Guidelines for Authors

Submission

Authors are invited to contribute articles to Asian Musicology. The following are general guidelines for those submitting articles to be considered for publication in Asian Musicology:

  1. Text
    Manuscripts are to be submitted to the editor, who reserves the right to have them refereed by specialists and to copy-edit them in cooperation with the author. Only research data not published elsewhere will be accepted for publication in the journal. An article generally contains between 10 and 24 printed pages, which includes an abstract, pictures/illustrations/musical examples and captions, footnotes, and bibliography.
    The journal publisher has its own formatting template, so manuscripts should be kept simple: no special fonts (even for titles or headings) and special markings should only be in italics (for foreign words) and bold print, where necessary.
  2. Illustrations
    Authors are encouraged to submit photographs (black-and-white, or color with good contrast), slides, diagrams, illustrations, and musical examples.
  3. Footnotes and References
    Footnotes appear at the bottom of each page. Do not use full bibliographic references within the text, footnotes, or captions, but refer simply to the author, year of publication, and when appropriate, page numbers (e.g. Chun 2002:109).
  4. Complete bibliographical information should be placed separately under “References”
    Examples:
    For a journal article:
    Chun, In Pyong. 2007 “The Magnificent and Grand Beauty in Korean Traditional Music,” Asian Musicology 11:61-118.
    For a book
    Chun, In Pyong. 2001. The New History of Music. Seoul: Hyundai Publishing Co.
    Please provide the full name of the author, and for books, the publisher, and place of publication.
  5. Deadlines
    Manuscripts should be delivered to the editor by the following deadlines: March 15 for the May edition and September 15 for the November edition. Each author receives 5 free copies of the issue. All authors may also order their volume and other publications of the Council for Asian Musicology at a 30% discount.
  6. Checklist: Here is a short checklist when you send your manuscript to us:
  1. The text should include:
    (a) a 200-word maximum abstract
    (b) footnotes, if necessary
    (c) references
    (d) keywords (5-7 words)
    (e) a maximum 70-word author biography
    (f) the postal and email address of each author

2. Photos, slides, diagrams, illustrations, and musical examples, numbered in order on the back of each item, with captions and credits (permissions for use should also be obtained, when necessary). The placement of each illustration should be clearly marked in the text.

Plagiarism Policy


Following COPE standards, Asian Musicology requires all submissions to be original work. Plagiarism includes unacknowledged reuse of text, musical transcriptions, analyses, ethnographic data and arguments, as well as self‑plagiarism. All manuscripts undergo similarity checking prior to peer review. Authors must cite all sources, including scores and field materials. Verified misconduct will result in rejection, submission ban, or article retraction.

Repository Archiving Policy

Authors are permitted to deposit the Published Version (Version of Record) of their article in any institutional repository or other repository of their choice, immediately upon publication, with no embargo period.

Deposition of the submitted version (pre-submission manuscript) and the accepted version (Author Accepted Manuscript / AAM) in public repositories is not permitted.

All published articles are released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). Authors retain copyright of their work and grant the journal only a non-exclusive right of first publication. No further permission from the journal is required for authors to deposit the Version of Record.

The editor of Asian Musicology looks forward to working with you!