The Monumenta Serica Institute invites you to consider our peer-reviewed publications as a suitable forum for presenting your research to a wider academic audience.
Our biannual periodical Monumenta Serica: Journal of Oriental Studies and our two book series, Monumenta Serica Monograph Series and Collectanea Serica, cover a broad range of topics and treat various aspects of Chinese culture – archaeology, art, history, philosophy, religion, language and literature and Sino–Western cultural relations, in particular the history of Christianity in China.
Contributions on these topics which discuss China in perspective with her neighbouring countries in East and Central Asia are also very welcome. Our focus is on Early and Imperial China, but we also consider contributions dealing with topics up to the Republican era (until 1949) if they fit well into the profile of our publications.
We welcome submissions of book and article manuscripts and strongly encourage you to send these via email to the editorial office.
In preparing your manuscript, you are also welcome to use the article style sheet file provided here.
For further information on our editorial guidelines kindly refer to our style sheets for Monumenta Serica: Journal of Oriental Studies and Monumenta Serica Monograph Series and Collectanea Serica.
Unsolicited book reviews for our journal Monumenta Serica are unlikely to be considered.
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Use of Generative AI Tools
Authors are accountable for the originality, validity, and integrity of all submitted content. While Generative AI (GenAI) tools may be used to support certain aspects of the writing process, their use must be responsible, transparent, and in keeping with the highest standards of scholarly integrity.
Permitted uses
Generative AI tools may be used responsibly for:
• Idea generation and exploration
• Language improvement (particularly for authors writing in a non-native language)
• Literature classification and interactive search
Restrictions
The following are not permitted:
• Listing a Generative AI tool as an author — authorship requires human accountability
and cannot be assumed by an AI tool.
• Generating or manipulating images, figures, charts, data tables, or original research data using AI tools.
• Submitting AI-generated text without rigorous human revision or using AI to generate
inaccurate content such as abstracts or supplemental materials.
• Using AI tools in ways that replace core researcher responsibilities without robust methodology.
Disclosure requirement
Authors must clearly acknowledge any use of Generative AI tools within their submitted manuscript. This statement must include the full name and version of the tool, how it was used, and the reason for its use. For article submissions, this disclosure should appear in the Methods or Acknowledgements section. Authors are advised to consult with the editors prior to submission if they are unsure whether their intended use of AI tools is appropriate for this publication.
All use of AI-assisted technologies must be undertaken with human oversight. The editors reserve the right to investigate submissions where AI tools appear to have been used improperly, and to exercise discretion over publication.