ARV means heritage. ARV. Nordic Yearbook of Folklore presents our mental heritage, folklore, as the foundation of our culture, our patterns of interaction and our world view. Folklore, i.e. popular poetry, belief and custom, is an important identity factor for every nation in historical as well as recent times.
Reading ARV keeps you in touch with recent Nordic folklore and neighbouring disciplines. Recent thematic issues have included magic and witchcraft, memory and culture, and museums and heritage policies.
The journal’s target readership is academics, teachers and local historians.
All submitted manuscripts are first assessed by an editor who decides whether the manuscript is suitable to be sent for peer review.
Manuscripts deemed suitable for further review are sent to two or more experts who are tasked with highlighting the manuscript's general and specific merits and shortcomings.
The journal uses a double-blind review procedure before acceptance/rejection of manuscripts, which means that authors and reviewers are anonymous throughout the review process.
The review process is expected to take 6-8 weeks but may vary.
Based on the review, the editor then compiles a recommendation to a) accept the manuscript for publication b) ask the author to revise the manuscript or c) reject the manuscript.
The overall publishing responsibility rests with the journal's editor-in-chief, who has a qualified editorial board for support in various issues regarding the publication of individual manuscripts, the journal's development, etc.
Original articles are externally peer-reviewed, but essays and book reviews are approved by the editors without external peer review.
In cases where a manuscript’s author is in some way associated with the editorial team, they will be removed from all editorial tasks for that article. An independent editor will be tasked with organizing the peer-review process. The author's affiliation with the journal will also be indicated in the final publication of the article.
The journal accepts manuscripts that have previously been uploaded for review as preliminary versions, on personal websites, presented at conferences, or made available through other informal communication channels. However, authors must hold copyright for the text in question. Authors are also encouraged, when available, to include links to previous versions of the article in the final version of the article published in the journal.
Duplicate publication, also called "redundant publication" or "dual publication", is not permitted. This refers to the publication of the same article in more than one journal or to the publication of a document that is substantially similar to one already published without reference to the original publication.
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ARV is published once a year, generally in the fourth quarter. Volumes are available online and in print. Subscription to the print edition of the journal costs SEK 230 (SEK 115 for students).
ARV. Nordic Yearbook of Folklore does not charge any publication fees.
About the Journal
ARV means heritage. ARV. Nordic Yearbook of Folklore presents our mental heritage, folklore, as the foundation of our culture, our patterns of interaction and our world view. Folklore, i.e. popular poetry, belief and custom, is an important identity factor for every nation in historical as well as recent times. The journal’s target readership is academics, teachers and local historians.
Arv is published by The Royal Gustavus Adolphus Academy for Swedish Folk Culture.
ARV. Nordic Yearbook of Folklore | ISSN (Online) 2002-4185 | ISSN (Print) 0066-8176
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