We follow the following deadlines/timeline for the submissions of articles for our quarterly issues.
| Journal Issue | Submission Deadline | ||
| Spring Issue (March, No.1) | End of September | ||
| Summer Issue (June, No.2) | End of December | ||
| Autumn Issue (September, No.3) | End of March | ||
| Winter Issue (December, No.4) | End of June |
Please do refer to our website for further details about our Institute, Scope of Journal and Author Guidelines.
SOPs- For Publication of External Contributions
The ISSI may publish articles/books written by external authors (those not working in the ISSI) in accordance with the following guidelines:
1. Relevance
- The subject of the article/book must be relevant to the mandate of ISSI.
2. Editing
- Costs for editing of BOOK by a recognized Editor to be borne by the author.
- ARTICLES costs can be accommodated by ISSI in its quarterly journal/or Islamabad Papers.
3. Peer Review
- Book:
– Where possible, the cost of one national peer review will be borne by ISSI.
- Article: To be borne by ISSI as relevant.
4. Printing
- Book:
– Because of government regulations, costs for printing should be borne by the author where possible. .
- Article: To be borne by ISSI as relevant.
5. Promotion/Launch
- Book:
– ISSI will arrange for launch of printed book.
- Article: Articles printed in ISSI publications and posted on ISSI website.
6. Distribution
- Book:
– 75% of the books will belong to the author for sale as they desire.
– 25% will be kept by ISSI for distribution to libraries and think tanks on its mailing list, both within and outside the country.
- Article: ISSI will circulate to its mailing list under its publications.
7. Royalty Management.
- Book:
i. Since the cost of editing and publishing is to be borne by the author, the
royalty and sale proceeds from book would be split at 75% for author and
25% for ISSI. .
ii. Author may be handed over books in lieu of proceeds equal to 75% of the
copies published.
iii. Point i. and ii. may be negotiated with author before getting into written
agreement.
iv. ISSI reserves the rights to decline the author’s request.
8. Distribution
- Review Clause
These SOPs will be reviewed by ISSI management in the month of June every year.