Authenticity Studies. International Journal of Archaeology and Art is an international and independent journal based on a peer review system and dedicated to studying the methods of attribution and authentication of archaeological and art-historical artefacts.

Founded by Monica Salvadori (Editor in Chief), Federica Toniolo, Andrea Tomezzoli, Marta Nezzo, Monica Baggio and Luca Zamparo, Authenticity Studies. International Journal of Archeology and Art is a journal of the Department of Cultural Heritage of the University of Padova and is published by Padova University Press.

Authenticity Studies. International Journal of Archaeology and Art considers all articles on the strict condition that:

1. the article has not been published before (this includes publication in different languages);
2. the article is not under consideration for publication elsewhere;
3. all co-Authors have approved the article;
4. the article represents the Authors’ original work;
5. the Author is free from any conflict of interest;
6. the Author assumes full responsibility for the contents presented in the submitted paper;
7. the Author assumes complete responsibility for the dissemination of photographic and illustrative material present in their work;
8. the Author transfers the printing and digital distribution rights of their work to Authenticity Studies;
9. the Author accepts the Code of Ethics in all its parts.

Before submitting your article, please ensure you carefully read and adhere to all the guidelines and manuscript styles to the authors provided below. The Author’s responsibility is to ensure that their manuscript is well-written and that the facts, grammar, use of punctuation, and spelling are accurate. The author’s responsibility is to ensure that ideas and sources are cited appropriately and accurately.

Authors must facilitate anonymity.

Manuscripts not conforming to these guidelines may be returned.

All manuscripts must be submitted online (authenticity.studies.dbc@unipd.it).

Publication in Authenticity Studies is free of charge.

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General Guidelines

Manuscript style

Formats for the text and tables of your manuscript are: doc, docx.

Any supplementary files should be in Microsoft Word Format. PDFs are not acceptable. Articles failing to conform to the editorial norms may not be considered for publication.

Text

Articles should be compiled in the following order: title page; author(s); abstract; keywords; main text (number of tables and figures cited in the article); acknowledgement; references; appendices.

Please DO NOT write your name inside the text, as the Author(s) must remain anonymous to the referees (articles are read at least by two referees).

Latin and foreign words must be italicized.
We prefer not abbreviated words, except some standard abbreviations (N.B., Etc., e.g., i.e., Id., Ead., ibid.).
Dates must be given in day/month/year.
Quotations must be within quotation marks, in roman.
Decimal numbers must be expressed separated by a comma. The unit of measurement must be separated from the number by a space (i.e. 1,5 km; 4x8,3 cm).
Definitions and quotations must be quoted with inverted commas (“Inverted Commas”).

Language

Articles can be in English, Italian, German, French or Spanish.
If the text is written in a language other than English, the title, abstract, and keywords must always be presented in two languages. Texts written in a language other than the mother tongue must be revised by a professional translator/interpreter or a native speaker.
In case of a language different from the aforementioned, Authors should contact the Editorial Board before submission.
Writing should be concise and correct. Remember that it is essential to follow the language’s grammar rules chosen to draft the text.

Length

Essays should not exceed 60.000 characters (all included) and 20 figures.
Short news should not exceed 40.000 characters (all included) and 10 figures.
Reports should not exceed 10.000 characters (all included) and 3 figures.

The title page should include:

1. a concise and informative title;
2. complete contact information for all authors (Name, affiliation, email address);
3. abstract (max 300 words);
4. keywords (max 5), separated by commas.

The corresponding author, handling the correspondence with the Editorial Board, should be indicated.

Abstract (in English or bilingual) should be a summary of the article and not an introduction.
If the paper is written in English, the abstract can only be in English. However, if the text is written in a language other than English, the abstract must be written both in the language of the text and in English. The maximum length of the abstract is 300 words.

Tables, figures and illustrations

The purpose of tables and figures is to present data to the reader clearly and unambiguously. The author(s) should not describe the data in the text in such detail that illustration or text is redundant. Maps and plans must include scale and north point.
All images (photographs, diagrams, …) will be named as figures and numbered in Arabic numerals. The captions should follow the examples below.

Authors are requested to provide separate high-resolution illustrations in TIFF, JPEG (or eventually PNG, PDF) format. Resolutions must be 300 dpi or higher, and the maximum acceptable weight is 20 Mb.

Image credits should be indicated at the end of the caption.

Authors are responsible for obtaining the permissions to reproduce illustrations they do not own copyright. Authenticity Studies is not responsible for managing the images, which is the sole responsibility of the Author(s) of the papers.

Acknowledgements

Eventual acknowledgements must be written at the end of the text.

Endnotes

The endnotes must be contained and strictly connected with the content of the text.
They should be numbered consecutively and cited in the article.
References are accepted only in text.
Please do not abbreviate the page number such as “f.” or “ff.” but indicate the exact pages range with the abbreviation “p.” (for a single page) and “pp.” two pages or more (i.e. pp. 335-360).
Please, for the structure of the references, follow the examples below.

Examples:

Greek and Latin Authors:
see Thesaurus Linguae Latinae and Greek-English Lexicon by H. G. Liddell and R. Scott.

• e.g. Ov. met. 2, 341-346
• e.g. Hom. Il. 20, 230-235
• e.g. Gloss. V, 659

Epigraphy Corpora:
see Supplementa Italica.

• e.g. CIL X, 2352

Manuscripts:
Institution’s abbreviations should be spelt out.

• e.g. BMV, Mss. Lat. XVI.21 (=4553), c. 63 for Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Mss. Lat. XVI.21 (=4553), c. 63

Reference list

A reference list contains only references that are cited in the text.
Its accuracy and completeness are the responsibility of the Author(s).
The text should be followed by a list of references in alphabetical order and listed in chronological order for the same Author’s work.

Some special cases:

Examples:

Checklist for preparing submissions

1. The submission has not been previously published, nor has it been submitted for consideration by any other journal (or an explanation has been provided in the Comments in the editor).
2. The sent file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word or WordPerfect format.
3. Whenever possible, URLs are provided for references.
4. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements summarized in the General Guidelines.
5. If sent to a peer-reviewed section of the Journal (Essays, short news, reports), the instructions to ensure an anonymous evaluation should be followed.
6. All images must be sent separately from the text file: they must be of good quality and correctly described with a caption (the individual Author must have already verified any publication rights).