IBIRC Press · Scholarly publishing
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From a research question to a carefully developed scholarly book.
Initial project enquiries
At this development stage, contact us with a brief project outline rather than a complete manuscript. An enquiry does not constitute acceptance, a publishing contract or a commitment to submit a book to any index.
Prepare your proposal
- Identity: working title, book type, author/editor names, affiliations, country, contact details and relevant publications. Include ORCID identifiers if available.
- Scholarly contribution: research questions, principal argument, methods, sources, originality and relationship to existing literature.
- Readers: intended academic audience, disciplinary relevance and international significance.
- Structure: annotated contents, estimated length, illustrations/tables, language and a sample chapter when requested.
- Delivery: manuscript status, realistic completion schedule and availability of underlying material.
- Transparency: funding, competing interests, earlier dissemination, permissions, ethical approvals where relevant and use of generative AI.
Edited collections, translations and theses
Editors should provide the collection’s integrating argument, contributor affiliations, chapter abstracts and a plan for consistent quality. Translations and editions need evidence of permissions where required and a substantial scholarly contribution. A thesis must be substantially developed into a book for its intended readership; submission of an unchanged dissertation is not appropriate for this proposed list.
Manuscript preparation
Use a consistent disciplinary citation style, complete references, clear headings and accessible tables and image descriptions. Identify quotations and translated passages, document source languages and transliteration conventions, and supply separate permission records. Avoid unsupported claims, fabricated citations and unnecessary self-citation.
Proposed route to publication
Scope assessment → external peer review → revisions and editorial decision → written publishing agreement → copyediting and production → author proofs → publication and continuing record maintenance. A proposal review does not replace review of the completed manuscript.
Read the proposed review policyPreparing a book proposal
For an initial enquiry, provide a working title, a 300–500-word scholarly summary, the central research question and original contribution, intended readership, competing or related books, an annotated chapter outline, approximate length, language, proposed timetable, and editor or author biographies with affiliations. Explain your source base, research methods and any third-party rights or ethical permissions required.
For edited collections, explain chapter selection, thematic coherence and how the editors will assess the volume as a whole. A preliminary enquiry does not constitute acceptance. Formal manuscript intake remains closed pending operational readiness.
Research and manuscript preparation
Use a consistent scholarly reference style, include full references, distinguish quotations from paraphrases, and identify tables, images and permissions. Supply original-language text with transliteration and translation where needed. Disclose substantive AI assistance and verify every source and quotation independently; AI systems cannot be credited as authors.
Book and chapter identifiers
IBIRC Press will assign an ISBN to each published book, with separate ISBNs for distinct editions and product formats where required, and register a unique DOI for every published chapter. Identifiers will be displayed after assignment and registration, with chapter DOIs linking to persistent chapter landing pages. Planned titles do not yet have assigned identifiers.