PROPONTICA

The International Journal of Propontic Archeology, deriving its name from the Sea of Marmara (Propontis), aims to bring scientific articles to the attention of the academic sphere whose focus will mainly be on the cultures around the Sea of Marmara together with others from the Mediterranean and the Black Sea basins. To do so it welcomes any paper written on the subjects of Protohistory, Classical Archaeology, Underwater, Ancient Languages and Cultures, Ancient History, Early Christian and Byzantine Art, Numismatics, Anthropology, Archeometry and Protection and Preservation of Cultural Assets and spanning periodically from the Prehistoric Ages to the end of Late Antiquity.

The International Journal of Propontic Archeology is an international peer-reviewed journal that is published twice a year in March and September. It accepts original and qualified articles, either written in Turkish or English, that promise to bring innovation to its field or fill a gap in its field, offer new approaches or recommendations, evaluate studies addressed with a scientific method or offer new insights into previously published studies.

PROPONTIS-International Journal of Propontic Archaeology (PROPONTICA) is an international, scientific, open access periodical published in accordance with unbiased, and double-blinded peer-review principles. PROPONTIS-International Journal of Propontic Archaeology (PROPONTICA) is published twice a year, in March and September. Publication language is Turkish and English.

No fees are requested from the authors at any point throughout the evaluation and publication process. All manuscripts must be submitted via the online submission system, which is available at https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/propontica The journal guidelines, technical information, and the required forms are available on the journal’s web page.
Statements or opinions expressed in the manuscripts published in the journal reflect the views of the author(s) and not the opinions of the editors, editorial board, and/or publisher; the editors, editorial board, and publisher disclaim any responsibility or liability for such materials.

PROPONTIS-International Journal of Propontic Archaeology (PROPONTICA) is an open access publication and the journal’s publication model is based on Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) declaration. Journal’s archive is available online, free of charge athttps://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/propontica PROPONTIS-International Journal of Propontic Archaeology (PROPONTICA)'s content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY NC).

PROPONTIS-International Journal of Propontic Archaeology (PROPONTICA); publishes research articles and compilation articles covering the fields of Ancient History, Archeology, Ancient Languages and Cultures related to national, regional and world history.

The editorial and publication processes of the journal are shaped in accordance with the guidelines of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), Council of Science Editors (CSE), Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), European Association of Science Editors (EASE), and National Information Standards Organization (NISO). The journal is in conformity with the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing (doaj.org/bestpractice).

WRITING RULES

Articles must be uploaded to the system from the Dergipark. However, if there is a problem while uploading to the system, articles can also be sent via e-mail to proponticajournal@omu.edu.tr

The article submitted for publication to The International Journal of Propontic Archeology must not have been published or applied for publication in another journal/book. There is no page limit for the articles to be published in The International Journal of Propontic Archeology. However, the editorial board of the publication may express an opinion to shorten the work without losing its quality.

The name and surname of the author(s), their academic title, the name of the institution, correspondence and e-mail address and telephone numbers should be stated completely in the application form. It is also mandatory for authors to have their ORCID number in their articles.

The articles submitted for publication to The International Journal of Propontic Archeology are expected to comply with the writing rules of the journal and the spelling, punctuation, and general rules of the language in which they are written.

Before submitting your article to The International Journal of Propontic Archeology, please edit your article exactly in accordance with the following writing rules;

Articles should be written in Microsoft Word 2010 and later format. The text of the article should be written in A4 size paper, with 2.5 cm margins on all four sides by using the Times New Roman font with 12-point font size for body text and headers, and 10-point font size for the abstract and footnotes. New Athena Unicode/Minion Pro Display or Athena Ruby font should be used for Greek or other special characters in the article. The New Athena Unicode font style can be downloaded from http://apagreekkeys.org/NAUdownload.html, and the Athena Ruby font style can be downloaded from https://www.doaks.org/resources/athena-ruby.

Only the abbreviation (Fig.) should be used for all visual data such as pictures, drawings, and maps to be used in articles, and it is necessary to pay regard to continuity in the numbering of figures. Therefore, different expressions and abbreviations such as plates, pictures, drawings, figures, and maps should not be used. All figures used in the article must be uploaded to the system, regardless of the text, in the .jpeg or .tiff format, with a resolution of at least 300 dpi.

Articles can be written in Turkish and English. An abstract and title in English and Turkish should be included in the article. The abstract of the article should neatly narrate the aim, scope, method, results, highlights, and eigin value of the study and should be between 200-350 words. Furthermore, 5 keywords should be added under the abstracts of the articles. 

The title of the article should reflect the content of the study and should be written in capital letters and a bold using Times New Roman, 12-point font size. The subtitles in the article should be written using lowercase letters and a bold Times New Roman 12-point font size. The article must have a conclusion section.

Footnotes should be given at the bottom of each page with continuous numerical order from the beginning to the end of the article. The references section should be at the end of the article. Footnotes and references should be given in accordance with the references and footnotes display guide below.

AJA Abbreviations should be used for the abbreviations of periodicals (https://www.ajaonline.org/submissions/journals-series). The full name of the periodicals not included in this list should be openly written.

REFERENCES AND FOOTNOTES DISPLAY GUIDE

Footnote Display

Book by a single author
Boardman 2001, 25.


Book by two authors
Sagona – Zimansky 2015, 26.


Book by three or more authors
Blegen et. al. 1950, 59.


Citation for an author with more than one cited publication within the same year
Philippson 1910a, 55.
Philippson 1910b, 32.


Ancient Greek and Latin Auhtors and Works
Strabon, XIII. 1, 4.


Epigraphic Corpora
BMC Mysia, 77-126.


Electronic Sources
RPC IX (https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?q=parion)

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References Display

Book by a single author
Boardman 2001, Boardman, J., Yunan Heykeli Arkaik Dönem, İstanbul.


Book by two authors
Cook - Dupont 1998, Cook, R.M. - Dupont, P., East Greek Pottery, London.


Book by three or more authors
Fol et. al. 1986, Fol, A. - Chichikova, M. - Ivanov, T. – Teofilov, T., The Thracian Tomb near the Village of Sveshtari, Sofia.


Chapter in an edited work
Mackil 2014, Mackil, E., “Ethnos and Koinon”, A Companion to Ethnicity in the Ancient Mediterranean, (ed. J. McInerney), Oxford, 270-284.


Journal article
Hasluck 1909, Hasluck, F.W., “The Marmara Islands”, Journal of Hellenic Studies, 29, 6-18.


Articles by two authors
Akurgal - Budde 1955, Akurgal, E. - Budde, L., “Summary of Archaeological Work in Turkey, 1954”, Anatolian Studies 5, 13-23.


Articles by three or more authors
Hermary et. al. 1986, Hermary, A. - Cassimatis, H. - Vollkommer, R., “Eros”, LIMC III, I, 850-642.


Papers in proceeding books
Keleş 2011, Keleş, V., “Parion History from Coins”, XIV International Numismatic Congress Proceedings, Glasgow 2009, London, 237-245.


Epigraphic Corpora
BMC Mysia, British Museum Catalogues of Greek Coins: Mysia, Bologna.


Thesis-Dissertation (PhD & MA)
Başaran 1987, Başaran, C., Anadolu Mimari Bezemeleri: Roma Çağı Lotus-Palmet Örgesi, (Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation), Atatürk University Graduate School of Social Sciences, Erzurum.


Translated Works
Ramsay 1960, Ramsay, W.M., Anadolu’nun Tarihi Coğrafyası, (trans. M. Pektaş), İstanbul.


Ancient Greek and Latin Auhtors and Works
Strabon, Geographika: Antik Anadolu Coğrafyası, Kitap: XII, XIII, XIV (trans. A. Pekman), İstanbul, 2000.


Electronic Sources
RPC, Roman Provincial Coinage, http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/. Accessed 30 August 2021.

Ethical Principles and Publication Policy

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement
The authors are expected to submit researches that comply with the general ethical principles which include; scientific integrity, objectivity, collegiality, data integrity, institutional integrity and social responsibility.
All submissions are screened by a similarity detection software (iThenticate by CrossCheck) at any point during the peer-review or production process.Even if you are the author of the phrases or sentences, the text should not have unacceptable similarity with the previously published data.
When you are discussing others' (or your own) previous work, please make sure that you cite the material correctly in every instance.
PROPONTICA-International Journal of Propontic Archaeology is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics and pays regard to Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA), and the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) on https://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines-new/principles-transparency-and-best-practice-scholarly-publishing

All submissions must be original, unpublished (including as full text in conference proceedings), and not under the review of any other publication synchronously. Authors must ensure that submitted work is original. They must certify that the manuscript has not previously been published elsewhere or is not currently being considered for publication elsewhere, in any language. Applicable copyright laws and conventions must be followed. Copyright material (e.g. tables, figures or extensive quotations) must be reproduced only with appropriate permission and acknowledgement. Any work or words of other authors, contributors, or sources must be appropriately credited and referenced.
Each manuscript is reviewed by one of the editors and at least two referees under double-blind peer review process. Plagiarism, duplication, fraud authorship/denied authorship, research/data fabrication, salami slicing/salami publication, breaching of copyrights, prevailing conflict of interest are unnethical behaviors.
All manuscripts not in accordance with the accepted ethical standards will be removed from the publication. This also contains any possible malpractice discovered after the publication. In accordance with the code of conduct we will report any cases of suspected plagiarism or duplicate publishing. Editorial Board will follow and act in accordance with COPE guidelines.
Research Ethics
PROPONTICA-International Journal of Propontic Archaeology adheres to the highest standards in research ethics and follows the principles of international research ethics as defined below. The authors are responsible for the compliance of the manuscripts with the ethical rules.
- Principles of integrity, quality and ransparency should be sustained in designing the research, reviewing the design and conducting the research.
- The research team and participants should be fully informed about the aim, methods, possible uses and requirements of the research and risks of participation in research.
- The confidentiality of the information provided by the research participants and the confidentiality of the respondents should be ensured. The research should be designed to protect the autonomy and dignity of the participants.
- Research participants should participate in the research voluntarily, not under any coercion.
- Any possible harm to participants must be avoided. The research should be planned in such a way that the participants are not at risk.
- The independence of research must be clear; and any conflict of interest or must be disclosed.
- In experimental studies with human subjects, written informed consent of the participants who decide to participate in the research must be obtained. In the case of children and those under wardship or with confirmed insanity, legal custodian’s assent must be obtained.
- If the study is to be carried out in any institution or organization, approval must be obtained from this institution or organization.
- In studies with human subject, it must be noted in the method’s section of the manuscript that the informed consent of the participants and ethics committee approval from the institution where the study has been conducted have been obtained.

Author's Responsibilities
All the authors of a submitted manuscript must have direct scientific and academic contribution to the manuscript. The author(s) of the original research articles is defined as a person who is significantly involved in “conceptualization and design of the study”, “collecting the data”, “analyzing the data”, “writing the manuscript”, “reviewing the manuscript with a critical perspective” and “planning/conducting the study of the manuscript and/or revising it”. Fund raising, data collection or supervision of the research group are not sufficient roles to be accepted as an author. The author(s) must meet all these criteria described above. The order of names in the author list of an article must be a co-decision and it must be indicated in the Copyright Agreement Form. The individuals who do not meet the authorship criteria but contributed to the study must take place in the acknowledgement section. Individuals providing technical support, assisting writing, providing a general support, providing material or financial support are examples to be indicated in acknowledgement section.
All authors must disclose all issues concerning financial relationship, conflict of interest, and competing interest that may potentially influence the results of the research or scientific judgment.
When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published paper, it is the author’s obligation to promptly cooperate with the Editor-in-Chief to provide retractions or corrections of mistakes.

Responsibility for the Editor and Reviewers
Editor-in-Chief evaluates manuscripts for their scientific content without regard to ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, citizenship, religious belief or political philosophy of the authors. He/She provides a fair double-blind peer review of the submitted articles for publication and ensures that all the information related to submitted manuscripts is kept as confidential before publishing.
Editor-in-Chief is responsible for the contents and overall quality of the publication. He/She must publish errata pages or make corrections when needed.
Editor-in-Chief does not allow any conflicts of interest between the authors, editors and reviewers. Only he has the full authority to assign a reviewer and is responsible for final decision for publication of the manuscripts in the Journal.
Reviewers must have no conflict of interest with respect to the research, the authors and/or the research funders. Their judgments must be objective.
Reviewers must ensure that all the information related to submitted manuscripts is kept as confidential and must report to the editor if they are aware of copyright infringement and plagiarism on the author’s side.
A reviewer who feels unqualified to review the topic of a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse himself from the review process.
The editor informs the reviewers that the manuscripts are confidential information and that this is a privileged interaction. The reviewers and editorial board cannot discuss the manuscripts with other persons. The anonymity of the referees must be ensured. In particular situations, the editor may share the review of one reviewer with other reviewers to clarify a particular point.

The International Journal of Propontic Archeology does not charge any fees for the articles submitted for publication, including the editorial process, the peer review process, and the publication stage.