About the Journal
Focus and Scope
The Deltion of the Christian Archaeological Society (Deltion) is an international peer-reviewed journal published annually by the Christian Archaeological Society (ChAE). As one of the most prominent journals in the field of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine art and archaeology, the Deltion has been publishing high standard studies on the aforementioned fields for more than hundred years. Faithful to this tradition, it focuses on original research articles on Early Christian, Byzantine and Post-Byzantine art and archaeology. Peer review, rigorous publication policies and procedures ensure the journal’s high quality.
Along with the journal’s printed version, the present electronic edition offers open access to a significant number of its past and current issues, taking advantage of the possibilities offered by the latest open source online technologies. The electronic edition aims to the intensification of research and the overall improvement of science. The journal’s print and online editions appear simultaneously every May, on the occasion of the Annual Symposium of the ChAE.
The electronic edition of the Deltion is published in collaboration with the National Documentation Centre, which offers consulting services on electronic publishing and on organizational aspects of the electronic edition, as well as the e-infrastructure, the hosting of the journal’s online version and technical support.
Peer Review Process
Submitted scholarly papers are evaluated on the basis of their subject-matter and contribution to scientific research in a double-blind peer-review process by two reviewers. In case of conflicting reviews, papers are sent to a third reviewer.
Publication Frequency
The Deltion of the Christian Archaeological Society is published on an annual basis as a single volume every May.
Collaborators in the transition to the online edition of the Deltion
Christian Archaeological Society: Sophia Kalopissi-Verti and Anastasia Drandaki assumed the overall coordination and supervision of the work. Pagona Papadopoulou assisted with composition and editing of texts. Poly Mougoyanni, Anna Takoumi and Kelly Tassoyannopoulou recorded the metadata and checked the quality of the digital files. Katerina Makrynikola offered administrative assistance and Vassilis Lambrou managerial assistance.
National Documentation Centre (EKT): Evi Sachini was the project lead and assumed generaL supervision. Victoria Tsoukala coordinated the process. Nikos Houssos was the technical lead and Rania Stathopoulou the Senior Developer. Panagiotis Stathopoulos was the technical lead of the development and operation of the IT infrastructure. Alexandros Soumplis was the Senior System’s Administrator and Crysostomos Nanakos the Senior Database Administrator.Yiannis Voulgarakis was responsible for the digitization, Theodoris Melachrinidis for digital processing and Dimitra Pelekanou for the graphic design. Ioanna Doutsou translated and edited texts.
Image Credits
Header: From a liturgical codex of the 17th c. Collection of the Christian Archaeological Society [ΧΑΕ 85 (6485), now in the Byzantine and Christian Museum of Athens, no. ΒΧΜ 01621], fol. 1v and 2r.
ePublisher
The National Documentation Centre (www.ekt.gr) is a national infrastructure. Since 1980, it actively engages in the collection, organization and dissemination of scientific and technological information in Greece and internationally. EKT’s strategic priority is the aggregation, organized online dissemination and preservation of quality-assured scholarly and educational content in a single research infrastructure.
EKT’s vision is “Access to Knowledge”. To this end it implements Open Access policies in research, supports the transfer and dissemination of scientific knowledge, collaborates with research, education and cultural institutions for the aggregation, organization and dissemination of digital content and provides innovative services in scientific information.
EKT provides reliable ePublishing services as part of its scholarly content aggregation and dissemination activities . Its integrated online ePublishing environment is developed with open-source interoperable technology. This affords the incorporation of EKT’s infrastructures into the continuously developing international infrastructure environment.
EKT’s ePublishing services (http://epublishing.ekt.gr/) are directed to public and extended public institution publishers of accredited scholarly journals. They include, most significantly, the organization, documentation and organized dissemination of metadata and content of scholarly journals, the training and consulting services on issues such as intellectual property, the standardization of editorial processes according to internationally accepted standards, the inclusion of content and metadata in international content indexers and harvesters via interoperable systems.
Sources of Support
The printed edition of the Deltion of the Christian Archaeological Society is sponsored by the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
The development of this online edition of the Deltion of the Christian Archaeology Society is possible through the project 'National Information System for Research and Technology, Phase IV - Social Networks', implemented by the National Documentation Centre (ΕΚΤ). It is financed by the program "Digital Convergence" of the National Strategic Reference Framework Programme for Development 2007-2013, co-funded by the European Union - European Regional Development Fund and the Greek State.
Journal History
The Deltion of the Christian Archaeological Society (Deltion) appeared in 1892 as the scientific periodical of the Christian Archaeological Society, founded in 1884. The first ten volumes published until 1911 form the first publication period of the journal. They were written almost exclusively by the then Secretary of the Society, George Lampakis, and included the Proceedings of the Society, descriptions of the acquisitions of the Byzantine and Christian Museum and references to the tours of Lampakis “around the Christian world”. Lampakis’s death in 1914 was followed by a discontinuation of the journal; publication resumed ten years later and for a period of only three years (1924-1927). This second publication period comprises four volumes, whose content was not confined anymore to the Proceedings of the Society, but also included relevant scientific contributions.
The third publication period of the journal comprises four volumes published from 1932 until 1938. They were entitled Proceedings of the Christian Archaeological Society and functioned as annexes to the journal Byzantinisch-neugrichische Jahrbücher, published by the President of the Society, Nikos A. Veis.
The most recent, fourth period of publication was inaugurated in 1959. Since then the Deltion appears on a steady basis and, after 2000, on an annual basis. The new issue is presented every May on the occasion of the Annual Symposium of the Christian Archaeological Society. Several volumes of the fourth period are dedicated to the memory of significant Greek and foreign scholars.
As of 2011, the Deltion is also published online in collaboration with the National Documentation Centre. Past issues, starting with the first volume of 1892, are being scanned and will gradually be available online in Open Access with a five-year moving wall. The five most recent volumes are available upon subscription.
The electronic edition of the Deltion has been implemented by the National Documentation Centre (EKT). EKT hosts and manages the online environment for the publication of the Deltion within its eInfrastructure and provides IT support and graphic design services. EKT’s ePublishing team offers services that concern the overall processes and the dissemination of the journal, such as the standardization of the publication procedures, digitization, standardized presentation and dissemination of the metadata. Common goals of both organizations are the dissemination, promotion and preservation of the scientific content of the Deltion, the increase of access to it and the open access of its content for research and educational purposes to the international scientific community.
