Editura Academiei Române

Prepare your manuscript for Materiale și Cercetări Arheologice.

Review the checklist, choose your article type, and turn your draft into a cleaner submission package.

Checked 2026-07-15

Article types

Review
Brief Report
Letter

Readiness requirements

Review the key details below, or download the complete checklist with every stored source-backed requirement.

Abstract length

  • General recommendations: Text: Every paper should have an abstract and a list of keywords in English, as well as in a second language (the language of the paper or at the choice of the author).

Keywords

  • Include or confirm the keywords required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.

Reference style

  • Articlo formats your supplied references to the journal's stored style and checks that citations match the reference list; source validity is not verified.
  • References: In the case of a work with three or more authors, the reference in the list should include all their names: Pasquinucci et alii 2005 – M.
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  • In the case of an abbreviation not in the list mentioned above, it should be included in the abbreviation list at the end of the article, separate from the reference list.

Figure and table rules

  • Keep every figure and table numbered, captioned, and cited in the manuscript.
  • Group figures at the end of the manuscript.
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  • Illustration: Every figure should be referred to as (Fig. 1, Graphic 1, Table 1) in the text.
  • Illustration: Illustration should be sent as.TIFF, at minimum 300 dpi resolution, as well as in Corel draw format (.cdr).
  • Illustration: The text included in the illustration (numbering of components of a plate, place names on a map designed by the author, etc.) should be with Calibri font, size 8.
  • General recommendations: Text: Illustration should be sent in separate files, not included in the text file or as PDF.
  • Illustration: The list of figure captions should be included at the end of the text, in the language of the paper and in English.
  • Illustration: Graphics should be included in the text and also sent in Excel format (.xls or.xlsx).
  • Illustration: Tables must be sent in.doc or.docx format and also as.pdf.
  • Illustration: The right to publish a copyrighted image is controlled by the copyright owner, so each copyrighted image that you use must have permission or fall within an exception to the general copyright statue, such as public domain, fair use, or open access.

Ethics statement

  • Include or confirm the ethics statement required by the journal. Articlo checks this item and flags anything that still needs author input.

Other submission requirements

  • In case of two or more works of the same author published in the same year, they should be marked with small letters (Petolescu 2001a; Petolescu 2001b).
  • For three or more authors, after the name of the first author should be added et alii.

What your package checks

Source transparency

This preparation guide uses published journal-specific author requirements. Journal instructions can change, so authors should complete a final review before submission.

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