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 «Enthymema» presents unpublished works as well as translations of major international essays in these disciplines.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

Starting in 2026, Enthymema will only publish monographic issues resulting from calls for papers organised by the Editorial Board and Scientific Committee of Enthymema or by external parties, or selected from proposals received.

Proposals for monographic issues must be submitted for selection via the website one year in advance of the planned publication date (December or June), indicating the title, table of contents, and abstracts of each article, for a maximum of 10 articles in addition to the introduction.

A maximum of three articles not related to the monographic theme may be considered for each issue.

Translations, reviews, interviews, and conference reports will continue to be accepted as usual, even in monographic issues.

Proposals received before 1st December 2025 will be evaluated for the last miscellaneous issue of June/July 2026.

 

Open Access Policy

To promote the dissemination of knowledge and the scientific debate, «Enthymema» offers open and immediate access to its contents. Publication in «Enthymema» is free of charge for authors and their institutions.

Publisher copyright policies & self-archiving (by RoMEO/SHERPA)

 

Journal: Enthymema [1] (ISSN: 2037-2426) [started 2009]
RoMEO: This is a RoMEO green journal
Listed in: DOAJ as an open access journal
Author's Pre-print: author can archive pre-print (ie pre-refereeing)
Author's Post-print: author can archive post-print (ie final draft post-refereeing)
Publisher's Version/PDF: author can archive publisher's version/PDF
General Conditions:
  • Publisher's version/PDF may be used, publisher prefers archiving of Publisher's version/PDF
  • Published source must be acknowledged
  • Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License
Mandated OA: (Awaiting information)
Copyright: Example Policy
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Published by: Università degli Studi di Milano (University of Milan): Enthymema [University Publisher] - Green Policies in RoMEO
For: Università degli Studi di Milano, Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia [Imprint] - Suggest to RoMEO
Guidance: Please see the list of Publisher Categories in RoMEO for guidance on interpreting the priority of multiple publishers.

 

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.