About the Journal
Focus and Scope
DigitCult@Scientific Journal on Digital Cultures is an international academic journal that publishes articles under the Diamond Open Access model, which undergo double-blind peer review.
The journal aims to highlight international research and present the current debate on digital culture, technological innovation, and social change. DigitCult, taking into account the increasingly pervasive diffusion of digital cultures and their social impacts, intends to study the processes of transformation and innovation within different disciplinary traditions, also in relation to the design of new digital models, both in the field of Social Sciences and Media Studies as well as in that of Library and Information Science and Digital Humanities. DigitCult aims to discuss key issues in both theoretical and empirical research.
Digitcult is structured into two sections: a monographic section and a miscellaneous section.
The monographic section is dedicated to specific themes and brings together contributions that address the same topic from different theoretical and methodological perspectives.
The miscellaneous section, on the other hand, features works not tied to a specific call for papers. All articles published in both sections undergo a peer-review process using a double-blind review system.
DigitCult has the ISSN number 2531-5994. A DOI is assigned to each paper.
Single articles and full issues can be freely downloaded in PDF format from the Web platform.
The articles are published under a Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0).
There are neither paper submission charges nor processing charges for authors.
The journal is currently published by Milano University Press, the digital, open-access publishing house of the University of Milan, following earlier publication by Aracne Editrice (Vol. 1, No. 1, 2016 – Vol. 6, No. 1, 2021) and tab edizioni (Vol. 7, No. 1, 2022 – Vol. 10, No. 2, 2025).
DigitCult is indexed in the world's largest open-access database: DOAJ, the Directory of Open Access Journals. The official website on DOAJ is https://doaj.org/toc/2531-5994. The journal is also indexed in Google Scholar.
Frequency of publication
The journal is published every six months, two issues per year.
Open Access Policy
DigitCult follows the Diamond Open Access model. Articles are published under a Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
Committees
The journal’s governing bodies (Editor-in-Chief, Scientific Committee, Editorial Board, Editorial Staff) are renewed whenever a member steps down from their position.
There are no limits on the number of consecutive terms for these positions.
Members of these bodies are selected based on their professional qualifications, without discrimination on the basis of gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, language, age, nationality, or political affiliation.
Submission Languages
Digitcult accepts submissions in the following languages: Italian, English.
Peer-Review Process
All submissions to the journal undergo a preliminary evaluation by the Editorial Board, aimed at assessing their consistency with the journal’s scientific scope and objectives, as well as compliance with the basic scientific and editorial requirements. Only manuscripts that successfully pass this initial screening are admitted to the review process.
Articles are subject to a double-blind peer review process, involving at least two anonymous reviewers.
In order to ensure a timely publication process, reviewers are generally requested to complete their evaluations within an indicative period of one month.
The average time it takes to publish an article, from the start of the peer review process, is six to twelve months.
On the basis of the reviewers’ reports, the Editorial Board determines the final decision, which may result in the acceptance of the manuscript (with or without revisions), a request for revision and resubmission, or the rejection of the submission.
Pre-print and post-print Policy
The author has the right to distribute the work—whether as a pre-print, a post-print, or the published version—on their own website or through an institutional or subject-specific repository, under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license
(Note: preprint = pre-review version; postprint = final text after review, not formatted for publication)
Article Processing and Submission Charge
This journal does not have article submission charges nor article processing charges (APCs).
Archiving
The journal has enabled the PKP PN (Preservation Network) plugin, in order to preserve digital contents through LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) project.
Copyright Policy
The author allows DigitCult@Scientific Journal on Digital Cultures the right to publish for the first time the work within 1 (one) year from the submission, and the perpetual right to distribute the work free of charge by any means. Authors retain full copyright over their articles without any restrictions. The Author, according to the Publisher, renounces to any forms of compensation provided to authors and publishers for not for profit reproduction rights in accordance to the National law in force.
