A typical peer-reviewed article will be between 7,000 and 10,000 wordds excluding tables, references, captions, footnotes and endnotes. Manuscripts that greatly exceed this will be critically reviewed with respect to length. Authors should include a word count with their manuscript.
All research articles appearing in Archives and Manuscripts undergo a rigorous peer review process, based on initial editor screening and refereeing by two anonymous referees.
Please ensure you have followed the guidelines for anonymising your submission.
Reflection articles undergo editorial review and potential authors are encouraged to contact the editor in the first instance to discuss their ideas (journaleditor@archivists.org.au).
Reflection articles should be no longer than 3000 words in length.
Manuscripts can be more reflective and/or speculative in tone than usually permitted for peer-reviewed articles.
Reflections articles can be written in less formal language using the first person. However, they should be of publication standard and intended for a professional audience.
The purpose of reflections is to record and further ideas of general interest to the archival profession. It is expected that some reflections will also be of interest to the scholarly community. Reflections can also develop case studies in archival practice, or report on and discuss developments of importance to the archival profession or sector in Australia. Conference papers may be published as reflection articles (peer-review papers will also be considered).
For reflections, endnotes are still encouraged, however fewer references are required than for peer-reviewed articles.
From 2022 (Volume 50) authors contributing to Archives & Manuscripts agree to publish their work under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. Authors retain copyright of their work, with first publication rights granted to A&M.
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About the Journal
Archives and Manuscripts is the professional and scholarly journal of the Australian Society of Archivists, publishing articles, reviews, and information about the theory and practice of archives and recordkeeping in Australasia and around the world. Its target audiences are archivists and other recordkeeping professionals, the academic community, and all involved in the study and interpretation of archives. Learn more >>
Metrics and Indexing
Archives and Manuscripts is indexed by Australian Public Affairs Information Services, Australian Education Index, Library and Information Science Abstracts, Historical Abstracts, Library Information Science & Technology Abstracts, SCOPUS, TOC Premier, the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) and is included on the Commonwealth Department of Education, Science and Training Register of Refereed Journals.
