About the Journal
EDITORIAL POLICY
Objectives
Ophiussa – Revista do Centro de Arqueologia da Universidade de Lisboa started under the direction of Victor S. Gonçalves in 1996, with the edition of volume 0. After Volume 1 (2017) it became a printed and digital edition of UNIARQ – Centro de Arqueologia da Universidade de Lisboa (ISSN 1645-653X / E-ISSN 2184-173X). In 2025, the journal ceased to be published in print format and became available exclusively in digital, open-access form at https://ophiussa.letras.ulisboa.pt/
The main objective of this journal is the publication and dissemination of papers of interest, quality and scientific rigor concerning Prehistory and Archeology, mostly from Europe and the Mediterranean basin.
Periodicity
Ophiussa – Revista do Centro de Arqueologia da Universidade de Lisboa will publish an annual volume. The submission period will always occur in the first quarter of each year and the edition will occur in the last quarter.
Journal sections
The journal is divided into two sections: scientific articles and bibliographic reviews. Exceptionally, texts of an introductory nature may be accepted, in the context of specific tributes or divulgations, which will not be submitted to peer-review evaluation. Exemptions from this evaluation are also the bibliographic reviews.
Authors / editors wishing to submit a book for review should send two copies to the direction of Revista Ophiussa: one to the author of the review who will be invited for the purpose and another to the Library of the School of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon. Spontaneous proposals are also accepted.
Papers written in Portuguese, English, Spanish, Italian and French are accepted.
Peer review process
Submitted articles are subject to a double blind peer-review evaluation process.
All submissions (articles and reviews) will be considered, in the first instance, by the Editorial Board, regarding its formal content and adequacy in face of the editorial policy and the journal editing standards. Articles that meet these requirements will subsequently be submitted to a blind peer-review process (minimum of two reviewers). The Scientific Council, constituted by UNIARQ direction and external researchers, will follow the editing process.
This stage will be carried out by qualified researchers, and their feedback will be delivered within a period of no more than two months. The reviewers will carry out the evaluation in an objective manner, in view of the quality and content of the journal; their criticisms, suggestions and comments will be, as far as possible, constructive, respecting the intellectual abilities of the author(s). After receiving the feedback, the author(s) has a maximum period of one month to make the necessary changes and resubmit the work.
Acceptance or refusal of articles will have as sole factors of consideration their originality and scientific quality.
The review process is confidential, with the anonymity of the evaluators and authors of the works being ensured, in the latter case, up to the date of its publication.
Papers will only be accepted for publication as soon as the peer review process is completed. Texts that are not accepted will be returned to their authors.
The list of reviewers will be published in 3-year cycles, indicated at the end of Ophiussa (printed and digital version).
Publication ethics
The Journal Ophiussa follows the guidelines established by the Commitee on Publication Ethics (COPE, the Ethics Committee Publications): https://publicationethics.org/
Only original papers will be published. For the purpose of detecting plagiarism or duplicity, the URKUNDU platform (https://www.urkund.com/pt-br/) will be used. Practices such as the deformation or invention of data will be rejected. Authors are responsible for ensuring that the works are original and unpublished, the result of the consensus of all authors, and comply with current legality, having all necessary authorizations. Articles that do not comply with these ethical standards will be rejected.
Contributions submitted for publication must be unpublished. Article submissions can not include any problem of forgery or plagiarism. Illustrations that are not from the author(s) must indicate their origin. The Scientific Council and Editorial Board assume that the authors have requested and received permission to reproduce these illustrations and, as such, reject the responsibility for the unauthorized use of the illustrations and legal consequences for infringement of intellectual property rights.
It is assumed that all Authors have made a relevant contribution to the reported research and agree with the manuscript submitted. Authors must clearly state any conflicts of interest. Collaborations submitted that directly or indirectly had the financial support of third parties must clearly state these sources of funding.
Texts proposed for publication must be unpublished and should not have been submitted to any other journal or electronic edition.
The content of the works is entirely the responsibility of the author(s) and does not express the position or opinion of the Scientific Council or Editorial Board.
The editorial process will be conducted objectively, impartially and anonymously. Errors or problems detected after publication will be investigated and, if proven, corrections, retractions and / or responses will be published.
The following ethical principles will be considered:
1) Responsibility: Ophiussa through its editors and authors has the absolute responsibility for approval, condemning all bad practices of scientific publication.
2) Scientific fraud: Ophiussa will seek to detect manipulation and falsification of data, plagiarism or duplicity, with the appropriate detection mechanisms.
3) Editorial policy and procedures:
a) Authors must have participated in the research process and in the review process, and must ensure that the data included is real and authentic and are obliged to issue retractions and corrections of errors of published articles;
b) Reviewers must carry out an objective and confidential review and have no conflicts of interest (research, authors or funders), and must indicate relevant published works that were not cited;
c) In the detection of fraud or malpractice in the evaluation phase, it must be indicated by the reviewers and in the post-publication phase by any reader.
d) In case of detection of bad practices in the evaluation phase or of detection of previously published articles, the Editorial Board will send the occurrence to the author, establishing a period of 7 days for clarification, which will be subsequently evaluated by the Editorial Board. In the post-publication phase, the Editorial Board may file or determine the retraction in a subsequent issue, indicating the previous procedures.
Digital file preservation policy
The journal guarantees the permanent accessibility of digital objects through backup copies and use of DOI, integrating the Public Knowledge Project’s Private LOCKSS Network (PKP-PLN), which generates a decentralized file system.
Regarding the self-archiving, the magazine also includes Sherpa/Romeu
Open access policy
This edition immediately and freely provides all of its content, in open access, in order to promote global circulation and exchange of scientific research and knowledge. If follows Creative Commons guidelines (license CC/BY/NC/ND 4.0).
The publication of texts in Ophiussa – Revista do Centro de Arqueologia da Universidade de Lisboa does not imply the payment of any fee nor does it entitle to any economic remuneration.
For more information contact: ophiussa@letras.ulisboa.pt
