Ocula.it publishes articles in semiotic research, more specifically when focused on communication and culture. Ocula.it is open to dialogue with other research fields and welcomes contributions coming from any sector of human and social sciences.

If you wish to know more about our beginnings, our scientific approach, values and style of the journal, you can read Nati nel 2000. Quindici anni di Ocula (in Italian and French).

Since 2011 the Italian National Agency for the Evaluation of the Universitary and Research System (Agenzia Nazionale di Valutazione del Sistema Universitario e della Ricerca ANVUR) has granted Ocula the rank of Scientific Review for the following scientific-disciplinary areas:

Area 08 - Civil Engineering and Architecture
Area 10 - Antiquities, Philology, Literary Studies, Art History
Area 11 - History, Philosophy, Pedagogy and Psychology
Area 14 – Political and Social Sciences.

Since 2017, the ANVUR has extended the rank of Scientific Review to Area 13 - Economics and Statistics.

(Tha status of Scientific Review means that published articles are accepted in applications and competitions for academic positions in Italian universities).

Since 2019, Ocula is ranked as a class A journal by ANVUR for Research Area 10/C1 (Cinema, Music, Performing arts, Television and Media Studies) and 11/C4 (Aesthetics and Philosophy of Languages).

Ocula is indexed by Directory Open Access Journal (DOAJ) and Google Scholar

The Editorial Commitee of the journal is composed of:

Giovanni Baule (Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Design)
Anne Beyaert-Geslin (Université Bordeaux- Montaigne, France)
Giovanni Boccia Artieri (Libera Università di Urbino Carlo Bo)
Vanni Codeluppi (Università Iulm, Milano)
Marcel Danesi (University of Toronto, Canada) president from 2014
Bernard Darras (Université Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne, France)
Alessandro Duranti (University of California Los Angeles, USA)
Ruggero Eugeni (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore , Milano)
Guido Ferraro (Università di Torino)
Roberto Grandi (Università di Bologna)
Gianfranco Marrone (Università di Palermo)
Pino Paioni (1920-2013) (Università di Urbino) president from 2009 to 2013
Guglielmo Pescatore (Università di Bologna)
Susan Petrilli (Università di Bari)
Isabella Pezzini (Università La Sapienza di Roma)
Maria Pia Pozzato (Università di Bologna)
Andrea Semprini (Université de Lille, France; Iulm, Milano)
Junji Tsuchiya (Waseda University, Tokio, Japan)
Alessandro Zinna (Université de Toulouse 2, France)

The Editorial Board is composed of:

Andrea Bernardelli (Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Ambiente e della Prevenzione, Università degli studi di Ferrara, IT)
Cinzia Bianchi (Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia)
Michela Deni (PROJEKT (EA 7447) Université de Nîmes - France)
Nicola Dusi (Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia)
Francesco Galofaro (Università di Torino; CUBE Bologna)
Davide Gasperi (Alba Pratalia, Bologna)
Valentina Manchia (Politecnico di Milano; Università di Bologna; Isia Urbino)
Antonella Mascio (Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali, Università di Bologna, Bologna, IT)
Federico Montanari (Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia)
Marika Nesi Lammardo (Université Paris Cité, Laboratoire PHILéPOL ; Université de Liège, Laboratoire Traverses)
Valentina Pisanty (Università di Bergamo)
Giampaolo Proni (Università di Bologna)
Ruggero Ragonese (Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia)
Stefano Traini (Università di Teramo)
Salvatore Zingale (Politecnico di Milano)

Following its own tradition of collegial management, the Journal does not have a Director or Editor in Chief, but a Coordinator is chosen in rotation among the editors to whom the editorial staff entrusts management functions. The following people have held the role over time:

Giampaolo Proni, from 2000 to 2008;

Cinzia Bianchi form 2009 to 2011;

Salvatore Zingale from 2012 to October 2017;

Cinzia Bianchi from November 2017 to February 2020;

Giampaolo Proni and Michela Deni from March 2020 to september 2023;
Francesco Galofaro and Cinzia Bianchi from october 2023

Since 2009 the reviewers are been:

Matteo Albertini, Juan Alonso Almada, Emilio Amideo, Prisca Amortoso, Romana Andò, Stefania Antonioni, Silvia Balbotto, Enrico Barbetti, Daniele Barbieri, Luca Barra, Giuditta Bassano, Valentina Bazzarin, Andrea Bellavita, Federico Bellentani, Francesco Bellucci, Andrea Bernardelli, Paolo Bertetti, Anne Beyaert-Geslin, Cinzia Bianchi, Francesca Bianchi, Marianna Boero, Federico Boni, Giorgio Borrelli, Alberto Boschi, Rabah Bousbaci, Roberta Bracciale, Patrizia Calefato, Saveria Capecchi, Stéphanie Cardoso, Valentina Carruba, Andrea Catellani, Pierluigi Cervelli, Eleonora Chiais, Felice Cimatti, Elena Codeluppi, Vanni Codeluppi, Francesca Colella, Francesca Comunello, Giulia Conti, Andrea Cossu, giovanni Curtis, Bernard Darras, Emiliana De Blasio, Gianluca de Fazio, Matilde De Feo, Cristina Demaria, Paolo Demuru, Michela Deni, Paolo Desogus, Lorenza Di Francesco, Alessandra Di Luzio, Nicola Dusi, Giulia Falistocco, Pasquale Fameli, Manolo Farci, Eleonora Federici, Martina Federico, Mauro Ferraresi, Ilaria Ferretti, Giacomo Festi, Alain Findeli, Stefania Fragapane, Luca Frattura, Emanuele Frixa, Francesco Galofaro, Leonardo Gandini, Davide Gasperi, Philippe Gauthier, Annie Gentes, Alice Giannitrapani, Manuela Gieri, Béatrice Gisclard, Gianluca Grassigli, Valentina Greco, Giorgio Grignaffini, Edoardo Grillo, Giacinto Davide Guagnano, Gael Guilloux, Yaprak Hamarat, Lucile Haute, Benedetto Inzerillo, Marcello La Matina, Gevisa La Rocca, Thierry Lancien, Tarcisio Lancioni, Massimo Leone, Annamaria Lorusso, Mariella Lorusso, Alessandro Lovari, Edoardo Lucatti, Clément Mabi, Valentina Manchia, Dario Mangano, Anna Manzato, Luca Marchetti, Massimo Marchetti, Gabriele Marino, Gianfranco Marrone, Arturo Martone, Lella Mascio, Andrea Masu, Alvise Mattozzi, Francesco Mazzucchelli, Paola Megna, Roy Menarini, Tiziana Migliore, Federico Montanari, Ariela Mortara, Audrey Moutat, Simone Mulargia, Siri Nergaard, Nanta Novello Paglianti, Mario Panico, Antonio Paolo, Claudio Paolucci, Giuliana Parotto, Roberto Pellerey, Alessandro Perissinotto, Susan Petrilli, Emanuela Piga, Elena Pirazzoli, Valentina Pisanty, Francesca Polacci, Piero Polidoro, Julia Ponzio, Luciano Ponzio, Jenny Ponzo, Maria Pia Pozzato, Alessandro Prato, Giampaolo Proni, Ruggero Ragonese, Damiano Razzoli, Valentina Re, Belinda Redondo, Anna Riboldi, Cristina Righi, Claudio Riva, Marine Royer, Federico Ruozzi, Dario Russo, Stéphanie Sagot, Daniele Salerno, Giuseppe Scadurra, Cosimo Marco Scarcelli, Francesca Seliffi, Paolo Sorrentino, Lucio Spaziante, Stefano Spillare, Domenico Spinosa, Gabriella Taddeo, Stefano Traini, Matteo Treleani, Amedeo Trezza, Didier Tsala Effa, Federica Turco, Sara Uboldi, Lorenzo Ugolini, Clare Vassallo, Ilaria Ventura, Cristina Voto, Thomas Watkin, Andrea Zannin, Federico Zecca, Salvatore Zingale, Alessandro Zinna.

Ocula welcomes contributions not only from scholars and researchers, but also from students and professionals. To find out how to collaborate follow this link.

Anyone collaborating with Ocula (as a member of the Scientific Committee, member of the Editorial Board, Referee or Collaborator) must comply with the journal's Code of Ethics.

Up to 31 December 2015 Ocula has published: 180 essays, including both articles in the Thematic issues and in Flux; 24 student papers published in the College section; 4 Documents and 30 reviews in the column contrAppunti. Since 2012, with the introduction of the peer review procedure, the management of publications has become more systematic, as shown in this table.