1. We privilege interdisciplinary research, especially work that joins history, anthropology, political science, and sociology. If your essay is published in CSSH, it will be read across these fields.

2. We are a leading venue for transregional and global studies. We encourage innovative scholarship that enhances and transforms established approaches to area studies as well as fostering connections across regional traditions.

3. For decades we have been an influential journal, widely read and cited, and consistently producing transformative, high quality scholarship. When you publish in CSSH, your work becomes part of this tradition.

4. We feature long articles (up to 14,000 words) with ample room for detailed analysis and argumentation. Few journals will give you more space to move around in.

5. Our peer-review and editorial process is one of the best in academic publishing. No matter how good your essay is, we will make it better.

6. All articles in this journal are now published Gold Open Access,an important way to make research findings freely available for anyone to access and view. Open access serves authors and the wider community by publishing high-quality, peer-reviewed OA content. For more information about publishing Gold OA in this journal, see our open access options.