Policies

Peer Review Process

Incontri guarantees a transparent editorial process, carried out using the double blind peer review system. The editorial board decides whether contributions should be accepted, rejected or accepted pending alterations. For articles and reviews, Incontri makes use of a peer review editorial procedure that requires both the editorial board and editors to apply the following criteria:

  • accessibility: (a) academic writing; (b) accessibility to a wider public
  • structure and argument: (a) clear structure; (b) logic, (c) length of contribution (not too long); (d) persuasiveness of the argument; (e) adequate supporting evidence
  • correlation with existing research: (a) complete; accurate and up-to-date references; (b) accurate representation of existing research
  • any additional observations

Any contribution accepted for publication is read by at least two of the journal’s editors, and is anonymized and submitted separately to at least two expert reviewers.

The review period is expected to take between four and six weeks. Reviewers are asked to provide formative feedback, even if an article is not deemed suitable for publication in the journal. The editorial board reserves the right to refuse an article after submission in any stage of the editing process.

The double blind peer review process is applied to articles and review articles, but not to features, reviews, notes, translations and interviews. These are directly evaluated by the editorial board without hiding the identity of the author.

The managing editor collects all the reviewers’ responses and then provides authors with feedback on their articles based on the review reports. Each manuscript is reviewed by two reviewers; in case of a discrepancy a third reviewer is required. The final decision on whether to publish or abstain therefrom is made by the Editorial Team. Based on the reviewer reports it will make a recommendation for rejection, minor or major revisions, or acceptance. If revisions to an article are requested, a final decision on publication will only be made after the revisions have been submitted. Articles are published as soon as possible after approval.

On the basis of editorial objectives, Incontri aims to accept no more than 75% of submitted contributions.

Research Integrity

Incontri is committed to upholding the highest standards of quality and integrity in the publication of its articles.

The editors will take reasonable steps to identify and prevent the publication of papers where research misconduct has occurred, including plagiarism, citation manipulation, and data falsification/fabrication, among others. In no case shall this journal or its editors encourage such misconduct, or knowingly allow such misconduct to take place.

Incontri adheres to the best practices in the ethics of scholarly publishing stated in the COPE’s (Committee on Publication Ethics) Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for all parties involved: authors, editors, reviewers, and the publisher.

The Editorial Board of Incontri undertakes to publish all corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies as soon as possible if and when they are required.

Authorship

All listed authors of the article should have made a significant contribution to the work. Others who have assisted in preparing the paper should be acknowledged in the article.

Open Access and Copyright Policy

Incontri provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Furthermore, authors are not required to pay any charges or fees, such as Article Processing Charges (APCs).

Authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication. Articles are published under the license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0), which allows others to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or to use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. When reused, the authorship of the work must be stated and reference made to the original publication in this journal.

Archiving and Repository Policy

To ensure permanency of all publications, this journal utilises Portico to create permanent archives for the purposes of preservation and restoration. Incontri encourages all authors to self-archive their article(s) in the repository of their institution. This journal is registered as a SHERPA/RoMEO Blue journal.

ORCID ID

Authors are encouraged to use their ORCID ID when submitting their manuscript.

Website Images

This website contains several free of use images and materials. Every effort has been made to trace rights holders, but if any have been inadvertently overlooked, the publishers would be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity.

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