Cinémas Revue d'études cinématographiques Journal of Film Studies

Managing editor(s): Viva Paci (Directrice) / Editor(s): Martin Bonnard (Directeur adjoint), Xavier Curtenaz (Assistant éditorial)

About

Presentation

Cinémas is a specialty journal primarily concerned with cinematographic studies and theoretical or analytical projects that embrace different approaches, methods and disciplines (aesthetics, semiotics, history, communications, human sciences, art history, etc.) likely to stimulate reflection. Particular attention is given to research into the changes underway with regard both to creative practices and theoretical discourse.

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Contact

Mailing address

Revue Cinémas
a/s Viva Paci, directrice
École des médias, Université du Québec à Montréal
Case postale 8888, succursale Centre-ville
Montréal (Québec) H3C 3P8
Canada

Email

contact@revue-cinemas.info

Civic address

Revue Cinémas
École des médias, Université du Québec à Montréal
Pavillon Judith-Jasmin, 3e étage, local J-3170
Montréal (Québec) H2X 3S1
Canada


Access

Cinémas is an open-access journal.

Back issues (64 issues)

Permanent archiving of articles on Érudit is provided by Portico.

Editorial policy and ethics

Editorial policy

Formula

Cinémas publishes three issues a year. Each issue usually comprises a thematic dossier, placed under the responsibility of a researcher, and a "Miscellaneous" section.

Idexing

Cinémas is indexed in the following databases: Scopus, EBSCOhost, Érudit, FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals, Isidore, Google Scholar, MLA International Bibliography, Persée, Proquest and SDM Repère.

Open access

In accordance with the Tri-Agency Open Access Policy on Publications and the Politique de diffusion en libre accès des Fonds de recherche du Québec, any article published by Cinémas is available online without restriction upon publication.

Next generation

Graduate students and postdoctoral fellows may submit an article to the journal. Articles of students or postdoctoral fellows are evaluated according to the same criteria and receive the same treatment as articles from established researchers. The status of the author is not revealed to the evaluators and is not taken into account at any point in the editorial process.

Evaluation process

Any article published by the journal was selected at the end of the process described below, whose guiding principles are independence, impartiality, transparency and confidentiality.

1. Validation of the manuscript

The manuscript is first reviewed by the editorial team to check if it meets the standards of the article submission protocol. The manuscript is then subject to an initial assessment by the Editor in Chief, who determines whether the article meets the basic scientific criteria of the journal.

2. Peer review

An anonymous version of the manuscript is evaluated by a minimum of 2 researchers selected expressly by the Editor in Chief according to their competence and their specialization.

Each evaluator must complete an evaluation form, which contains specific questions to guide their thinking and analysis. The evaluator is thus invited to consider the relevance of the article for the journal (and for the thematic dossier, if applicable), to evaluate the scientific qualities and the originality of the text, to judge the quality of writing and style, to suggest possible modifications or corrections and, finally, to make their final recommendation. The evaluator can also annotate the manuscript.

A minimum period of 3 weeks is granted to the evaluator to allow them to make a careful reading, to conduct the necessary research to verify the arguments defended and to issue a well-considered opinion. A minimum of 2 favorable opinions is required for the article to be selected for publication.

The article can be accepted without modification, accepted subject to (minor or major) modifications or refused. The decision is up to the Editor in Chief, who informs the author by sending them an evaluation report where the comments of the evaluators are transcribed in full (preserving their anonymity).

3. Editorial verification

The author whose article is accepted has a period of between 30 and 90 days to revise their manuscript with regard to the evaluation report.

The second version of the article is evaluated by a member of the Editorial Board, who can accept it as is or request additional modifications—in which case the third version of the manuscript is evaluated by the Editor in Chief, who determines if the changes made are satisfactory.

The manuscript then enters the editorial chain.

Plagiarism

Any reference to earlier publications should be clearly identified.

Plagiarism is the total or partial use, literal or disguised, of an idea, a statement, a text, or any element, whether published or not, by passing it for one's own or omitting to provide the exact source according to the standards of scholarly publishing. Cinemas categorically rejects any plagiarism and do not differentiate cases according to their severity or magnitude; any obvious case of plagiarism entails the same measures.

Plagiarism noted prior to publication results in immediate rejection of the article and automatic rejection of any subsequent submission by the author.

If plagiarism is found after the publication of the article, the journal will issue a statement and will make sure to limit the impact of this plagiarism, including by clearly identifying the offending text.

In all cases, the journal will report the situation to the home institution of the author, to the agencies funding its research, if any, as well as to the persons it considers to be directly concerned (for example, the author's academic advisor or the plagiarized author).

One exception is provided: in the case of inadvertent self-plagiarism discovered before publication, and only in this case, the author will first have the opportunity to make the necessary corrections and changes so that his text conforms to the policies of the journal. Changes will be evaluated by the Editor in Chief, who will determine if they are satisfactory.


Information for contributors

Submission guidelines

Terms

The manuscript must be, in its totality, original and unpublished, in any medium and in any language.

The author must sign a publishing agreement. This document "seeks a balance between the rights and obligations of the parties, in the context of the uses of publishing and the laws of Quebec, for the wide dissemination of the text by all available technological means."

The author remains the copyright owner of the article, but agrees to grant the publisher all the rights required to operate the journal according to current and future uses.

Articles are distributed under a Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 licence.

Authors are allowed to deposit all versions in an institutional or other repository of their choice, without embargo.

There are no article processing charges.

Procedure

To submit an article for the "Miscellaneous" section, please contact the team by email at contact@revue-cinemas.info.

Your message must include:

  • your name

  • your address

  • your professional affiliation

  • your ORCID, if available

  • the name of the agencies funding your research, if applicable.

Attach to your message the manuscript (format DOCX).

Illustrations and related permissions may be forwarded at a later date.

If your article is part of a thematic dossier to which you have been invited to contribute, please contact the researcher responsible for that dossier.

Submissions not linked to a thematic dossier are accepted at all times.

Manuscript

Format

Your manuscript must be a maximum of 50 000 characters, with spaces, including the endnotes and the bibliography.

It must be accompanied by an abstract of approximately 1 000 characters.

Bibliographical references

Your manuscript must include an accurate and complete bibliography. References must be presented in Chicago Author-Date style.

Official Chicago Manual of Style

Illustrations

Specifications

Images must have a minimum resolution of 72 dots per inch (DPI). Each image must be transmitted separately.

Rights

If an image does not belong to the public domain, it is incumbent on the author to identify the rights holders and to obtain their agreement for its reproduction. The rights holders must sign a license agreement. Reproduction rights, if any, must be paid by the author. The team accompanies the author in this process.

Captions

The author must indicate, by the mention "Fig. X" followed by the caption, where each of the illustrations should appear in the article. The caption must describe the image, specify the source and mention the rights holders, should they require so.

To propose a dossier

Procedure

To propose a thematic dossier for which you want to have the editorial responsibility, please contact the team by email at contact@revue-cinemas.info.

Your message must include your name, affiliation, and the elements described below, in a single file in DOCX format.

The Editorial Committee of the journal evaluates the thematic dossier proposals. The Editor in Chief sends a detailed notice of acceptance or refusal to the proposer. If the thematic dossier proposal is accepted, the team contacts the proposer to plan the rest of the editorial process.

Description

The proposer must clearly present in 2 000 words the chosen theme, emphasizing the relevance of the subject in relation to the development of knowledge in film studies. The proposal must have a provisional title.

Article projects

The proposer must submit 7 article projects of 500 words, written by the prospective collaborators. The Editorial Committee reserves the right to request the addition or removal of one or more article project. The publication of each article is conditional upon the author's signature of the publishing agreement and its acceptance at the end of the evaluation process.

The proposer may be the author or co-author of one of the article projects. There must be at least 1 graduate student or postdoctoral fellow among the prospective collaborators. At least 2 article projects must be in English. Equitable representation of the genders and minorities is strongly encouraged.

Notices

For each article project, the proposer must provide a 150-word notice specifying the professional title, affiliation and research interests of its author.

Editorial board

Editor in Chief

Viva Paci (Université du Québec à Montréal)

Editorial Committee

Marta Boni (Université de Montréal)
Rosanna Maule (Concordia University)
Viva Paci (Université du Québec à Montréal)
Louis Pelletier (Université de Montréal)
Sheila Petty (University of Regina)
Aboubakar Sanogo (Carleton University)
Michelle Stewart (Université du Québec à Montréal)

International Committee

Emmanuelle André (Université Paris 7, France)
Vincent Bouchard (Indiana University, États-Unis)
Laurent Guido (Université de Lille, France)
Todd McGowan (University of Vermont, États-Unis)
Dominique Nasta (Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgique)
Beate Oschner (Universität Konstänz, Allemagne)
Heui-Tae Park (Sungkyunkwan University, Corée du Sud)
Leonardo Quaresima (Università di Udine, Italie)
Maxime Scheinfeigel (Université Montpellier 3, France)
Adolfo Vera (Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile)