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Author Guidelines

The journal Anatolé. Estudios del Próximo Oriente Antiguo welcomes original and unpublished contributions related to the studies of the Ancient Near East and related disciplines.

The journal operates under a continuous submission policy, and manuscripts may be submitted at any time of the year through its electronic platform. All submissions are incorporated into the editorial workflow in order of receipt and are subject to the journal’s established evaluation process.

The journal is published biannually, with issues released on 30 June and 30 December. In order to ensure the proper completion of the peer review, copy-editing and production processes, the editorial cut-off dates are set at 31 March for the June issue and 30 September for the December issue. Manuscripts that do not complete all stages of the editorial process within these deadlines will be considered for publication in the subsequent issue.

Detailed author guidelines, including manuscript structure, section organisation and formal presentation criteria, are provided in the journal's official template, which must be downloaded and used obligatorily for the preparation and submission of manuscripts. A specific template for book reviews is also available and must be used for this type of contribution.

These templates also specify the editorial style guidelines applicable to articles written in Spanish, including typographical, orthographic and bibliographic conventions. Strict compliance with these guidelines is a prerequisite for the admission of manuscripts to the evaluation process.

To ensure evaluation under the double-blind peer review system, authors must remove from the manuscript all information that may identify them, including names, affiliations, references, notes and acknowledgements, as well as any personal data contained in the file properties (document metadata).

The author guidelines and editorial style rules for articles written in English and Portuguese are available in the corresponding language versions of the journal’s website, where language-specific instructions and house styles are provided.

Research articles and contributions included in thematic dossiers are subject to external peer review, while book reviews, interviews and dossier presentation texts are evaluated directly by the Editorial Board. The peer review process has an estimated duration of eight to twelve weeks from the formal receipt of the manuscript.

The final decision regarding acceptance, rejection or the request for revisions rests with the Editor-in-Chief, based on the reviewers’ reports and the journal’s editorial policies.

 

The detailed guidelines for authors, concerning the structure of the manuscript, the organisation of its sections and the formal presentation criteria, are set out comprehensively in the , which must be downloaded and used obligatorily for the preparation and submission of manuscripts. The journal also provides authors with a , which must be downloaded and used for the preparation of this type of contribution.

These templates also specify the editorial style guidelines applicable to articles written in Spanish, together with the typographical, orthographic and bibliographical conventions governing publication in the journal. Strict compliance with these documents constitutes an essential requirement for the admission of manuscripts to the evaluation process. In order to initiate the editorial review process, authors must remove their names and any information that may identify the author of the submission from the text, references and notes, as well as delete all personal information contained in the file properties (document metadata), in order to guarantee the anonymity of the manuscript, which is likewise an indispensable requirement for its admission.

The guidelines for authors and the editorial style rules corresponding to articles written in English and Portuguese are available on the journal’s website in the respective language versions, where the specific instructions and the house style adapted to each language of publication are provided.

Submission Preparation Checklist

Before submitting your manuscript, please ensure the following:

  • The manuscript is original, unpublished, and not under simultaneous review by another journal or collective work, and corresponds to one of the formats accepted by the journal (research article, short communication, or book review).

  • The text is written in Spanish, English or Portuguese, prepared in a format compatible with OpenOffice or Microsoft Word, and submitted exclusively through the journal’s official electronic platform.

  • The length, title, text structure, overall format, line spacing, and use of images and tables comply with the journal’s editorial standards and House Style; images and tables must be submitted as separate files, numbered, and with their location clearly indicated in the text.

  • Author information (name, affiliation, city, country, email, and ORCID iD, if applicable) is correctly presented and does not appear in footnotes.

  • The manuscript includes the required abstracts and keywords, in the specified languages and formats.

  • If ancient languages are used, academic transliteration standards required by the journal have been applied consistently.

  • Citations, references, and footnotes follow the author–year–page system in Chicago style consistently; footnotes are used only for supplementary comments, and the final bibliography includes only works cited in the text, correctly ordered.

Dossiers

The Dossiers section of the journal Anatolé. Estudios del Próximo Oriente Antiguo is devoted to the publication of thematic collections of academic articles focused on a specific problem, corpus, approach or field related to the study of the Ancient Near East.

Dossiers aim to foster specialised scholarly dialogue, highlight emerging lines of research and offer critical overviews of topics of academic relevance.

MODES OF PROPOSAL

Dossiers may originate through:

  • Direct invitation by the Editorial Board

  • Public calls disseminated through the journal’s official channels

  • External proposals submitted by individual scholars or research teams

In all cases, the acceptance of a dossier is subject to evaluation and approval by the Editorial Board.

REQUIREMENTS FOR PROPOSALS

Dossier proposals must include:

  • A clear and appropriate title.

  • An introductory text outlining the academic rationale, objectives and thematic coherence of the dossier.

  • A provisional list of contributions, indicating authors and tentative titles.

The Editorial Board will assess the academic relevance, originality and editorial feasibility of each proposal. Where appropriate, it may request consultative input from the Scientific Advisory Board.

EVALUATION OF ARTICLES

All articles included in a dossier must undergo the same academic evaluation process as regular submissions, namely:

  • Preliminary editorial assessment

  • External peer review under the double-blind system

The acceptance of a dossier does not imply the automatic acceptance of the articles it contains.

The dossier introduction is evaluated directly by the Editorial Board.

PUBLICATION CRITERIA

For a dossier to be published as a coherent unit, it must include a sufficient number of articles accepted after peer review, ensuring:

  • Thematic coherence.

  • Overall academic quality.

  • Relevance to the journal’s editorial line.

If the minimum number of accepted articles is not reached, the approved contributions may be published independently in the Articles section.

Articles

The Articles section of the journal Anatolé. Estudios del Próximo Oriente Antiguo is devoted to the publication of original, unpublished academic research that constitutes a substantive contribution to the study of the Ancient Near East.

Submissions to this section must demonstrate:

  • A clearly formulated research problem.

  • Explicit theoretical and methodological grounding.

  • Rigorous and critical use of primary sources and/or specialised bibliography.

  • Coherent and well-structured argumentation.

  • An original contribution to the field.

THEMATIC SCOPE

This section welcomes articles related, among others, to the following areas:

  • Egyptology.

  • Assyriology and Mesopotamian Studies.

  • Archaeology of the Ancient Near East.

  • History of the Ancient Near East.

  • Philology, Linguistics and Textual Studies.

  • Material Culture, Iconography and Ancient Art.

  • Comparative and interdisciplinary approaches to the ancient world.

PEER REVIEW PROCESS

All manuscripts submitted to this section are subject to:

  • Preliminary editorial assessment.

  • External peer review under the double-blind system.

Acceptance of submissions depends exclusively on the outcome of the academic evaluation process.

ORIGINALITY AND ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

Articles must be original, unpublished and not under consideration by any other journal or publisher.
Authors are expected to comply with standards of academic integrity, ethical research practice and accurate citation of sources.

Book Review

The Book Reviews section of the journal Anatolé. Estudios del Próximo Oriente Antiguo is devoted to the publication of critical academic evaluations of recent works relevant to the study of the Ancient Near East.

Book reviews aim to contribute to scholarly debate, disseminate significant bibliographical developments and offer the specialist community a well-founded assessment of books of disciplinary interest.

SCOPE AND CHARACTERISTICS

Reviews published in this section must:

  • Refer to recent academic works related to the thematic scope of the journal.

  • Present a well-grounded critical analysis, rather than a merely descriptive summary.

  • Situate the reviewed work within its historiographical and disciplinary context.

  • Clearly identify the contributions, strengths and potential limitations of the work.

The section welcomes reviews written by both established scholars and early-career researchers, provided that they meet the academic standards required by the journal.

MODE OF SUBMISSION

Reviews may originate through:

  • Direct invitation from the Editorial Board.

  • Unsolicited proposals submitted by interested authors.

In all cases, the relevance of the work under review and the final acceptance of the text are subject to the decision of the Editorial Board.

EDITORIAL EVALUATION

Book reviews are not subject to external peer review, but are evaluated directly by the Editorial Board, taking into account:

  • Their academic relevance.

  • The quality of the critical analysis.

  • The clarity of the argumentation.

  • Their suitability with respect to the aims of the journal.

The Editorial Board may request revisions to the text prior to its final acceptance.

ORIGINALITY AND GOOD PRACTICE

Reviews must be original and unpublished.
Previously published reviews, as well as texts presenting clear conflicts of interest with the reviewed work or its authorship, will not be accepted.

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish in this journal retain the copyright of their works and grant the journal the right of first publication. Accepted and published manuscripts may be disseminated in print and/or digital form, in accordance with the journal’s editorial and access policies.

Authors authorise the journal to reproduce, distribute, publicly communicate and archive their works for academic, scholarly and preservation purposes, provided that authorship and the original source of publication are explicitly acknowledged.

Any subsequent reuse, reproduction or distribution of the published content must comply with the terms of the licence under which the article is published and must properly cite both the authors and the journal as the original source. The views and contents expressed in the published works are the sole responsibility of their authors and do not necessarily reflect the editorial position of the journal or of the institution that supports it.

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