Editorial Process

TRIBELON accepts proposals for high-level scientific contributions, evaluated by an international scientific committee and subjected to a careful review and refereeing process. Contributions have to focus on issues of concern to the journal. The journal promotes the quality and transparency of the selection and review procedures for submitted articles. This selection and evaluation mechanism promotes the quality of contributions by supporting the updating and dialogue of scientific research. To ensure transparency, authors are required to specify funding sources and detail requirements for ethical research in the submitted manuscript (see Author Guidelines). All authors must confirm that they fit the definition of an author (see Authorship Guidelines), during submission.

Criteria for acceptance

TRIBELON Journal publishes research papers, review essays, interviews. The main criteria for acceptance of submitted work are originality, scholarly rigor, significance for further inquiry, quality of presentation, and consistency with the topic and approach of the section or of the call.

• Article submission: Scientific Director, Associate Director, in collaboration with the Editorial Team, checks the proposals to assess coherence and suitability to the journal issue, and accept or decline the article. The full text of the selected papers will start the process of double blind peer review.
• Double-blind review procedure: All articles – whether invited, in response to a call, or autonomously submitted – undergo a double-blind peer review process. The final decision on publication is taken by the Editorial and Scientific Board, on the basis of the peer review results. When submitting an article, authors are requested to place their name and affiliation on a separate page. Self-identifying citations and references in the article text should either be avoided or left blank when manuscripts are first submitted. Authors are responsible for reinserting self-identifying citations and references when manuscripts are prepared for final submission. The Board is committed to communicate to authors the results of the review process within four months from the article’s submission.

Authors must submit contributions that have not been published previously in other journals, nor in any other form of communication. TRIBELON considers articles published elsewhere as long as the authors assume full responsibility for the copyright terms, relieving TRIBELON any burden on it.

Open Access Policy

TRIBELON provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. The journal allows readers to read, download, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of its articles. It is not necessary to ask further permissions both to author(s) or journal board, although you are kindly requested to inform the Journal Board for every reuse of the papers.

Publication Frequency

The journal is published twice a year, in June and December.

Originality and plagiarism

The authors should ensure that the submitted work is entirely original and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others, that these have been appropriately cited or quoted. All forms of plagiarism constitute unacceptable unethical behavior.

Conflict of interest

A conflict of interest may exist when an author or his institution, a referee or a member of the Editorial Board has personal or financial relationships that may inappropriately influence their behavior, in terms of judgment, pressures or evaluations. This conflict may exist even if the individual believes that such relationships do not affect him. The Journal's Direction has the responsibility to handle any conflicts of interest in the best way possible - for example, through the system of double-blind review by anonymous referees - and the authors may be required to make a declaration in regard to the matter.

Corrections and Retractions

In accordance with guidelines from the Committee on Publication Ethics (where applicable), the Press handles different kinds of error. All articles have their proofs checked prior to publication by the author/editor, which should ensure that content errors are not present. Please contact the journal if you believe an article needs correcting.

Post-publication changes to the publication are not permitted unless in exceptional circumstances. If an error is discovered in a published article then the publisher will assess whether a Correction paper or Retraction is required. Visit our Correction Policy page for more information.

Articles and submissions processing charges

TRIBELON does not require authors to pay any article submission or processing charges when submitting an article for possible publication in the journal.