Focus and Scope

The Journal accepts unpublished scientific contributions in Italian, English, Spanish and French.

The journal embraces the thematic field of the artistic production spanning from the  3/4th century to the contemporary age. The interest area is the history of art, conservation, enhancement and restoration of cultural heritage. Particular attention will be given to studies that deal with aspects related to museology and to the themes of the enhancement of cultural heritage. From the geographical point of view the area of choice will be the Mediterranean one, intended both as a physical geographical space and as a cultural term of comparison for studies that deal with aspects common to other areas and relations of cultural and material interchange. Particular attention will also be given to studies dealing with aspects related to the museology, to the restoration of monuments, to issues related to the enhancement of cultural sites. The journal aims to encourage, in the areas identified above, the historical-artistic research on the Mediterranean area, with an opening also to other territories, presenting itself as a container for exchange and comparison not only among the members of the academic community but, overcoming national boundaries, between the different academic communities and civil society.

 

Peer Review Process

A member of the editorial staff, to check that it complies with the journal purpose and the issues peculiar to the editorial line, will first read every contribution submitted for publication. If this has the basic quality requisites, two more reviewers at least will read it, according to the double procedure. 

 

 

Publication Frequency

ABside is a yearly journal.

 The call for papers announced in the homepage lasts for the whole year span (practically it never expires). The articles in the journal, divided by sections activated or not according to the submissions, will actually be added and gradually published on the portal as soon as they are submitted, accepted for the publication, laid out, included in the current year’s volume and then edited in their final form.  

 The closing of the yearly volume will take place within 31st December every year. 

Open Access Policy

ABside will not charge any fees for the submission or the peer review of any article (Article Processing Charge).

This journal provides an open access to its contents, thinking that making research available to the public improves the exchange of knowledge at a global level.

The licence adopted credits third parties to duplicate, distribute, communicate and exhibit to the public, represent, implement, and perform the work, provided the author and the journal are cited; the reference licence is the Creative Commons Attribution - Non derivatives 4.0 International.

 Once published a contribution, ABside will have the right to re-publish it partially or entirely as a reprint or a monographic issue, both in an electronic version or in a hardcopy one. 

Editor’s policies on the copyright & self-archiving SHERPA/RoMEO

Indexing

ABside is indexed by the following abstracting and indexing services:

No Article Processing Charge (APC)

ABside does not apply any article processing charges (APC) or article submission charges (ASC).

 

 

Archiving

ABside is experimenting the National legal deposition and long-term digital preservation service. / Magazzini digitali.Within the project the persistent identifier NBN (national bibliographic number) is assigned to each article.

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