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The American Philosophical Society Press is the oldest continuously-operating scholarly publisher in the nation.
The American Philosophical Society first began publishing manuscripts in 1771 and has since held firm to Benjamin Franklin’s mission to promote useful knowledge.
In the course of two-and-a-half centuries, the APS Press has built a backlist of over 1,000 titles, including many landmark works. Its roster of authors includes Benjamin Franklin, J. Robert Oppenheimer, the anthropologist Margaret Lantis, the science historian Otto Neugebauer, the linguist Peter Stephen Du Ponceau, and the economist Jacob Viner. In partnership with the University of Pennsylvania Press and De Gruyter, the APS Press is in the process of digitizing this priceless archive of intellectual history, which will soon be available as the APS Legacy Collection.
As of Summer 2024, the Press has commissioned three new series:
Learned Lives, a series of intellectual biographies of influential humanist thinkers and social scientists that will paint their subjects with a vivid concreteness, reminding readers that the life of the mind is always lived through a body and among others. Edited by Suzanne Marchand and Anthony Grafton.
Disciplines & Discontinuities, a series of brief, essay-like books that will track changes in scholarly fields, addressing the emergence of new disciplines, the influence of interdisciplinary exchange, and the development of cross-disciplinary fields around pressing cultural, regional and global questions. Edited by Carol Greenhouse.
APS Classics, a series of reprints of classic texts from the APS backlist and great works by APS members; forewords by leading historians and afterwords by contemporary specialists in the represented fields will put great thinkers of the past and present in dynamic conversation. Edited by Joyce Chaplin.
The APS also publishes two distinguished journals, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society and Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.
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Transactions of the American Philosophical Society
Transactions is the oldest scholarly publication in North America. It began as a scientific journal in 1771, and over its long history has covered fields of study ranging from astronomy to American history, from archaeology to economics, from linguistics to the history of science. Transactions, which had been publishing a combination of edited volumes and monographs, transitioned to a new format in 2024. It now releases quarterly issues organized around specific themes, with content drawn from papers given at APS conferences and workshops.
Read more at our partner, Penn Press.
Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society
Proceedings, first published in 1838, is a quarterly journal that includes papers read at the APS’s biannual Member Meetings, biographical memoirs of APS Members, and occasional peer-reviewed articles by prominent professionals, scholars, and scientists. Future issues will include a new feature: field report essays from recipients of APS grants who have completed scholarly projects in the sciences and humanities.
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American Philosophical Society News
The APS News is published annually. Please click on a link below to view that year's newsletter. The newsletters open as PDF files.
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American Philosophical Society Yearbook
The APS Yearbook includes a list of Resident and International Members, the President's Annual Message, the Report of the Executive Officer, and reports from each APS department. The Yearbook is a Members-only publication and is not available for sale to the public.
Online Journal Access
Recent issues of Transactions and Proceedings are available on Project MUSE.
Issues of Proceedings and Transactions through 2023 are available on JSTOR.
Instructions for Authors
The APS Press accepts proposals and manuscripts from all scholarly disciplines, and produces both scholarly and trade publications. Authors whose works are accepted have completed postdoctoral studies, and their submitted manuscripts are the results of primary research.
For unsolicited proposal submissions, please follow the Penn Press proposal guidelines.
For specific information on manuscript formatting and submission, the handling of copyrighted materials, the review process, indexing, advertising, royalties, and stylistic considerations, contact Editorial Administrator David Carpenter at [email protected].
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Kimberly Guinta, Director
Peter J. Dougherty, Editor-at-Large
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Allison Cadle, Associate Editor
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Jon Repetti, Publishing Fellow
Kate Tyler Wall, Managing Editor of Transactions
Annalisa Zox-Weaver, Managing Editor of Proceedings