Author Submission Guidelines – Artifact Analysis

 

Aim and Scope – Artifact Analysis seeks to publish scholarly treatments of meaningful artifacts that impact and inform culture and communication. Such artifacts may be evaluated from a systematic rhetorical or historical perspective to assess intended and/or contributed meaning in society. Artifacts may also be studied to assess audience response using qualitative of quantitative means of analysis. Articles based on objective interpretation and analysis are valued. For this journal, an artifact that contributes to a larger discussion elsewhere should be abbreviated by summarizing prior analysis pointing the reader to other sources that give the broader context, by hyperlink if available, rather than rehashing context in full.

Peer Review Policy

All articles will undergo a double-blind peer review by at least two reviewers. An editor will make final screening and publication decisions.

Author Guidelines

Papers should be submitted for blind review with one file containing a title page minus any author identifying information. It should then have an abstract of 100 to 150 words, list keywords, provide a funding statement if applicable, and provide an introduction justifying analysis of the artifact(s) being studied. It should then review literature surrounding the history, rhetorical process, or cultural components in play along with appropriate theoretical underpinnings. The article should then describe the method or process of analysis being used, following with by offering results of the analysis. Where appropriate, use of copyright cleared images are encouraged in the paper. Discussion will tie the analysis back to the literature review as well as emphasize why the research has extended knowledge and is important enough to merit publication. References and appendix (if any), as well as any acknowledgements such as funding organizations should be included at the end of the manuscript.

A second file should include the title page again with the author(s)’ name(s) affiliation, and identifying and contact information included this time. Contact information should include mail, email, and phone number(s). All co-authors should be listed with email addresses and affiliations following the contact author’s information. Where available, please also include ORCiDs and social media handles (Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn). The order of authors should be listed correctly after the title of the manuscript since the contact author may not be the first author. Please include a brief bio of each author on a second page to accompany the title page

Word Limits

A typical paper for this journal should be no more than 6500 words, not including the abstract, references, appendix, or acknowledgements.

Copyrighted Material

Authors are responsible for clearing copyright on all photos, use of song lyrics, other text, and figures. A copy of a copyright clearance form that authors can use is available upon request.

Style Guidelines

This journal follows the 7^th ed. APA style manual. A simple search will reveal multiple websites that summarize this edition’s style particulars.

Please use American spelling style consistently throughout your manuscript.

Please use double quotation marks, except where “a quotation is ‘within’ a quotation.” Please note that long quotations should be indented without quotation marks if over 40 words in length.

Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary (11th ed.) or your digital assistant set to American English should be consulted for spelling. Use of a grammar assistant such as Grammarly is encouraged but should be relied on with caution as many scholarly constructions may fall outside of current levels of software accuracy.

Formatting and Templates

Papers must be submitted in Word formats. Figures should be incorporated into the text where appropriate without using a text box.

References

Please format all references consistent with the 7^th ed. APA style manual. Plenty of reference guides can be found online for more specifics and examples.

Video Abstract or your article. All authors whose papers are selected for publication will be asked for a 1 to 3 minute video abstract that can be posted to promote your article. Information will be provided upon acceptance.

Other Specifics:

1. Disclosure statement. Please include if your research had or could result in personal financial or other benefit.
2. Biographical note. The biographical note should include highest degree earned, university, and year, current job affiliation if any, plus a short description of your research interests.  For example:  Moriah Exeter (Ph.D., University of Casablanca, 2020) is a research associate at University of the Nations. Her research interests include analysis of Mauritian sega music, the architecture of the Aztecs, and the rhetoric of minor political parties in developing nations.
3. Figures. Figures should be high quality (1200 dpi for line art, 600 dpi for grayscale and 300 dpi for color, at the correct size). Figures should be inserted into a Microsoft Word (DOC or DOCX) file by the author and be reasonably sized in proportion to the paper.
4. Tables. Tables may be submitted by authors to present new information or to provide information in an organized fashion. Tables should be able to be interpreted clearly based on the title, table labels, and accompanying notes under the table without relying on reading the text.

Submitting Your Paper

Prior to the activation of our submission portal, anticipated for 2022, all author submissions to this journal should be sent by email attachment to ArtifactAnalysis@gmx.com.  The attached file for review should be labeled with the word “blinded” followed by the beginning of the manuscript title (first 5 or more words). So an example would be “blinded state of the union metaphors.docx” A separate title page containing all author contact information should also be attached with a similar title starting with the author’s name “Elijah Cummings title page state of the union metaphors.docx.” You will receive an email, usually within 72 hours, confirming receipt.

Publication Charges

There is no submission fee. Publication fees will be charged based on length of the paper at $15 US per page. The length is based on the typeset length in the page proof version rather than the submitted manuscript page length. Thus a 15-page published manuscript would have a fee of $225 US for publication as an example. Manuscripts submitted during 2021 or 2022 will be eligible for a flat $100 US publication fee.

Publication fees cover the specific article costs of open access on the web, typesetting and proofreading services, registration with a DOI number, checking manuscripts for plagiarism, and other editorial costs.

Copyright Options

Unlike some companies that require you to sign over copyright to your work, you maintain ownership of the copyright to your research, but you agree to release it for a non-exclusive right to publish the authoritative version of your article on Epistelogic company platforms and in ancillary forms through which Epistelogic might make it available. Creative Commons licenses are the standard at Epistelogic. There are various forms of these licenses that enable you to grant permission for anyone to republish or allow you to restrict use of portions of your work for either commercial or any purpose without further permission from you.  

Epistelogic does not handle negotiations with others who request use of your material for subsequent publications, so authors will need to handle communication on all restrictions for use.

 

Revised 5/1/2021