The Rome Department publishes printed and digital contributions on the archaeology and cultural history within its activity area (Italy, North Africa, Albania) and the immediate contact zones from prehistory to the early Middle Ages.
The editorial staff is responsible for the journal Römische Mitteilungen (Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologisches Instituts, Römische Abteilung), which is published annually on the occasion of the institute's regular Winckelmann-meeting in December. Being the successor of the Bullettino dell'Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica, founded in 1829, it promotes international scholarly exchange within archaeology, art, and architecture pertaining to its own field of activity, which covers a period from prehistory to the early Middle Ages, traditionally though with special attention for classical antiquity.

The editorial staff is responsible for the journal Römische Mitteilungen (Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologisches Instituts, Römische Abteilung), which is published annually on the occasion of the institute's regular Winckelmann-meeting in December. Being the successor of the Bullettino dell'Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica, founded in 1829, it promotes international scholarly exchange within archaeology, art, and architecture pertaining to its own field of activity, which covers a period from prehistory to the early Middle Ages, traditionally though with special attention for classical antiquity.

The Rome Department furthermore publishes two monograph series, the first of which Palilia, a platform for novel approaches and innovative research methods. Next to its  main areas of research such as Greco-Roman sculpture, iconography, architecture, urban studies and topographical investigations, this series also treats topics of social, economic and religious history and issues of everyday culture.
The Sonderschriften des DAI Rom primarily cover the archaeological and architectural research projects carried out under the DAI Rome Department's own auspices. Its generous format is aimed chiefly at the presentation of elaborate architectural recordings. The editorial staff is further in charge of the scientific supervision of the series Karthago on the one hand, and the Sarkophag-Studien on the other.

Since the foundation of the private organisation Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica on 21 April 1829, the aim has been to collect and regularly publish all archaeological discoveries in the field of classical antiquity. For this purpose, three periodicals were created: the monthly Bullettino dell'Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica to disseminate the institute's current activities, the annual Annali dell'Instituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica, and the associated Monumenti inediti , being large-format table volumes. Only two volumes of the Memorie dell'Istituto di Corrispondenza Archeologica have appeared so far. Singular monographs and a series of indices have also been published.
With its takeover by the German Empire, the institute was renamed to Imperiale Istituto Archeologico Germanico. Sezione romana, and consequently also the name of the journal: All previous periodicals were taken in by the Mittheilungen des Kaiserlich Deutschen Archaeologischen Instituts. For the first time, articles in German were permitted in addition to Italian, Latin, and French. By as early as 1916, the journal was then renamed to its still current title Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologisches Instituts, Abteilung Rom. The name-shifting measures since the early days have been going along with additional developments in media-related mechanisms in the light of changing approaches and new technological applications, such as the consistent use of photographs, the introduction of colour photographs, and more recently, the use of computer-generated images, etc.
After the Ergänzungshefte der Römischen Mitteilungen and in addition to the Sonderschriften, a new publication format called Palilia has been called into life which now provides additional digital information through its link to the online database Arachne. Furthermore, all interactive online editions and successively established, digital retro copies are available through iDAI.publications. The Rome editorial staff also publishes the Sarkophag-Studien as also the series Karthago which since 1991 has appeared in four volumes so far.