B@belonline is a peer reviewed and full open access philosophy journal with an annual issue. It adheres to the coordination of Italian Philosophy Journals and is included in the ANVUR list of scientific journals. It was established in December 2000 following a proposal of Francesca Brezzi and with the support of the entire group of moral philosophers at the University of Roma Tre. It consists of a central monographic body, B@bel’s Theme, each time different and with its own editor, who coordinates and collects the various essays, chosen either through a call for papers or by invitation to contribute addressed to the leading scholars of the chosen theme. It then has eight sections with different editors: Open Space, Women’s Fan, Philosophy and…, Images and Philosophy, B@bel Garden, To the Edge of the Day, B@bel goes to School, Books and Events.

Since its beginning, the journal has woven a network of national and international relationships, with the aim of contributing to building a European space of culture and promoting philosophical research.

The very title B@bel, recalling the biblical event of the shattering of an original language and the dissemination of signs and interpretations, indicates the programmatic lines: plurivocity and prismaticity, as it combines a high level of specialization with an interdisciplinary set-up, aimed at fostering dialogue, in a project of open epistemology, understood as listening and paying attention to different logics and different cognitive experiences. The aim of the journal is to rethink the fundamental questions of philosophy, in particular ethics and difference thinking, starting from a positive declination of the limit, avoiding marginalization and striving for a sharing as the only possibility of communication between human beings.

 

ISSN print 1974-8558

ISSN online 2531-8624

 

PUBLICATION ETHICS:

The Editor adopts internationally shared practices and asks the journal's editorial staff to verify their application. It accepts only original publications - written in compliance with copyright laws and not submitted simultaneously to other journals for evaluation - that follow high editorial standards.

In addition, in collaboration with the Editorial Staff, the Editor promotes and monitors the use of peer-review as a method of selecting articles and essays.

It promotes independent research, condemns copyright infringement and plagiarism.

Together with the Editor, it also undertakes to correct any errors found in published articles or, where necessary, to withdraw them. Finally, it declares itself open to all forms of promoting culture and research, including Open Access for publications.

 

PEER REVIEW PROCESS:

The articles received undergo an initial review to assess their correspondence with the aims of the journal. In case of positive evaluation, a double blind-review process is activated. A co-editor is identified from the Scientific Committee and the Journal’s Editorial Board.  Two external reviewers are appointed, to whom the article is sent for evaluation. The reviewers’ opinions are communicated to the author by the editors/editors of the issue together with the decision taken by the Editor-in-Chief. After acceptance of the article for publication, the secretariat contacts the author to define the aspects of the final editing.

 

PUBLISHING SCHEDULE:

The periodicity of the magazine is annual.

 

REVENUE SOURCES:

The journal is funded by the Department of Philosophy, Communication and Performing Arts of Roma Tre University. No contribution is required from authors to submit or publish articles.