About the Journal
History of the Magazine
The journal was founded in Lecce in 2001 on the initiative of a group of students of Domenico De Robertis and the publisher Pensa Multimedia. In the first years of its publication it benefited from a contribution from the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities granted to periodical publications of high cultural value. In 2004, the same publisher launched the 'Quaderni Per leggere' series, which has over twenty volumes of studies and commentaries to its credit. In 2006, the conference Per leggere i classici. Saggi di commento ai classici italiani, antichi e moderni, whose proceedings were published in issues 17 and 29 of the journal edited by Giovanni Bardazzi, Roberto Leporatti and Emilio Manzotti. On the occasion of the tenth anniversary, celebrated with a study day at the European University of Rome, the indexes of the first twenty issues were produced (Dieci anni di Per leggere. I generi della lettura, Atti della giornata di studio all'Università Europea di Roma. Indici della prima serie (nn. 1-20), edited by I. Becherucci, Lecce, Pensa Multimedia, 2011). In 2017 an anthology of commentaries and readings of works of the Italian literary twentieth century published in the journal was published by the publisher Loescher: To read the classics of the twentieth century, edited by Francesca Latini and Simone Giusti. From 2022 "Per leggere" will be published in open access digital format and in print format for subscribers.
Purpose and Scope of the Magazine
"Per leggere" is dedicated to the practices of reading, interpreting and sharing works of Italian literature, without chronological or methodological limits. The journal is aimed at people involved in research and teaching in university and school settings and publishes readings (lectiones), commentaries and critical editions of works from the Italian literary tradition. A specific section entitled "Dialogues" is reserved for literary relations and the comparison of texts, while the section "Around the text" hosts discussions and reflections on the main problems of commentary, edition and translation of works, advancing working hypotheses and solutions, suggesting readings and research paths. The "Chronicles", dedicated respectively to editions and commentaries and to school and university publishing, offer a practical working tool for readers, critics and teachers. The aim of the journal is to disseminate reading practices and strategies that draw on and renew the tradition of philological and critical studies.
'Per leggere' is classified by ANVUR as a Class A scientific journal for all the competition areas of Area 10 and is listed and indexed on Italinemo (https://www.italinemo.it/rivista/per-leggere/).
Guidelines for Revision
The editors receive the articles, if they are complete with the required information and correspond to the standards, and provide them anonymously to two anonymous reviewers, who complete the evaluation form directly via the web within the deadline. Only articles for which both reviewers give a positive opinion are accepted. The reviewers' opinions are communicated to the authors, together with indications for possible revision, with a request to make the indicated changes. Articles not modified according to the reviewers' instructions are not published.
SENDING A PROPOSAL
The journal welcomes unpublished papers on topics consistent with the aims of the association. All submitted articles will undergo an anonymous peer review process (double blind peer review).
The submission of contributions proposed for publication is done by uploading the file on the OJS platform and after registering as a user.
The document MUST BE ANONYMOUS, the name and affiliation of the authors must not appear next to the title, on the references or on their biographical notes.
Submissions must be sent in accordance with the editorial standards provided and, in case of inadequacy with the formal requirements, contributions will be rejected without being sent to the reviewers.
GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS
Organisation of publications
The issues of the magazine are published twice a year, in June and December. The deadlines for delivery are:
- 31 January for the June release;
- 31 July for the December release.
Editorial Standards
The journal publishes the following types of studies:
a) Main section: readings (lectiones), commentaries and critical editions of works from the Italian literary tradition.
b) Section 'Dialogues': essays dedicated to the comparison of works, intertextual analysis, translation criticism and rewriting practices.
c) Section 'Around the text': discussions and reflections on the main problems of commentary, edition and translation of works, with working hypotheses, solutions, research paths.
d) 'Chronicles' section: reviews mainly aimed at presenting new commentaries, critical editions and rewritings, or reporting on initiatives such as conferences and study days specifically dedicated to literary exegesis.
Below is the link to the Editorial Criteria download
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CODE OF ETHICS
"To Read' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal. Its activities are guided by the Code of Conduct for Publications prepared by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and addressed to editors, reviewers and authors.
DIRECTORS' DUTIES
Decisions on publication: the editors of the journal 'To Read' are responsible for deciding whether or not to publish the proposed articles.
Honesty: editors evaluate articles submitted for publication solely on the basis of the scientific merit of the content, without discrimination on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, nationality, political opinion of the authors.
Confidentiality: editors and team members undertake not to disclose information about articles submitted for publication to anyone other than the author, reviewers and editors.
Conflict of Interest and Declarations: editors undertake not to use in their research the contents of articles proposed for publication without the written consent of the author.
DUTIES OF AUDITORS
Contribution to editorial decision-making: peer-review is a procedure that helps editors make decisions on proposed articles and also allows the author to improve the contribution submitted for publication.
Adherence to time: any reviewer who does not feel adequate to the proposed task or who is unable to finish the evaluation of the proposed contribution in the allotted time is obliged to notify the directors in a timely manner.
Confidentiality: any assigned readings must be considered confidential. Therefore, these texts must not be discussed with other people without the explicit permission of the editors .
Objectivity: the peer-review must be conducted objectively. Any personal judgements on the authors of contributions are considered inappropriate. Reviewers are required to provide adequate justification for their judgements.
Presentation of the text: reviewers undertake to precisely indicate the bibliographical references of fundamental works that may have been overlooked by the author. The reviewer must also report to the editors any similarities or overlaps between the text received for reading and other works known to him.
Conflict of interest and statements: Information obtained during the peer-review process must be considered confidential and may not be used for personal purposes. The reviewer will not accept for reading articles for which a conflict of interest exists due to previous collaboration or competition with the author and/or his/her institution.
AUTHORS' DUTIES
Access and preservation: if the editors consider it appropriate, the authors of articles should also make available the sources or data on which the research is based, so that they can be retained for a reasonable period of time after publication and, if possible, be accessible.
Originality and plagiarism: authors are required to declare that they have composed an original work in its entirety, citing all the texts used.
Multiple, repetitive and/or competitive publications: the author should not publish articles that repeat the same research results in more than one scientific journal: the simultaneous submission of the same contribution to more than one scientific journal is considered ethically improper and reprehensible.
List of sources: the author should always provide the correct indication of sources and contributions mentioned in the article.
Literary authorship: literary authorship of the work should be properly attributed and all those who made a significant contribution to the design, organisation, implementation and revision of the research underlying the article should be named as co-authors. If other persons participated significantly in some stage of the research, their contribution should be explicitly acknowledged. In the case of co-authored contributions, the author submitting the text to the journal is required to state that he/she has correctly stated the names of all other co-authors, obtained their approval of the final version of the article and consent for publication in 'To Read'.
Conflict of interest and declarations: all authors are required to explicitly declare that there are no conflicts of interest that may have influenced their results or proposed interpretations. Authors must also indicate the funding agencies of the research and/or the project from which the article is developed.
Errors in published articles: when an author identifies a significant error or inaccuracy in his article, he immediately informs the editors of the journal and provides them with all the necessary information to list the relevant corrections at the end of the article.
