Journal Forms
These are the different forms required for journal submission
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Ethical considerations
The Journal of Archaeology and Archaeometry is a quarterly publication that follows a double-blind peer-review process. It is an open-access journal that focuses on publishing original research papers and receives NO PUBLICATION FEE from authors.
Journal of Archeology and Archaeometry (JAA) adheres to the guidelines set by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and upholds the highest ethical standards as mandated by ethical legislation.
Journal of Archeology and Archaeometry (JAA) is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 International (CC- By 4.0). Licensees may copy, distribute, display, and make derivative works only if they cite the original published articles in this journal.
Journal Terms and Conditions
To facilitate the process of reviewing and publishing articles, researchers must pay attention to the following points, otherwise, the article will not be subjected to review and evaluation, and the paper will just be returned to the author for structural revisions:
Article submission is only possible through the journal website, and the publication refuses the acceptance of any articles manually or by e-mail.
Journal of Archeology and Archaeometry (JAA) invites scholars to submit articles on archaeology, archaeometry, ancient history, art ... subjects. For more information regarding the journal scope of the magazine, please see the journal aims and scope. It is required that the submitted articles are relevant to one of the journals' scopes.
Articles submitted to this journal, must not have previously been published in other domestic and foreign journals or submitted to other domestic or foreign journals for review simultaneously.
The publication is free to reject, accept, and edit the article.
The authors' names are based on the order in which the author's information is registered during the article's submission on the journal website. The responsible author must enter the names of all authors correctly and completely on the publication site.
Completion and submission of the commitment form, conflict of interest, and the author's information is mandatory.
Authors should be aware that the publications submitted to this journal are screened by similarity detection tools to prevent any instances of scientific misconduct.
The paper must be based on original research conducted by the authors.
The submitted manuscripts will be evaluated confidentially by experienced professors.
Authors must accurately and appropriately acknowledge any sources they have directly or indirectly utilized.
All manuscripts are sent to at least two independent reviewers to ensure accuracy and relevance to the journal. Authors should, therefore, provide the names of up to 2 potential reviewers upon submission.
If you are not able to submit your paper electronically, please contact the Director-in-Charge, Dr. B.Sodaei at bsodaei@gmail.com
Article Types:
Contributions can be made in three different forms:
Full research article
Technical note
Review article
Terms of acceptance
- The manuscript must be original research and has not yet been fully or partly published in other journals or monographs. It should not be submitted to the other journals before final decision made by the JAA.
- The author (s) are responsible for the accuracy of all contents presenting in their manuscript.
- The Journal is not necessarily in agreement with the ideas presented in the manuscripts.
- The first author is considered as the corresponding author if it is not specified in the authors’ list.
- The manuscript should be written clearly and free of poor language, spelling mistakes or grammatical errors.
- JAA is free to literary edit the submitted manuscripts.
- The Manuscripts should be submitted as a standalone MS Word (.doc or .docx) file in word 2016 and in A4 format, Times New Roman 12-point font.
- The first page of the manuscript must include name and affiliation of the author (s), email and contact details.
- Arrange your manuscript as follows: title, abstract, keywords, main body including introduction, materials and methods, analysis, discussion, conclusion, acknowledgment, foot note (if applicable) and references.
- The captions for tables should appear above each, and for figures (including diagrams) below. Tables and illustrations must be referred to in the text. Use ‘Fig.’ in the text to refer to a certain figure.
- The figures should be in JPG or TIFF format with minimum resolution of 300 dpi.
- Use a linear scale appropriate to the size of the find, in case of providing actual photos of archaeological finds.
- Since the figures can be published in colour, use neutral colour background for photos.
- In addition to figure captions, which should be grouped with each figure, provide a figure list for all figures and tables in a separate word file. Do not place the figures and tables in the word file text and send all figures as a separate file.
- In case of unfamiliar names of the sites, use diacritical marks adapted by Encyclopaedia Iranica.
Preparation of the manuscript
Note the following details in preparing the manuscript.
- Title; must be clear and indicate the theme.
- Abstract; briefly describes the content of the manuscript including questions, objectives, main points and conclusion. The abstract should be minimum 250 words and does not exceed 300.
- Keywords include 4 to 6 words indicating the theme of the research.
- Main body includes introduction, methodology, materials, analysis, discussion and conclusion, footnotes and references:
a. Introduction; this part includes research questions and objectives as well as the history of scholarship.
b. Methodology; methods and innovations applied in the research are presented in this part.
c. Materials, analysis, discussion; this part includes the main body of the manuscript and can be associated with tables, figures and diagrams. This should explore the significance of the results of the work.
d. Conclusion; overview on the whole research and concluding remarks are presented here. Future research directions could be included in this part as well.
e. Conflict of interest: Authors must clearly state any possible conflict of interest, such as receiving payment for the article or acquiring stock or shares in an organization that may be gained or lost through the article's publication. If there is no conflict of interest, the following sentence should be added to the end of the article, before acknowledgments: "The authors declare no conflicts of interest"
f. Acknowledgments: In this section, all the people who somehow contributed to the study; But they were not among the authors of the article, they are appreciated. Individuals who contributed to the writing of the paper, methods, and general support are hereby acknowledged. It is also necessary to mention the organization's name (s) sponsoring or funding the research in this section.
j. References; should be arranged based on APA instructions as following examples:
1. Referring to a book: Author(s): Author’s surname, Author’s initial(s). 2. Year of publication. 3. Book title (Italic). 4. Place of publication: 5. Publisher. 6. Edition.
Example: Mallory, J. P. 1990. In search of the Indo-Europeans: Language, Archeology and Myth, London: Thames and Hudson.
2. Referring to a journal paper: 1. Author(s): Author’s surname, Author’s initial(s). 2. Year of publication. 3. Article title. 4. Journal title 5. Volume, 6. Pages.
Example: Madjidzadeh, Y. & H. Pittman. 2008. “Excavations at Konar Sandal in the region of Jiroft in the Halil Basin: first preliminary report (2002–2008)”. Iran 46: 69–103.
Referring to a book chapter: 1. Author(s): Author’s surname, Author’s initial(s). 2. Year of publication. 3. Chapter title. 4. Editor(s) 5. Book title (Italic) 6. Place of publication: 7. Publisher. 8. Edition. 9. Pages.
Example 1: Hopper, K. 2017. ‘‘Connectivity on a Sasanian Frontier: Route Systems in the Gorgan Plain of North-East Iran’’. In Eberhard W. Sauer (ed.). Sasanian Persia: Between Rome and the Steppes of Eurasia. Edinburgh University Press. 126-150.
Example 2: Alexeyev,A. Yu. (2017). ‘‘The Scythians in Eurasia’’. In St. John Simpson, Svetlana Pankova (eds.). Scythians: Warriors of Ancient Siberia. London: British Museum. Thames & Hudson, London. 16-31.
4.Referring to an electronic publication (e.g. website): 1. Author(s): Author’s surname, Author’s
initial(s). 2. Year of publication. 3. Website title (Italic). 4. Date accessed, 5. URL.
Example: Hawking, S. 2000. Professor Stephen Hawking’s website. Retrieved 9 February,2009, from http://www.hawking.org.uk/
5. Referring to weblogs: 1. Author(s): Author’s surname, Author’s initial(s). 2. Year of publication, Article date. 3. Blog title (Italic). 4. Article title or web-page. 5. Date accessed, 5. URL.
Example 1: Beard, M. 2013, 8 June. A Don’s Life. [Weblog]. Retrieved 26 July, 2016,from http://timesonline. typepad.com/
Example 2: Comparative, M. 2011, 15 October. The State of Research on Sasanian Painting.
Retrieved 25 July, 2016, from http:// sasanika.org.
6. In-text citations:
- One author: Author’s surname, Publication year: Page no(s): (Pourshariati, 2017: 127-129).
- Two authors: Authors’ surnames, Publication year: Page no(s): (Lawrence and Wilkinson, 2017: 104).
- More than two authors: First author’s surname et al. Publication year: Page no(s): (Shumilovskikh, et al. 2017: 54).
To cite and write references, follow the Harvard format.
The references section is placed at the end of the article and its title does not have a number.
In the references section, the DOI of each article must be given at the end of each reference.
Accurate information and standard format should be observed in all references, especially conference references.
At least 40% of references belong to the last four years.
All references must be written in Latin.
To reference Persian articles in Latin, use the word "in Persian" at the end.
To refer to a single reference, use its number inside a pair of brackets; to refer to multiple references, use a comma.