JOURNAL OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS
The journal publishes original papers which comprise previously unpublished data
and present innovative methods concerning all aspects of science and technology of
cultural heritage as well as interpretation and theoretical issues related to preservation.
A very limited number of case studies is accepted.
The manuscript must not have been published before, nor simultaneously submitted
for publication elsewhere.
All papers are reviewed by at least two referees. Articles which are refused for
publication are returned to the authors.
MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION
The entire submission and review process for Journal of Cultural Heritage is handled
electronically. All papers must be submitted through [Link]
An e-mail address is essential in order to use the online submission system.(see
Technical requirements)
Before submitting your paper, please read carefully and follow our instructions.
Brief overview of the EES system
• New users must access the home page of the site of Journal of Cultural
Heritage at the following address [Link]
Click on “register” at the top of the screen, and fill in the required
information: “first name”, “last name” and “e-mail address”. Then fill in
the required fields: title, preferred contact mode, country, other address,
preferred user name. You will receive rapid confirmation of your
registration together with your “username” and “password” by e-mail.
• Registration is required once only. On subsequent visits, you only need to
click on “login”, then on “author login” to access the system directly.
• Once you have been identified and have entered the system, if you wish to
submit a manuscript, follow the instructions on the screen: enter the details
required for submission and then upload your files.
• Important: Separate files are required for
- The title page: the title, names of the authors and affiliation/addresses.
This separate file for the title page maintains the anonymity of the
author by excluding it from the transmission of the manuscript in a
PDF file for review.
- The manuscript: abstract, keywords, text, tables with captions, figure
captions. On no account should information regarding the author(s) be
present in the manuscript file.
- The figures:( diagrams, drawings and colour or black and white
photos) should always be submitted in individual files i.e. only one
figure per file. Authors should refer to the artwork quality instructions
at the following link: [Link]
- In case of technical problems please contact our help service for
authors: support@[Link]
Please follow the instructions below for guidance on the style of the journal.
PRESENTATION OF PAPERS
Papers must be written in English and not exceed 5000 words, references included,
for original articles. (see instructions for manuscript)
They should be organised in the following manner:
a. Title: this must be brief but explicit
b. Name(s), affiliations(s) of author(s), the address and e-mail for each author and an
asterisk to indicate the corresponding author : please indicate the ‘forename’ (in full)
and ‘surname’ of each author, the ‘authors’ affiliations (complete address, phone and
fax numbers, e-mail) with their ‘positions’, and the name of the corresponding author.
c. Abstract (max. 500 words)
d. Keywords: Five to ten ‘keywords’ should be provided (in lower case and bold type,
separated by slashes).
d. Research aims (max. 200 words):this section should describe the object and the
aim of the research in such a way that it may be understood and appreciated by
experts from other research disciplines related to Cultural Heritage
e. Experimental section :this should contain the usual subsections:
• introduction,
• materials,
• methodologies,
• experimental data,
• results and discussion
f. Conclusions (as with the « Research aims » this section should be written with the
aim of being read and fully appreciated by experts from other areas of research)
g. References (see instructions for references )
h. Tables with titles(see instructions for tables)
i. Captions for figures
j. Figures(max. 10, see instructions for figures)
CASE STUDIES
The aim of Journal of Cultural Heritage is to publish theoretical or methodological
papers, demonstrating novelty. If a paper deals with a case study, only manuscripts of
not more than 2000 words (references included) and not more than 4 figures can be
accepted.
The case studies will be reviewed in the usual fashion.
ONLINE SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL
Electronic supplementary material (databases, tables, videos, etc.) can be enclosed
and published online free. We invite you to take this opportunity in order to
improve the presentation of your research.
REFEREES
Please suggest 3 names of possible reviewers of your manuscript.
AFTER ACCEPTANCE
Proofs will be sent by e-mail to the corresponding author (we remind you to keep
your information updated on our website). The corrected proofs must be returned
to the publisher within two days after receipt (only minor corrections or typographical
errors will be accepted at this stage).
SPECIAL ISSUE
The procedure for Special Issues is the following :
- Guest Editor will be responsible for the reviewing process and for the final scientific
content of the published articles;
- Each paper must be reviewed by at least 2 referees;
- When the reviewing process is finished, authors will be asked to upload the articles
through our website system [Link]
- After our final approval it will be sent to the Production department.
Financial matters should be directed to the Publisher.
REPRINTS
Authors will receive free of charge an electronic offprint of their article (in PDF
format) and will be given the opportunity to order paper copies at their expense (send
the order form with the proof corrections)
Journal of cultural heritage
A Multidisciplinary Journal of Sciences and Technology for Conservation and
Awareness
Editor in chief:
prof. P.A. Vigato
Scientific Editorial Effice:
dr. E.M. Stella, dr. P. Tomasin, dr. P. Guerriero
e-mail: journalch@[Link]
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
• For PC Windows
o NTA,2000, XP and later
o Internet Explorer 5.5 and later
o Netscape 7 and later
o Firefox 0.9 and later
o Opera 7.51 and later
o Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0 or later (download free at:
[Link]
• For Macintosh
o Macintosh:9.x OS X
o Internet Explorer 5.x and later
o Netscape 7 and later
o Firefox 1.0 and later
o Safari 1.0 and later
o Opera 7 and later
o Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0 or later (download free at:
[Link]
MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION
MS Word or Word Perfect should be used for text files. Latex is also accepted
when formulas/symbols are needed.
The manuscript should be double spaced and on one side only, with 3.5 cm wide
margins. All the pages must be numbered. Section headings should be numbered
according to the international numbering system (1.; 1.1.; 1.1.1.; etc.).
‘Tables’ with titles and ‘figures’ with captions should be on ‘separate sheets’ at the
end of the manuscript (see below for further details). They should not be placed in the
text, but must be referenced in the text at the appropriate place.
English punctuation should be used (semi-colons, colons, question marks and
exclamation marks are never preceded by a space in English). Abbreviations are
punctuated. There is no space between opening and closing brackets and the
following and preceding words. Small capitals should not be used.
Most formatting codes are removed or replaced when the article is type-set for
publication, so there is no need for excessive layout styling. Options such as
automatic word breaking, justified layout, double columns or automatic paragraph
numbering – especially for numbered references – should not be used.
Use bold face, italic, subscripts, superscripts, etc. as appropriate.
If table grids are included, only one grid for each separate table, and not a grid for
each row, must be used. If no grids are included, use tabs to align column instead of
spaces.
(see also Nomenclature and Equations and numbers)
NOMENCLATURE
All the ‘parameters’ cited in the text should be defined, with units.
‘Greek symbols’, ‘subscripts’ and ‘superscripts’ should be separately identified. Only
‘ISO symbols’ may be used, always written in italics. ‘SI units’ should be used
throughout; they are always separated from the numerical value by a space and
written in Roman font: thus ‘g’ or ‘m’ is always in Roman. The symbol for litre is
preferably L, minute is min and so on. Use °C or K for temperatures. As the
Ångstrôm (1Å=10-10 m) does not belong to the SI system, it should be replaced by the
nanometer (1 nm = 10-9 m) or by the picometer (1 pm = 10-12 m) : 1 Å = 0.1 nm = 100
pm. Multiple units must be written with negative superscripts (for example: g-1 °C-1).
EQUATIONS AND NUMBERS
Equations should be carefully typed. Those that are referred to in the text [equation
(1), for instance] should be numbered with Arabic numerals enclosed in parentheses
on the right margin. There should not be punctuation at the end of the equations. Care
should be taken to distinguish between zero (0) and the letter O, or between the
number one (1) and the letter l (l)), the Roman letter v and the Greek letter nu (ν).
‘Vectors’ and ‘matrices’ should be written in bold. The decimal logarithm should be
written, log, and the natural logarithm, ln. The abbreviation of exp (exponential) is the
Roman ‘e’. In expressions such as dx/dt, the letter d (derivative function) is always
written in Roman, whereas the physical parameter (x or t) is always written in italics.
Numbers are written as numerals when they are followed by units, these being
represented by their SI symbols (i.e. 10 %, but, a few percent). In numerals, each
group of three numbers should be separated by a space (except for dates and postal
codes). In English, a decimal point is used instead of a comma.
FIGURES
All illustrations (graphs, diagrams and photographs) should be numbered in the text,
in italics, using Arabic numerals in order of appearance. Example: (Fig. 1).
Please reduce figures to the bare necessities: no more than 10 figures may be
submitted.
Preferred formats are TIFF (.tif), EPS (.eps), JPEG (.jpg) or PDF (.pdf). Word ,
Powerpoint and Excel formats are also accepted. High resolution is compulsory for
printing: 300 DPI for photos (black and white/colour) and 500-1000 DPI for graphics,
diagrams, drawings.
Previously published figures are not accepted.
The same symbols and units must be used in figures, tables and text.
All composite figures (i.e. different graphs, images, etc. under one figure heading)
should be mounted together and the parts labelled (a), (b), (c), etc. Composite figures
are only accepted if they invite comparison or are strictly linked to each other.
Composite images that do not invite direct comparison must not be included
under one figure heading.
All maps, field sketches and photographs should include a metric bare scale.
Illustrations will be published in the form of one column 80 mm wide (170 mm wide
for complicated figures). Hence, ‘lettering’ of the original illustrations (one figure per
A4 page) should be large enough to be clearly readable when the illustrations are
reduced to a one-column format.
Each figure should be briefly and clearly described. These ‘Figure captions’ should be
presented together on a separate sheet, at the end of the paper. Remarks like “For
explanation see text “ must be avoided.
COLOUR FIGURES: Colour illustrations are maintained online but there is a limit
to the number of colour pages when the paper edition is issued. Please verify that
colour illustrations are scientifically readable also in grey scale.
TABLES
Each table should be on a separate page included at the end of the text file. Captions
must be integrated into the heading and must be horizontal. They should be numbered
consecutively with Arabic numerals (for example, Table 1), and must be cited in the
text.
Tables with illustrations included are considered as figures, not tables.
REFERENCES
References should be limited to the minimum number necessary for the citation of
pertinent material. References to internal reports, etc. are to be avoided: the statement
‘personal communication’ with publication date in the text is generally preferable.
References should be numbered with Arabic numerals enclosed in square brackets in
the order they are cited in the text. All entries in the reference list must correspond to
references in the text and vice versa, from [1] to [n]. The titles of journals should be
abbreviated according to the standardized rules (cf ‘ISI’,‘Current Contents’, for
example). Titles for which no abbreviation is given should be written in full. The style
and punctuation of the references should follow the format illustrated in the following
examples (please note that the titles of journals are in Roman).
• Article from a journal (all authors must be mentioned)
[1] J. Eighmy, J. Hathaway, Contemporary archaeomagnetics
results and the accuracy of archaeomagnetic dates,
Geoarchaeology 2 (1987) 49–61.
• Unpublished thesis.
[2] J.M. Van Der Molen, Growth control of algae and
cyanobacteria on historical monuments by UV mobile
units, Ph.D. thesis, University of Chicago, USA, 1980.
• Book or published thesis
[3] J.S. Mills, R. White, The organic chemistry of museum
objects, Batterworths, London, 1987.
• Article published in conference proceedings.
[4] N.H. Tennet, K.M. Antonio, Bronze disease: synthesis
and characterization of Botallackite, Paratacamite
and Atacamite by infrared spectroscopy, in: D. Smith,
R. Reagan (Eds.), Proceedings of ICOM, 6th Triennial
Meeting, Ottawa, September 21–25, Elsevier, New York,
1995, pp. 3–16.
