Instructions to authors

Dear author,

thank you for choosing Erickson Journals to submit your article. In these pages, you will find the standards to which you need to conform your paper before sending it to the Journal’s editorial office, accompanied by some general information about the procedures for evaluation and acceptance of articles.

Evaluation procedures

All proposed articles undergo a double blind peer review procedure to verify that they meet the quality requirements necessary to be published in our journals. The referees’ reasoned and written opinion, favorable or unfavorable to publication, is communicated in full to the authors, with any requests for changes. The evaluation form, which details all the parameters by which articles are evaluated, can be viewed online at this link: https://rivistedigitali.erickson.it/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/reviewers-model_eng.pdf

The journal normally provides for a maximum of two contributions from unstructured authors per issue; please note that articles proposed by unstructured scholars (who do not access the VQR), as sole author or first signature, if they receive a positive referee, may be published respecting the above threshold. Contributions that, although positively refereed, will not accede to immediate publication will be placed in the archive. If it is possible, they will be published in the following issues, always respecting the above numerical limit. In this regard, however, the journal does not give any indication of the time frame for publication. Those who wish to withdraw their submissions are requested to notify the editors in a timely manner.

General Notes

Proposed articles must be unpublished. This condition also includes translations: Italian translations of articles already published in another language are not acceptable for publication.

Submitted articles must not have been simultaneously submitted to other journals for publication.

It is the responsibility of the authors to obtain written permission to reproduce material that has appeared in other publications or is not their own.

The editors reserve the right to request changes and revisions from the authors if the papers do not meet the characteristics described.

Necessary elements for the submission of an article
These elements are a necessary condition for the article to be taken up. Should the data required in this section be incorrect or incomplete, articles will not be evaluated.

Particular attention must be paid to the scope, which must be strictly between 30,000 and 35,000 characters (including: abstract in Italian and English, keywords in Italian and English, biographical notes and essential bibliography).

Within the article

  • First name, last name and affiliation of all authors
  • Title
  • Abstract in Italian of approximately 200 words
  • 5 keywords in Italian
  • Abstract in English of approximately 200 words
  • 5 keywords in English
  • Text of the article, divided into sections
  • Complete and correct final bibliography

On a separate file or on a specific page (e.g., at the bottom of the article)

  • Email address of all authors and at least one phone number for any communications.
  • At least one regular mailing address (complete with house number and ZIP code) , either private or of a home institution: this is where any papers will be sent.

How to prepare material to be submitted

Contents

  • titles and headings (of the entire article and of individual paragraphs) should describe as clearly as possible the content they refer to;
  • titles and headings (of the entire article and of individual paragraphs) should be concise and preferably consist of a single phrase, without subordinate clauses;
  • the abstract should summarise the entire work, highlighting the relevance of the chosen topic, why and how the work was undertaken and what conclusions have been drawn;
  • footnotes should be limited and contain brief analysis or explanation of content contained in the body of the text;
  • the meaning of foreign words should be explained unless they are words which are commonly used in the field the article focuses on;
  • acronyms should always be written in their full form the first time they appear in the paper.

 

Images

  • any images (including graphs) must be submitted as separate files, in JPG or PNG format and with a minimum size of 1200 px: lower quality images cannot be used (NB: under no circumstances should images be sent solely pasted within the body of the text);
  • tables, figures and graphs must be numbered progressively, have a title, be cited in the body of the text and be accompanied by instructions as to where they should be placed within the article.

 

Formatting

  • use Times body 12 font, with automatic line spacing and justified alignment;
  • use Times body 10 for foot notes;
  • use the Enter (return) key only when starting a new paragraph;
  • do not use hyphenation commands, styles or macros;
  • do not use double spacing to align or indent text;
  • the title of the article should be written in bold;
  • three levels of paragraph heading are allowed (paragraphs are not to be numbered). Use the following hierarchy:
    • Heading in bold
    • Heading in italics
    • Heading in standard type
  • use bold for appendix headings;
  • use the following hierarchy in lists:
    1. numbers followed by a full stop;
      1. letters with closed brackets;
        • hyphens;
  • after punctuation always leave a space; do not, however, leave a space before punctuation marks, after an open bracket and before a closed bracket;
  • the use of italics for emphasis is preferable, whilst the use of bold is not recommended, and, under no circumstances should capitals or inverted commas be used to emphasise sections of text;
  • italics should also be used for titles (of books, films, articles etc.) and for foreign words which have not entered common usage in the language of the main text yet;
  • in quoting passages verbatim from another author place open and closed angular quotation marks «…» at the beginning and the end of the quote;
  • mark omissions within a quote using […].

 

Bibliographical references within the body of the text

  • When citing the work of an individual author:

(Olweus, 2001).

  • When citing the work of more than one author:

(Perry and Kelly, 1988) or (Hoover, Oliver and Hazler, 1992).

  • If the work cited has more than 3 authors, state only the surname of the first author followed by «et al.»:

(Nansel et al., 2001).
NB: The names of all the authors must be cited in the bibliography.

  • If in the same paragraph several works are cited, they should be separated using a semi colon:

(Olweus, 2001; Pepler and Craig, 1999).

  • Use a semi colon to separate the dates of several works by the same author:

(Olweus, 1999; 2001).

  • As a rule do not use ibidem and ivi when making consecutive references to the same work. The author’s name and date should always be repeated unless the text is full of references to the same volume.

 

Final bibliography

  • In the event of volumes with one or more authors:

Olweus D. (2001), Bullismo a scuola. Ragazzi oppressi, ragazzi che opprimono, Firenze, Giunti.
Poggia C., Monteverdi C. and Fortina L. (2001), Dizionario degli ambienti. Lessico di uso pratico, Trento, Erickson.

  • In the event of edited volumes:

Russell J.A. and Fernández-Dols (edited by) (1998), Psicologia delle espressioni facciali, Trento, Erickson.

  • For papers published in edited volumes:

Gilles C. (1998), Collaborative literacy strategies: «We don’t need a circle to have a group». In K.G. Short and K.M. Pierce (edited by), Talking about books: Literature discussion groups in K-8 classrooms, Portsmouth, NH, Heinemann, pp. 55-68.

  • In the event of articles in journals:

Perry D., Kusel S. e Perry L. (1988), Victims of peer aggression, «Developmental Psychology», vol. 24, pp. 807-814.

  • In the event of publications on websites:

Brown D. (1997), Inventory of wrongful activities, http://www.safeculture. com/iowa.html (consulted on the 20th January 2018).

  • In the event of translated works, the translation is to be cited after the foreign title, as follows:

Lewis D. (2000), The classroom, London, Sage. It. transl., La classe, Firenze, Giunti, 2001.

  • If several works by the same author and with the same date are cited, they should be separated, both in the main body of the text and in the bibliography, using progressive lettering. E.g.:

Bortolato C. (2002a), Comprendere il testo dei problemi. Esercizi di analisi semantica in aritmetica, Trento, Erickson.
Bortolato C. (2002b), Problemi per immagini, Trento, Erickson.

  • Remember that the surname of the last author of a work written by several authors must be preceded by the word and, and not by a comma. g.:

Scataglini C., Cramerotti S. and Ianes D. (2008), Fare sostegno nelle scuole superiori, Trento, Erickson.

  • If websites or specific web pages are cited in the text, provide the exact address in a separate section, entitled Sitography.

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