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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • I confirm that this submission has not been published or submitted elsewhere.
  • I have read the Submission Guidelines and confirm that the text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in these guidelines and that the submission does not exceed the maximum article length (exact length depending on the section you submit to).
  • I have removed all identifying information (e.g. names, biographies, acknowledgments) about the article’s authors from the manuscript to ensure a double-blind review process. See Ensuring a Blind Review for more details. (Applies to submissions to section Current Research only)
  • Alongside with my manuscript I am submitting a separate document which includes the title of the article, the name of the author(s), an author info (1-2 sentences including affiliation, research interests, email address) as well as depending on the section to submit to: an abstract (maximum 200 words).
  • As my manuscript I am submitting a Word document (.doc or .docx) and provide figures, pictures etc. as separate files.
  • In case of submitting photos, diagrams or other images intended for publication I ensure that I dispose of all necessary copyrights and these items do not violate any other rights of third parties. In case of submitting interviews I ensure that I have obtained authorization for publication in the submitted form by the interviewed person. (Please check also if you do not submit images or interviews)
  • I confirm that the manuscript meets scientific English language standards. A native speaker proofread the manuscript.
  • I am aware of and consent to the journal's Publishing Ethics.
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  • The submission process is two-fold. After having registered, my data will be approved by the editorial team within approximately 24 hours. Upon approval, I will receive an e-mail with my login details and can then make my submission.
  • Herewith, I confirm that I have not submitted any further current research article for consideration for publication to this journal at the time being.
  • I have suggested two potential international reviewers (by providing name, affiliation, contact, and field of expertise) in the field "Comments for the Editor" for consideration by the editorial board in the review of my manuscript.

Author Guidelines

  • All submissions must be original pieces and should not have been published or be under review elsewhere.
  • Articles have to be written in German or American English (e.g. organization, center, favor).
  • Submissions should avoid technical jargon as much as possible. Authors should assume a multidisciplinary audience familiar with Southeast Asia but who may not be specialists in a particular field.
  • We use APA 7th edition guidelines with variations. Please use our Author Guidelines for editing your text.  
  • You can also use our ASEAS article template, where you can type or paste your text!
  • Standard style: Times New Roman, 12-point, 1.5 space, hyphenless justification
  • Characters: Please stick to a Latin character set as closely as possible.

Publishing Ethics

ASEAS Sections

Current Research on Southeast Asia

  • CR covers timely research articles that meet highest scholarly quality standards. Submissions will be subject to a double-blind review process.
  • Length of submission: max. 7,000 words excl. title, keywords, abstract, and references.
  • Please provide an abstract (max. 250 words), 5 keywords, and a short biographical statement (max. 100 words, incl. current affiliation, research interests, and email address).

Research Workshop

  • RW offers space for reports about ongoing research projects or field studies.
  • Length of submission: 3,000 words excl. title, keywords, abstract, and references.
  • Please provide an abstract (max. 250 words), 5 keywords, and a short biographical statement (max. 100 words, incl. current affiliation, research interests, and email address).

In Dialogue

  • ID covers interviews with Southeast Asia experts (scientists, state representatives, NGO staff, activists, artists, etc.) on various topics.
  • Length of submission: 3,000 words excl. title, keywords, abstract, and references.
  • Please provide an abstract (max. 250 words), 5 keywords, and a short biographical statement (max. 100 words, incl. current affiliation, research interests, and email address).
  • The title is twofold and includes the aim and theme of the interview as well as the name of the interviewed person (e.g. Community-Based Tourism in Bali: On the Road Towards Empowerment? An Interview with Djinaldi Gosana).

Network Southeast Asia

  • NET aims at introducing academic and independent research institutions, reviewing and reporting on workshops, or announcing and summarising conferences.
  • Length of submission: max. 1,500 words excl. title and references.
  • Please provide a short biographical statement (max. 100 words, incl. current affiliation, research interests, and email address).

Book Reviews

  • Length of submission: 1,500 words excl. references.
  • Please provide the title of the publication including bibliographic information (publisher, ISBN, pages), e.g., Book Review: Gravers, M., & Flemming, Y. (Eds.). (2014). Burma/Myanmar – Where now? Copenhagen: Nordic Institute of Asian Studies. ISBN: 978-87-7694-112-3-XIV. 447 pages.
  • Footnotes: Use footnotes, not endnotes, yet keep footnotes to a minimum. Footnotes are written in 10-point and single space.
  • Headings: Confine to three levels of headings next to the title itself. 
  • Indents: Use indents for block quotations only (more than 40 words).

Copyright Notice

For all articles published in ASEAS before December 2014 and after July 2022, copyright is retained by the authors. For articles published between January 2015 and June 2022, the Society for South-East Asian Studies (SEAS) is the copyright holder. Articles published in ASEAS before December 2019 are licensed under the following Creative Commons License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported.  Articles published after that date are licensed under the following Creative Commons License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International. In both cases, this means that everybody is free to share (to copy, to distribute, and to transmit the work) under the following conditions:

  • Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

  • NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.

  • NoDerivatives — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.

Reproducing Published Material

Please note that authors need to obtain permission to reproduce published material from other publishers, such as figures, images, or tables, if they do not fall into the public domain or if authors do not have the copyright. In such cases, authors need to request permission from the copyright holder, typically the publisher.

You need permission for reproducing:

  • Your own works published by another Publisher and for which you do not retain copyright.
  • Substantial extracts from anyone’s works.
  • Figures, images, and tables, if they are unaltered or slightly modified.
  • Photographs for which you do not hold copyright.

You do not need permission if:

  • You reconstruct/redraw your own tables, figures, graphs, etc. that have already been published elsewhere. In this case, please cite the source.
  • You cite anyone’s work according to the standard citation guidelines.

Open Access Statement

All articles published by ASEAS are made immediately available under an open access license. Consequently, everyone has free and unlimited access to all ASEAS articles. ASEAS is an open access journal without individual submission fees. Authors do NOT have to pay APC (Article Processing Charge) in order for their article to be published open access under the above mentioned license. However, for accepted special issue proposals we ask guest editors to cover some of the copy editing and publication costs (see Proposals for Special Issues).

Privacy Statement

  1. The names and contact details entered in this editorial system will be used for the purposes of the production and publication of ASEAS only (i.e. processing submissions, organizing reviews, managing revised versions, etc.).

  2. Registered users to this editorial system (i.e. submitting authors, reviewers, copyeditors, proofreaders, etc.) will be additionally registered for the SEAS email newsletter which informs subscribers about current ASEAS Call for Papers, the release of new issues, and similar information. Newsletter recipients can easily unsubscribe from this newsletter by clicking on the unsubscribe button which is included in the bottom of each email newsletter. 

  3. No personal data will be used for any other purpose other than the above-mentioned.

  4. All subscribed users have the option to inform the editors of ASEAS of their wish to delete all their personal contact details and data. The editors will comply with this demand as soon as the issue the affected users have participated in has been completed.

  5. For further information on our privacy policy, please refer to the Data Protection Declaration of the University of Vienna.