Editorial Policy
History and aims
The Rei Cretariae Romanae Fautores is an international learned society, founded by Howard Comfort and Elisabeth Ettlinger in 1957, whose purpose is the study of Roman pottery from diverse perspectives. Its journal, the Rei Cretariae Romanae Fautorum Acta, primarily publishes the results of its biannual Congresses, which bring together researchers from all over the territory that once belonged to the Roman Empire and beyond. RCRF Acta has been published since 1958. Since 2020 it has been published by Archaeopress and is available online in open access at: https://archaeopresspublishing.com/ojs/index.php/RCRF/index. A list of the contents of all volumes can be accessed at https://www.fautores.org/pages/all_acta.htm.
As at the Congresses, articles may be presented for the Acta in English, French, German, Italian or Spanish. Topics presented focus on all different categories of Roman pottery, from primary excavation or survey, as an index of commercial trends and ancient economy, social, political and cultural change, including the technology of production, as well as interdisciplinary studies and theoretical issues. Those published will have a clear archaeological or scientific context and/or a substantial analytical or methodological discussion, and they must be of interest to an international audience.
Summary of the peer review procedures: single blind peer-review, with editorial review
Printed articles will not exceed 10 pages including abstract, illustrations and references. Submissions should not be more than 6500 words if they include three pages of illustrations. Manuscripts will be peer-reviewed for content, length, and language. Previous presentation at a Congress does not guarantee acceptance for the Acta.
The RCRF Acta is a single-blind peer reviewed publication. Authors’ names are included on papers under review, and individual reviewers’ reports are anonymized when returned to authors.
Papers submitted for publication will be reviewed by the General Editor and the Editorial Committee as well as a committee of external reviewers.
The reviewers must conduct an objective and confidential review and have no conflicts of interest regarding research, authors, or funders. Any detection of fraud, plagiarism or misconduct during the evaluation phase should be reported by the reviewers.
Rejection of papers will be determined solely on the basis of their originality and scientific quality.
A list of the external reviewers will be made available every 6 years (3 volumes).
The content of the works is the sole responsibility of the author(s) and does not represent the position or opinion of the General Editor or the Editorial Committee.
Guidelines for Authors with further information on length, abstract and keywords, text, referencing and Bibliography and figures, as well as the deadline for submission are available on the Fautores website (www.fautores.org).
Publication ethics
The RCRF Acta follows the guidelines established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE): https://publicationethics.org/. Only original articles will be published. For the detection of plagiarism or duplication, the URKUNDU platform (https://www.urkund.com/pt-br/) will be used.
Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract or academic thesis), and that its publication is approved by all authors and tacitly or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out. This means that authors have already obtained all necessary copyright permissions for the publication and dissemination (in print and electronic/digital form) of all text, illustrations and data that are not their own.
Open access policy
The publication of texts in RCRF Acta does not involve any subvention nor does it entitle the author to any economic remuneration. This publication has a printed version with a limited print run, which is distributed to RCRF individual and institutional members. Additionally, it has a digital version available in open access after a two-year embargo on the Acta website: https://archaeopresspublishing.com/ojs/index.php/RCRF. Self-archiving in institutional repositories is allowed from the moment when the paper is published.For more information please contact: editor@fautores.org
