Profile

HASP supports Open Access as a publication model for the dissemination of research results and free access to scholarly information. We offer Asian scholars worldwide the opportunity to publish their research results electronically in a timely manner and free of charge, thereby increasing the visibility and impact of their publications. We publish scholarly works in Gold Open Access as well as Green Open Access, i.e. the publication of a work that has already appeared in print .

HASP is committed to the following principles:

  • The primary form of publication is Open Access online publication in a variety of digital formats (PDF, HTML).
  • In addition to the freely accessible digital formats, HASP also offers a print-on-demand book publication. These hardcover or softcover editions can be purchased from bookstores or online booksellers.
  • We publish monographs and series with a regional focus on Asia (South Asia, East Asia and Southeast Asia). The content covers the entire spectrum of research in the field of Asian Studies. As a rule, our publication profile does not include conference proceedings, activity reports, popular publications as well as literary works.
  • We accept Ph.D. dissertations if they are rated "Summa cum laude" or "Magna cum laude".
  • Adherence to academic standards is the most important criterion for publication in HASP. This should be ensured, for example, by the recommendation of the supervisors in the case of dissertations, or of the series editors in the case of academic series. In individual consultation with the authors, we also carry out a peer review process with external referees.
  • Books published by HASP receive a DOI and their own ISBN, making them permanently referenced. Series also receive an ISSN.

At the heart of our current activities in electronic publishing is the development of multimedia publishing. Structured scholarly texts can be combined with images, maps or 3D visualisations ("enhanced eBooks"). This type of publishing is particularly well suited to the needs of scholars whose work is not purely text-based, but whose research relies on multimedia data.

HASP is part of the Specialised Information Service FID4SA and is co-funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) as part of its Specialised Information Service programme. It is administered by Heidelberg University Library. HASP operated under the name CrossAsia-eBooks as part of FID Asia from 2016 until it was renamed in 2022.

We use the open source software OMP (Open Monograph Press) by the Public Knowledge Project (PKP).

If you are interested in publishing with HASP, you can find more information about publishing and legal issues under “Publishing“.