The Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science is the official publication of the Indiana Academy of Science. Issues date back to our founding in 1885. Prior to 1990 (Vol. 99), the journal was published annually, with many volumes bound in hardcover. Since 1990, it has been published semiannually in paperback. Papers published in the Proceedings are indexed by all the appropriate indexing services (Biological Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts, online services, etc.).
The Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science is an excellent venue for papers dealing with science in Indiana or the Midwest.
We are happy to announce that online submissions to the Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science are open at https://journals.indianapolis.iu.edu/index.php/ias/information/authors
Authors will have to register for a new account on the above site in order to be able to submit a manuscript. Once you login, go down the list of journals to find the Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science. If you do not see a direct link for article submissions, click on About on the top menu and choose Submissions. We are aware that there might some glitches at first and we welcome your feedback and suggestions – please send those by email to both proceedings@indianaacademyofscience.org and execdir@indianaacademyofscience.org addresses.
For the status of your manuscript, please write directly to the PIAS editor, Dr. Horia Petrache at proceedings@indianaacademyofscience.org.
Archived Access:
Archived copies of the Proceedings from 1891–2018 are located here. Articles in these volumes can be searched by author, title, or keywords.
Member Access:
Online access to the most recent Proceedings (since 2019) and new articles accepted for publication are available exclusively to IAS members. Log in first to gain access, then click on this link. To submit an article for inclusion in the proceedings, please send your manuscript for review by email to the Proceedings Editor at proceedings@indianaacademyofscience.org.
Purchase Information:
Most past issues are still available for purchase. Original copies of many of these volumes are available for sale here.
For additional information, contact our librarian, Jocelyn Lewis at jlewis2@library.in.gov.
Below is the expected timeline for PIAS publications based on the typical manuscript. Issue production timelines are provided for general guidance and not as a guarantee of the publication date. Each article is accepted or rejected on its own timeline. To accommodate for variability in timelines, the Academy will publish the contribution as a preprint on its website once it is accepted. Preprints will be accessible to members only.
Issue 1 – April 30, 2026
Issue 2 – October 30, 2026
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