In the course of 2023, JJAR published two volumes:
Volume 4
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Gilad Itach |
The Diachronic Archaeological Record of Ancient Yehud: From the Late Chalcolithic to Modern Times |
1–41 |
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Daniel Vainstub |
Incense from Sheba for the Jerusalem Temple |
42–68 |
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Karolina Hruby, Shay Bar, and Danny Rosenberg |
Why Painted? The Decorated Stone Tools from Fazael 4, an Early Bronze Age I Site in the Jordan Valley |
69–86 |
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Yosef Garfinkel |
Early City Planning in the Kingdom of Judah: Khirbet Qeiyafa, Beth Shemesh 4, Tell en-Naṣbeh, Kirbet ed-Dawwara, and Lachish V |
87–107 |
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Dvir Raviv, Scott Stripling, and Yoav Farhi |
New Findings from the Acrabat Toparchy and the Northern Border of Judea before and after the Great Revolt |
108–136 |
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Gideon Hadas |
From Where Did the Romans Breach into Masada? |
137–154 |
Volume 5: Spatial Digital Archaeology and History in Israel
Guest editors: Avraham Faust and Gideon Avni
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Avraham Faust, Gideon Avni, and Alex Altshuler |
Spatial Digital Archaeology and History in Israel |
1–6 |
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Maayan Zhitomirsky-Geffet and Yuval Krymolowski |
Integrating GIS and Semantic Web Technologies as a Next Step in the Evolution of Spatial Digital Humanities |
7–21 |
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Avraham Faust and Roni Shweka |
LISROP: A New Platform for the Spatial Analysis of Massive Archaeological and Historical Information (a Work in Progress) |
22–43 |
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Gideon Avni, Alex Altshuler, Tsafra Siew, Liat Weinblum, Tal Ulus, and Ronnie Ellenblum |
The Ronnie Ellenblum Jerusalem History Knowledge Center: Conceptual Framework and Implementation |
44–57 |
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Avraham Yoskovich, Or Rappek-Kroyzer, Yanir Marmor, Sarel Levi, and Eyal Ben-Eliyahu |
ALMA Digital Atlas of the Ancient Jewish World: An Introductory Essay |
58–75 |
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Joseph Partrich and Leah Di Segni |
A Digital Corpus of Early Christian Churches and Monasteries in the Holy Land: Objectives and Structure |
76–100 |
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Noah Hysler Rubin |
Digitizing Urban Heritage: The Digitization of Jerusalem’s Architectural Archives |
101–120 |
JJAR’s regular issue received 16 manuscript submissions during 2023. Of these, three were published (18.8%), three are pending—two have been returned to authors for revision (12.5%), and one is currently under review (6.2%)—six have been rejected following review (37.5%), and four were rejected at the editors’ discretion (25.0%). All in all, the journal’s acceptance rate is 18.8%–37.5%.
Five of the 16 manuscripts (31.2%) were submitted more than once: Two were initially rejected but invited to resubmit, and three followed a revise and resubmit decision. Of these, two were accepted and published, and three were rejected.
Fourteen of the 16 manuscripts submitted in 2023 were initially found severely wanting and unfit for publication in their submitted form: six under the editorial board’s discretion alone and eight following unfavorable reviews. Of these, six were resubmitted, four were found suitable for review, and two were accepted for publication.
The duration between submission to publication ranged between four and seven months.