are not currently being considered for use by any other organization. All prior use of arguments found in the manuscript—whether for publication in English or any other language—must be properly footnoted at the time of submission. The author should also spell out the background of the manuscript upon submission of the first draft, including if the paper or any component parts have been presented at any conferences or have appeared online in any form.

In order to be easily accessible to policymakers, each manuscript must include a one-page Executive Summary and a one- to two-page Introduction. For full details on manuscript and note format, please download the Submission Guidelines.

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