This Book Template establishes the structural, scholarly, and ethical standards governing the preparation of full-length academic books published by our press, including research monographs, edited volumes, thematic handbooks, and scholarly series contributions. It is designed to ensure conceptual coherence, methodological rigor, and international scholarly relevance across all published works.
In contemporary global publishing, a high-quality academic book must demonstrate more than thematic relevance; it must articulate a clear intellectual positioning, engage critically with international scholarship, and advance theoretical, methodological, or empirical knowledge within its discipline. Accordingly, this template provides a comprehensive framework to guide authors and editors in developing books that meet internationally recognized research standards.
For research monographs, the template ensures clarity of argumentation, logical progression of chapters, methodological transparency, and sustained theoretical contribution throughout the volume. For edited volumes, it establishes structural consistency across chapters, conceptual alignment with the overarching theme, and intellectual integration through introductory and concluding synthesis chapters.
Particular emphasis is placed on:
Editors of collected volumes are responsible for ensuring thematic alignment, eliminating redundancy across chapters, and maintaining consistent academic quality. Authors of monographs must ensure sustained analytical depth and theoretical continuity across all chapters.
All books published under this template are expected to demonstrate intellectual originality, rigorous engagement with peer-reviewed international literature, and meaningful contribution to ongoing disciplinary conversations.
Precise, Conceptually Anchored, International in Scope. Avoid overly local or descriptive phrasing. Titles should signal theoretical contribution or disciplinary advancement.
Clarifies focus, methodology, or scope.
Full name(s), department, institution, country, ORCID, and contact email.
Optional, 1,000–2,000 words. Written by a recognized scholar in the field. It should situate the book within broader scholarly discourse and explain its significance.
Written by the editor or author. It should explain the origin of the project, intellectual motivation, development process, target audience, scope, and positioning.
Recognize institutional, financial, and scholarly contributions.
For edited volumes, the introduction must establish global context, identify major debates in the field, explain the rationale for the volume, articulate the unifying theme, explain chapter organization, and provide an explicit contribution statement.
For monographs, this chapter must define the central research problem, establish the theoretical foundation, present the book structure, and clarify the methodological orientation.
Conclude with: “This volume advances the field by…”
The final integrative chapter must identify cross-chapter themes, highlight theoretical convergence or divergence, discuss methodological patterns, offer a collective research agenda, and position the book within international scholarship.
Optional but recommended for handbooks. Define key terms consistently across chapters.
Professional-level index required, including key concepts, theorists, models, and methodological terms.
Font: Times New Roman, 12 pt
Spacing: 1.5
Margins: 1 inch
Heading numbering system: 1, 1.1, 1.1.1
Consistent citation style: APA 7 recommended
High-resolution figures: 300 dpi minimum
