About the Journal

Focus and Scope

The scientific journal Acta Neophilologica is the journal of Slovenian experts and English-speaking, German-speaking and French- and Italian-speaking literary historians that publishes scientific studies in the field of Western-European, American and other literatures in English. The journal pays special attention to the problems from the history of cultural and especially literary and theatre contacts between Slovenia and Western-European literatures, as well as the problems of Slovenian emigrant literature. The articles are published in the world language (English, German, French, Italian) the literature of which the author analyzes, the abstracts are written in a foreign language and the summaries in the Slovenian language.

All articles are refereed before being accepted or rejected. Manuscripts will not be returned unless they are commissioned. Computed-printed copies must be double-spaced and new paragraphs should be printed with an indention. Articles must have an accompanying abstract and key-words. Literature used should be prepared in the alphabetical order of authors. The views expressed in articles should in no way be construed as reflecting the views of the publisher. Articles submitted for consideration should be sent only electronically via the journal platform, with a short abstract (in English). Articles should be of no more than 5,000 words long. For format and style authors should follow the MLA Handbook. Authors who wish to have their articles published in the next issue of AN should send their manuscripts to the editor no later than 1 May each year.

Peer Review Process

The journal accepts international articles and all the contributions will be subject to the double-blind system by the reviewers particularly qualified. In addition to the articles proposed for publication, the journal will be open to feature also one or more contributions that are deemed highly important by the editorial board.

Publication Frequency

Acta Neophilologica is published one issue per year.

Open Access Policy

This is a diamond open-access journal which means that all content is freely available online without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access. The journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public promotes a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Article Processing Charges

The journal Acta Neophilologica does not charge authors or any third party for publication. Both submission and processing of manuscripts, and publication of articles are free of charge. There are no fees for publishing materials. There are no: "article processing charges" (APCs), "article submission charges", "membership fees" or "language editing fees". We do not charge authors for having colour photos or extra pages in their articles. There are no hidden costs whatsoever.

Abstracting and Indexing

The articles of Acta Neophilologica are indexed/reviewed in the following databases/resources:

  • Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
  • COBISS.si
  • dLib.si
  • MLA International Bibliography
  • ERIH PLUS
  • Internationale Bibliographie der Zeitschriftenliteratur
  • DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Scopus
  • Sherpa Romeo
  • CNKI
  • EuroPub

Sources of Support

Journal Acta Neophilologica is supported by:

Journal History

Acta Neophilologica is primarily oriented in promoting scholarly articles on English and American literature, on other literatures written in English as well as on German and Romance literatures. Its first volume was published in 1968.