PARC Working Paper SeriesWorking Paper Series - Author Guidelines
PARC Working Papers publish Pacific-centred scholarship and knowledge-sharing that is community-grounded, culturally safe, and rigorous in purpose and practice. Submissions are welcomed from Pacific scholars, practitioners, community researchers, artists/creatives, and allies, including collaborative and intergenerational work.
The Working Paper Series includes the following categories. Together, these reflect the important array of ways Pacific peoples express shared knowledge and provide nuanced understandings that others can learn from, use, and cite in their own works.
• Academic research (qualitative, quantitative, mixed methods, Pacific and Indigenous methodologies).
• Creative collection (creative works or curated collections that share Pacific knowledge in culturally grounded forms; include context and permissions where relevant).
• Essays (critical essays, issue pieces, and provocations that advance Pacific centred thinking).
• Reflections (practice reflections, positionality reflections, talanoa-informed learning, and community-based insights).
• Other (submissions that do not fit the above categories but align with PARC’s Pacific-centred purpose—please propose the most appropriate format when submitting).
Step A: Expression of Interest
Email PARC editorial office: admin@parc-pacificaustraliaresearchcentre.com
Advise PARC editorial team of your interest to submit a working paper and the category of your submission
Request the Author Guide & Template
Step B: Submission Process
Email PARC editorial office: admin@parc-pacificaustraliaresearchcentre.com
Attach or provide shared links to 2 documents:
Title page (separate file) - include paper title; author names; affiliations for each author; ORCID id (if available); corresponding author contact details, including their research gate account name; a community summary (using layman language); a contextual statement (positioning author, place, time, and reasoning for the piece of work submitted); an academic abstract with 5-6 keywords - if unsure please see already published series for examples.
Manuscript (not anonymised) in word format preferably, for peer review (include al information). PARC uses a transparent, non-blind peer review process grounded in transparency of Pacific cultural processes that include Talanoa Vā (relational dialogic) practice.
Please refer to the Author Guide & Template to prepare both documents
Step C: Review Process
Initial screening: PARC editor conducts an initial screening to assess alignment with PARC’s Pacific-focused mandate; and completeness of submission and adherence to formatting requirements.
Outcomes at this initial stage include: revise & re-submit, proceed to peer review, or reject.
Peer Review: PARC follows a transparent, relational process aligned with Talanoa Vā. The Editor’s role is to hold this important relational space so that feedback is rigorous, culturally safe, and accountable to Pacific ways of knowing and doing.
Outcomes of this peer review process include: revise & re-submit, or proceed to publication.
Step D: Publication Process
Identifier assigned: Once the manuscript has been approved for publication, PARC assigns a unique identifier to this document. This enables internal series tracking.
Branding: PARC’s logo and working paper series formatting is applied with the inclusion of the title, author(s) and unique identifier on the cover of the working paper.
Layout of front section presents preliminary information for readers: community summary, contextual statement, title, author(s), affiliation(s), abstract, keywords, about the author, author contact link, and suggested citation.
Print-quality PDF is produced and shared with authors, requesting a DOI assignment via the author’s ResearchGate account. This enables author governance.
Dissemination via PARC website and author media sites. At this point we also encourage authors to create a google scholar account and to upload their publication manually to ensure accurate citation of their work, linking back to their ResearchGate DOI and PARC identifier.