The Journal of Archaeological Science aims to publish papers and focus articles covering the interaction
between the sciences and archaeology, with particular emphasis upon methodological innovation and their archaeological significance.
The journal has a policy to publish articles based on artefacts from legitimate sources only.
Submission of Manuscripts
Authors are requested to submit their articles electronically to one of the Editors John Grattan, Richard Klein or Thilo Rehren by using
the journal's online submission and tracking tool at http://ees.elsevier.com/yjasc
This site will guide authors stepwise through
the submission process and automatically converts source files to a single Adobe Acrobat PDF version of the article, which is used in
the peer-review process. Please note that even though manuscript source files are converted to PDF at submission for the review process,
these source files are needed for further processing after acceptance.
Please also supply e-mail, fax and telephone numbers.
Please suggest five possible referees with relevant current research activity along with their full postal and email addresses.
Please ensure that these referees are not from the authors? own institutions.
Notes and footnotes should be avoided.
Format
Article submissions should not normally exceed 5000 words excluding tables. Focus articles should be no more
than 2500 words, and should aim to clarify contested issues or stimulate further discussion. Please write your text in good English (American
or British is accepted, but not a mixture of these). In formatting the paper for submission, double spacing, a clear font such as Times
New Roman font size 12, and wide margins (3cm) should be used. (Avoid full justification, i.e., do not use a constant right-hand margin.)
Ensure that each new paragraph is clearly indicated.
Symbols. In the use of abbreviations and symbols British Standards
1991 Part 1: 1954 should be followed. SI Units (Syst me International d'Unit s) should be used. If other units have been used in the
work reported, SI equivalents should appear in parentheses at strategic points.
Abstracts/keywords: A short abstract
should be submitted with the paper, together with 3-7 keywords suitable for indexing.
Spelling: For the sake of uniformity,
the editors reserve the right to modify spelling in order to conform to the Oxford English Dictionary.
References
All publications cited in the text should be presented in a list of references following the text of the manuscript. The manuscript
should be carefully checked to ensure that the spelling of authors' names and dates are exactly the same in the text as in the reference
list.
Citations in the text: Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in the reference
list (and vice versa). Any references cited in the abstract must be given in full. Unpublished results and personal communications should
not be in the reference list, but may be mentioned in the text. Citation of a reference as 'in press' implies that the item has been
accepted for publication.
Citing and listing of web references: As a minimum, the full URL should be given. Any
further information, if known (author names, dates reference to a source publication, etc.), should also be given. Web references can
be listed separately (e.g., after the reference list) under a different heading if desired, or can be included in the reference list.
Text: All citations should refer to:
1. Single author: the authors' name (without initials, unless
there is ambiguity) and the year of publication;
2. Two authors: both authors' names and the year of publication;
3. Three
or more authors: first author's name followed by 'et al.', and the year of publication. Citations may be made directly (or parenthetically).
Groups of references should be listed first alphabetically, then chronologically.
Examples: "as demonstrated (Allan, 1996a,
1996b, 1999; Allan and Jones 1995). Kramer et al. (2000) have recently shown....."
List: References should be arranged
first alphabetically and then further sorted chronologically if necessary. More than one reference from the same author(s) in the same
year must be identified by the letters "a", "b", "c", etc., placed after the year of publication.
Examples:
Reference to a journal publication:
Van der Geer, J., Hanraads, J.A.J. Lupton, R.A., 2000. The art of writing a scientific
article. J. Sci. Commum. 163, 51-59.
Reference to a book:
Strunk Jr., W., White, E.B., 1979. The Elements of
Style, third ed. Macmillan, New York.
Reference to a chapter in an edited book:
Mettam, G.R., Adams L.B., 1999.
How to prepare an electronic version of your article in: Jones, B.S., Smith, R.Z. (Eds.), Introduction to the Electronic Age. E-Publishing
Inc., New York, pp. 281-304.
In the case of publications in any language other than English, the original title is to be
retained. However, the titles of publications in non-Roman alphabets should be transliterated, and a notation such as "(in Russian)"
or "(in Greek, with English abstract)" should be added.
Illustrations
Whether photographs or drawings, illustrations
should be numbered in one series in their order of mention. Captions should be listed on a separate sheet. Original line drawings and
photographs will be required for printing. A detailed guide on electronic artwork is available on our website: http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions
Colour Reproduction
Submit colour illustrations as original photographs, high-quality computer prints or transparencies,
close to the size expected in publication, or as 35 mm slides. Polaroid colour prints are not suitable. If, together with your accepted
article, you submit usable colour figures then Elsevier will ensure, at no additional charge, that these figures will appear in colour
on the web (e.g., ScienceDirect and other sites) regardless of whether or not these illustrations are reproduced in colour in the printed
version. For colour reproduction in print, you will receive information regarding the costs from Elsevier after receipt of your accepted
article. A detailed guide on electronic artwork is available on our website: http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions.
Supplementary Data
The Journal of Archaeological Science accepts electronic supplementary material to support
and enhance your scientific research. Supplementary files offer the author additional possibilities to publish supporting material such
as background datasets, high-resolution images, movies and more. Supplementary files supplied will be published online alongside the
electronic version of your article in Elsevier web products, including ScienceDirect: http://www.sciencedirect.com.
In
order to ensure that your submitted material is directly usable, please ensure that data is provided in one of our recommended file formats.
Authors should submit the material in electronic format together with the article and supply a concise and descriptive caption for each
file. For more detailed instructions please visit our author homepage: http://www.elsevier.com/authors. Supplementary data
may be uploaded via the journal's online submission system: http://ees.elsevier.com/yjasc/.
Proofs
One set
of proofs in PDF format will be sent by e-mail to the corresponding Author (if we do not have an e-mail address then paper proofs will
be sent by post). Elsevier now sends PDF proofs which can be annotated; for this you will need to download Adobe Reader version 7 available
free from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html. Instructions on how to annotate PDF files will accompany the proofs.
If you do not wish to use the PDF annotations function, you may list the corrections (including replies to the Query Form) and return
to Elsevier in an e-mail. Please list your corrections and any other comments (including replies to the Query Form) on a printout of
your proof and return by fax, or scan the pages and e-mail, or post.
Please use this proof only for checking the typesetting,
editing, completeness and correctness of the text, tables and figures. Significant changes to the article as accepted for publication
will only be considered at this stage with permission from the Editor. We will do everything possible to get your article published quickly
and accurately. Therefore, it is important to ensure that all of your corrections are sent back to us in one communication: please check
carefully before replying, as inclusion of any subsequent corrections cannot be guaranteed. Proofreading is solely your responsibility.
Note that Elsevier may proceed with the publication of your article if no response is received.
Alternative proof reader:
In order to avoid as much delay as possible in the return of proofs, it would be appreciated if authors who are likely to be away on
field work for more than a few days would provide the name and address of an alternative proof reader. This should be done as soon as
the manuscript is accepted for press, giving dates within the following six months when field work is anticipated.
Copyright/offprints:
Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to sign a "Journal Publishing Agreement'' (for more information on this and copyright
see http://www.elsevier.com/copyright). Acceptance of the agreement will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information.
An e-mail (or letter) will be sent to the corresponding author confirming receipt of the manuscript together with a 'Journal Publishing
Agreement' form or a link to the online version of this agreement.
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by authors in these cases: contact Elsevier's Rights Department, Oxford, UK: phone (+44) 1865 843830, fax (+44) 1865 853333, e-mail permissions@elsevier.com.
Requests may also be completed online via the Elsevier homepage (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/permissions).
Author
Enquiries
For enquiries relating to the submission of articles (including electronic submission where available) please visit
this journal's homepage at http://www.elsevier.com/journals. From here you can also track accepted articles (http://www.elsevier.com/trackarticle)
and set up e-mail alerts to inform you of when an article's status has changed, as well as detailed artwork guidelines, copyright information,
frequently asked questions and more.
Contact details for questions arising after acceptance of an article, especially those relating
to proofs, are provided after registration of an article for publication.
US National Institutes of Health (NIH) Voluntary
Posting ("Public Access") Policy
Elsevier facilitates author response to the NIH voluntary posting request (referred to as the NIH "Public
Access Policy"; see http://www.nih.gov/about/publicaccess/index.htm) by posting the peer-reviewed author's manuscript directly to PubMed
Central on request from the author, 12 months after formal publication. Upon notification from Elsevier of acceptance, we will ask you
to confirm via e-mail (by e-mailing us at NIHauthorrequest@elsevier.com) that your work has received NIH funding and that
you intend to respond to the NIH policy request, along with your NIH award number to facilitate processing. Upon such confirmation, Elsevier
will submit to PubMed Central on your behalf a version of your manuscript that will include peer-review comments, for posting 12 months
after formal publication. This will ensure that you will have responded fully to the NIH request policy. There will be no need for you
to post your manuscript directly with PubMed Central, and any such posting is prohibited.
