About the Journal

Antigüedad y Cristianismo is a scientific journal of international scope specialized in Late Antiquity and published annually by the University of Murcia. It was founded in 1984 by Professor Antonino González Blanco, and throughout its decades of existence it has avoided synthesis or merely descriptive works and has welcomed a wide variety of monographs, articles, news and contributions of an original and scientific nature in all fields of Late Antiquity (material culture, literary sources, mentality, historiography, repertoire of novelties and book criticism, among others). This broad-spectrum dimension has not led to the neglect of other research focused on specific geographical areas, in which historical aspects have been dealt with in their regional manifestation, without altering the level of scientific demand when it comes to providing original and novel elements as opposed to mere reworking or synthesis. Truthfulness and honesty are the most precious identifying traits for the journal Antigüedad y Cristianismo, so we will establish guidelines for work based strictly on the serious and scientific methodology of the work of the researcher.

This journal is open to all methodological approaches and orientations that pass the relevant examination of the editorial board, inviting aspirants to present a general topic or monographic for discussion that serves as a conceptual and thematic framework for the manuscripts submitted. The distinctive feature of the editorial line of this journal is the search for original works, unpublished, clear and concise, which can make a new contribution, professionally and methodologically solvent, significant in the field of studies of Late Antiquity.

Annual periodicity : Start: 1984

DOI: https://doi.org/10.6018/ayc

Focus and scope

The journal Antigüedad y Cristianismo has the objective of publishing original studies and research on Late Antiquity, in any of the disciplines that address it, for the dissemination of knowledge to both researchers and neophytes in the discipline and the general public, focusing on its openness to participation. of authors outside the publishing entity, in any of the following languages: Spanish, English, French, German, Portuguese or Italian.

 

Annual periodicity

 Works must be submitted no later than 31 December of each year, and it’s recommended that they be submitted beforehand, in order to be able to carry out all the revision and editing processes for their publication in the middle of the following year.

 

Peer Review Process

 The review has three phases:

- 1st Phase: Verification that it is an original, unpublished work, has not been previously published or previously sent to another journal and that no type of plagiarism is used.

- 2nd Phase: Focused on the format and style (expressions, quotations, references, etc.), which is carried out by the editors of the magazine to check compliance with formal aspects.

- 3rd Phase: Scientific blind peer review (which will follow the evaluation template).

The system of peer review of original articles is external, double-blind (the author does not know the reviewers and vice versa); it is an anonymous review by at least two experts on the subject of the article. In case of controversy, the review will be requested by a third evaluator who will make the decision on the quality and publication or not of the article. The reviewers are selected from among the best specialists, national or foreign. The review process can take up to six months (when there are several rounds of review).

Anti-plagiarism policy

Antiquity and Christianity magazine will guarantee the originality of all manuscripts by using anti-plagiarism software Turnitin. This policy will ensure originality and detect coincidences and similarities between the texts sent to the journal and those previously published in other sources. If plagiarism is detected, the manuscript will be discarded for publication.

Paper edition

The publishing service EDITUM carries out the printing and subsequent distribution to the most important libraries and institutions at an international level.

Fees

The publication of scientific articles in our journal does not entail any type of fees or payments in it.

Open Access Policy

 This journal provides its contents in immediate open access and full text, under the principle that allowing free access to the results of research has repercussions on a greater exchange of knowledge at a global level.

See Copyright for more information.

Interoperability protocol

The journal provides an OAI-PMH (Open Archives Initiative - Protocol for Metadata Harvesting) interface that allows its contents to be harvested by other distribution systems, such as digital repositories and harvesters.

Specifications:
● OAI-PMH Protocol Version 2.0
● Dublin Core Metadata

Path for harvesters: https://revistas.um.es/ayc/oai

Digital Preservation Policies