About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Ameghiniana is a bimonthly peer-reviewed journal that publishes original contributions to all aspects of Paleontology, focusing on the paleontology of Gondwana and the Southern Hemisphere.

Articles include the following disciplines: Anatomy, Systematics, Phylogeny, Paleobiology, Paleoecology, Paleobiogeography, Biostratigraphy, and Taphonomy. Studies on stratigraphy, paleoenvironmental reconstructions, and extant material will also be included when the conclusions have paleontological implications.

Review papers are also considered if they are focused on topics relevant to the journal's scope. Please get in touch with a member of the Editorial Team if you are interested in submitting a Review Paper.

Manuscripts must deal with original work and not have been submitted to other publishing media. The Editorial Board will not consider manuscripts in which the subject matter does not meet relevance or interest standards. They should also be self-contained and NOT parts of a series (Part 1, Part 2, etc.).

Types of manuscripts

Ameghiniana publishes three types of manuscripts, which differ in their scope:

  • Articles: Research and review papers, either short or long, are welcome. All manuscripts will have to be submitted as articles. From June 2021, there will be a waiver of printing costs for articles up to 35 printed pages (= up to 35 printed pages in the final galley proof).
  • Obituary Notes: Please get in touch with the Editor-in-chief for details.
  • Book Reviews: Please contact the Editor-in-chief for details.
  • Comment/Reply: Please contact the Editor-in-chief for details.

Ameghiniana no longer publishes Nomenclatural Notes as a separate type of manuscript. Nomenclatural Notes should be sent to the Publicación Electrónica de la Asociación Paleontológica Argentina (PE-APA), which is an electronic-only open-access journal without any publication costs. 

Editorial Review Process

Manuscripts will be subject to an initial revision of focus, format, and style by the Editor-in-chief according to the Ameghiniana Editorial Guidelines. Once the first revision is accomplished, a Scientific Editor is assigned based on its area of expertise. The assigned editor will invite at least two external peer-reviewers to evaluate the manuscript's scientific content.

Manuscripts will be rejected without editing if the Editorial Board considers that:
1. The subject matter lacks scientific relevance or interest, as the journal requires.
2. The Editorial Guidelines are not strictly met.
3. The manuscript has serious deficiencies in written English.

In the case of multi-authored papers, it is assumed that all the co-authors have endorsed its submission to Ameghiniana. All manuscripts will be sent to at least two reviewers, as determined exclusively by the Editorial Board.

Reviewed manuscripts requiring modifications by the author should be returned within three (3) months of notification by the Editorial Board. After this deadline, the system automatically withdraws the manuscript from the editorial process.
 

Publication frequency and published versions

Ameghiniana publishes six issues per year. Papers published in Ameghiniana are available in the following ways:

Online version - A PDF version of the papers published in Ameghiniana is accessible online via the following sources:

Ameghiniana website: This website contains a digital version of the entire history of Ameghiniana, which is available only to institutional subscribers and individual members of the Asociación Paleontológica Argentina.

The journal is also distributed electronically via:

BioOne is a non-profit organization that has provided access to multiple institutions of a digital collection of Ameghiniana since 2010. Please consult your institution regarding access to this journal via BioOne. Open Access option: Authors publishing in Ameghiniana can make their articles freely available on all the websites mentioned above.

Printed version - A printed version of the journal is sent to institutional subscribers and individual members of the Asociación Paleontológica Argentina. 

Other versions - Ameghiniana also posts PDFs of the uncorrected accepted manuscripts in a typeset form (i.e., postprints) a few days after their acceptance in the Future Issues section. These posted versions are preliminary and will change during production. These posted versions are removed once the paper is officially published. Manuscripts that contain new names and nomenclatural acts are not posted as postprints.

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Make your paper Open Access

Authors publishing in Ameghiniana can make their articles freely available online. Authors opting for Open Access must pay a fee of $300 (US dollars) to cover article-processing costs and to ensure the article is made open access. Please contact the Production Team after the acceptance of your manuscript if you are interested in making your article Open Access. This option implies, by default a license Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial-NoDerivs License (CC BY NC ND). If your funding institution requires a different licensing option, please communicate this to the Production Team after the acceptance of your manuscript.

English Grammar correction

Starting August 1st, 2017, the Editorial Board will evaluate if an accepted manuscript requires an English grammar correction. This service will be performed during the copyediting process once the manuscript has been accepted. The Asociación Paleontológica Argentina will cover the costs of this service if the first author is a member of the Association. Otherwise, the Editorial Production Team will contact the authors to coordinate payment for this service.

Code of Ethics

The Asociación Paleontológica Argentina has issued a Code of Ethics for its publications.