Submissions
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.- The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
- The submission file is in Microsoft Word document file format.
- Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
- The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
- The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
- If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.
Articles
Standard peer-reviewed articles of max. 9000 words (including references, captions and notes), please see Author guidelines
Articles go through double-blind peer-review, please note that while we aim for timely publications, review process may take up to 9 months.
Essays
Critical essays of max. 3000 words, please see Author guidelines
Essays go through editorial review prior to publication and may be desk rejected.
Interviews
Reviewed by editor-in-chief.Book Reviews
Non-refereed Book Reviews of max. 1500 words, please see Author guidelinesShortcuts
Short non-refereed commentary pieces of max. 1500 words (e.g. response to a published article, or a short commentary on current affairs etc.) see Author guidelinesVisual Essays
Reviewed by editor-in-chief.
Copyright Notice
Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal, for non-commercial purpose, no derivatives are permitted. (Please not that this license has been used since 1.10.2018 and will be used in the future. Articles published between 1.1.2017-and 30.9.2018 are licensed under CC BY license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).
Privacy Statement
The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.
This privacy policy describes how UiO collects and uses personal data in FRITT. The policy contains information to which you are entitled when collecting information (Personal Data Act - GDPR Article 13, 1) and general information on how we handle personal data (Personal Data Act - GDPR Article 5, 1).
About FRITT
FRITT is a publishing service for researchers and the academic community at UiO who want to start peer-reviewed Open Access journals, or convert existing journals to Open Access.
The purpose of the service
The publication service FRITT stores peer-reviewed articles for researchers and the academic environment at UiO and some personal data is also stored.
This personal data is collected:
- Name
- Phone
- E-mail address
- Address
No sensitive personal data is stored. The personal information is manually registered.
Visitor statistics
Various actions (search, search function, etc.) are compiled and registered in order to use statistics. This is done in such a way that no data can be traced back to each individual user.
Exchange with third parties
Information about articles published in FRITT is hosted by the third party system, like Google and CrossRef (https://www.crossref.org/). Of personal information, only author names are shared.
Security measures
Login and authentication
System users and participants in editorial processes need to log in to FRITT. Users are authenticated as local users.
Securing the information
All data traffic in and out of FRITT is encrypted over HTTPS. Administrator user information is stored in a closed database internally in the application.
Your rights
Your rights with respect to the right to access, correct and erase, as well as the contact points for these, are described in UiO’s privacy policy.
Data controller
In accordance with the Personal Data Act, section 2(4), the Director of the University bears overall responsibility for controlling personal data (see the University of Oslo’s privacy policy).
Changes to the privacy policy
The University of Oslo Library reserves the right to make changes to the privacy policy at any time. Any such changes will apply from the moment the updated privacy policy is published on this website.
Further details about privacy policy of this journal are available here: https://www.ub.uio.no/english/about/privacy-policy/