IISC PRESS BOOK PROPOSAL FORM
IISc Press, Archives and Publications Cell
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012
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Email : ranjana@wspc.com.sg
BOOK PROPOSAL FORM
Dear Prospective Book Author:
IISc Press in collaboration with World Scientific publishes general books in science and
technology areas. The purpose of this form is to introduce your book to an editorial committee for
their consideration and approval.
Please complete this form and e-mail it to Ms. Ranjana Rajan (ranjana@wspc.com) along with a
sample chapter.
If you have any queries, we will be glad to offer assistance. We look forward to hearing from you.
Yours truly,
Ranjana Rajan
Commissioning Editor
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
5 Toh Tuck Link
Singapore 596224
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Author Information
1.1
Name (Provide Editors names in case of Proceedings)
AUTHOR:
1.2
Affiliation
1.3
Contact Details
Telephone :
Fax :
Email :
URL :
Mailing address :
1.4
Date of Proposal
1.5
Please provide a short biography of yourself and your co-authors (if any), that
provides details of your achievements, market expertise, list of published papers,
and other relevant information. Alternatively, you can attach your CV separately.
1.6
Co-author(s)/co-editor(s) with affiliation(s) (if any)
2.
Book Information
2.1 Title and sub-title of the proposed book
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2.2 Book description in about 100-150 words
2.3 Key advantages (please explain briefly on how your book would stand out from
existing publications and highlight how it would benefit the readers.)
Table of contents (Planned structure)
2.4 Subject classification. Please refer to Appendix A.
2.5 Type of book.
Please indicate your selection with ‘X’ in the boxes alongside.
IISc Lecture Notes Series (ILNS)
IISc Research Monographs Series (IRMS)
Other (Specify)
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ILNS: Text books for use at the post-graduate level or senior undergraduate level.
IRMS: Research books mostly intended for self-study by researchers or for teaching advanced postgraduate courses.
2.6 Readership
Please indicate your selection with ‘X’ in the boxes alongside.
*
Academic
*
Business
General Public
*
Others, consultants,
Professional
Government
2.7 Level
Please indicate your selection with ‘X’ in the boxes alongside.
*
Research
Postgraduate
Graduate
Undergraduate
College/High School
General
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Others <please specify
here>
2.8 Competing titles (if available)
Title
Author
Comments
2.9 Possible reviewers for this book proposal
Name
Institution
2.10
Estimated total number of pages :
2.11
Illustrations
Email
Estimated no. of coloured figures :
2.12
Estimated date of delivery
Sample chapters :
Entire manuscript :
2.13
Manuscript format
Please indicate your selection with ‘X’ in the boxes alongside.
LaTeX
Microsoft Word
Camera-Ready-Copy*
Others, <please specify here>
Scientific Word
*Camera-Ready-Copy, also known as CRC, is where you prepare your manuscript according to our format
on our website or very close, such that we have minimum copyediting and reformatting. The format that you
submit can be in hardcopy, PDF or LaTeX.
2.14
Have you included a sample chapter? (The format for the chapter is immaterial at this
point; please use any format that you prefer and send a pdf file. )
Yes
No
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3. Market Information
Please outline the primary and secondary markets for your book. You should include
academic and industrial areas, and where possible, please indicate the level the book is
aimed at (i.e. undergraduate, post-graduate, researchers, policy-makers, etc.), the
academic disciplines involved, the titles of courses where it could be taught, and the
names of the course instructors.
Primary Market
Secondary Market
Thank you for your time taken to complete this form.
Appendix A – Subject Listing Directory
Please rank the subject classifications below that are relevant to your book in order of
importance. You can use numberings from 1 (most important) onwards in the boxes
alongside. If you cannot find the subject of your choice, please specify it in the ‘Others’
selection.
Arts & Social Sciences
International
Relations/Policy Studies
Political Science
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology/Social Issues
Others, please specify
Asian
Culture/Politics/Society
Asian History
Asian Literary
Studies/Literatures
Others, please specify
Innovation Technology/
Knowledge/ Information
Management
International
Trade/Business
Operations Management/
Operations Research/
Management Sciences
Organizational Behavior
Fullerene Chemistry
Industrial Chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry
Polymer Chemistry
Solid State Chemistry
Supramolecular Chemistry
Asian Studies
Asian
Business/Management
Asian Economies
Business & Management
Decision Sciences
Entrepreneurship
Others, please specify
Chemistry
Analytical Chemistry
Catalysts Chemistry
Computational Chemistry
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Electrochemistry
Photochemistry
Surface/Interface Chemistry
Theoretical/ Quantum
Chemistry
Polymer Chemistry
General
Others, please specify
Artificial Intelligence
Neural Networks
Databases
Pattern, Handwriting
Recognition/Image
Analysis
Robotics & Automated
Systems Software
Software Engineering/
Programming
Supercomputing (Parallel
Computing)
Theoretical Computer
Science
Emulsion/Microemulsion
Chemistry
Environmental/Atmospheric
Chemistry
Physical Chemistry
Nuclear Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Computer Science
Fuzzy Logic
Machine Perception/
Computer Vision
Others, please specify
Networking
General
Economics & Finance
Asian Economies/
International Economics/
Developmental Economics
Computational Methods for
Economics & Finance/
Statistics for Economics &
Finance
Environmental Economics/
Management
International Finance
General Economics/
Macroeconomics/
Microeconomics/ Industrial
Organization
Health Economics
Mathematical Economics/
Modeling/ Game Theory/
Econometrics
History of Economics
Thought/ Economic
History
Money & Banking/
Corporate Finance/
Investments/ Financial
Markets & Institutions
Others, please specify
Political Economy
Mathematical Finance
Education
Education
Others, please specify
Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
Electrical & Electronic
Engineering
Earthquake Engineering
Materials Engineering
Systems Engineering
Biomedical Engineering/
Bioengineering
Civil Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Engineering Mechanics
Mechanical Engineering
Others, please specify
Industrial Engineering
Ocean Engineering
Environmental
Management & Planning
Environmental Technology
Geology/Earth Science
Hydrology
Meteorology/Climatology
Natural Resource
Computer Engineering
Environmental Science
Biological Conservation &
Preservation
Energy Research
Environmental Economics
Environmental Education
Environmental Engineering
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Oceanography
Pollution
Waste Management
Others, please specify
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General
General Interest
Others, please specify
Reference
Chinese Publications
History of Science
History of Science
Others, please specify
Life Sciences/Biology
Animal/Plant Physiology
Biochemistry
Biotechnology
Botany
Biocomputing
Bioinformatics/
Computational Biology
Biomathematics
Biophysics
General
Cell/Molecular Biology
Ecology
Evolution Biology
Fish & Marine Biology
Others, please specify
Genetics
Human Biology/ Biological
Anthropology/ Primatology
Natural Product Research
Neurobiology/
Neuroscience
Psychology
Zoology
Materials Science
Amorphous Materials
Ceramics
Semiconductors & related
areas
Liquid Crystals &
Crystallography
Metallography
Polymers
Microelectronics
Spectroscopy & other
Analytical Techniques
Superconductivity &
Magnetic Materials
Surface Science
Tribology
Others, please specify
Combinatorics & Graph
Theory
Control Theory
Fuzzy Mathematics
Fluid Mechanics
Mathematical Physics
Mechanics
Numerical &
Computational
Mathematics
Others, please specify
Geometry & Topology
Optimization
Probability & Statistics
Stochastic
Alternative Medicine
Anaesthesia
Anatomy/ Embryology
Cardiology
Clinical Biochemistry
HIV & AIDS Research
Human Physiology
Infectious Diseases
Immunology
Internal Medicine
Community & Occupational
Health
Dentistry
Microbiology/ Virology
Pathology
Pharmacology/ Pharmacy
Psychiatry
Public Health
Respiratory Medicine/
Pulmonary Medicine
Rheumatology
Electron Microscopy
Scanning Tunneling
Glasses, Insulators &
Optical Materials
New Materials
Mathematics
Algebra & Number Theory
Analysis & Differential
Equations
Approximation Theory
Logic
Mathematical Biology
Mathematical Finance
Mathematical Modeling
General Mathematics
Medicine
Dermatology
Ear, Nose & Throat
Nephrology/ Renal
Medicine
Neurology/ Neuroscience
Nuclear Medicine/
Radiology/ Medical
Imaging
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Social Medicine
Surgery, General
Toxicology
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Endocrinology
Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Forensic Medicine
Oncology/ Cancer
Research
Ophthalmology
Orthopaedics
Paediatrics
Gastroenterology
Geriatric Medicine
Haematology
Tropical Medicine &
Hygiene
Urology
Vascular Medicine
General
Others, please specify
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Atom Manipulation
Electron States in
Nanoscale Systems
Fullerenes
Magnetic Properties of
Nanostructures
Nanoinstrumentation &
Nanocommunication
Others, please specify
MEMS/NEMS (Micro- and
Nano- Electromechanical
Systems
Molecular Mechanics &
Robotics
Nanoelectronics
Nanofabrication
Nanomaterials &
Nanostructures
Single Molecule Kinetics
General
Nanomedicine &
Nanobiology
Picotechnology
Quantum Information
Nonlinear Science, Chaos & Dynamical Systems
Nonlinear Science, Chaos &
Dynamical Systems
Others, please specify
Physics
Accelerator/ Experimental
Physics
Applied Physics
Astrophysics, Astronomy &
Cosmology
Atomic Physics
Classical Mechanics/
Electrodynamics
Computational Physics
Semiconductors
Nuclear Physics
Others, please specify
Condensed Matter Physics
Low Temperature Physics
Geophysics
High Energy Physics/
Particle Physics
High Temperature
Superconductivity
Laser Physics
Mathematical Physics
Molecular Physics
Liquid Crystals
Theoretical Physics
Statistical Physics
Quantum Physics
Thermodynamics
General
Popular Science
Popular Science
Others, please specify
Others
Others, please specify.
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Optics
Plasma Physics