Open Access Policy, Copyright, and Article Processing Charges
Symbolon Journal is available to readers online without financial, legal or technical restrictions, based on the manuscript content integrity maintenance principle. Except otherwise noted, the content of the journal uses a Creative Commons 4.0 CC BY license for the manuscript usage rights, which permits any use, reproduction, distribution, print, and citation of the work as long as the authors are credited. The complete bibliographical data of Symbolon Journal must also be indicated. If possible, please also place a link leading to the original publication.
Copyright of articles belongs to the authors.
Symbolon does not charge authors any kind of publication fees or article processing charges.
Symbolon publishes Special Issues to highlight focused themes of current academic relevance in the fields of theatre, performance, music, film, and media studies. These issues provide a platform for in-depth exploration of specific topics, enabling the journal to support emerging research areas, interdisciplinary dialogue, and scholarly collaboration across institutions and countries.
All policies that apply to regular issues equally apply to special issues. In addition, special issues follow supplementary procedures to ensure transparency, academic integrity, and editorial oversight.
Special issues are initiated either internally by the editorial board based on strategic topics or through external proposals submitted by qualified guest volume coordinator(s).
External proposals must include:
- clearly defined theme and rationale;
- A list of potential contributors;
- A timeline for submission, review, and publication;
- Short CVs of the volume coordinator(s), demonstrating academic expertise in the topic area.
The Special Issue is supervised by volume coordinator(s) in close coordination with the editor-in-chief. While volume coordinators oversee the thematic and academic development of the issue, the editor-in-chief retains ultimate responsibility for editorial quality and ethical compliance.
