Peer Review Process

NDiF publishes two kinds of articles: reviewed scholarship, in the section of the journal labeled “Articles” and informal submissions for the “Notes” or “Letters” sections which are not refereed. All submissions will receive an initial response from the editor based on relevance to the mission of the journal, and on the clarity and completeness of presentation.When received, articles are reviewed for scholarly rigor as well as for relevance, clarity, and completeness. When an article has met the minimum standards for consideration, it is matched to resident experts in the topic or area of specialization for review. The review process at NDiF is designed not to eliminate articles from consideration but to assist scholars to meet the journal’s high standards for rigor and accessibility. Reviewers therefore have the option to remain anonymous or to make themselves available to their authors in a relationship of ongoing constructive criticism through to satisfactory conclusion of the project.  The initial review of submissions will yield a response in 5-8 weeks, and authors will be notified and kept informed by the editor about their manuscript's status and the ongoing process of review.  Upon the publication of an accepted article submission, all copyrights and reprinting permissions shall be retained by the submitting author(s); New Directions in Folklore requests (but does not strictly require) one year of exclusive publication rights.

Publication Frequency

At this time, New Directions in Folklore will be published bi-annually.  Should a greater influx of submissions abound, we intend to expand to a quarterly journal as demand arises.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides 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...

CLOCKSS system has permission to ingest, preserve, and serve this Archival Unit.