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Epoché: A Journal for the History of Philosophy

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

All submissions and editorial correspondence should be addressed to the editor:

Sara Brill, Editor
Epoché
Department of Philosophy
Fairfield University
1073 North Benson Road
Fairfield, Connecticut 06824

Tel. (+01) 203-254-4000, ext.2859
Email: [email protected]

Submissions may be sent email or by regular mail (electronic submission is preferred). Submitted manuscripts should contain a maximum of 6,000 - 8,000 words, and a complete submission for an article must include an abstract of 100-150 words.

Manuscripts should be submitted in Word format (.docx, .doc, .rtf) and prepared for anonymous review. If the manuscript is submitted by regular mail an electronic copy of the text on DVD is required. A complete submission includes a cover letter and appropriately formatted original manuscript.

The cover email letter should include:

  • Author(s) name(s) and academic affiliation(s)
  • Contact information, including email, phone number, and mailing address
  • ORCID iD links for each author (if available)
  • Confirmation that the manuscript is not currently under consideration by any other publication

Submitted manuscripts selected for peer-review will be processed as quickly as possible. Manuscripts may be accepted, conditionally accepted subject to revision (revise and resubmit), or rejected. The editorial team will make good faith efforts to explain its decisions to help authors benefit from the submission process.

Publication Agreement

Authors of manuscripts accepted for publication must complete a publication agreement that gives the journal permission to publish and preserve the author's work. There are two options:

The Standard publication agreement ensures publication in the journal in all formats, and confirms the author's right to reuse the manuscript in any other publication the author may write or edit. The journal's Open Access Archiving Policy applies to articles published with this agreement. No payment is required for submission or publication.

The Open Access publication agreement ensures publication with a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC-BY-NC) that gives everyone the unlimited right to copy, download or use the published version of the text for non-commercial purposes. This option is sustained by an open access publishing fee.

Epoché is published by the Philosophy Documentation Center. It is a non-profit publication.


Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

The editorial team of the Epoché is committed to ensuring the integrity of the publication process. Conformance to standards of ethical behavior is therefore expected of all parties involved: Authors, Editors, Reviewers, and the Publisher.

Authors should present an objective discussion of the significance of research work, as well as sufficient detail and references to permit others to confirm a chain of reasoning or experimental result. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable. Review articles should also be objective, comprehensive, and accurate accounts of the state of the art. The authors should ensure that their work is entirely original works, and if the work and/or words of others have been used, this has been appropriately acknowledged. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable. Authors should not submit articles describing essentially the same research to more than one journal. The corresponding author should ensure that there is a full consensus of all co-authors in approving the final version of the paper and its submission for publication.

Editors should evaluate manuscripts exclusively on the basis of their academic merit. An editor must not use unpublished information in the editor's own research without the express written consent of the author. Editors should take reasonable responsive measures when ethical complaints have been presented concerning a submitted manuscript or published paper.

Reviewers must treat received manuscripts as confidential documents. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviews should be conducted objectively, and observations should be formulated clearly with supporting arguments, so that authors can use them for improving the paper. Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse himself from the review process. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors or institutions connected to the paper.

The Publisher will respond to alleged or proven cases of research misconduct, fraudulent publication, or plagiarism in close collaboration with the editors. The publisher will ensure that appropriate measures are taken to clarify the situation and to amend the article in question if necessary. This may include the publication of an erratum, clarification or, in the most severe case, the retraction of the affected work. The publisher, together with the editors, shall take reasonable steps to identify and prevent publication of papers where research misconduct has occurred, and under no circumstances encourage such misconduct or knowingly allow such misconduct to take place.

Anyone who believes that the journal's submission, review, or publication process has not been carried out in line with these principles should raise their concern with the editor of Epoché or the director of the Philosophy Documentation Center. Concerns will be addressed promptly, following the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines where possible. Please note that appeals of editorial decisions should first be addressed to the editor.

Epoché encourages a constructive and mutually respectful tone in all correspondence.