Author guidelines

Archaeologia Adriatica is an Open Access journal. The content is completely free of charge, and it can be deposited in the scientific repositories without a fee, along with a link to the journal's web pages (https://morepress.unizd.hr/journals/adriatica). Users are allowed to copy, redistribute, alter, transform, or build upon the material, as long as they attribute the source in an appropriate manner according to CC BY licence.

Submission of manuscripts

Articles may be submitted to the editorial board throughout the year via the Morepress publishing platform or at the following email address: archaeologia.adriatica@unizd.hr.

Articles are published in bilingual form. They can be written in Croatian or in a foreign language as agreed with the Editorial Board, which undertakes the translation of articles into English (if the submitted article is in Croatian) or into Croatian (if the submitted article is written in a foreign language).

Manuscript structure

Authors must pay particular attention to the proper structuring of the article's text and its appropriate length, following recognized standards of scientific methodology. We recommend using an abbreviation of the paper title in the file name of the manuscript.

The document must contain:

1. the title of the manuscript
2. information about the author(s): name(s) and surname(s) and their academic level (title), name and address of the institution at which they work (or their residence) and email address
3. an abstract (no more than 250 words)
4. keywords (no more than 8 words)
5. the manuscript (headings and subheadings of the chapters are not to be numbered)
6.  a list of literature and sources used
7. all figures as individual items
8. a list of illustrations and plates.
9. permission statement to use illustrations for which they do not hold the copyright.

Submission and verification

Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract, a published lecture or academic thesis) that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out, and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, including electronic format.

Appendices

Figure appendices

Pictorial appendices are to be submitted in digital form and must be in separate files, namedafter the author and the ordinal number under which they appear in the article (e.g., Marijanović Fig. 1). Manuscripts with pictorial appendices inserted in the Word document will not be accepted. The orientation of the appendices should be the same as they appear in the text. They should be saved in jpeg (.jpg) or tiff (.tif) format and the resolution quality should be good enough for printing. Every plate must have a scale, and the ordinal numbers should be given in Roman numerals.

Table and graphical appendices

Tabular appendices and charts are to be submitted in digital form, as Word or Excel files, with the name indicating the manuscript author, appendix type and number (e.g., Marijanović Tab. 1). Titles of appendices are to be given in headings and not within a table or a chart.

Review process

All manuscripts undergo an initial evaluation by the Editorial Board and may be rejected without further review if they are deemed to not have elements of scientific work, to be outside the scope of the journal, or to lack novelty.  Prior to the review process, each manuscript is subjected to plagiarism detection software to verify its originality (Turnitin) and ensure the quality of the written work. Authors should take care not to exceed the limit of 20% overlap with previously published papers. Papers with a high degree of overlapping with previously published data, even in cases of self-plagiarism, will be rejected without review. Manuscripts suitable for the review process are sent to at least two impartial reviewers. The journal follows a double-blind review process, which means the identities of the authors are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa. The final decision regarding the acceptance or rejection of articles lies with the Editor-in-Chief, and his/her decision is considered to be final. Editors are not involved in decisions regarding papers they have written themselves, nor those written by family members or colleagues.

Reviewers

Authors have the opportunity to suggest reviewers who would be appropriate for the paper, although it should be noted that the journal may not utilize these suggestions. Authors may suggest names of potential reviewers through the Morepress platform during the paper submission process or via direct messaging to the contact address of the editorial office. Authors can also suggest reviewers to be avoided due to a conflict of interest that could hinder an unbiased opinion of the authors' work (e.g., professional or private connections). Upon request, reviewers will be issued with a certificate confirming the completion of their review.

After the review

Once the reviews are uploaded to the system or have been received by the Editorial Office, the Editorial board will make a decision regarding the possible acceptance of the manuscript. The reviews are then sent to the authors and if the reviews are positive, the authors are expected to submit the revised version within the given timeframe. If authors are unable to resubmit the revised manuscript within this period, they should contact the Editorial Board to discuss the possibility of extending the deadline for resubmission or uploading it as a new manuscript once all changes requested by the reviewers have been made. Authors must submit a new cover letter with each revised version, along with a response to each unaccepted reviewer's comment. The revised version is evaluated by the Editorial board and/or reviewers, and the Editor-in-Chief makes a decision as soon as possible regarding the final acceptance based on their suggestions. If necessary, further revisions may be requested to meet all the reviewers' requirements. Once the manuscript is accepted for publication, it is assigned a DOI number, and a linguistic and technical revision is conducted. The authors then review the manuscript and it is posted as an online first version. After this point, changes to the authors of the manuscript are not possible. Once all articles for an issue are collected, the authors receive the galley proof for final review before printing. The authors are expected to primarily correct any typographical errors on the proofs and not the content. The proofs must be returned to the Editorial Office within 72 hours. The final version is sent for printing, and all manuscripts are posted online as PDF files in their final form and indexed in databases.

GDPR

In accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the journal collects data on authors, reviewers, and editors, including names, surnames, titles, contact details, fields of professional interest, and CV. The information is used to help editors choose the appropriate reviewers, contact reviewers and authors, and provide the necessary information in published articles. Data are used only to the extent needed for publication, and information that is not included in the article or acknowledgement will not be shared with third parties. Data will be stored until revocation or erasure of data upon the request of the author/reviewer/editor.

Language

The articles can be written in Croatian or in a foreign language as agreed with the Editorial Board, which undertakes the translation of articles into English (if the submitted article is in Croatian) or into Croatian (if the submitted article is written in a foreign language).

Correction of data in the published work

The authors are responsible for the accuracy of the published data. All corrections in the paper must be made before publication of the issue. Therefore, the corresponding author receives a copy of the paper, which must be reviewed as soon as possible and within 72 hours at the latest. If, despite this, the authors discover a major error in the published work, they can submit a correction (erratum) to the editors, which will be published online and in the next printed edition.

Important reminders

The authors are required to follow the instructions provided above when preparing graphic material and editing the manuscript. The manuscript will not proceed further through the review process until it adheres to the specified formatting instructions for authors. For any questions related to the technical editing of the text, please contact the Editorial Board via email archaeologia.adriatica@unizd.hr. The authors of scientific articles are responsible for the content, originality, authenticity, and ethics of the paper (see code of conduct for authors). The authors of scientific articles receive a copy of the journal. Manuscripts and reviews are not remunerated. The Editorial Board reserves the right to make minor changes to the text, proofreading, and graphical documentation.

Citation and references guidelines

References

References to the appendices in the text

The author should refer to the appendices in the text using brackets as follows:

(Fig. 1), (Map 1), (Tab. 1), (T. I), (Cat. no. 1).

When reference is made to one of several elements in an appendix:

339 (Fig. 3/7), (Map 3/1), (T. I/1).

When reference is made to several elements of one appendix:

(T. I/1, 3, 7–10).

When reference is made to several elements of several appendices:

(T. I/1, 3, 7–10; II/7–9, 11).

References cited

References cited and additional notes are not indicated at the bottom of the page. Notes are written in Times New Roman font, 10-point, with double spacing following the order in which they appear in the text. If the note contains a text followed by a bibliographic source, it is given in brackets.

The note should indicate the author’s surname, publication year, and, where relevant, page numbers as follows:

BELOŠEVIĆ 1974: 222.

CAMBI 2005: 115, 117–142, 157.

Note reference:

UGLEŠIĆ 2000: 88, bilj. 6.

Several works by the same author should be ordered chronologically:

KUKOČ 2010: 96; 2012: 112.

A work by two authors:

MARIJANOVIĆ, HORVAT 2016: 49–53.

A work by three authors:

BARBIR, VUKOSAVLJEVIĆ, VUJEVIĆ 2020: 8.

A work by more than three authors:

CAMBI et al. 2007: 22, sl. 17.

All authors should be listed at the end of the article in the References cited.

References to several bibliographical units (listed chronologically but works by one author should be grouped):

BRUSIĆ 2000: 14; 2002: 214–216; ČONDIĆ 2010: 28; KUKOČ 2010: 97; 2011: 78; 2017:99; MARIJANOVIĆ 2012: 24.

Pictures, plates or notes are listed along with the numbers of the pages on which they appear:

Suić 1995: 297, Fig. 2.

Reference to ancient and mediaeval sources

References should be given in accordance with the Oxford Classical Dictionary (http://classics.oxfordre.com/fileasset/images/ORECLA/OCD.ABBREVIATIONS.pdf). 340

Example:

Plin., N.h.

Caii Plinii Secundi Naturalis historiae libri tricesimiseptimi et ultimi finis impressi. Venetiis: Per

Nicolaum Jenson Gallicum, 1472.

List of literature and sources

References cited and sources is the same for both languages. The References cited should be arranged in alphabetical order with works by the same author listed chronologically. Works without names of authors or editors should be listed according to the title. Shortening of the titles and names of journals should be avoided. The titles and subtitles of monographs or proceedings as well as journal names should be italicised. The list of works by one author is followed by works in which the same author is the first of two authors and, after that, according to the year of publication, works in which (s)he is the first of three or more authors listed. When listing several works by the same author published in the course of the same year it is necessary to put consecutive letters of the alphabet after the publication year (e.g., BATOVIĆ, Š. 1968a,.....; BATOVIĆ, Š. 1968b,.....).

All other relevant information about the publication is given in both Croatian and English (e.g., u/in, ur./ed. or eds.) or commonly used Latin terms and abbreviations (e.g., et al). If a piece of work is published in bilingual form, both versions of the title are given, separated by a slash.

Should a piece of work be a monograph published as part of a series, it will be duly noted. The original names of the publication places should be used (e.g., “Roma” instead of “Rome”). Pages of books or journals listed in notes or a literature list should be connected by an en dash “11–27” and not by a hyphen “11-27”.

Instructions for references

Books

One author

BRUSIĆ, Z. 1999, Hellenistic and Roman relief pottery in Liburnia: north-east Adriatic, Croatia, British Achaeological Reports International series 817, Oxford: Archaeopress.

Two or more authors

BROGIOLO, G. P., CHAVARRΊA ARNAU, A. 2005, Aristocrazie e campagne nell’Occidente da Costantino a Carlo Magno, Firenze: All’insegna del Giglio.

If a book is published in bilingual form, both versions of the title are listed, separated by a slash.

RADIĆ ROSSI, I., BORZIĆ, I. 2022, Brodolom rimskog trgovačkog broda kod rta Glavata na Mljetu / Shipwreck of a roman merchantman near cape Glavat on the island of Mljet, Arheologija jadranske plovidbe i brodogradnje / Archaeology of Adriatic Shipbuilding and Seafaring, 3, Zadar: Sveučilište u Zadru.

Edited editions (when there is one editor use the abbreviation “ur./ed.”; when there are more, “ur./eds.”):

AURIEMMA, R. (ur./ed.) 2018, Nel mare dell’intimità. L’archaeologia subacquea racconta l’Adriatico, Catalogo della mostra (Trieste, ex Pescheria - Salone degli Incanti, 17 dicembre 2017 - 1 maggio 2018), Roma: Gangemi Editore. 341

FADIĆ, I., ETEROVIĆ BORZIĆ, A. (ur./eds.) 2017, Grad mrtvih nad poljem života. Nekropola gradinskog naselja Kopila na otoku Korčuli / The city of the dead above the field of life. Necropolis of Kopila hillfort on the island of Korčula, Zadar: Muzej antičkog stakla u Zadru.

A chapter of a book with several authors:

RADOVČIĆ, D. 2017, Antropološka analiza / Anthropological analysis, u/in: Grad mrtvih nad poljem života. Nekropola gradinskog naselja Kopila na otoku Korčuli / The City of the Dead Above the Field of Life. Necropolis of Kopila Hillfort on the Island of Korčula, Fadić, I., Eterović Borzić, A. (ur./eds.), Zadar: Muzej antičkog stakla u Zadru, 125–137.

Unpublished master’s or PhD thesis

ČAČE, S. 1985, Liburnija u razdoblju od 4. do 1. stoljeća prije nove ere, neobjavljena disertacija / unpublished PhD thesis, Sveučilište u Splitu, Zadar: Filozofski fakultet u Zadru.

Article in a journal

BELOŠEVIĆ, J. 1974, Starohrvatska nekropola uz humak „Materiza“ kod Nina, Diadora, 6, 221–242.

If the journal has several volumes:

ZARO, G., GUSAR, K., ČELHAR M. 2020, On the edge of empires. Exploring an Ottoman legacy on the Venetian frontier, Journal of Field Archaeology, 45(3), 188–208. doi:10.1080/00934690.2019.1706141.

If an article in a journal is published in bilingual form, both versions of the title are given, separated by a slash:

BARAKA PERICA, J., UGLEŠIĆ, A. 2021, Ulomak pogrebne mense s lokaliteta Galovac – Crkvina / Fragment of a Funerary Mensa from the Site of Galovac – Crkvina, Archaeologia Adriatica, 15, 521–539.

If the journal volume is not the same as the year of publication:

BELOŠEVIĆ, J. 1962, Slavenska keramika iz ranosrednjovjekovne nekropole „Materiza“ kraj Nina, Diadora, 2 (1960–1961), 237–249.

Article in press

KUKOČ, S. 2022, Interpretacija funeranog kôda: Geometrijskog simboličnog prikaza na daunskoj steli iz Arpija / Interpretation of a funerary code: Geometric symbolic depiction on the daunian stela from Arpi, Asseria, 15/16 (2019/2020) (u tisku / in press).

Article in conference proceedings

PEŠIĆ, M. 2017, Sjevernoafrička tera sigilata s brodoloma kod otočića Babuljaša blizu Pakoštana, u/in: Rimske keramičarske i staklarske radionice. Proizvodnja i trgovina na jadranskom prostoru, Zbornik III. Međunarodnog arheološkog kolokvija Crikvenica, 4.–5. studenog 2014., Lipovac Vrkljan G., Šiljeg B., Ožanić Roguljić, I., Konestra, A. (ur./eds.), Institut za arheologiju, Muzej grada Crikvenice, Crikvenica, 419–431.

Newspaper article

BATOVIĆ, Š. 1970, Ostaci života i kulture iz davne prošlosti Ljupča, Narodni list, god. XXI(CIX), br. 964, Zadar, 18. travnja, 5.

Online sources

The general referencing principle is the same as for printed materials. Hence, author, publication year, title of the publication, publisher, web address and, in brackets, access date should be listed:

Schmidts, T., Seifert, M. (eds.) 2022, New Approaches to Seaborne Commerce in the Roman Empire: Panel 5.17, Archaeology and Economy in the Ancient World – Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Classical Archaeology, Cologne/Bonn 2018, Band 24, Propylaeum, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.11588/propylaeum.1038 (17 October 2022).