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Publication criteria and submission and evaluation procedures

Originality of the work

Authors wishing to submit an article to the Bulletin du Centre de recherche du château de Versailles must read the journal’s Code of Ethics and respect the commitments of authors set out therein.

Types of articles published

The Bulletin publishes feature articles, studies, texts on methodological issues, translations of important articles, editions of sources accompanied by a critical apparatus, commentaries and analysis of historical and iconographic documents (archives, manuscripts, maps and plans, engravings, works of art, etc.).

Articles are generally between 30,000 and 50,000 characters long. For special studies, however, they may exceed 50,000 signs.

Publication languages

The Bulletin du Centre de recherche du château de Versailles accepts proposals for articles in all languages. Articles must be accompanied by an abstract in French and English.

The Bulletin publishes articles written in French and English; for articles in other languages, the author must have the text translated into French at his or her own expense by a native French translator. In some occasions, a financial assistance for translation can be provided.

Article evaluation procedures

Evaluation of an article proposed for the Bulletin proceeds in the following stages:

  1. The editorial committee evaluates the relevance of the article with respect to the Bulletin’s editorial policy (disciplines and themes) and the requirements for scientific publication (length, structure, notes and critical material, bibliography, etc.).

  2. If the article is accepted by the editorial committee, it is then assigned to two experts who write a report based on an evaluation grid. Spontaneous submissions or responses to calls for papers are systematically anonymized before being sent to the experts.

  3. In the light of the reviewers’ opinions and comments, the editorial committee makes the final decision. It draws up a summary of the reports and sends it to the author, after making it anonymous, together with one of the four recommendations below:

  • Case no. 1 – Positive recommendation: the text is accepted and can be published as it is;

  • Case no. 2 – Positive recommendation, subject to slight modifications: the text is accepted but the author is asked to make slight modifications to the form and/or content;

  • Case no. 3 – Reserved recommendation: the text is not publishable as it is. The author must make significant modifications to the form and/or content;

  • Case no. 4 – Negative recommendation: the text is rejected.

The following scenarios may arise during the double evaluation process:

  • The article receives two favourable recommendations with or without requested modifications: it is accepted.

  • The article receives two unfavourable recommendation: it is automatically rejected.

  • The article receives one unfavourable and one favourable recommendation (with or without requested modifications): it is submitted for a third anonymous assessment.

  • The article receives an unfavourable opinion and a reserved opinion: the author will have to revise his article and resubmit it for expert appraisal.

In the case of requests for minor or major modifications (Case no. 2 and Case no. 3), the author has a variable amount of time to rework his or her article according to the recommendations of the reviewers and the editorial committee. The article modified by the author is then sent to the editorial committee.

  • Case no. 2: the editorial committee reviews it one last time to accept it or send it back to the author with new requests, depending on the adjustments made by the author.

  • Case no. 3: the revised article is sent to the reviewers who carried out the first review for a second reading. The reviewers return their opinions based on precise arguments to the editorial committee, which decides whether to accept or reject the article.

Summary table of evaluation procedures by type of publication.

Section of the journal

Number of characters

Evaluation

Miscellanea > Articles and studies

– spontaneous submissions

– submissions in response to a call for publications

– articles from Master I dissertations by students in the Versailles’ research group at the École du Louvre (EDL)

– independent articles from conferences and study days

40,000 to 50,000 characters including spaces and bibliography

Articles subjected to double expertise (two evaluations) in double blind conditions

Mélanges

Thematic groups of articles not included in the “Symposia and study days proceedings” section

40,000 to 50,000 characters including spaces and bibliography

Articles subject to assessment by publication editors (and, if necessary, external expertise)

Symposia and study days proceedings

40,000 to 50,000 characters including spaces and bibliography

Articles subject to assessment by publication editors (and, if necessary, external expertise)

Editorial process and stages of publication

  1. When an article is accepted, it is checked by the Bulletin’s editorial secretariat. If the presentation and formatting do not meet with the Bulletin’s editorial standards, it is returned to the author for modification.

  2. The editorial secretary will prepare the text and the layout of the articles. It may ask the author for additions and clarifications, make corrections to language, spelling, syntax, punctuation and headings, revise and complete index entries.

  3. Once the article has been prepared and laid out, a set of proofs is sent to the author by e-mail in PDF format. The author returns his or her corrections to the editorial office.

  4. The editorial secretariat will send the article with the author’s corrections for final external editing.

  5. A final set of proofs is sent in PDF format to the author for approval before the article is published online. Once an article has been published online, it can no longer be modified.

Downloadable documents (see Annex section below)

  • For authors:

    • Before submitting an article, check the ‘Instructions for authors’: https://journals.openedition.org/crcv/29065.

    • When an article is accepted, the author must return the signed copyright assignment contract to the journal secretariat.

  • For evaluators: The article evaluation form (Word) should be completed and returned to the journal secretariat.

Documents annexes

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