About the Journal

Focus and scope | Peer-review | Publication frequency | Open access | Archiving | Indexing | Sponsor | Journal history

Focus and scope

Romània orientale (OR) is a peer-reviewed open access journal that welcomes original contributions in all areas of Romanian Studies.

Aim of the Journal is to publish, first of all, high-quality linguistic, cultural and literary research focused on the Romanian “space”. Romània orientale publishes both scholarly essays (section "Contributions") and fragments of Romanian works translated into Italian (section "Reading proposals"). Periodically, RO also publishes thematic issues with the aim of integrating Romanian Studies into contemporary cultural and scientific debate. The languages of publication are all Romance languages and English.

Participation in Romània orientale is free. For submit an article please see Make a submission section.

Romània orientale, the Editors and the Publisher are not responsible for the ideas and opinions expressed by Authors, whose are solely responsible for the contents published in their papers.

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Peer-review process

Romània orientale adopts a double-blind peer-reviewed process for all papers.

La collaborazione è subordinata all’invito da parte della rivista, sulla base di precisi metodi e criteri di referaggio. I criteri di valutazione adottati riguardano: l’originalità e la significatività del tema proposto; la coerenza teorica e la pertinenza dei riferimenti rispetto agli ambiti di ricerca perseguiti dalla rivista; l’assetto metodologico e il rigore scientifico degli strumenti utilizzati; la chiarezza dell’esposizione e la compiutezza d’analisi.

The peer review process is managed with the R.O.SA Service platform. The Editorial Staff will not process manuscripts sent via e-mail.

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Pubblication frequency

Romània orientale publishes one volume per year.

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Open access policy

Romània orientale is an open-access journal, not requiring any subscriptions or reading costs. The Journal does not charge the Authors any processing and publication costs (article processing charge – APC).

From volume 36/2023, Romània orientale fully adopts the Sapienza Online Journals service - Riviste Online SApienza (R.O.SA) - policy on copyright and open access.

Until issue 35/2022, the papers were published in print under a paywall (with an embargo of 18 months) and authors transferred coypright to Publisher. The archive of the Journal will be publish online with an open license.

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Archiving

Romània orientale fulfills the Italian Law on legal deposit providing print copies at the National Central Libraries of Rome and Florence. For digital preservation purposes, the Journal fully adopts the Sapienza Online Journals service - Riviste Online SApienza (R.O.SA) - policy on long-term preservation.

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Indexing & abstracting

Romània orientale is indexed in Catalogo italiano dei periodici (ACNP), European Reference Index for the Humanities and Social Sciences (ERIH PLUS), MIAR and EBSCO.

Romània orientale è collocata da Anvur (Agenzia nazionale di valutazione della ricerca universitaria), in fascia “A” per tutti i settori concorsuali dell’area 10, e nello specifico 10/A1 (Archeologia), 10/B1 (Storia dell’arte), 10/C1 (Musica, teatro, cinema, televisione e media audiovisivi), 10/D1 (Storia antica), 10/D2 (Lingua e letteratura greca), 10/D3 (Lingua e letteratura latina), 10/D4 (Filologia classica e tardoantica), 10/E1 (Filologie e letterature medio-latina e romanze), 10/F1 (Letteratura italiana), 10/F2 (Letteratura italiana contemporanea), 10/F3 (Linguistica e filologia italiana), 10/F4 (Critica letteraria e letterature comparate), 10/G1 (Glottologia e linguistica), 10/H1 (Lingua, letteratura e cultura francese), 10/I1 (Lingue, letterature e culture spagnola e ispano-americane), 10/L1 (Lingue, letterature e culture inglese e anglo-americane), 10/M1 (Lingue, letterature e culture germaniche), 10/M2 (Slavistica), 10/N1 (Culture del Vicino Oriente, del Medio Oriente e dell’Africa), 10/N3 (Culture dell’Asia centrale e orientale).

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Sponsor & sources of support

Romània orientale is owned by Sapienza Università di Roma, published by Sapienza Università Editrice (SUE) with the contribution of the University. The Journal is promoted by the Department of European, American and intercultural studies of Sapienza Università di Roma.

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Journal history

Romània orientale (RO) was founded in 1988 by Luisa Valmarin. In 2023 RO became an open access journal and is currently working on making the archive available online with an open license.

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