Guidelines for Authors

Aims and scope

The objective of the Review of Agrarian Studies is to widen scholarly understanding of agrarian studies, that is, analyses of the state of the forces and relations of production in agriculture and in rural areas, and different aspects of social formations in the countryside. The Review carries theoretical and empirical articles on social, economic, historical, political, and scientific and technological aspects of agriculture and rural societies.

Review of Agrarian Studies invites articles on agrarian studies – on the forces and relations of production in agriculture and in rural areas, and on different aspects of social formations in the countryside. The Review carries theoretical and empirical articles on social, economic, historical, political, and scientific and technological aspects of agriculture and rural societies.

Readership

The primary readership of the Review of Agrarian Studies consists of scholars, academics, and others, interested in the analysis of agrarian questions.

Articles submitted for publication in Review of Agrarian Studies should neither previously have been published nor currently be under consideration for publication elsewhere. 

The Review recognises authors as copyright holders in principle; all authors are requested to read the specific copyright terms of the Review of Agrarian Studies. Authors should have received the informed consent from any person from whom they collected personal data.

Manuscripts should be submitted either directly via the Review’s website (strongly recommended) or as an email attachment in any open-source word processing and spreadsheet or MS Word and Excel formats. The Review also invites submissions in other media -- photographic, audio, and video material, for instance – in its fields of interest. To view a list of accepted rich media formats, see below. Manuscripts and other material not uploaded directly should be emailed to coordinator@ras.org.in.

Peer review process

The Review is peer-reviewed; articles will be reviewed by the editorial board and, where they are to be considered for publication, by an external reviewer or reviewers.

The editor sends each research article (having previously removed the names and affiliations of the authors) to two anonymous referees who are judged to be domain experts with respect to the subject matter of the article. Each referee writes an evaluation of the manuscript according to a template specified by the journal. The evaluation is then communicated to the author/s. On occasion, in case of a difference of opinion between referees, a third referee may be consulted by the editor.

Articles will be edited and formatted in the journal's house style.

The Review publishes online first and aggregates online content into a print edition every six months. Rich media content (photographic, audio and video material, hyperlinks and interactivity) will be made available only online.

Multimedia and Supplemental Files

Video, photo, and other files may be submitted independently or to enhance article content. Video and animation files should be supplied in .avi, .wmv, .mov .mp4 or .H264 formats. Review of Agrarian Studies supports interactive content. Audio files may be submitted in .aiff, .wav, .mp3 or .mp4 formats. Please note that the Review can compress or resize files for optimal performance. If files exceed the size that can be supported by the internet bandwidth available to you, they may be sent on a CD or DVD by post or courier (please add the details of the package to the submission form).

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Copyright Policy

Review of Agrarian Studies authors grant the journal permission to publish, but retain copyright of their manuscripts. Review of Agrarian Studies applies a Creative Commons licensing structure known as an Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported license.

Under the terms of this framework, anyone is free to share, that is, to copy, distribute and transmit the work under the following conditions:

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For more information on this copyright agreement, you may refer to http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ and the relevant links therefrom.

Institutional and Organisational Support

The Foundation for Agrarian Studies is a charitable trust based in India and established in 2003. Its major objectives are to facilitate and sponsor multidisciplinary theoretical and empirical inquiry in the field of agrarian studies in India and elsewhere in less-developed countries. It does so in association with a wide section of people interested in the agrarian question, including persons associated with academic institutions, social and political activists, members of mass organisations working in the countryside, and other professionals and scholars.
www.agrarianstudies.org

Tulika Books is an independent publisher of scholarly and academic books in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Tulika Books has been a publications partner of the Foundation for Agrarian Studies since 2004.
www.tulikabooks.in