For Authors

What we consider

Scholarly monographs, critical editions, and edited volumes in the Social Sciences and Humanities, with emphasis on Central Asia and the wider Turkic world. We do not publish textbooks, festschrift volumes without a unifying scholarly argument, or revised theses submitted without substantial reworking.

Submitting a proposal

Send the following to the editorial office:

1. A proposal of three to five pages stating the argument, the source base, the intended readership, and the relation of the work to existing scholarship
2. A full table of contents with chapter abstracts
3. Two sample chapters, including the introduction
4. A current academic CV

Manuscripts may be in Kyrgyz, Russian, Turkish, or English. Do not send the complete manuscript with the initial proposal.

Timeline

Stage	Typical duration
Editorial board screening	30 days
External peer review	60–90 days
Revision period	Set by agreement
Copy-editing and typesetting	90 days

Terms

Authors retain copyright and grant the press an exclusive licence to publish for a defined term. There are no submission charges and no publication fees. Royalty terms are set out in the publishing agreement.