About

Early Modern Digital Review (EMDR) is an online, open-access, and refereed journal publishing high-quality reviews of digital projects related to early modern society and culture. The journal is committed to productive evaluation of both established digital resources and recent tools and projects.

Editorial policy and ethics

Editorial Policy

Please contact an editor before undertaking a review: our reviews are commissioned. We also welcome suggestions for review clusters by multiple reviewers on a single project or a single group of projects. Prior to making a submission, authors should consult the Author Guidelines.

Copyright Policy

All EMDR materials are published under the Creative Commons 4.0 license (CC BY 4.0). This license gives users the right to share (copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format) and adapt (remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially) the material.

The license terms are attribution (giving the appropriate credit, providing a link to the license, and indicating if changes were made—this can be done in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use) and no additional restrictions (users cannot apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits).

Post-Publication Corrections

Authors are given several opportunities to view and correct proof versions of their contribution at different stages of the editorial process. Once the contributions have been published and distributed, they fall under Érudit’s Policy on Post-Dissemination Corrections.

In most cases, the best practice consists of adding an erratum to the next issue (for example, when an error finds its way into an article without affecting its conclusions). In some rarer cases, when the content of an article presents ethical problems due to the underlying research, a retraction is required. This consists of explicitly stating in every format of the article (HTML, PDF, etc.) that it has been retracted, with a link to a retraction notice that details the reason(s) for the retraction. It is important to note that, in almost all cases, Érudit refuses to allow changes or corrections to a published text and strongly prefers having an erratum in a subsequent issue. Authors may submit their errata to the journal’s Managing Editor, providing the description of the error, the location of the error and the desired correction.

Post-Publication Promotion and Self-Archiving Policy

The journal encourages authors to promote their published work to colleagues and fellow researchers to maximize its visibility and enhance its impact beyond the journal’s readership. To reach a wider audience and increase engagement with the academic community, authors are also encouraged to deposit their work on personal websites, and in open access institutional or non-profit repositories (such as HAL). When self-archiving, authors must include proper citation information, including the DOI, for the final published version. This allows the reader to trace the article back to its formal publication and provides proper credit to the publisher.

Repository Listings

• Institutional repositories available in Canada: many universities and research institutions in Canada maintain open-access repositories where faculty and researchers can deposit their work. Authors should consult their institution’s library or digital repository for more information.
• Directory of Open Access Repositories: additional open-access repositories for academic works can be found through the Directory of Open Access Repositories (DOAR).

Editorial board

Editors

Darren Freebury-Jones (Shakespeare Birthplace Trust)
Isabella Magni (University of Sheffield)

Advisory Board

Nicky Agate (Columbia University Library)
Jon Bath (University of Saskatchewan)
Robert E. Bjork (Arizona State University)
William R. Bowen (University of Toronto Scarborough)
Jason Boyd (Ryerson University)
Meaghan Brown (Folger Shakespeare Library)
Matthew Davis (Blinn College)
Angela Dressen (Harvard University)
Laura Estill (St. Francis Xavier University)
Louise Geddes (Adelphi University)
Liz Grumbach (Arizona State University)
Jonathan Hope (Arizona State University)
Alexa Huang (The George Washington University)
Eric Johnson (Folger Shakespeare Library)
Aodhán Kelly (University of Antwerp)
Tara Lyons (Illinois State University) 
Brent Nelson (University of Saskatchewan) 
Dot Porter (University of Pennsylvania)
Michael Poston (Folger Shakespeare Library)
Jon Saklofske (Acadia University)
Ray Siemens (Univeristy of Victoria)
Carl Stahmer (University of California, Davis)
Matt Steggle (University of Bristol)
John Theibault (Stockton University)
Jesús Tronch Pérez (University of Valencia)
Michael Ullyot (University of Calgary)
Jacqueline Wernimont (Dartmouth College)
Colin Wilder (University of South Carolina)
David Joseph Wrisley (New York University Abu Dhabi)
Carla Zecher (The Renaissance Society of America)