About the Journal
Focus and Scope
«Enthymema»'s aim is to provide an arena for discussion and inquiry on the foundations of literary communication. The journal’s fields of interest are literary theory, literary criticism and philosophy of literature; by these definitions we intend the reasoning on grounds, issues, critical tools and methods in literary studies. «Enthymema» presents unpublished works as well as translations of major international essays in these disciplines. We welcome theoretical, critical and methodological papers, reviews, announcements of conferences and other events related to literary research.
Peer Review Process
Every proposal submitted for publication is read at least by an editor, for an initial review. If the paper agrees with editorial policies and with a minimum quality level, is sent to two reviewers for evaluation. «Enthymema» uses a double blind peer review. Our selection criteria are scientific relevance, solidity of argumentation and appropriateness to the journal’s aims and areas of interest. **Attention: Enthymema is a journal entitrely managed by volunteers and, given the great number of submissions received, the review process can take up to 6-8 months.**
Publication Frequency
Two numbers are published per year. Registered readers will be notified of any additional issues.
**Attention: New Enthymema programming
From April 2024 Enthymema will only publish one miscellaneous issue per year, in June/July. All the other issues, including the December issue, will from now on only be monographic/themed issues, and contributions will be accepted exclusively on a Call for Papers basis. Authors who would like to submit a contribution for a miscellaneous issue are invited to carefully consider peer-review, processing and publication times. Contribution proposals submitted after 18th April 2024 will be now reviewed for the June/July 2025 issue. This does not apply to book reviews, interviews and conference proceedings, which may also be included also in monographic/themed issues.
Open Access Policy
Publisher copyright policies & self-archiving (by RoMEO/SHERPA)
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Publication ethics
The publication ethics ruling Enthymema's activity can be found here.
Archiving
The University of Milan has an archival arrangement with the National Central Libraries of Florence and Rome within the national project Magazzini Digitali
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
Plagiarism
Editors have a duty to act promptly in case of errors and misconducts, both proven and alleged. This duty extends to both published and unpublished papers. In case such as errors in articles or in the publication process, fraudulent publication or plagiarism, appropriate steps will be taken, following the recommendations, guidelines and flowcharts from di COPE. Corrections will happen with due prominence, including the publication of an erratum (errors from the publication process), corrigendum (errors from the Author(s)) or, in the most severe cases, the retraction of the affected work. Retracted papers will be retained online, and they will be prominently marked as a retraction in all online versions, including the PDF, for the benefit of future readers.
iThenticate
The journal performs a Similarity Check on the submissions received, through iThenticate software.
Indexing
«Enthymema» is indexed by the following archives and databases:
ESCI – Emerging Sources Citation Index (Web of Science™ Core Collection)
ERIH - European Reference Index for the Humanities (ERIH)
BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine
DOAJ - Directory of open access journals
EZB - Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek - Universitätsbibliothek Regensburg
The Georgetown University Library
The University of Hong Kong Libraries
The National Library of Australia
