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Article Submission and Author Guidelines

 

Article Acceptance Criteria

 

Submitted articles must fall within the aims and scope of the Turkish Journal of Archaeological Sciences (see: Aims and Scope). Priority in publication is given to articles that contribute new insights to archaeological interpretation, present interdisciplinary approaches, propose new methods and theories, and report analytical results.

 

Articles must be written in Turkish or English. The author(s) are responsible for translating the manuscript into the language of publication. If the author(s) are not fluent in the manuscript's language, the text should be reviewed by a native speaker of Turkish or English before submission.

 

If the author(s) are not fluent in Turkish or English, the editorial board may undertake the translation of the abstract and keywords into Turkish or English.

 

Each article should be between 4,000 and 10,000 words. The manuscript must include an abstract in both Turkish and English, not exceeding 200 words, and five keywords. The abstract should not include references.

 

The text, figures, and other files should be submitted via e-mail or WeTransfer to: archaeologicalsciences@gmail.com

 

Article Checklist

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Please ensure your manuscript includes the following information:

  • Authors (the authors’ full names and contact details should be provided in this order directly below the article title)

  • Affiliation (if applicable)

  • E-mail address

  • ORCID ID 

 

The manuscript must include the following components:

  • Title

  • Abstract (in Turkish and English) 

  • Keywords (in Turkish and English)

  • Main text

  • References

  • Figures, tables, etc.

  • Supplementary materials (if any)

 

Formatting Guidelines

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Text and Headings

  • The text must be written in Times New Roman, 12-point font, justified alignment, and single-line spacing. The article must be submitted in Word format.

  • Words in foreign and ancient languages should be written in italics.

  • The main title should be 14-point and in bold; subheadings should be 12-point and in bold; lower-level subheadings should be 12-point and italic.

  • Headings should not be numbered or underlined.

  • The first letter of each word in titles and subtitles should be capitalized.

 

References

See also: In-Text Citations and Reference List Formatting

  • References must be cited in the text using the following format (Author, year, page number).

  • Multiple references within the same parentheses should be listed in alphabetical order.

  • The use of footnotes and endnotes for references should be avoided. If necessary, footnotes may be used for explanatory notes.

  • Footnotes must be written in Times New Roman, 10-point font, justified alignment, and single-line spacing, and should be added at the bottom of each page, numbered continuously.

 

Figures and Tables

  • A list of figure and table captions must be included at the end of the article. Sources for images should be cited when necessary. Each figure and table must be referenced in the text (e.g., Figure 1 or Table 1).

  • Images must not be embedded in the Word document; they should be submitted separately in JPG or TIFF format.

  • Image resolution must be at least 300 dpi at the intended print size.

  • Images should be submitted in their original, unaltered form, without manipulation in Photoshop or similar software whenever possible.

  • If tables or graphs have been prepared in Excel, both the PDF and the original Excel file(s) must be submitted.

 

Numbers

  • Please use the abbreviation BCE without periods (e.g., BCE, not B.C.E.).

  • Please use “… millennium” rather than variations such as “thousand years” (e.g., 9th millennium BCE).

  • Please use “century” instead of other abbreviations (e.g., 7th century BCE).

  • For dates with five or more digits, please use a dot to separate groups of three digits counting from the right (e.g., 10.500 BCE).

  • Please do not use a dot in dates with four or fewer digits (e.g., 8700 BCE).

  • Please write out numbers between zero and ten in words rather than numerals (e.g., “eight renewed floors” instead of “8 renewed floors”).

 

Abbreviations

Commonly used abbreviations:

  • Approximately: approx. 

  • See: see  

  • For example: e.g.

  • Circa: ca.  

  • Calibrated: cal. 

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Punctuation and Symbols

  • Please prefer em dashes (—) for parenthetical sentences. Do not leave a space before or after the dash.

  • Please use a hyphen (-) to separate page numbers, dates, and place ranges: 1989-2006; Istanbul-Kütahya.

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Special Fonts

If a special font has been used in the article (Greek, Arabic, hieroglyphic, etc.), the font file and a PDF of the original text must also be included among the submitted files.

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In-Text Citations and Reference List Formatting

  • Each article must include a reference list under the heading “References,” consisting only of works cited in the text.

  • All works cited in the text must be listed under the “References” heading.

  • Where available, a DOI number must be included for journal articles.

  • APA 7 guidelines apply to both in-text citations and the reference list:

https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/citations

https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references 

 

Acknowledgements 

If applicable, individuals and institutions to be acknowledged should be listed immediately after the main text and before the References under the heading “Acknowledgements.”

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Supplementary Materials

We accept supporting datasets, tables, and figures as supplementary materials. Please submit supplementary materials in XLSX format for datasets and tables, or in Word format for figures and images.

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