About the Journal
Muse. Journal of Music, Art, Dramaturgy, Dance, and Design is the digital academic journal of ANDA, the National Association of AFAM Teachers. Published annually, it is an open-access journal subject to double-blind peer review. Its title evokes a comprehensive conception of the arts as embodied by the Muses of ancient Greece, thereby delineating its broad disciplinary scope: the full range of subjects within the arts. The journal welcomes original contributions on scientific and artistic research across all historical periods, spanning multiple fields of study and methodological approaches. It also aims to offer theoretical and practical tools for arts education, fostering new research paths. Particular attention is devoted to transdisciplinary approaches.
Journal Overview
Focus and Scope — The journal seeks to encompass the full disciplinary and transdisciplinary range of the arts, welcoming original contributions in scientific and artistic research across all historical periods, spanning multiple fields of study and methodological approaches. It also aims to offer theoretical and practical tools for arts education, fostering new research paths.
Muse is organised into three sections, each defined by distinct aims and criteria for the selection of contributions:
Essays — This section publishes original research articles addressing any field of the arts or related scientific disciplines. Articles are submitted by authors and selected by the Editorial Committee in accordance with the journal’s scholarly profile. All articles undergo a double-blind peer-review process.
Interventions — This section features contributions selected at the discretion of the Editorial Committee (Editorial Board) and regarded as especially relevant to ongoing theoretical, methodological, or institutional debates in the arts. Interventions may present critical perspectives, transdisciplinary reflections, or innovative and creative approaches to the dissemination of artistic and scientific research.
Reviews — This section is devoted to the review of books, publications, research outputs, or artistic works of recognised scholarly and cultural importance within the national and international research context.
Review Process — Contributions submitted through a Call for Papers undergo an initial evaluation by the Editorial Committee. If a submission is found to be consistent with the journal’s scholarly profile, it is then sent to two external referees for assessment under a double-blind peer-review procedure, in which both the reviewers and the author remain mutually anonymous. The referees evaluate the originality of the submission, its scholarly and disciplinary relevance, the robustness of the methodology, the adequacy of the bibliography, the correctness of terminology, and the quality of the argumentation. If revisions are deemed necessary, the author will be required to implement the requested changes. Where major revisions are requested, the revised submission will be assessed by a third referee, who will make the final decision on publication.
Publication Frequency and Costs — Muse is an annual journal. No article processing charges (APCs) or subscription fees are applied.
CC Licence — Muse is published under a Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Endogeneity — The share of published research articles authored by a member of the Editorial Committee or by a reviewer must not exceed 25% across the last two published issues. Articles written by members of the Editorial Committee are ensured a review process that complies with the Code of Ethics and is free of conflicts of interest. Any author’s membership in the journal’s bodies is explicitly indicated in the full text or in the article’s metadata.
Anti-Plagiarism Measures — Editors are required to act promptly in cases of actual or suspected errors or misconduct by authors, whether affecting published contributions or those still under review. In cases of error, fraudulent publication, or plagiarism identified in published articles or during the publication process, appropriate measures will be taken in accordance with the recommendations and guidelines of COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics). Corrections will be made with appropriate visibility, including the publication of an erratum (errors in the publication process), a correction (author errors), or, in the most serious cases, the withdrawal of the relevant work. Withdrawn documents will remain available online and will be clearly identified as withdrawn in all online versions, including the PDF, in order to ensure transparency for readers.
Rights Statement — The author grants Muse the right of first publication and a perpetual right to distribute the work free of charge, in any format and worldwide, including its communication to the public via the journal’s website. The author retains the right to create derivative works and to reproduce, distribute, perform, or publicly display the work for teaching, lectures, conferences, or presentations, as well as for other scholarly publications and professional activities, with due acknowledgement of the original place of publication. The author also retains the right to disseminate the work in open access, via a personal website or an institutional or disciplinary repository, from the time of publication, including pre-prints and post-prints, which may be distributed under the same Creative Commons licence adopted by Muse. The author waives, by agreement with the Publisher, any entitlement to remuneration provided for under applicable national legislation for non-profit reprographic reproduction and library lending.
Statement on Artificial Intelligence — Muse acknowledges the significance of developments in Artificial Intelligence and recognises the challenges and opportunities they present. Authors who have employed Artificial Intelligence tools in the preparation of a contribution, in the creation of images or graphic elements of the article, or in the collection and analysis of data are required to explicitly disclose such use, specifying the AI tool, its area of application, the search queries employed, and the date of use, in order to ensure reproducibility and verification. The author remains responsible for the accuracy and reliability of all published content and ensures compliance with the Code of Ethics and anti-plagiarism regulations. Authors who have made use of AI or AI-assisted tools must include, at the end of the manuscript, a paragraph entitled “Statement on Artificial Intelligence and AI-assisted Technologies”, containing the following information: “During the preparation of this work, the author(s) used [name of tool/service] on [dd/mm/yyyy], using the following search terms: [search terms], for the purpose of [purpose]. After using this tool/service, the author(s) reviewed and revised the content as necessary and assume full responsibility for the content of the publication.” Editors are not permitted to upload submitted manuscripts into Artificial Intelligence software, in order to avoid compromising privacy and copyright protection. Referees undertake not to use Artificial Intelligence tools in the evaluation of manuscripts, as the critical judgement and original assessment required for such activity fall outside the scope of this technology.
Open to all authors:
Muse is committed to openness and inclusivity in scholarly publishing without author-facing charges for reading or publishing. We welcome submissions from all authors, regardless of their institutional affiliation, geographical location, or academic status. Submissions only must align with the aims and scope of the journal and meet the required quality standards once the reviewing process is completed.
Community-owned:
Muse is owned by Milano University Press, a public institution/organisation dedicated to advancing research and scholarship. The journal’s ownership and governance structure reflect its mission to support open and accessible academic publishing. We confirm that any commercial service providers involved in our operations only deal with service-related aspects of journal publishing. All content-related aspects of publishing, such as submission, peer review, acceptance, publication frequency, and scope of the journal, are controlled by the editors / the owners of the journal.