About Us
Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press continues the Smithsonian’s rich history of scholarly publishing and is dedicated to publishing research and other scholarly and educational contributions authored by Smithsonian scholars and researchers, including monographs, collection catalogs, technical studies and analyses, and edited collections and proceedings. All new SISP publications are published open access under Creative Commons licenses on SISP’s open access portal on Figshare.
Submissions for consideration as Smithsonian Contributions Series and Open Monograph are subjected to external and independent scholarly peer review. Peer review by Smithsonian scholars may occur when content is limited to Smithsonian facilities, operations, and practices. Acceptance for publication requires positive results from peer review of a complete manuscript and subsequent positive evaluation of a final revised manuscript by the publisher and by its Editorial Board.
Smithsonian Contributions Series
All current series are open access publications. All new and recent volumes are available at FigShare, SISP’s digital publishing portal. Archive volumes are available from the Smithsonian’s repository, SRO (https://research.si.edu). Print copies are produced in limited quantities only for author copies and for official use.
- Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology – Studies on human biological and cultural diversity and history
- Smithsonian Contributions to Botany – Studies on the biology, diversity, and evolution of plants
- Smithsonian Contributions to History and Technology – Studies in the social sciences and humanities, and technical studies of Smithsonian and related objects
- Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences – Studies on all aspects of the world’s oceans, their geological history, and biological diversity as well as human interactions with the oceans
- Smithsonian Contributions to Museum Conservation – Studies in museum conservation, including treatments, case and technical studies; conservation science, including analytical chemistry, material science, engineering and biochemistry; collection management; and preservation.
- Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology – Studies on the fossil record documenting the diversification of life through time and the geological context of evolution
- Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology – Studies on the biology, diversity, and evolution of animals
Open Monographs
SISP’s Open Monographs series offers an open access channel for authored works, edited collections, and conference proceedings that fall outside the scope of the technical, disciplinary Smithsonian Contributions Series. These books are released on SISP’s Figshare portal.
Scholarly Books
Until summer 2021, SISP published commercial books that fell outside of the scope of the discipline-specific Smithsonian Contributions Series. See the Publications tab for currently available scholarly books from distributor Penguin Random House, Inc. or from co-publisher Rowman & Littlefield.
