The Journal publishes contributions from prehistory to the Medieval Period. If there is doubt whether a paper can be submitted or not, please contact the responsible managing editor first.
Papers can take the form of, for instance:
(Exposition) catalogues
Descriptions
Discussions and correspondences
Headline news
Independent (case)studies
Institute based (case)studies
Notes
Reports (such as survey and excavation reports)
Supplements to previous published work
Symposia, workshops etc. and their proceedings
Book reviews
Since we have been co-operating with many well-known and worldwide publishers, the continuous expanding of this system has resulted in the inclusion in our journal of reviews of scientific as well as popular books, which are reviewed by various specialists in the field. The book reviews are free to download and with uploading the new issue, the book reviews stay online in the archives with their title; they are sent for free as pdf-file to anyone who asks for it! In order to discuss books from various angles, we allow two reviews of the same book (in exceptional cases even more) on the condition that the reviews are written with different views and provoke discussion. Also review of older books are welcome; although this is from a commercial point of view of minor importance for the publisher, it still can be of importance for colleague scientists and other interested people. You can send your book review (in English) with the following details: author(s)/editor(s), year, full title, place, publisher, number of pages, ISBN, price, hardback/paperback to the responsible managing editor. Also, send the scanned images (300 dpi or more) of the front and back of the book.
Moving Images
PJANE offers the possibility of the publication of animations, such as ct scans of fossils or mummies or large picture databases.
Requirements
The submitted work has to meet the following requirements (any contravention leads to delay in publishing):
Submission is done to the appropriate managing editor (addresses see above) and consists of a text in Word (Word.doc) submitted on CD-rom or by email. The manuscript should include low resolution version of the illustrations; only after the paper has been accepted, the original figures and tables are accepted. These final figures can be submitted either as hard copy or as digital image (make sure the figure and table numbering is unmistakable). If digital, photographs should be submitted as .tif or .jpeg (minimum of 300 dpi); drawings as .tiff (minimum of 600 dpi). The author is responsible for the permission of the use of illustrations (drawings, photographs or other visual images) made by others and should include the written permission(s) with their submission to the PJANE.
Texts in English and written by non-native English speakers are corrected by a native English speaker before submission.
Conform to the author guidelines. Make sure an abstract, table of contents, key-words and list of abbreviations is included.
There are no restrictions to length and number of figures (tables, drawings or photographs). However, it is requested to contact the managing editor first in case of exceptionally long manuscripts (over 50 pages plain text) and/or manuscripts with many figures (over 50). There are no costs involved in publishing but the PalArch Journals may ask for financial contribution in exceptional cases. This will be done by mutual arrangement.
Studies are peer reviewed by at least one member of the editorial board or in exceptions from outside the board. If the author submits a peer reviewed manuscript, the manuscript should be accompanied by a review form with the reviewer’s comments. The manuscript should be changed in this light. If necessary, any response by the author to the reviewer’s comments should be included in a cover letter. Although a review of other types of manuscripts is not required, it is surely not prohibited.
Immediately after receiving the manuscript, the managing editor informs the author by email on the procedure and likely date of publishing.
Important for the PalArch Journals is a short publishing process. Consequently, submitted manuscripts are published within reasonable time (not taking unexpected and unforeseen problems into account). The publication timescale is dependent on the size of the manuscript as well as the conformity of the submitted work with the guidelines. The publication timescale is also dependent on the reviewing process (all members of the editorial board agreed on reviewing within reasonable time).
The submitted work is published at www.PalArch.nl as soon as it meets the requirements. PJANE is an open access journal (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_access_(publishing)). Note that the downloaded pdf-publications are for personal use only: distribution is prohibited. Notifying third parties should be done by reference to the Journals website www.PalArch.nl.
The author is not provided with free copies because the publication can be downloaded for free.
All contributions are stored in the archives of the PalArch Journals (as hard copy as well as CD-rom) as well as in the National Library (www.kb.nl).
Responses
Responses to published papers should be sent to the managing editor. Start the remark by mentioning the author, title, number of the issue, number of the paper and year. Do not forget to include your own name, institute, full address(es) and email address. The managing editor processes the response and decides whether to include it or not.
The author retains the copyright, but agrees that the PalArch Journals has the exclusive right to publish the work in electronic or other formats. The author also agrees that the Journals has the right to distribute copies (electronic and/or hard copies), to include the work in archives and compile volumes. The Journals will use the original work as first published at www.PalArch.nl.
The author is responsible for obtaining the permission of the use of illustrations (drawings, photographs or other visual images) made by others than the author. The author can be requested to submit proof of this permission to the PalArch Journals. Pdf texts (papers and proceedings) are free to download on the conditions that each copy is complete and contains the PalArch copyright statement; no changes are made to the contents and no charge is made. The downloaded (and/or printed) versions of PalArch publications may not be duplicated in hard copy or machine readable form or reproduced photographically, and they may not be redistributed, transmitted, translated or stored on microfilm, nor in electronic databases other than for single use by the person that obtained the file. Commercial use or redistribution can only be realized after consultation with and with written permission of the PalArch Journals.
The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.
