Open Quaternary stands in solidarity with those who are currently fighting for justice and reform around the world. We recognise that academia does not exist separately from the societal frameworks and institutions that have perpetuated these racial injustices.
Academic research, the institutions that support it, and its publication outlets must strive to reflect and perpetuate the positive changes these protests are working towards. Making Quaternary Science more open, inclusive and diverse was one of the founding principles of Open Quaternary. We will therefore continue to strive to improve the diversity of our Editorial Board, and we wish to emphasise that Open Quaternary does, and will always, warmly welcome submissions from BIPOC authors.Posted on 15 Jun 2020
We're very happy to announce that Open Quaternary has been accepted into three of the specialist collections within Clarivate Analytics' Web of Science database. All of our published content will now appear in:
Posted on 26 Jul 2019
The recent publication on hyena fossils from the artic (Tseng et al. 2019) has been covered in great detail on mainstream press coverage. To list a few:
- New York Times
- CNN
- The Smithsonian
- National Geographic
- ScienceNews
- cbc
- Discover Magazine
- The Daily Mail
- Gizmodo
- Radio Canada
- Vice
Read the full publication at http://doi.org/10.5334/oq.64
Posted on 19 Jun 2019
We're very happy to announce that Open Quaternary is now indexed in Scopus, with a CiteScore of 2.0. This puts the journal in the 95th and 94th percentile for Archaeology and Anthropology journals, respectively.
Posted on 18 Jun 2019
After the success of the 2018 photo competition, we're happy to announce that this year's competition is now open for submissions.
We would love it if you could send us photos from your summer fieldwork, labwork, or research project. Photos can be informative, attractive, funny etc (or a combination of them all), so long as they relate in some way to the subject area of the journal. We want to know what our readers, authors & reviewers are up to this year.
To submit a photo, simply post your picture on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter with @OpenQuaternary and #OQSummer included within the message. We will then share all the best pictures via our social media profiles.
We will announce the overall winner of the competition in October. Finalists will be selected by the editorial team, which will then go to a public vote to find the winner. Winning images will be presented on the Open Quaternary journal site, along with a biography of the winner and the project that is being displayed. As well as providing great photos, we hope this will also give your own works a little additional coverage. View last year's winner at https://www.openquaternary.com/about/photo-comp/.
The competition is now open, with submissions considered until 1st October 2019.
Posted on 30 May 2019
Open Quaternary is looking for submissions for inclusion in our early 2019 volume. The broad scope of the journal covers all Quaternary science, including (but not exclusively) paleoecology, paleolimnology, geomorphology, palaeoclimatology, palaeobotany, palynology, vertebrate and invertebrate palaeontology, zooarchaeology, geoarchaeology, biological anthropology and Palaeolithic archaeology.
We also invite special collection proposals and guest editors to publish themed collections of articles in the second half of 2018. Should you have a suggested theme, conference proceedings, or existing collection of research output then please get in touch.
We welcome submissions via our journal website. See Author Guidelines for further information. Alternatively, please contact the journal editors at editor@openquaternary.com for more information.
Poster: Should you wish to help distribute our call for papers, it is available to download as a poster.
Posted on 26 Oct 2018
Open Quaternary ran a photo competition during the summer of 2018, asking for readers to send in photos from summer fieldwork/labwork/research projects. We received some lovely images (see our social media accounts for the full list), but we're happy to announce that the winner was Sujay Bandyopadhyay and his image from Sandy Point Bar, West Bengal, India.
Visit the competition page to view the image, along with more information on Sujay's project.
Posted on 09 Oct 2018
Open Quaternary are happy to announce a summer photo competition. We would love it if you could send us photos from your summer fieldwork/labwork/research project. Photos can be informative, funny, pretty etc etc, so long as they relate to the subject area of the journal.
To submit a photo, simply post your picture on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter with @OpenQuaternary and #OQSummer included within the message. We will then share all the best pictures via our social media profiles.
Each month we will announce which image we think is best from the past 30 days. We will also announce the overall winners of the competition in October, where the winning images will be presented on the Open Quaternary journal site, along with a biography of the winner and the project that is being displayed. As well as providing great photos, we hope this will also give your own works a little additional coverage.
The competition is now open, with submissions considered until 1st October 2018.
Follow our social media platforms for updates on the competition.
Posted on 01 Jun 2018
Description
Open Quaternary is an international peer-reviewed venue for contributions that consider the changing environment of the Quaternary, as well as the development of humanity. This scope is intentionally broad, and covers a range of specialisms such as geomorphology, palaeoclimatology, palaeobotany, palynology, vertebrate and invertebrate palaeontology, zooarchaeology, geoarchaeology, biological anthropology and Palaeolithic archaeology.
We are now looking to increase our Editorial Board, with the aim of widening the depth and breadth of expertise to ensure that all areas of Quaternary science are adequately covered. We invite all interested individuals to submit their details for consideration.
The main role of a board member is to act as an advocate of the journal and help advance submissions and reputation, as well as provide occasional help in the processing or reviewing of submissions. We encourage Editorial Board members to proactively network and promote the journal, think creatively about new ways of attracting interest, and solicit content from colleagues where appropriate. The role is structured to have minimal workload, but may occasionally include:
The current Editorial team can be viewed at https://www.openquaternary.com/about/editorialteam/
Whilst we are looking to expand the Editorial Board in all areas, we are especially keen to recruit individuals with research areas in the below disciplines:
We are particularly keen to expand our editorial board to include more representatives from non-anglophone countries, and to increase editorial board diversity. We particularly encourage applications from women, black and minority ethnic, and LGBTQ+ researchers.
Application
Applications should be submitted no later than 31st May 2018.
To apply, please send us your current affiliation and title, research interests, and up to 10 selected publications from last 4 years. Please send your application to editor@openquaternary.com.
Feel free to contact us should you wish to discuss the role prior to completing the application.
Posted on 22 Mar 2018
Open Quaternary is open for submissions. The broad scope of the journal covers a range of specialisms such as paleoecology, paleolimnology, geomorphology, palaeoclimatology, palaeobotany, palynology, vertebrate and invertebrate palaeontology, zooarchaeology, geoarchaeology, biological anthropology and Palaeolithic archaeology.
We are also inviting proposed special collections and guest editors to publish themed collections of articles in the second half of 2018. Should you have a suggested theme, conference proceedings, or existing collection of research output then please get in touch.
We welcome submissions via our journal website. See Author Guidelines for further information. Alternatively, please contact the journal editors at editor@openquaternary.com for more information.
Poster: Should you wish to help distribute our call for papers, it is available to download as a poster.
Posted on 21 Mar 2018
Open Quaternary is now looking for submissions for the 2017 volume. The broad scope of the journal covers a range of specialisms such as paleoecology, paleolimnology, geomorphology, palaeoclimatology, palaeobotany, palynology, vertebrate and invertebrate palaeontology, zooarchaeology, geoarchaeology, biological anthropology and Palaeolithic archaeology.
We are also inviting proposed special issues and guest editors to publish a themed collection of articles in the second half of 2017. Should you have a suggested theme, conference proceedings, or existing collection of research output then please get in touch and we can discuss the options available. Themes can have a wide or narrow focus, so long as they fit with the scope of the journal.
Open Quaternary publishes articles as soon as they are ready, thus ensuring authors do not experience unnecessary delay to their publication. All submissions are subjected to double blind peer-review, which has been shown to decrease gender bias in publication. The journal is published 100% open access, and has received over 48,700 page views since its launch.
We accept online submissions via our journal website. See Author Guidelines for further information. Alternatively, please contact the journal editors at editor@openquaternary.com for more information.
Poster: Should you wish to help distribute our call for papers, it is available to download as a poster.
Posted on 12 Oct 2016
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Posted on 07 Jul 2016
Open Quaternary is accepting submissions for a range of disciplines relating to Quaternary science. The broad scope of the journal covers a range of specialisms such as paleoecology, paleolimnology, geomorphology, palaeoclimatology, palaeobotany, palynology, vertebrate and invertebrate palaeontology, zooarchaeology, geoarchaeology, biological anthropology and Palaeolithic archaeology.
We accept online submissions via our journal website. See Author Guidelines for further information. Alternatively, please contact the journal editors at editor@openquaternary.com for more information.
Funding information: If your research got funding under the EU’s Seventh Framework Programme for Research (FP7) you might be eligible to get the publication fee covered through the new FP7 Post-Grant Gold Pilot. For more information on this Pilot see its guidelines here: https://www.openaire.eu/goldoa/fp7-post-grant/pilot. The central funding request system is available here: http://goldoa-pilot.openaire.eu. Otherwise, many research funders and institutions now have open access funds available. Please ask your department, library or funder to check your eligibility (you may be surprised!). For more information on funding feel free to get in touch at editorial@ubiquitypress.com.
Posted on 09 May 2016
After a successful launch issue (and more in press), Open Quaternary is accepting submissions for the 2016 issue of the journal. As a fully open access journal publishing Quaternary science of all kinds (including original research, methods, and data papers), Open Quaternary features double-blind peer review and a low article processing charge of £250 ($500), with waiver options available for those without funds. Details are included below, but you can also visit www.openquaternary.com for more information. We accept submissions in the categories of research, methods, engagement, and data papers.
All back content can be viewed at http://www.openquaternary.com/articles/
Deadline 1st December 2015
We welcome articles from a range of disciplines relating to Quaternary science. The broad scope of the journal covers a range of specialisms such as paleoecology, paleolimnology, geomorphology, palaeoclimatology, palaeobotany, palynology, vertebrate and invertebrate palaeontology, zooarchaeology, geoarchaeology, biological anthropology and Palaeolithic archaeology.
Open Quaternary publishes one issue per year, with rapid publication as soon as articles are ready, thus ensuring authors do not experience unnecessary delay to their publication. All submissions are subjected to double blind peer-review, which has been shown to decrease gender bias in publication.
Article Processing Charges (APCs) have been kept to a minimum to ensure that the journal can operate while remaining low cost and fully open access. At £250 ($500) the APC is just 10-20% of some competitors. The journal is published by Ubiquity Press.
We accept online submissions via our journal website. See Author Guidelines for further information. Alternatively, please contact the journal editors at editor.oq@ubiquitypress.com for more information.
Funding information: If your research got funding under the EU’s Seventh Framework Programme for Research (FP7) you might be eligible to get the publication fee covered through the new FP7 Post-Grant Gold Pilot. For more information on this Pilot see its guidelines here: https://www.openaire.eu/goldoa/fp7-post-grant/pilot. The central funding request system is available here: http://goldoa-pilot.openaire.eu. Otherwise, many research funders and institutions now have open access funds available. Please ask your department, library or funder to check your eligibility (you may be surprised!). For more information on funding feel free to get in touch at editorial@ubiquitypress.com.
Posted on 08 Oct 2015
Introducing Open Quaternary
Open Quaternary is a fully open access, double-blind peer-reviewed journal, publishing contributions that consider the changing environment of the Quaternary as well as the development of humanity.
The journal focuses on all aspects of the Quaternary, with special regard to the ecological interactions of the genus Homo. This scope is intentionally broad, and covers a range of specialisms such as geomorphology, palaeoclimatology, palaeobotany, palynology, palaeontology, zooarchaeology, geoarchaeology, biological anthropology and Palaeolithic archaeology
Call for Papers
We are now accepting submissions for the launch of the journal.
We welcome articles from a range of disciplines relating to Quaternary science. The broad scope of the journal covers a range of specialisms such as geomorphology, palaeoclimatology, palaeobotany, palynology, vertebrate and invertebrate palaeontology, zooarchaeology, geoarchaeology, biological anthropology and Palaeolithic archaeology.
The editors welcome submissions of Research, Methods, Reviews, and Engagement papers, as well as encouraging Data publications. Data can also be deposited in the journal's Dataverse repository, allowing data to accompany research in a fully open format. For more information on paper papers, click here.
Open Quaternary publishes one issue per year, with rapid publication as soon as articles are ready, to ensure that research is available as soon as possible. All submissions are thoroughly peer-reviewed to ensure that the highest standards are met.
Submission deadline for inclusion in the launch issue: 30th November 2014.
Article Processing Charges (APCs) have been kept to a minimum to ensure that the journal can operate whilst sustainably remaining low cost and fully open access. The £250 APC is just 10-20% that of some competitors. We never expect authors to pay the APC, but that institutions or funding bodies will cover these costs. Your institution may already have a membership with the publisher to guarantee that funds are available. Full waivers are available for those without such funds available. For further details of the APC, please click here.
We accept online submissions via our journal website. See Author Guidelines for further information. Alternatively, please contact the journal editors for more information.
Posted on 29 Oct 2014