Review process

Authors who submit their papers for publication in Archaeological Review agree for their papers to undergo a reviewing process.

The process of accepting and reviewing papers submitted for publications in Archaeological Review is based on the instructions of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education.

Submitted papers are first assessed by members of the Editorial team who verify them in terms of formal and substantive correctness. The Editorial team reserves the right to reject a paper if the initial evaluation reveals it does not meet editorial requirements. Accepting a paper for publication is conditioned by a statement

that it has not been published in any other publication and has not been submitted for review to any other editorial board.

In the next stage papers are reviewed by two anonymous reviewers, specialists in a given discipline, who are not members of the Editorial team or the Editorial Committee. This double-blind review process is confidential and mutually anonymous. The reviewers cannot use their knowledge on a paper’s content before it is published. It is the Editorial team who make the final decision on accepting a paper.

External peer-review scheme

The review form contains questions concerning the content and form of a paper:

Content:

Does the subject of the paper comply with the journal’s profile?
Does the paper’s title reflect the studied subject?
Is the subject of the paper original?
Is the paper’s content innovative for the studied subject?
Does the paper reflect the current state of research?
Is the source literature up-to-date and sufficient?
Are theoretical objectives, research method, interpretation and conclusions coherent?

Form:

Is the paper’s narration clear?
Is the language of the text correct?
Does the text meet the editorial requirements of the journal?
Is graphic content an integral part of the narration?

The overall evaluation of an article:

1. The paper can be published in its current form

2. The paper can be published after minor corrections

3. The paper can be published after major revisions

4. The paper is not suitable for publication.

The Editorial team reserves the right to suggest changes based on their own opinions or corrections suggested by the reviewers. They also make the final decision on accepting a paper for publication. After the final acceptance, the text is subjected to further editorial works and proofreading.

Legal information for authors

All authors of papers submitted for publication in Archaeological Review are obliged to sign editorial agreements with the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences.