Journal's Article Processing Charges:
Regular review: 2000USD, 3-4 months review period
Rapid review: 4000USD, around 1-2 weeks review period

MAA allows waivers to those corresponding authors based in low-income countries and special case. Our journals grant 50% discount to authors from countries that the World Bank ranked as Low-income economics OR authors who has special case could email us contact@maajournal.com so that we can help. Here is the low-income countries list: https://data.worldbank.org/income-level/low-income.

APC covers managing costs, editorial costs, as well as, upgrading our online system on a regular basis. Discount vouchers are available if the author provides a proper motivation letter. Outstanding articles are published for free. At present, it takes around 1 months to have the first response. In case of a Rapid peer review additional charges and discount APC are applied (inquiries to: contact@maajournal.com). 

Digital Archiving Policy:
Digital archiving policy of the journal in zenodo: e.g: https://zenodo.org/record/12929.
Zenodo is hosted by CERN (Switzerland), exposes its data to OpenAIRE and complies with the Open Access demands from the EC and the ERCs.

Refund Policy:
At Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry , we are dedicated to maintaining high standards of service and customer satisfaction. Understanding the dynamic nature of research and publication, we offer a clear and fair refund policy for our authors.

Eligibility for Refund:
Refunds are considered for authors if the manuscript is not published within the promised publishing period (2-3 months),
Refund requests must be submitted before manuscript publish.

Refund Request Procedure:
To request a refund, authors must send an email to contact@maajournal.com detailing the reasons for the request.
The request must include the manuscript ID, payment recepit.

Processing of Refunds:
Upon receiving a refund request, our team will review the case within 14 business days.
If the refund is approved, it will be processed and credited back to the original method of payment within 30 days of approval.

Non-Refundable Scenarios:
Article processing charges are non-refundable if the author withdraws the manuscript after the review process has begun.
Charges for additional services, such as rapid peer review, are non-refundable once the service has been rendered.

Notification of Decision:
The author will be notified via email about the decision on their refund request. In cases of manuscript withdraw, a detailed explanation will be provided.

Downloading of full-text of the journal: Free
Article identifiers the journal use: DOI is provided through Zenodo
Provision of article metadata?: Yes
Journal's download statistics: Yes, through Google Analytics
The First calendar year in which a complete volume of the journal provided online Open Access content to the Full Text of all articles: 2001
Formats of full text are available: PDF and HTML

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