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Author Guidelines

Author Guidelines

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The journal 'Archaeology and Early History of Ukraine' publishes articles on archaeology and early history of Ukraine and the world, spanning from Prehistory to the Early Modern period. It features research results on archaeological sites within and beyond Ukraine, studies of archival and museum collections, materials on the history of science, reviews, current academic events, and more. The journal accepts submissions in both Ukrainian and English.

All materials accepted by the Editorial Board undergo a double-blind peer review by experts in the relevant field. The review has not been published together with a paper. The Editorial Board put the decision on the publication of the paper after receiving a positive review. If the reviewers have made significant remarks, the author must take them into account. If the author disagrees with the reviewer's point of view, an additional independent review may be assigned. The final decision on the publication or rejection is made by the Editorial Board after discussion.

The Editorial Board is entitled to refuse publication of manuscripts that do not align with the journal's scope or violate ethical standards (including plagiarism, conflicts between authors or between an author and an organization, etc.). The editors reserve the right to edit the manuscript without altering its core content. The edited version of the article shall be coordinated with the author before publishing.

 

No more than one article by the same author (or co-author) may be published in a single issue of the journal.

 

For manuscripts submitted by two or more authors, the contribution of each author must be specified (e.g., conceptualization, research, drafting the text, preparing illustrations, etc.).

 

Manuscripts should be submitted to the journal's editorial office via email at adiueditor@gmail.com

 

The following items must be submitted along with the manuscript:

 

  1. A License Agreement on copyright transfer signed by all co-authors (download here). The license agreement comes into effect upon acceptance of the paper for publishing. By signing the agreement, the author(s) confirm that they have read and agreed to its terms and conditions.
  2. Electronic files containing the text of the article, figures, tables, and information about the author.

 

 

Paper structure.

 

  1. The title page.

DOI and UDC: (provided by editorial office after the review)

First name/s, Last name/s of the author/s

Paper title

[Absract] A few words on the paper topic.

Key words: 3—5 specific terms.

 

  1. The main block.

All text materials should be typed in 14 Times New Roman typeface, 1.5 line spacing and saved in single file as *.doc (Microsoft Word 97-2003, not *.docx) or *.rtf. Accepted languages of manuscripts are Ukrainian and English. If an alternative fonts for specific symbols are used, please specify which ones were used and verify that they render correctly in print.

 

The author is requested to provide the well-structured text (the simple version: "Introduction", "Material and methods", "Research", "Discussion", "Conclusions", "Acknowledgment" etc.)

 

  1. References and footnotes:

Text citation is served in parentheses as following: (Симоненко 2016, с. 79). Please note that there is no comma before the year.

For sources with four or more authors, use the following formats:

(Симоненко та ін. с. 2015) — for Ukrainian sources;

(Федоров и др. 1983, с. 112) — for Russian sources;

(Fornasier et al. р. 2017) — for sources in other languages.

Notes should be formatted as page-by-page footnotes (12 pt font size, 1 line spacing) with continuous numbering throughout the text.

 

  1. Bibliography:

The list of literature should be placed immediately after the main text, arranged in alphabetical order, and provide comprehensive information for each source. Works in Cyrillic scripts are listed first, followed by those in Latin scripts. The bibliography must include only the sources cited within the text.

 

The authors are requested verify carefully the bibliography to ensure there are no redundant entries. According to scientific ethics standards, self-citation should not exceed 20% of the total reference list.

 

The journal follows the citation guidelines approved by the Academic Council of the Institute of Archaeology of the NAS of Ukraine. Formatting samples are available here: https://iananu.org.ua/vidannya/oformlennya-posilan

 

Important requirements:

No abbreviations: All journal titles or series (e.g., АДУ, AДІУ, УІЖ, РА, ВДИ etc.) must be written in full.

DOI: If a source has a DOI (Digital Object Identifier), it must be included.

 

  1. References is a transliterated version of the bibliography in Latin script. It must follow the exact same sequence as the Bibliography.

Transliteration tools can be found here:

 https://iananu.org.ua/vidannya/oformlennya-posilan

 

  1. Summary in English (for papers in English – in Ukrainian) of at least 2000 characters with spaces should be provided after the References.

An English summary must be accompanied by a Ukrainian version which is used for editorial purposes and will not be published.

 

  1. Information about each author is provided after Summary in the following form: first name, last name, academic degree, affiliation, city, country, ORСID, email address.

Figures and Tables

  1. Figures must be submitted in .JPG or .TIFF format. The minimum resolution is 300 dpi, and the maximum image size is 17 × 25 cm. Line drawings and graphic illustrations must be in "black and white (grayscale)" mode. All color illustrations will be published in color only within the electronic version of the article on the journal's website.
  2. All illustrative materials (figures, photographs, maps and diagrams, charts, tables consisting primarily of images, etc.) must be referred to in the text as "fig." and numbered consecutively.

The figure filename must consist of the author's surname in Latin script followed by the figure’s sequence number, for example: Petrenko_01, Petrenko_02, etc.

Important! For borrowed figures or photographs, the source must be cited in parentheses within the caption in text citation form (after Петренко 2012). Please ensure that the corresponding work is included in the Bibliography.

 

  1. Figure captions should be provided as a separate List of Illustrations at the end of the article, following the author information, and must be duplicated in English.

 

  1. Tables must be submitted in a format compatible with professional printing requirements. They should not exceed 40% of the total volume of the article. Tables must be logically and clearly structured and must have a title. Table titles must be provided in two languages: Ukrainian and English.

 

Important Notice

  1. The manuscript is taken into consideration after above listed rules are taken into account.
  2. Authors bear full responsibility for the accuracy and reliability of the information presented in their papers.
  3. The opinion of the editorial team may differ from that of the authors.

 

Privacy Statement

The names and email addresses provided by authors will be used only for the journal's internal technical operations. This information will not be disclosed to third parties or distributed prior to the date of publication.