Pandemos. Rivista di scienze umane, politiche e sociali is a yearly peer-reviewed open-access academic journal, that provides a free forum for scholarly debate, where the globality and the complexity of the human experience can be observed from different angles, in line with an epistemological-methodological perspective of commitment to multidisciplinarity, multiculturalism and multidimensionality.
Call for Papers
Submissions for V. 3 (2025) must be sent to Pandemos. Rivista di scienze umane, politiche e sociali from January 1, 2025, through this journal website only, as indicated in the main menu under the item «Submissions» (https://ojs.unica.it/index.php/pandemos/about/submissions).
The Editor-in-Chief and the Editorial Board shall, within 15 days upon receipt, verify any such submission meets the scientific standards and the scopes and themes of Pandemos – the wide range of disciplines in the humanities and political and social sciences – and communicate the outcome to the submitting Author.
If felt to be suitable for publication, submissions for section 1 «Focus» (full researched articles on a specific topic to be chosen from time to time by Pandemos, maximum length 70.000 characters with notes and spaces, minimum 15.000), and submissions for section 2 «Researches and studies» (full researched articles on any topic included in the journal’s agenda, maximum length 70.000 characters with notes and spaces, minimum 15.000), will be moved into the review process by two double-blind Reviewers (at least one external to the Scientific Board), who are appointed by the Editor-in-Chief and the Editorial Board for their expertise, experience and reliability. This second stage shall be completed – via the same OJS platform at UNICApress – within a period no longer than 5 weeks, at the expiration of which the final outcome (published with no or minor changes; published with the following comments that should be addressed; needs to be revised and resubmitted; rejected) shall be communicated by the Editor-in-Chief and the Editorial Board to the submitting Author.
If felt to be suitable for publication, submissions for section 3 «Interventions» (shorter researched articles on any topic included in the journal’s agenda, maximum length 15.000 characters with notes and spaces, minimum 6.000), and submissions for section 4 «Reviews» (reviews of books that can be of interest to the humanist and the political and social scientist, maximum length 6.000 characters with notes and spaces, minimum 2.000), will be published with no external review.
Pandemos also includes a section 5 «Lab», devoted to young graduates who, approaching research for the first time, aim to submit one project they wish to develop in the humanities and political and social sciences. The proposal is chosen and approved by the Editor-in-Chief and the Editorial Board, following recommendation from two qualified scholars (at least one external to the Scientific Board).
Pandemos is an annual journal.
This call for papers is valid for the whole of the year 2025. Submissions received in time, and accepted according to the rules above mentioned, will be published when ready following the online first procedure. Submissions received out of time will be rescheduled for the next issue, V. 4 (2026).