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Focus and Scope
Ecozon@ is a journal devoted to the relatively new field of literary and cultural criticism called ecocriticism. Ecocriticism can be broadly defined as the study of the representations of nature in cultural texts, and of the relationship between humans with other earth beings and their environment as seen in cultural manifestations. Ecozon@ is one of the very few academic journals specifically devoted to ecocriticism, an exponentially growing field, akin to the more recently developing area of environmental humanities, and the only one to accept submissions in several languages.
Its principal aim is to further the study, knowledge and public awareness of the connections and relationship between literature, culture and the environment. As a virtual space, it provides a site for dialogue between researchers, theorists, creative writers and artists concerned with and by the environment and its degradation. Its pages are open to contributions on all literatures and cultures, but its special mission is to reflect the cultural, linguistic and natural richness and diversity of the European continent.
Research contributions are subject to double-blind peer review, and are accepted in five languages (English, Spanish, French, German and Italian), in order to increase visibility and broaden the participation of scholars who are not part of the English-speaking world. Ecozon@, in addition to publishing original research articles, also publishes book reviews which are peer reviewed and creative writing and visual arts which are reviewed by the editorial board. Publication is open to scholars and creators interested in ecocriticism from around the world. We recommend membership of EASLCE to our contributors and readers, but it is not a requirement for either.
Ecozon@ is currently indexed in MLA, OAI, DOAJ, ERIH PLUS, Latindex, Dialnet, EBSCO, CROSSREF, and EBUAH, the institutional repository of the University of Alcalá.
Section Policies
Articles: General Section
Editors
- Axel Goodbody
- Heather Sullivan
Open Submissions
Indexed
Peer Reviewed
The Future of Ecocriticism
Editors
- Imelda Martin Junquera
Open Submissions
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Peer Reviewed
Towards a European and Transnational Ecocriticism
Editors
- Imelda Martin Junquera
Open Submissions
Indexed
Peer Reviewed
Creative Writing and Arts
Editors
- Damiano Benvegnù
Open Submissions
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Peer Reviewed
Book Reviews
Editors
- Astrid Bracke
- Maria Isabel Perez Ramos
Open Submissions
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Peer Reviewed
Literary Landscapes and the National Imaginary
Editors
- Imelda Martin Junquera
Open Submissions
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Peer Reviewed
Special Focus: Greening across Borders: the Natural Environment in a Globalized World
Editors
- Imelda Martin Junquera
Open Submissions
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Peer Reviewed
Ecospirit: Religion and the Environment
Editors
- Carmen Flys Junquera
- Axel Goodbody
Open Submissions
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Peer Reviewed
Writing Catastrophes: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Semantics of Natural and Anthropogenic Disasters
Open Submissions
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Peer Reviewed
The Invention of Eco-Futures
Editors
- Imelda Martin Junquera
Open Submissions
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Peer Reviewed
Green Countercultures
Open Submissions
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Peer Reviewed
Mediterranean Ecocriticism
Editors
- Carmen Flys Junquera
- Axel Goodbody
- Serenella Iovino
- Imelda Martin Junquera
Open Submissions
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Peer Reviewed
Northern Nature
Editors
- Carmen Flys Junquera
- Axel Goodbody
- Diana Villanueva-Romero
Open Submissions
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Peer Reviewed
European New Nature Writing
Editors
- Roman Bartosch
- Carmen Flys Junquera
- Imelda Martin Junquera
Open Submissions
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Peer Reviewed
Translating Environmental Humanities
Editors
- Carmen Flys Junquera
- Axel Goodbody
- Imelda Martin Junquera
Open Submissions
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Peer Reviewed
Artistic Ways of Understanding and Interacting with Nature
Editors
- Roman Bartosch
Open Submissions
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Peer Reviewed
Articles: Animal Humanities
Editors
- Roman Bartosch
- Imelda Martin Junquera
Open Submissions
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Peer Reviewed
Articles: Urban Ecologies
Open Submissions
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Peer Reviewed
Articles: South Atlantic Ecocriticism
This section accepts articles specifically addressing the topic announced.
Open Submissions
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Peer Reviewed
Articles: Green Computer and Video Games
Open Submissions
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Peer Reviewed
Articles: Population, Ecology and the Malthusian Imagination
This section accepts research articles specifically addressing the topic announced.
Editors
- Hannes Bergthaller
Open Submissions
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Peer Reviewed
Articles: Mythology and Ecocriticism: A Natural Encounter
Editors
- Margot Lauwers
- Imelda Martin Junquera
- Francisco Molina-Moreno
- Christopher Schliephake
- Louise Squire
- Adele Tiengo
Open Submissions
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Peer Reviewed
Articles: Toward an Ecopoetics of Randomness and Design
This section accepts research articles specifically addressing the topic announced.
Editors
- Franca Bellarsi
- Judith Rauscher
Open Submissions
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Peer Reviewed
Ecological In(ter)ventions in the Francophone World
Accepts scholarly articles related with the topic specified in the Call for Papers.
Editors
- Anne Rachel Hermetet
- Stephanie Posthumus
Open Submissions Indexed
Peer Reviewed
Cultures of Climate
Editors
- Eva Horn
- Solvejg Nitzke
Open Submissions
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Peer Reviewed
Peer Review Process
The articles found in the special focus and general sections are double blind peer reviewed by international external reviewers. Generally each article is submitted to 2 reviews and often, when in doubt, a third review is requested. Reviewers are asked to evaluate the originality of the argument, its strength, coherency and grasp of previous critical literature on the topic, the methodology used and its clarity, as well adequate referencing. The reviewing process can takes around 3-4 months, in addition to a second round of reviews, if needed. Reviewers are acknowledged in the Autumn issue each year.
Detailed Reviewer Guidelines can be found here.
Open Access Policy
Ecozon@ is published according to the Green Open Access scheme, in which both publication and access to full papers is free. We provide immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
Archiving
This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...
Publication Frequency
This journal is published twice a year, in Spring (May 1st) and Autumn (November 1st).
Publisher
Ecozon@ is published by the University of Alcalá.
Sponsors
Ecozon@ is sponsored by the European Association for the Study of Literature, Culture and Environment (EASLCE), and the Ecocritical Research Group, GIECO and Franklin Institute, both at the University of Alcalá.
Journal History
Ecozon@ was founded in 2010 as a joint initiative of GIECO (Ecocritical Research Group in Spain) and EASLCE (European Association for the Study of Literature, Culture and Environment) and is published by the University of Alcalá as of 2014. 2014 also marked a significant change from a small Advisory board, mostly of EASCLE members, to a large internationally reputed and interdisciplinary Advisory Board.
The founding editorial board consisted of Carmen Flys (Editor in chief), Axel Goodbody (Associate Editor), Imelda Martin and Margarita Carretero (Managing Editors), Isabel Hoving (Creative Writing and Arts Editor), Hannes Bergthaller (Book Review Editor) and Irene Sanz (Secretary). In our fifth year, 2014, Margarita Carretero and Isabel Hoving were substituted by Diana Villanueva and Serenella Iovino, respectively. At the same time, Roman Bartosch joined the team as Assistant Editor. At the end of 2016, Imelda Martin and Roman Bartosch stepped down and Lorraine Kerslake came on board as Managing editor. Ecozon@ also expanded the number of assistant editors to four, one for each language: Margot Lauwers, Louise Squire, Christopher Schliephake and Adele Tiengo. In 2018 we welcomed Damiano Benvengu as the new Creative Writing and Arts Editor as Serenella Iovino stepped down. In 2019, Hannes Bergthaller,who has been with Ecozon@ since its founding as Book Review Editor, stepped down and Astrid Bracke and M. Isabel Perez joined the board as the book review editor and assistant editor, respectively. With the Autumn Issue of 2020 Ecozon@ celebrated its tenth anniversary with a special issue of essays and a new design for the homepage. Coinciding with this anniversary, our founding Associate Editor, Axel H. Goodbody stepped down as well as Managing Editors Diana Villanueva and Lorraine Kerslake and Assitant Editor Christopher Schliephake. Heather Sullivan joined the editorial team as Associate Editor and Gala Arias as Managing Editor.