About the Journal

RTH - Research Trends in Humanities. Education & Philosophy is an international open access journal, fascia A for the 11/D1 and 11/D2 sectors, on an annual basis, whose interdisciplinary research concerns the innovation of research in Education and Philosophy, with particular reference to the following topics.

 

  • Innovative and Experimental Pedagogy - BEC BIO-EDUCATION & COGNITION SECTION

RTH - Research Trends in Humanities. Bio-Education & Cognition studies, experiments, and disseminates research in Educational Neuroscience  and Mind, Brain, and Education study areas, which include the research fields on Neuro-Education and Brain-Based Education, with a particular focus on Bio-Educational Sciences, multidisciplinary research field born in 1999 in the University of Naples Federico II from the joint work of Elisa Frauenfelder and Flavia Santoianni with the name of Bioeducational Sciences, based on the Biopedagogy of Elisa Frauenfelder, and today carried out by Flavia Santoianni and Alessandro Ciasullo. RTH Lab is the research laboratory on Bioeducational Sciences (BEC Bio-Education & Cognition research area) of the University of Naples Federico II, related to RTH journal rth@unina.it which promotes the research of the BES Bio-Educational Sciences Research Group and applies it in the pedagogical and didactic fields.

RTH - Research Trends in Humanities. Bio-Education & Cognition publishes research contributions concerning:

-       Learning and Education (Cognitive Development, Emotional Development, Neural Bases of Learning, Explicit and Implicit Learning, Spatial Thinking);

-       Learning Environments (Experimental Learning Environments Design, Innovative Educational Technologies for Learning, Adaptive 2D and 3D Virtual Learning Environments);

-       Experimental Didactic Methodologies (Experimental Teaching Methodologies, Experimental Curricular Planning);

-       Educability and Cognitive Disease (Special Needs, Specific Learning Disorders, Variability up to the Gifted).

 

  • Innovative and experimental Philosophy – Section EVO PHIL EVOLVING PHILOSOPHY

RTH – Research Trends In Humanities. Evolving Philosophy intends to propose itself as a space for reflection on the most sensitive philosophical and ethical-political issues for our time, investigated in their branches and in case in a dialogical relationship with authors and theoretical perspectives of the past. It also intends to solicit research on the transposition of humanistic knowledge into the languages of the arts as a tool for a wider dissemination of cultural contents functional to the promotion of critical citizenship.

RTH – Research Trends In Humanities. Evolving Philosophy publishes research contributions concerning:

- Ethics and Politics (intersubjectivity and practical relationship with the other; social inequalities; analysis of democratic processes and tools for the implementation of forms of active and conscious participation in associated life; migration and moral problems);

- Humanistic Knowledge and Languages of the Arts (from the historical-critical, theoretical point of view and with a priority reference to the experimental transposition of the former into the latter, aimed at the realization of performative events capable of promoting the social dissemination of cultural contents);

- Theories and Methods of Philosophy (meaning and function of philosophical reflection in the course of its history and in the contemporary world; methodological issues);

- Philosophy in its Historical Path (with particular attention to authors and currents significant for their historical-theoretical connections with current philosophical issues).


The international opening of the journal foresees the involvement of foreign scholars in the Scientific Council. Contributions from foreign research groups will be solicited, with the aim of promoting and strengthening the circulation of European and extra-European research. The RTH Think Tank monographic appendix collects sets of contributions in special numbers on monographic topics.

Peer Review Process

The journal uses as a modality of revision the double-blind refereeing. For each submission, two reviewers are committed within the commission of the referee. The evaluation of a proposed contribution is completed after about two months since submission. The principles of selection of reviewers refer to the relevance of contributions to the mission of RTH and to their scientificity, with particular reference to classification and updating of bibliography. We welcome contributions of young researchers. International contributions will be published for first.

Commissione dei Referee

Doppio referaggio cieco

Manuel Bertolini Istituto per la Storia del Pensiero Filosofico e Scientifico Moderno (Ispf) – Cnr, Napoli

Annalisa Boniello Università degli Studi di Camerino

Flavia Cavaliere Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

Graziano Cecchinato Dipartimento di Filosofia, Sociologia, Pedagogia e Psicologia Applicata, Università degli Studi di Padova

Alessandro Ciasullo Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

Sertorio de Amorim Universidade Federal de Uberlândia

Rosario Diana Istituto per la Storia del Pensiero Filosofico e Scientifico Moderno (Ispf) – Cnr, Napoli

Debora Di Jorio Presidente del Consiglio Direttivo della Accademia di Neuropedagogia OIDA 

Laura Fedeli Università degli Studi di Macerata

Gianni Ferracuti Università degli Studi di Trieste

Clara Fiorillo Dipartimento di Progettazione Architettonica e Ambientale, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

Raúl Fornet Betancourt Università di Brema, Università di Aachen Dipartimento latino-americano, Istituto di Missionologia di Aachen0

Rossella Gaglione Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

Anita Gramigna Università degli Studi di Ferrara

Matthias Kaufmann Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg

John Christian Laursen Department of Political Science, University of California

Claudia Megale Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

Alessandra Natalini Dipartimento di Psicologia dei Processi di Sviluppo e Socializzazione Università Sapienza di Roma

Barbara Palleschi Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione Università degli Studi Niccolò Cusano

Matteo Palumbo Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

Chiara Parisse Dipartimento di Psicologia dei Processi di Sviluppo e Socializzazione Università Sapienza di Roma

Laura Prislei Dipartimento di Psicologia dei Processi di Sviluppo e Socializzazione Università Sapienza di Roma

Manuela Sanna Istituto per la Storia del Pensiero Filosofico e Scientifico Moderno (Ispf) – Cnr, Napoli

Flavia Santoianni Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

José Manuel Sevilla Departamento de Metafísica y Corrientes Actuales de la Filosofía, Ética y Filosofía Política, Universidad de Sevilla

Maria S. Tomarchio Dipartimento di Scienze della Formazione, Università degli Studi di Catania

Franz Martin Wimmer University  of Vienna

Publication Frequency

The journal articles are published all together, as part of a complete issue.
Permanent Call for Paper. Submissions are always possible.
The communication of reply about the publication of the contribution will be given within 2 months.
The journal comes out in January.

It is possible to submit proposals for contributions for:

  • Section Brain Education Cognition
  • Section Evolving Philosophy
  • Quaderni Think Tank of RTH

 

Open Access Policy

RTH - Research Trends in Humanities. Education & Philosophy provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of educational and philosophical knowledge. 

RTH - Research Trends in Humanities. Education & Philosophy does not have article processing charges (APCs) nor article submission charges.

RTH - Research Trends in Humanities. Education & Philosophy is is published under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence 4.0.

With the licence CC-BY, authors retain the copyright, allowing anyone to download, reuse, re-print, modify, distribute their contribution. The work must be properly attributed to its author and RTH - Research Trends in Humanities. Education & Philosophy  should be mentioned.

Scientific direction

Flavia Santoianni

Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

Rosario Diana

Istituto per la Storia del Pensiero Filosofico e Scientifico Moderno (Ispf) – Cnr, Napoli

Scientific board

Sezione Brain Education Cognition

Presidente  Flavia Santoianni Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

In collaborazione con:

Debora Di Jorio Presidente del Consiglio Direttivo della Accademia di Neuropedagogia OIDA http://accademiadineuropedagogia.centrooida.it/home/

Alberto Oliverio Comitato Tecnico Scientifico della Accademia di Neuropedagogia OIDA

Michele Zappella Comitato Tecnico Scientifico della Accademia di Neuropedagogia OIDA

 

Franco Cambi Dipartimento di Scienze della Formazione, Università degli Studi di Firenze

Flavia Cavaliere Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

Mariagrazia Contini Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Educazione, Università degli Studi di Bologna

Arturo De Vivo Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

Clara Fiorillo Dipartimento di Architettura, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

Kurt W. Fischer Scholar in Residence, Ross School, Charles Warland Bigelow Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education. Director of Mind, Brain, & Education, Editor Mind, Brain, and Education

Giancarlo Gola University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI)

Valentina Grion Dipartimento di Filosofia, Sociologia, Pedagogia e Psicologia Applicata, Università degli Studi di Padova

G.R. Jose Mangione Istituto Nazionale di Documentazione, Innovazione e Ricerca Educativa INDIRE

Corrado Petrucco Dipartimento di Filosofia, Sociologia, Pedagogia e Psicologia Applicata, Università degli Studi di Padova

Matteo Palumbo Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

Michael S.C. Thomas Department of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck College University of London. Head of Developmental Neurocognition Lab, Director CEN Centre for Educational Neuroscience

Andrew Tolmie Department of Psychology and Human Development, Institute of Education University of London. Dean of the Doctoral School, Member CEN Centre for Educational Neuroscience

Maria S. Tomarchio Dipartimento di Scienze della Formazione, Università degli Studi di Catania

 

Sezione Evolving Philosophy

Presidente  Rosario Diana Istituto per la Storia del Pensiero Filosofico e Scientifico Moderno (Ispf) – Cnr, Napoli

 

Raúl Fornet Betancourt Department of Cultural Studies, Università di Brema, Università di Aachen. Dipartimento latino-americano, Istituto di Missionologia di Aachen

Sertorio de Amorim Instituto de Filosofia, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia

Laurence Denooz Campus of Letters and Social Sciences, Université de Lorraine

Gianni Ferracuti Dipartimento di Letterature straniere, Università degli Studi di Trieste

Dario Giugliano Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli

Matthias Kaufmann Seminar für Philosophie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg

John Christian Laursen Department of Political Science, University of California

Fabrizio Lomonaco Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

Giangiorgio Pasqualotto Dipartimento di Filosofia, Università degli Studi di Padova

Rocco Pititto Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

Manuela Sanna Istituto per la Storia del Pensiero Filosofico e Scientifico Moderno (Ispf) – Cnr, Napoli

José Manuel Sevilla Departamento de Metafísica y Corrientes Actuales de la Filosofía, Ética y Filosofía Política, Universidad de Sevilla

Luisa Simonutti Istituto per la Storia del Pensiero Filosofico e Scientifico Moderno (Ispf) – Cnr, Napoli

Franz Martin Wimmer Department of Philosophy, University  of Vienna

 

Editorial Staff Bio-Education & Cognition 

Alessandro Ciasullo Coordinatore di redazione per la sezione BEC - Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

Evelina Bruno Centro Federica WebLearning Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

Laura Carlotta Foschi Dipartimento di Filosofia Sociologia Pedagogia e Psicologia Applicata, Università degli Studi di Padova

Mara Marini Dipartimento di Psicologia dei Processi di Sviluppo e Socializzazione, Sapienza Università di Roma

Diana Olivieri Facoltà di Scienze della Formazione, Università degli Studi Niccolò Cusano

Liliana Silva Dipartimento di Scienze Cognitive, Psicologiche, Pedagogiche e degli Studi Culturali, Università degli Studi di Messina 

 

Editorial Staff Evolving Philosophy

Armando Mascolo Coordinatore di redazione per la sezione EVO PHIL - Istituto per la Storia del Pensiero Filosofico e Scientifico Moderno (Ispf) – Cnr, Napoli

Manuel Bertolini Istituto per la Storia del Pensiero Filosofico e Scientifico Moderno (Ispf) – Cnr, Napoli

Andrea Bocchetti Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

Elena Campus Istituto per la Storia del Pensiero Filosofico e Scientifico Moderno (Ispf) – Cnr, Napoli

Raffaele Carbone Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

Ruggero Cerino Istituto per la Storia del Pensiero Filosofico e Scientifico Moderno (Ispf) – Cnr, Napoli

Daniele Demarco Istituto di Studi sul Mediterraneo / Ismed-Cnr

Mariella De Simone Istituto per la Storia del Pensiero Filosofico e Scientifico Moderno (Ispf) – Cnr, Napoli

Roberto Evangelista Istituto per la Storia del Pensiero Filosofico e Scientifico Moderno (Ispf) – Cnr, Napoli

Rossella Gaglione Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

Lorena Grigoletto Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli / Collège International de Philosophie

Mattia Papa Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

Sara Peppe University of York

Stefania Tarantino Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

 

Ethical code of publications

RTH is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that is inspired by the ethical code of the publications prepared by COPE: Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.

It is necessary that all parties involved - authors, editors and referees - know and share the following ethical requirements.

Duties of editors

Decisions on publication

The editors of RTH are responsible for deciding whether or not to publish the articles proposed. Editors can consult with referees for making that decision.

Correctness

The editors evaluate the articles submitted for publication according to their content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnic origin, citizenship, political orientation of the authors.

Privacy

The editors and other staff members undertake not to disclose information about the items proposed to other people besides the author, the referees and the publisher.

Conflict of interest and dissemination

The editors undertake not to use in their research the content of an article submitted for publication without the written consent of the author.

Duties of referees

Contribution to the editorial decision

The peer-review is a procedure that helps editors to take decisions on the proposed articles and also allows authors to improve their contribution.

Time Limits

The referee who does not feel to be adequate to the task proposed or who cannot read on time is required to promptly notify to the coordinators.

Privacy

Each text assigned for reading should be considered confidential. Therefore, these texts should not be discussed with others without the explicit permission of the editors.

Objectivity

The peer review should be conducted in an objective way. Each personal judgment about the author is inappropriate. The referees are required to adequately justify their judgments.

Bibliographical accuracy

The referees undertake to accurately identify the bibliographic details of fundamental works by the author possibly neglected. The referees must also report to the editors any similarities or overlaps of the received text read with other works known to him.

Conflict of interest and dissemination

Sensitive information or information obtained during the process of peer review must be considered confidential and can not be used for personal purposes. The referees must not accept to read articles for which there is a conflict of interest due to previous collaboration or competition with the author and/or her/his institution.

Duties of authors

Access and storage of data

If editors may consider it appropriate, the authors of the articles should also make available the sources or data upon which their research is based, so that they can be kept for a reasonable period of time after the publication and possibly be made accessible.

Originality and plagiarism

The authors are required to declare that they have composed an original work in its entirety and to have quoted all the texts used.The journal is being equipped with an anti-plagiarism software.

Multiple, repetitive and/or competitors publications

The author should not publish articles that describe the same research in more than a journal. To propose simultaneously the same text in more than a journal is ethically a very incorrect and unacceptable behavior.

List of sources

The author should always provide the correct indication of the sources and the contributions mentioned in the article.

Authorship

It should be properly credit the authorship of the work and has to be referred as co-authors all those who have made significant contributions to the conception, planning, carrying out and the reworking of the research that is at the basis of the article. If other people have participated significantly in some stages of the research, their contribution must be explicitly acknowledged.

In the case of contributions written by many hands, the author who sends the text to the journal has to declare that she/he has correctly specified the names of all the other co-authors, has obtained their approval of the final version of the article and their consent for publication in RTH.

Conflict of interest and dissemination

All authors are required to explicitly state that there are no conflicts of interest that may have influenced the results achieved or the interpretations proposed. Authors must also indicate any research funding agencies and/or the project from which the article is developed.

Errors in published articles

When an author identifies in her/his own article a relevant error or inaccuracy, she/he shall promptly inform the editors of the journal and provides them all the information required to list the obligatory corrections on the bottom of the article.

 

Sponsors

The journal RTH is supported by the following Universities that compose the Scientific Committee.

Sources of Support

RTH is published by the Center of Athenaeum for Libraries on the server of Center of Athenaeum for Information Systems of University of Naples Federico II

Journal History

The first issue of RTH -Research Trends in Humanities. Bio-Education & Cognition was published in January 2014 to give expression to the research in the Bioeducational Sciences of the University of Naples Federico II – and today welcomes national and international research contributions related to the Macro Area of Educational Neuroscience and Mind Brain Education. It is in partnership with the OIDA Academy of Neuro-Pedagogy.

As far as the Evolving Philosophy section is concerned, RTH from the beginning intended to host philosophical and ethical-political research as well as theoretical and experimental contributions on the transposition of humanistic knowledge into the languages of the arts, in the belief that such a transcoding can promote a wider social dissemination of cultural contents functional to the promotion of a critical citizenship.

From 2014 to 2018 the journal hosted these interdisciplinary columns: A Lesson of Philosophy. The Certame Vichiano (a column that has followed the progress of the national network of research and training Certame Vichiano, which promotes the teaching of Giambattista Vico's thought and involves secondary school students from all over Italy); School. Starting Again and Educational Matrixes (columns that aimed to give voice to the School and to the University to illustrate the theoretical, methodological and applicative point of view of young proposals of experimental orientation); Feedbacks (a column that has reported and discussed in summary volumes related to the issues of the journal). Since 2019 the journal no longer hosts these columns.