Forum navale is the journal of the Swedish Society for Maritime History, with the aim of contributing to the field of maritime history, especially Swedish, in all maritime related matters. The journal accepts scientific articles, which are subjected to double-blind peer review, as well as popular science articles. Learn more >>
About the Journal
Forum navale is the journal of the Swedish Society for Maritime History. The journal’s aim is to contribute to the field of maritime history, especially Swedish, in all maritime-related matters. The journal’s target readership is researchers and the interested public.
Forum navale accepts scientific articles, which are subject to double-blind peer review, as well as popular science articles. It also features book reviews of recent books within the scope of the journal, as well as commentaries on maritime art, documents, symbols and artifacts. Articles, reviews, and commentaries for publication in Forum navale should be written in Swedish or English. Forum navale is classified as a level 1 journal according to the Norwegian Register.
PEER-REVIEW PROCESS
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.
Articles are peer reviewed. Essays, notices, and reviews are not peer reviewed.
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 4 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.
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.
