About the Journal

Focus and Scope

The e-journal Frammenti sulla Scena (online). Studies in Ancient Fragmentary Drama is the official scientific review of the Centre for Studies in Greek and Roman Theatre of the University of Turin.

The journal includes papers dedicated to the investigation of the literary, linguistic, philological, anthropological, philosophical, historical-archaeological and papyrological aspects of fragmentary Greco-Roman drama and of the minor theatrical traditions of the Mediterranean, as well as studies concerning permanence, fortune and exegesis of theatrical texts in ancient, late antique, Byzantine and early Christian times.

The purpose of this journal is to outline a new vision of the literary heritage represented by dramatic texts received in fragmentary form or known by indirect tradition.

The papers published in this journal are subject to a double-blind peer review and to the final judgment of the Scientific Committee, which certifies its validity in compliance with international scientific standards.

The journal is published annually. The papers sent to the Editorial board are published after passing the double-blind assessment. At the end of the year the Editorial board will set up the final number.

The journal is published by the Centre for Studies in Greek and Roman Theatre; scientific director Prof. Francesco Carpanelli, editorial directors Mattia De Poli, Andrea Giannotti and Francesco Paolo Bianchi.

Peer Review Process

All the papers received (see the page Call for Papers) will be subjected to double-blind peer review procedure in compliance with the international scientific standards: in case of a positive review from both reviewers (one of which is selected from the members of the Scientific Committee), the paper will be deemed suitable for publication; if the reviewers' opinions are differing, the decision will be left to the scientific director of the journal.

The referees, the Scientific Committee and the Editorial board pledge to guarantee, in the evaluation phase of each project, impartiality and confidentiality in the utmost respect of the authors and the product of their research.

TIMING AND ITER TO PUBLICATION

The paper is sent to the Editorial Board (following the rules mentioned in the CfP page, reachable from the main page).
The Editorial Board verifies the compliance of the contribution in relation to the target of the journal and the editorial rules (maximum time: 2 weeks). If the Editorial Board considers the contribution compliant, cf. 3 below; otherwise, the Editorial Board notifies the author of the changes to be made to the contribution before submitting it again (repetition of 1 above, maximum time: 1 week).
The contribution is submitted to two reviewers (covered by anonymity), who undertake to express an opinion in the manner indicated above (maximum time: 4 weeks).
The author receives the evaluation reports. In the case of a positive unanimous opinion, cf. 5 below; in the event of a joint negative outcome, the contribution is refused, subject to motivated notification to the author; in the event of conflicting opinions, the decisive judgment is expressed by the Scientific Director (maximum time: 1 week).
If the contribution is accepted without clauses, cf. 6 below; if the contribution is accepted with the imposition of some variations / modifications / insights, the author must do so and, finally, send the contribution back to the Editorial Board (maximum time: 4 weeks).
The Editorial Board assesses the actual satisfaction, by the author, of the requests expressed by the reviewers (maximum time: 2 weeks): if the article is compliant, cf. 7 below; if the article is not compliant, the Editorial Board sends it back to the author who has an additional week to make further changes and send the article back to the Editorial Board.
The Editorial Board prepares the first editorial drafts and sends it to the author (maximum time: 2 weeks).
The author indicates any corrections / changes / additions to be made to the drafts and sends the contribution back to the Editorial Board (maximum time: 3 weeks).
The Editorial Board prepares the second editorial drafts (maximum time: 2 weeks).
The author indicates any corrections / changes / additions to be made to the drafts and sends the contribution back to the Editorial Board (maximum time: 2 weeks).
The Editorial Board prepares the definitive document and publishes it on the jorunal website according to the frequency indicated in the Publication frequency section.
By December 31 of each year, the Editorial Boardaff prepares the whole volume with relative page numbers and index.

Publication Frequency

The journal is published annually; individual papers sent to the Editorial board are published (after passing the double-blind assessment) in August and December of each year. At the end of the year the editors will set up the final issue, accompanied by an index.

Open Access Policy

Based on the conviction that making research freely available enhances the exchange of knowledge at a global level, this journal will offer Open Access to its contents.

Frammenti sulla scena (online) is published under a Creative Commons Attribution CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

With the licence CC-BY-SA, authors retain the copyright, allowing anyone to donwload, reuse, re-print, modify, distribute and/or copy their contribution. The work must be properly attributed to its author.

It is not necessary to ask further permissions both to author or journal board.

Archiving

Frammenti sulla scena (online) believes that the long-term preservation of the published contents is an objective to pursue continuosly for maintaining the integrity of the research record. For this reason we adhere to PKP network.

Code of Ethics

Frammenti sulla scena is committed to the highest publication standards. The prevention of publication malpractice is one of the important responsibilities of the editorial board. The Code describes Frammenti sulla scena policies for ensuring the ethical treatment of all participants in the peer review and publication process. Frammenti sulla scena Editors, Guest Editors, Reviewers and Authors are encouraged to study these guidelines and address any questions or concerns to the editorial team.

These guidelines apply to all manuscripts submitted to Frammenti sulla scena, and may be revised at any time by the Editor-in-Chief and the Board. The following duties outlined for editors, authors, and reviewers are based on the COPE – Core practices, https://publicationethics.org/core-practices (accessed July 2020).

Duties of Editor in Chief (Editor) and Guest Editor(s)

Editor/Guest Editor(s) are responsible for the content of the journal and for ensuring the integrity of all work that is published in it.

Publication Decisions: The Editor/Guest Editor(s) have the right to make the final decision on whether to accept or reject a manuscript with reference to the significance, originality, and clarity of the manuscript and its relevance to the journal.
Review of Manuscripts: Frammenti sulla scena follows a double-blind review process, whereby Authors do not know Reviewers and vice versa. The Editor/Guest Editor(s) are responsible for securing timely, independent and anonymous peer review from suitably qualified reviewers who have no disqualifying competing interests, of all manuscripts submitted to the journal. The Editor/Guest Editor(s) are responsible for ensuring that the journal has access to an adequate number of competent reviewers. Reviewers will be acknowledged by the journal at the end of each year.
Fair Review: The Editor/Guest Editor(s) and their editorial staff must ensure that each manuscript received by Frammenti sulla scena is reviewed for its intellectual content without regard to sex, gender, race, religion, citizenship, etc. of the authors.
Confidentiality of submitted material: The Editor/Guest Editor(s) and the editorial staff will ensure that systems are in place to ensure the confidentiality and protection from misuse of material submitted to the journal while under review and the protection of authors’ and reviewers’ identities and will themselves take all reasonable steps to preserve the confidentiality of authors’ and reviewers’ identities.
Disclosure: The Editor/Guest Editor(s) should ensure that submitted manuscripts are processed in a confidential manner, and that no content of the manuscripts will be disclosed to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, as appropriate.
Conflicts of Interest: The Editor/Guest Editor(s) should excuse themselves from considering a manuscript in which they have a real or potential conflict of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, financial or other relationships or connections with any of the Authors, companies or institutions connected to the manuscript.
Authority: The Editor in Chief must have ultimate authority and responsibility for the Journal. The Editor-in-Chief should respect the Journal’s constituents (Readers, Authors, Reviewers, Guest Editors, Editorial Staff), and work to ensure the honesty and integrity of the Journal’s contents and continuous improvement in journal quality.

Duties of reviewers

Fair reviews: Reviewers should evaluate manuscripts objectively, fairly and professionally. Reviewers should avoid personal biases in their comments and judgments and they should express their views clearly with supporting arguments. Reviewers must provide substantiated and fair reviews. These must avoid personal attack, and not include any material that is defamatory, inaccurate, libellous, misleading, obscene, scandalous, unlawful, or otherwise objectionable, or that infringes any other person’s copyright, right of privacy, or other rights.
Confidentiality: Information regarding manuscripts submitted by authors should be kept confidential and be treated as privileged information. Reviewers should not discuss the manuscript with anyone other than the Editor/Guest Editor(s), nor should they discuss any information from the manuscript without permission.
Acknowledgement of Sources: Manuscript reviewers must ensure that authors have acknowledged all sources of data used in the research. Any kind of similarity or overlap between the manuscripts under consideration or with any other published paper of which reviewer has personal knowledge must be immediately brought to the Editor/Guest Editor(s)’s notice.
Timeliness: In the event that a reviewer feels it is not possible for him/her to complete review of manuscript within stipulated time then this information must be communicated to the Editor/Guest Editor, so that the manuscript could be sent to another reviewer.
Right of refusal: Reviewers should refuse to review manuscripts: a) where they have provided written comments on the manuscript or an earlier version to the Author, b) in which they have any conflicts of interest resulting from collaborative, financial, institutional, personal, or other relationships or connections with any of the companies, institutions, or people connected to the papers.
Complain: Any complaint relating to the journal should, in the first instance be directed towards the Editor-in-Chief of Frammenti sulla scena.

Duties of Authors

Originality: Authors must ensure that no part of their work is copied from any other work, either authored by themselves or others and that the work is original and has not previously been published in whole or substantial part. The author should not submit concurrent manuscripts (or manuscripts essentially describing the same subject matter) to multiple journals.
Authorship of the Paper: Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to conception, design, execution or interpretation of the reported study. Others who have made significant contribution must be listed as co-authors. The author should ensure that all co-authors have affirmed the final version of the paper and have agreed on its final publication.
Plagiarism and Self-Plagiarism: All work in the manuscript should be free of any plagiarism, falsification, fabrications, or omission of significant material. Plagiarism and Self-Plagiarism constitute unethical publishing behaviour and are unacceptable. Frammenti sulla scena reserves the right to evaluate issues of plagiarism and redundancy on a case-by-case basis.
Acknowledgement of Sources and Conflict(s) of interests: The author should indicate explicitly all sources that have supported the research and also declare any conflict(s) of interest.
Data Access and Retention: The author should provide raw data related to their manuscript for editorial review and must retain such data.
Timeliness: Authors should be prompt with their manuscript revisions. If an Author cannot meet the deadline given, the Author should contact the Frammenti sulla scena Managing Editor as soon as possible to determine whether a longer time period or withdrawal from the review process should be chosen.
Fundamental Errors in Published Works: The author should promptly inform the Editor/Guest Editor(s) of any obvious error(s) in his or her published paper and cooperate earnestly with the Editor-in-Chief in retraction or correction of the paper. If the Editor-in-Chief is notified by any party other than the author that the published paper contains an obvious error, the author should write a retraction or make the correction based on the medium of publication.