Publication Frequency

PANCHAL: International Journal of Archaeology & Cultural Heritage follows a triannual publication schedule, with three regular issues published every year. The publication framework is designed to support the timely, responsible, and consistent dissemination of scholarly research in archaeology, cultural heritage, conservation, history, and related interdisciplinary fields.

Publication Schedule & Frequency

PANCHAL follows a structured publication schedule to ensure continuity and consistency in scholarly publishing.

Publication Frequency: Triannual (Three Regular Issues Per Year)

Issue 1: January – April

Issue 2: May – August

Issue 3: September – December

The journal maintains an organized editorial, peer-review, and production process to ensure that manuscripts are evaluated, revised, accepted, and prepared for publication in accordance with established academic and publishing standards.

Manuscript Submission Cycle

PANCHAL accepts manuscript submissions throughout the year through its designated online submission system.

Each submitted manuscript undergoes an initial editorial assessment to determine its relevance to the journal's aims and scope, compliance with submission requirements, academic quality, originality, and suitability for further scholarly evaluation.

Manuscripts that successfully complete the preliminary assessment proceed through the journal's established double-blind peer-review and editorial decision-making process.

Editorial and Publication Workflow

The journal's publication process includes the following structured stages:

• Initial manuscript screening

• Scope and suitability assessment

• Plagiarism and originality assessment

• Double-blind peer review

• Reviewer comments and recommendations

• Author revision, where required

• Editorial reassessment of revised manuscripts

• Final editorial decision

• Copyediting and language review

• Metadata verification

• Formatting and production preparation

• Proof review and final verification

• Final publication processing

Publication Timeliness

PANCHAL recognizes the importance of maintaining a transparent and consistently implemented publication schedule.

Accepted manuscripts are processed for publication only after completion of the applicable editorial, peer-review, ethical, formatting, and production requirements.

The journal makes reasonable efforts to process manuscripts efficiently while ensuring that publication timelines do not compromise academic quality, research integrity, peer-review standards, authorship transparency, ethical compliance, or editorial independence.

Quality Assurance

Before publication, manuscripts may undergo appropriate quality-control procedures related to scholarly presentation, references, citation accuracy, manuscript formatting, authorship information, ethical declarations, metadata completeness, language quality, and other applicable publication requirements.

Where additional clarification, revision, correction, or documentation is required, publication may be deferred until the relevant requirements have been satisfactorily addressed.

Special and Thematic Issues

PANCHAL may publish special or thematic issues focusing on significant areas of archaeology, cultural heritage, conservation, heritage management, archaeological science, digital heritage, museums, historical studies, or other subjects relevant to the journal's scholarly scope.

Special issues are subject to the same editorial assessment, peer-review, research-integrity, and publication-ethics standards applied to manuscripts published in regular issues.

The publication of a special or thematic issue does not alter the journal's officially declared triannual publication frequency.

Publication Information Summary

Journal Title: PANCHAL: International Journal of Archaeology & Cultural Heritage

Journal Abbreviation: PANCHAL

Publication Medium: Electronic and Print

Publication Frequency: Triannual

Regular Issues Per Year: Three

Issue 1: January – April

Issue 2: May – August

Issue 3: September – December

Peer-Review Model: Double-Blind Peer Review

Access Model: Open Access

Journal Status: Active