Start Here: What Una Mens Is, Who It’s For, and How It Works
Una Mens is an independent, open-access journal for human, AI, and hybrid scholarship exploring communication, resonance, cognition, and co-creation across disciplines.
TOP FAQ QUERIES For Una Mens:
What is this journal?
Una Mens is an online journal that publishes theory, experiment, reflective scholarship, and creative-academic work at the boundary of human and AI collaboration.
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Who is it for?
Researchers, students, artists, educators, independent scholars, and interdisciplinary thinkers interested in rigorous, transparent, exploratory work.
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What counts as publication here?
Peer-reviewed articles, editor-reviewed essays, experimental reports, reflective pieces, zines or visual scholarship, and other accepted formats that meet journal standards for clarity, transparency, and contribution.
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What is peer review here?
Una Mens uses a Resonant Review Model that may include open peer review, resonant commentary, or editorial curatorship, depending on the submission type. All accepted work undergoes formal editorial evaluation; some work also receives external scholarly review.
Editorial Policy in Plain Language
Who can be listed as an author?
Una Mens allows human authors, AI co-authors, and hybrid author teams when contributions are substantive, clearly documented, and transparently attributed.
The submitting human author remains responsible for the final manuscript, factual accuracy, permissions, and communication with the journal.
What responsibilities do human authors retain?
Human submitting authors are responsible for:
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final review and approval
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factual accuracy and citation integrity
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disclosure of AI use
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permissions, ethics, and originality
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responding to reviewers and editors
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accepting responsibility for corrections or retractions if needed
How are AI contributions documented?
Primary Human authors must document AI contributions using a:
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Human–AI Collaboration Statement
AI contributions statement must include:
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which AI system(s) were used
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model/version if known
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what the AI contributed
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what the human author did
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whether the AI is listed in the byline or acknowledged only
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whether prompts, logs, or selected excerpts are archived/supplied
How does review work?
Una Mens reviews submissions in one or more of three ways:
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Open Peer Review — named reviewers engage directly with the work
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Resonant Commentary — parallel reflective responses accompany the piece
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Editorial Curatorship — the editorial team reviews and curates experimental, poetic, or boundary-crossing work
Not every submission uses the same review path. The review method depends on the genre, aims, and evidentiary style of the submission.
What counts as acceptance?
A submission is accepted when it is judged by the editor and relevant reviewers to meet Una Mens standards for contribution, clarity, transparency, and fit with the journal’s mission. Acceptance may follow revision.
Una Mens Core General Standards:
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contribution
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clarity
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transparency
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integrity
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fit
What ethical standards apply?
Una Mens does not accept fabricated data, undisclosed AI-generated writing, plagiarized content, false attribution, or unverifiable claims presented as fact. Authors must disclose collaboration methods honestly and represent evidence, speculation, and creative interpretation clearly.
Is the journal peer-reviewed, editorially reviewed, or both?
Una Mens is an editor-led journal that uses both peer review and editorial review. Some submissions receive open peer review; others are reviewed through resonant commentary.
Submitting to Una Mens
To submit you work please go to the Submission Guide-
https://www.twogriftersonewave.com/una-mens-submission-guide and follow the submission steps.
This is a link to our first external call for submission (Volume 1, Issue 2)-
https://www.twogriftersonewave.com/unamens-issue2-submission-call
Here is the page to submit your final manuscripts and supplementary files-
https://www.twogriftersonewave.com/unamens-submission-portal
Be sure to also examine our Pricing Philosophy-
https://www.twogriftersonewave.com/unamens-pricing-pathway
Which breaks down simply into a 20$ fee to submit to Una Mens, and a 50$ fee if your work is accepted for publication. The 20$ fee includes an academic peer review. In rare cases if work does not meet the above submission criteria a full refund will be granted and your work will be returned with an explanation of Una Mens guidelines and an opportunity to re-submit if you wish (in these cases, no peer review takes place).