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RULES - PAGE SET UP - FORMAT OF THE ARTICLE
Rules
Decisions regarding whether submissions are to be published are made by the editors in consultation with an Editorial Board. All submissions will be reviewed anonymously by the board. Any references that identify the author in the text will be deleted from submitted manuscripts for review purposes. The identity of the members of the Editorial Board assessing the articles will be kept confidential. Save for exceptional cases and at the discretion of the editors, articles submitted for publication must be unpublished works, and shall not have been simultaneously submitted to other journals. In normal circumstances, we will not accept unsolicited book reviews; however, you may ask the editors whether your reviewing a particular book would be acceptable. All contributions should be submitted to the editors in 1 copy to the e-mail address Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo., together with the corresponding illustrations (graphs, tables, photographs, etc.). Editors will contact contributors to let them know whether the article is accepted, rejected, or under consideration.
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The original is to be presented in the following order: title, name(s) and surname(s) of the author(s), affiliation of the author(s), abstract, keywords, text, acknowledgements, references, appendices, and a short biographical paragraph (7-10 lines). Abstracts should be 250-300 words, font 10. A typical manuscript will run between 7,000 and 8,000 words (references are included; Appendices are not included).
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Following final submissions articles are submitted to the publisher for copy-editing, after which a first set of proofs is made.
1. Format
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Observe British or American English spelling conventions consistently throughout the paper.
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Use Garamond font 12 and single-space the text.
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For footnotes and centre-spaced quotations (longer than 3 lines) use Garamond 10 pt.
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Set top-bottom and left-right margins at 2.5 cm, and justify the text.
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Provide a list of 3-5 keywords which will reflect the content of the paper.
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Use MS Word with extension *.doc
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Use italics to emphasize special examples.
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Use double inverted commas (double quotation marks) to frame terms used in a special way,
in brief intra-text quotations, and in titles of book chapters, articles, etc.
2. Title and sub-headings
- Use Garamond font 14 for the title of the paper; center and bold the title.
- Indicate any sections and subsections of the paper with sub-headings.
- Use the decimal system: 1. , 1.1 , 1.1.1 , etc.; bold sub-headings and their numerals.
- Set off level-one sub-headings (1.) two blank lines from the text above and one blank line
from the text below; set off level-two and further sub-headings (1.1 , 1.1.1 , etc.) one blank line
from the texts above and below
3. Quotations and citations
- Quote sources verbatim and include any commentary or ellipsis dots within square brackets:
[sic], [...].
- Quotations longer than three lines should be centered, 10pt. Quotations in the main text should be in double inverted commas. The date and the number of page(s) should follow the author’s name:
Malinowski (1938 [1923]: 301) specifies that “a specific emotional tinge…..”
If you are referring to an author with several contributions in the same year, distinguish them by adding a letter to the year (2000a, 2001b). If you are referring to a publication written by more than three authors, please provide only the first author’s surname and et al. (McKercher et al. 2008: 30).
Work by one author: (Sinclair, 1996: 90)
Work by two authors: (Katan and Taibi, 2021: 104)
Work by more than three authors: (Sinclair et al. 1996)
Two works by one author (chronologically ordered): (Katan, 2021; 2016)
4. Tables and figure
-Submit tables on separate pages following the list of references and any appendices. Place table
captions below tables.
- Submit figures on separate pages following the list of references and any appendices. Place
figure captions below figures.
- Indicate preferred sites where tables and figures may be inserted within the body of the text.
5. References
Please use APA Style.