Instructions to Authors (Spelling Rules and Style of Citation)
The articles going to be sent must be written according to these guidelines. The abbreviatons in this journal are based on German Archaeological Institute publication criteria, Bulletin de l’Association international pour l’Etude de la Mosaique antique, AIEMA - AOrOc 25.2019, La Mosaique Gréco-Romaine IX and Der Kleine Pauly.
Abstract and Keywords
The manuscripts can be written in English, German, French or Turkish. The title of the manuscripts must be written in both original language, English and Turkish. Two short abstracts (in English and Turkish, 200 words max.) must identify the aim and the method of the article and summarize the thesis and conclusions of the article. The abstract must be capable of standing alone and so may contain no text or figure references, no bibliographic citations, and no footnotes.
Five keywords must be provided under the line of the abstract. Keywords should be given in English and Turkish.
The title page of the paper should contain the titles, the author(s) name, the keywords, an abstract and the author(s) address(es) in a footnote. The text must be in a 12-point typeface of the Times font family and 1,5-spaced throughout, from the first line of the title through to the last line of the figure captions. Margins on both sides and at the top and bottom of each page should measure at least 3 cm.
Footnotes must be at the bottom of the page sequantilly. They have to be written single-spaced and 10 points in Times font family.
The digital text should be in a format that can be processed in Microsoft Word. Figures for review purposes should be provided as “.tiff” or “.jpeg” files at a resolution sufficient to retain the information in the illustration: 300 dpi for photographs and 600 dpi for drawings are usually suitable. The names for the figure files should begin with the author’s last name, e.g., Akurgal_01.tiff, Akurgal_02.tiff, Akurgal_03.tiff, etc.
Dates before Christ (also “before the common era”) should be written as “BC” following the actual year (e.g., 255 BC). Historical dates after Christ (in the Common Era) should be written with “AD” preceding the year (e.g., AD 1071); alternatively write “7th century AD”.
Summary
English summary for articles in Turkish, English, French and German and Turkish summary for articles in English which does not exceed 750 words should be written.
References and Citations
The bibliography must contain an entry for each work cited in the text are to appear in the bibliography.
A reference within the text takes the form of a parenthetical citation. For example, “(Dunbabin 2002: 181-183)”. All quotations must have specific page citations.
The use of “et al.” is restricted to text citations of works for which there are three or more than three authors. Example: “(Akurgal et al. 1984: 80)”.
An example of a text reference to a figure or table in another published work is “(Akurgal 1996: fig. 5 table 7).” When referring to figures and tables in the present manuscript, use “Figure” and “Table” in the text and captions; in parentheses use “(Fig. 3)” and “(Table 1).” For figures with separate parts, use lower case letters in the text and upper case letters when the reference is enclosed in parentheses. For example, “(Figure 10a)”.
If a manuscript has been accepted for publication, the text citation is “(Jobst in print).” The bibliographic entry should put “in print” where the year would normally appear.
The abbreviation list of “Der Kleine Pauly” should be used for the references of ancient authors. The list is attainable on JMR webpage.
Full citations, including the names of all of the authors, complete titles, and page numbers for articles or chapters, are to appear in a bibliography at the end of the text, alphabetized by the first author’s last name including publishers and place of publication for books and monographs. Authors’ names should be given as they appear on the work being cited; avoid reducing first names to initials. The bibliography should be typed as in the following examples.
Article
Barringer 1991 J. M. Barringer, “Europa and the Nereids: Wedding or Funeral?”, AJA 95, 657-667.
Book
Dunbabin 1999 K. M. D. Dunbabin, Mosaics of the Greek and Roman World, Cambridge.
Unpublished Dissertation or Thesis
De Puma 1969 R. De Puma, The Roman Fish Mosaic, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania.
Published Dissertation or Thesis
Reitz 1979 E. J. Reitz, Spanish and British Subsistence Strategies at St. Augustine, Florida, and Frederica, Georgia, between 1563-1783, PhD Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, Ann Arbor: University Microfilms.
Monograph in a Series
Jobst 1978 W. Jobst, Römische Mosaiken aus Ephesos I, Die Hanghäusern des Embolos, Corpus der antiken Mosaiken in der Türkei I, FiE 8, 1, Vienna.
Article in an Edited Book
Abadie-Reynal 2006 C. Abadie-Reynal, “Roman Domestic Architecture at Zeugma”, R. Ergeç (ed.), International Symposium on Zeugma: From Past to Future, Gaziantep, 1-6.
Reprints
Cobo 1964 B. Cobo, Historia del Nuevo Mundo, (Original date of publication) Biblioteca de los Autores Españoles, vols. 91-92, Madrid.
Figures and Tables
Figures
1. The word “Figure” is used to refer to all photographs, maps, charts, and graphs that accompany an article. Every illustration is to be given a figure number. Every figure must be referred to in the text, and initial references to them must be in numerical sequence (“1, 2, 3,” not “1, 3, 2”).
2. If a map is necessary, Figure 1 should be a map locating the site or study area within its wider geographical context. The JMR has an international readership that needs to be kept in mind when designing Figure 1. Field reports should include at least one photograph that depicts the terrain and environment of the site or study area.
3. A simple graphic scale, when necessary, should appear in the image area of the figures; do not give scales such as “3×” or “1:50.000” in the captions. When an object is placed on the picture and there is no scale, the dimensions of the figure can be written in the figure title. Such as “The pot on the left is 21 cm tall”.
4. The list of captions should be typed in upper and lower case letters, double-spaced, all lines justified left, and the word “Figure” should be the first word in each caption. For example;
Figure 1. Map of the Weicker site and environs. Inset shows the location of the site in NW Mexico. Map by Patricia Parker.
Each component in such a figure should be referred to in the text but, as with figures, these may be combined, e.g., “(Fig. 6c-f).”
Tables and Special Fonts
Tables and special fonts should be sent as a printed PDF page separately, because of their original form could be easily distorted.
Book Reviews
Review Preparation
Reviews in the JMR should be max. 2500 words and are expected to be critical and analytical in order to place the book under review in context. Book reviews, normally solicited by the Editor, do not require all of the details of manuscript preparation involved for a research report. Any references should follow the system given below. Footnotes and illustrations should not be used. Books being reviewed should be cited in the manner of the examples given below, followed by the reviewer’s name and full mailing address.
Mosaics of the Greek and Roman World, K. M. D. Dunbabin, 357 pages, 318 figures, 8 tables, 3 plates, 10 appendices, bibliography, index. Cambridge University Press, 2002. $40.50 paper. ISBN 0-521-00230-3.
Offprint Policy
The JMR provides the article in “.pdf” format at no charge to each author.
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