Submission Guidelines
Who Can Submit
The Center for Social Theory and Comparative History only publishes materials about work conducted under the auspices of CSTCH. For additional information, please contact Thomas Mertes at mertes@ucla.edu.
How to Submit a Paper
- Make sure your paper is in an acceptable format. We can accept papers in Microsoft Word,
Rich Text Format (RTF), or Adobe Acrobat (PDF).
OPTION 1: If you use a word-processing program other than Microsoft Word, look for an "export" or "save as" option in your program to save it as an RTF file. If you have questions, please contact mertes@ucla.edu.
OPTION 2: We can convert files from some programs into an acceptable format. Please contact mertes@ucla.edu. - Write an abstract for your paper. It can be any length. Please also select keywords. These are words that will help a user locate your paper through a search.
- Submit the paper by emailing it to mertes@ucla.edu with the following things: abstract; keywords; and name, affiliation (department and university), and email address for each author.
- If you have any questions, contact Thomas Mertes at mertes@ucla.edu.
Overview of the Process
After you submit your paper, we will create an Adobe Acrobat (PDF) version of the paper. We will then send you a message asking you to approve the PDF version. Please look it over within 21 days and reply to mertes@ucla.edu as soon as possible. At this stage, we're unable to make any changes beyond the truly necessary. You will be notified by e-mail when the paper is posted.
How to Revise Your Paper
If you publish this paper or a revised version elsewhere, for example in a journal, please send the citation of the new version to mertes@ucla.edu. We will be able to inform repository users about the new version.
If you would like to post a revised version of your paper on the site, please follow the instructions in "How to Submit"; however, please specify when you submit the paper that it is a revision of a previously submitted paper.