Author Guidelines

Lucentum establishes these guidelines that authors must follow when submitting manuscripts. Failure to comply will result in the rejection of the manuscript. For any information or related queries please write to the support's contact email address. Once the manuscript has been submitted, authors must communicate with the editors using the platform’s “Discussions” tool.

The journal publishes scientific research articles and book reviews on the topics listed in the Aims and Scope section.

Lucentum only publishes scientific research articles. Submissions are open all year round. However, no editorial activities will be carried out by the journal during the holiday period in August.

In addition to these guidelines, authors are advised to consult all relevant sections of the journal’s website before submitting, such as our peer review process , publication ethics policy , artificial intelligence use policy, our anti-plagiarism policy, etc.

1 Requirements

The general requirements for submitting a scientific article are:

  1. Originality. The work is original; it is not a translation, has not been published, and is not currently under review by another journal.
  2. Compliance with the submission procedure. Manuscripts must be submitted via the journal’s platform. To do so, authors must log in via the platform or register to create a user profile if they do not already have an account. Registered authors are advised to add their ORCID identifier to their profile.
  3. Languages. Manuscripts are published in Spanish, Catalan, English, French, Portuguese and Italian.
  4. Authorship. Authors or co-authors must provide on the platform:
    • Name and surnames.
    • Main institutional or professional affiliation (written in full, without acronyms).
    • Country.
    • Email address (preferably institutional or professional).
    • ORCID identifier in link format (https://orcid.org/XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX).

    When giving their name and surnames, authors are advised to follow the format recommended for indexing in international databases (see the FECYT [Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology] recommendations for standardising formats of author names and email addresses).

  5. Manuscript Requirements:
    • Text file format will be Microsoft Word (.docx) or Open Document Text (.odt).
    • Manuscripts must be fully anonymised: author names and institutional affiliations should be removed and replaced with the label “Author” or “Author(s)”. Any other elements that could directly or indirectly reveal the identity of the authors must be deleted and marked as anonymised.
    • The manuscript must not include any information regarding conflicts of interest, authorship and contributions, funding sources, or acknowledgements.
  6. Cover letter. Authors must complete and submit the following cover letter (.docx), which includes information on:
    • The originality and relevance of the work.
    • Competing interests.
    • Copyright and ownership of tables, figures, etc.
    • Use of artificial intelligence.
    • Authorship and contributions.
    • Sources of funding.
    • Acknowledgements.
  7. Tables and Figures. Tables that have not been created with the word processor, i.e. that have been inserted into the work as an image, and figures (images, photographs, graphs, diagrams, etc.) should be attached in separate files. Files should preferably be provided in vector graphics format (SVG). If this is not possible, they should be provided in raster format (JPEG, GIF, TIFF, etc.) at the highest quality available.
  8. Datasets: The datasets used in the research that led to the work may be attached in separate files in xlsx, csv, or ods format. If the article is published, the data will be deposited alongside the work and will be linked by the same persistent identifier.

2 Articles

2.1 Structure

Original manuscripts will include the following elements:

  • Title: It should be short (no more than 25 words), informative (avoiding rhetoric questions), without acronyms, and should include keywords that define the subject matter of the article within the first 65 characters.
  • Abstract: It should begin with a sentence that identifies and summarises the subject of the article and will contain the terms used in the title and in the keywords. It should be between 200 and 250 words in length in a single paragraph, without any subsections or citations. The abstract will include the objectives, methodology and results of the research.
  • Keywords: A minimum of 6 words should be indicated. It is recommended that some of the keywords come from, Prehistory, Archaeology and Ancient History vocabularies. In addition, one or more toponyms that clearly identify the geographical area under study (e.g. country, province, county, locality) and the period under study (century, period, etc.) should be included.

These three elements will appear in the original language of the work and in English.

Compliance with these guidelines will make it easier to find the article online and in databases.

Manuscripts will be structured in the following sections:

  • Introduction: This section must state theoretical framework, objectives and methodology used in the study, with the strictly necessary bibliographic citations. It should not include data or conclusions of the work presented.
  • Development: The research will be developed in sections and subsections, as deemed necessary, and numbered as follows: 1., 1.1., 1.1.1. The capacity for synthesis in the presentation and argumentation will be particularly valued.
  • Conclusions: This section will summarise the ideas that can be drawn from the results and their discussion in a clear and concise way.
  • Use of artificial intelligence: The use or non-use of AI tools in the preparation of the manuscript must be declared.
  • Bibliography: A list of bibliographical references will be presented following the journal's standards, based on APA style 7th edition.

The maximum length of the articles is 25 pages of text and 15 illustrations (drawings, photographs, plans, maps, tables, graphs). In exceptional cases, longer articles may also be accepted.

2.2 Format

Manuscripts must be submitted in Times New Roman font, 12 pt. in the body of the text and 10 pt. in citations and footnotes with single spacing. Long citations (more than 3 lines) should be indented on the left, in quotation marks and in font size 11.

2.2.1 Figures and Tables

The images will be in TIFF, JPG or PNG format, and they will show their graphic scale and graphic North. The size of the illustrations will be adapted to the box format (15.9 x 23.6 cm) or column format (7.6 x 23.6) of the journal.

Photographs of coins should be clean, free of rust and concretions, and should be included in the cataloguing of each coin. In some cases, a general plate of all the coins may be considered at the end of the article.

The first figure will be a map showing the location of the site to which the article refers. It will show the situation in relation to the Local Region and the Iberian Peninsula. The scale and the graphic North will be shown and, in all cases, the information must be clearly legible.

Tables of values and graphs will be provided in a separate document.

All illustrations, figures, charts, tables, and graphs must be placed in the appropriate position within the text, not at the end of the document. They must include a title, be consecutively numbered, and referred to in the body of the article.

Each must include a heading with its number and title. Examples:

  • Table 3. Distribution of data by subject
  • Figure 7. Representation

Each item must also include a caption indicating the source. Examples:

  • Source: Author’s own
  • Source: The British Library

Images, drawings, photos, figures, tables, charts, etc. must either be original works by the author(s), rights-free, or under Creative Commons licences that allow for reuse and specify usage terms. If copyrighted materials are used, the author(s) must obtain written permission from the copyright holders.

3 Citations and References

They will adhere to Lucentum's rules based on the 7th edition of the American Psychological Association (APA) style guide. For further details, please consult the APA 7th ed. style guide (PDF) of the University of Alicante Library.

3.1 In-text citation of a work with author(s):

  • A summary citation, in parentheses with the author's surname(s), followed by the year of publication, is entered.

    Examples: (López Flores, 2010)

    (Keay et al., 2006)

    (Almagro-Gorbea, 1977; Rovira, 1991; Maya, 1998; Ruiz Zapatero, 2001; López Cachero, 2005; Neumaier, 2006)

    (Graells, 2008a; 2008b; 2008c)

  • When the citation is also verbatim, the page number or specific location of the sentence(s) in the original text is included.

    Examples:

    - …este tratamiento aparece en los Campos de Urnas del Hierro (s. VI-V a.C.) del Grupo Costero Catalán (Ruiz Zapatero, 1985: 739-740).

    - A pesar de ello, hace algunos años Sanz Gamo (1997: 85) llamó la atención sobre el lugar…

  • Regarding an in-text citation of a work with two authors: both authors will be always cited each time the reference occurs in the text, joined by ‘and’. When more than two authors are cited for a work, et al. will be used. In the case of a narrative citation, i.e. without parentheses, ‘and’ is used.

    Examples: (Soria y Mata, 2003); (Manunza et al., 2005); Salas y D'Agostino (2020); Hernández et al., (1998)

  • Exceptions and other cases to be considered:
    • When citing for the first time a work produced by a body or organisation, the full name should be included, followed by the abbreviation in square brackets. Subsequent citations may include the abbreviated name.

      Examples: (American Psyclological Assiociation [APA], 2017); En caso de cita narrativa: The American Psyclological Assiociation (APA, 2017).

    • When several papers published in the same year and with three or more authors are cited in the same abbreviated form in the text, they will be distinguished by writing as many names as necessary and abbreviating the rest of the names with the expression "et al.".

      Exemple: Kapoor, Bloom, Montez, et al. (2017); Kapoor, Bloom, Zucker, et al. (2017)

    • If an author has more than one publication in the same year, a lower-case letter is added to the date in the citation to distinguish between them.

      Exemple: (Sánchez Albornoz, 1973a); (Sánchez Albornoz, 1973b)

    • When citing several works in brackets, the citations should be listed in alphabetical order, separated by semicolons.

      Exemple: (Adams et al., 2019; Sánchez y Segura, 2015; Westinghouse, 2017)

    • To highlight the most relevant works, these citations should be included first, in brackets and in alphabetical order. Then, a semicolon and the expression ‘see also’ should be added before the first of the remaining citations, which should also be sorted alphabetically.

      Exemple: (Sampson & Hughes, 2020; ver también Augustine, 2017; Melara et al., 2018; Pérez, 2014)

    • In the instances that it is necessary to cite a work that we have not consulted and that we know about because it is mentioned in another secondary source, an entry should be included in the reference list only for the secondary source that was used. In the text, the primary source should be identified and the words ‘as cited in’ and the secondary source consulted should be added. If the year of publication of the primary source is known, it should also be included in the citation.

      Exemple: (Rabbitt, 1982, como se citó en Lyon et al., 2014).

    • Works that readers cannot retrieve are cited only in the text as personal communications and are not included in the reference list. Personal communications include: emails, text messages, online chats or direct messages, personal interviews, telephone conversations, live speeches, unrecorded classroom lectures, notes, letters, non-archived discussion group messages, etc.

      Exemple: E. M. Paradis (comunicación personal, 8 Agosto, 2019)

    • To directly cite written material that does not contain page numbers (e.g. web pages or some e-books), another way of locating the cited passage will be indicated. In these cases, the name of the section, a paragraph number or a combination of both may be added.

      Exemple: For people with osteoarthritis, “painful joints should be moved through a full range of motion every day to maintain flexibility and to slow deterioration of cartilage” (Gecht-Silver & Duncombe, 2015, Osteoarthritis section).

3.2 Final Reference List

The list of references (based on APA style 7th edition) will appear at the end of the article, arranged in alphabetical order by the first surname of the authors. If the same author has several works, the order will be by date of publication, from the oldest to the most recent. If two works by the same author coincide in the same year, they will be distinguished by lower case letters (a, b, c, etc.). Each bibliographic entry should be separated by a space (INTRO).

The list will contain only the sources that support the research and that have been used for the preparation of the work. Because of this, each entry in the reference list should be cited in the text.

References should appear in alphabetical order by the author's (or first author's) surname and in lower case.

The works by the same author are ordered chronologically, with the oldest works first. References to the author alone will be listed first, followed by the works with other authors. When several works by the same author appear, the name is repeated for each entry.

Up to twenty authors can be included, separated by commas and including ‘and’ before the last author. If the reference has 21 or more authors, the first 19 authors are included, followed by three ellipses (... and) and the name of the last author.

Titles of journals or books are italicised; in the case of journals, the italics extend from the title of the journal to the number of the volume.

If a work is written by an institution, its name may be abbreviated in in-text citations; however, in references, the full name should be given as it appears in the source.

Works with subtitles. In Spanish it will be separated by a colon and the subtitle will begin in lower case. If the reference is in English, the rules of that language will be respected, so the colon will be separated by spaces and the subtitle will begin with a capital letter.

Exemple:

Work in English: Ghodse, & Ghodse, H. (2010). Ghodse’s drugs and addictive behaviour : A guide to treatment. Cambridge University Press.

Work in Spanish: Camisón, C., Cruz, S. y González, T. (2007). Gestión de la calidad: conceptos, enfoques, modelos y sistemas. Pearson Educación.

If a paper has been accepted for publication, but has not yet been published, the term ‘in press’ will be used instead of the year.

3.2.1 Digital Object Identifier

If the documents have a DOI, it must be included as part of the reference. The URLs of the references should also be included if possible. The DOI overrides the URL: if a paper has both, only the DOI will be included. For papers without a DOI from websites, the URL will be indicated in the reference. For papers without a DOI included in academic research databases, the URL will not be included as these papers are already widely available. The reference should be the same as the reference for a print version of the paper.

If the publication has a DOI (Digital Object Identifier), it must appear at the end of the entry as a secure URL link, without prefixes or a final full stop. The DOI replaces any web address in the reference.

CrossRef’s Simple Text Query can be used for checking DOIs included in a reference list.

3.2.2 Examples

References should respect the following structure:

  • Printed Book

    CSurname(s), First name initial(s) (Year of publication). Title of the book. Collection/Series, no. Publisher.

    Exemple: Sanz Gamo, R. (1997). Cultura ibérica y romanización en tierras de Albacete: los siglos de transición en Albacete. Instituto de Estudios Albacetenses.

  • E-book without DOI, with URL

    Surname(s), First name initial(s) (Year). Title. Collection/Series, no. Publisher. http://www.xxxxxx.xxx

    Exemple: Galinié, H. (2000). Ville, espace urbain et archéologie. http://books.openedition.org/pufr/1364

  • E-book with DOI

    Surname(s), First name initial(s) (Year). Title. Publisher. https://doi.org/10.xxxx/xxxxxx

    Exemple: Brown, L. S. (2018). Feminist therapy (2nd ed.). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000092-000

  • Printed book with publisher, editor or coordinator(s)

    Surname(s), First name initial(s) (abbreviated title, i.e. Ed(s), Coord(s) or...) (Year). Title. Collection/Series, no. Publisher.

    Exemple: Costa Ribas, B. y Fernández Gómez, J. H. (Eds.). (2011). YÕSERIM: la producción alfarera fenicio-púnica en Occidente. XXV Jornadas de Arqueología fenicio-púnica (Ibiza, 2010). Museu Arqueològic d’Eivissa i Formentera.

  • E- book with publisher, editor or coordinator(s) with DOI

    Surname(s), First name initial(s) (abbreviated title) (Year). Title. Col·lecció/Sèrie, núm. Editorial. https://doi.org/10.xxxx/xxxxxx

    Exemple: Chardron-Picault, P. (Dir.). (2010). Aspects de l'artisanat en milieu urbain: Gaule et Occident Romain. Suppléments à la Revue archéologique de l’Est, 28. Artehis Éditions. https://doi.org10.4000/books.artehis.9069

  • E- book with publisher, editor or coordinator(s) without DOI

    Surname(s), First name initial(s) (abbreviated title) (Year). Title. Collection/Series, no. Publisher. http://www.xxxxxx.xxx

    Exemple: Ruppienė, V. (Ed.). (2021). Stone and Splendor. Interior decorations in the Late Antique Palaces and villas. Harrassowitz. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv21fqjch

  • Printed Book Chapter

    Surname(s), First name initial(s) (Year). Title of chapter, entry or contribution. In First name initial(s). Surname(s) of the editor(s) or coordinator(s) or.... (abbreviated title), Title of the book (pp. xx‐xx). Collection/Series, no. Publisher.

    Exemple: Delgado Hervás, A. (2011). La producción de cerámica fenicia en el extremo occidente: hornos de alfar, talleres e industrias domésticas en los enclaves coloniales de la Andalucía mediterránea (siglos VIII-VI a.C.). En B. Costa Ribas y J. H. Fernández Gómez (Eds.), YÕSERIM: la producción alfarera fenicio-púnica en Occidente. XXV Jornadas de Arqueología fenicio-púnica (Ibiza, 2010) (pp.165-221). Museu Arqueològic d’Eivissa i Formentera.

  • E-book Chapter with DOI

    Surname(s), First name initial(s) (Year). Title of chapter, entry or contribution. In First name initial(s). Surname(s) of editor(s) or coordinator(s) (abbreviated title), Title of book (Vol. x, pp. xx‐xx). Collection/Series, no. Publisher. https://doi.org/10.xxxx/xxxxxx

    Exemple: Binsbergen, W. van. (1996). Time, space and history in African divination and board-games. En D. Tiemersma y H. A. F. Oosterling (Eds.), Time and temporality in intercultural perspective: studies presented to Heinz Kimmerle (pp. 105-125). Rodopi. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004458000_011

  • E-book Chapter without DOI

    Surname(s), First name initial(s) (Year). Title of chapter, entry or contribution. In First name initial(s). Surname(s) of editor(s) or coordinator(s) (abbreviated title), Title of book (Vol. x, pp. xx‐xx). Collection/Series, no. Publisher. http://www.xxxxxx.xxx

    Exemple: García-Entero, V., Aranda, R. y Vidal Álvarez, S. (2021). The Late Roman Palatial Building (Late 4th-Early 5th centuries AD) of Carranque (Toledo, Spain) and the massive use of mediterranean –but not only– marmora. En V. Ruppienė (Ed.), Stone and Splendor. Interior decorations in the Late Antique Palaces and villas (pp. 195-203). Harrassowitz. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv21fqjch

  • Printed Journal Article

    Surname(s), First name initial(s) (Year). Title of the article. Title of the publication, volume (number), xx-xx.

    Exemple: Pérez Ballester, J. (2014). Entre el Bronce Final y el Hierro Antiguo. Las cerámicas a mano de la Solana del Castell (Xàtiva, València). Lucentum, XXXIII, 23-39.

  • Digital Journal Article with DOI

    Surname(s), First name initial(s) (Year). Title of the article. Title of the publication, volume (number), xx-xx. https://doi.org/10.xxxx/xxxxxx

    Exemple: Aura Tortosa, J. E., Gallello, G., Roldán, C., Cavallo, G., Pastor, A. y Murcia-Mascarós, S. (2020). Characterization and sources of Paleolithic-Mesolithic ochre from Coves de Santa Maira (Valencian Region, Spain). Geoarchaeology, 36(4), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.21821

  • Digital Journal Article without DOI, with URL

    Surname(s), First name initial(s) (Year). Title of the article. Title of the publication, volume (number), xx-xx. http://www.xxxxxx.xxx

    Exemple: Ari, I., Oygucu, I. H., y Sendemir, E. (2003). The squatting facets on the tibia of Byzantine (13th) skeletons. European Journal of Anatomy, 7(3), 143-146. https://www.eurjanat.com/v1/journal/paper.php?id=03030143

  • Doctoral Dissertation. Degree Thesis. Master's Thesis
    • Unpublished:

      Surname, first name(s) initial(s) (Year). Title of the Doctoral Dissertation/Degree Thesis/ Master's Thesis. [Doctoral Dissertation... unpublished]. University of xxxx.

      Exemple: Harris, L. (2014). Instructional leadership perceptions and practices of elementary school leaders. [Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. University of Virginia.

    • Published:

      Surname, first name(s) initial(s) (Year). Title. [Doctoral Dissertation/Degree Thesis/ Master's Thesis. Name of the awarding institution]. https://xxxxx

      Exemple: Torregrosa Giménez, P. (2000). La pintura rupestre esquemática en el levante de la Península Ibérica.[Tesis doctoral, Universidad de Alicante]. http://hdl.handle.net/10045/4080

  • Works Without Edition Date

    It will be indicated as follows (n.d.).

    Exemple: Martínez Daca, F. (n.d.). xxxxxxxxxx

  • Databases

    In-text citations:

    Exemple: (Iberia Graeca, 2019)

    Reference citations:

    Name of the database (Day Month, Year of publication). Title of the database [Database]. http://Website

    Exemple: Iberia Graeca.(26 de junio, 2019). Base documental Iberia Graeca [Base de datos]. https://web.iberiagraeca.net/base-documental/