The "Giornale Critico di Storia delle Idee" adheres to COPE's Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors regarding editorial responsibilities: COPE.

It is essential that all parties involved—authors, editors, editorial staff, curators of monographic issues, and anonymous referees—are aware of and adhere to the ethical requirements listed below.

 

1. Duties of Editors and Editorial Staff

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Editorial Responsibility
The editorial directors, staff, and curators of each issue are responsible for deciding whether to publish submitted articles. They may consult the journal's international scientific committee for expert advice. This process is governed by current laws concerning defamation, copyright infringement, and plagiarism.

Editors evaluate submitted articles based solely on their scholarly content, without discrimination based on race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, nationality, or political beliefs. 

The decision to accept or reject a manuscript for publication must be based solely on the significance, originality, and clarity of the text, as well as the validity of the study and its relevance to the journal's cultural interests. The peer review process must be impartial, free of biases, and timely.
The journal's ownership and publisher cannot interfere with decisions regarding the selection of articles deemed suitable for publication.

All stages of the review process must adhere to the journal's editorial practices to ensure impartiality and maintain the confidentiality of submitted materials during the evaluation process.

 

Procedures for Publicizing Post-Publication Debate
The editorial team must be open to justified criticism of published works and willing to consider publishing research that challenges previously published articles.

Additionally, they are responsible for issuing corrections, clarifications, or retractions when necessary. Authors must always be given the opportunity to respond to criticisms.
The journal has no restrictions on studies presenting negative or inconclusive results.

 

Confidentiality
Editors, members of the editorial staff, or scientific committee members must not disclose any information about submitted manuscripts to anyone other than the corresponding author, referees, editorial consultants, and the publisher, as appropriate.

 

Conflict of Interest and Disclosure
Editors and members of the editorial staff must not use unpublished materials from a manuscript submitted to the journal for their own research without the explicit written consent of the author.

 

2. Duties of Referees

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Double-Blind Peer Review Process
Every article undergoes an initial evaluation for thematic and content relevance by the editors and/or the editorial team and/or the curators of the monographic section, possibly with input from the journal's international scientific committee.

Articles deemed relevant are subjected to a rigorous double-blind peer review process, following standardized parameters: alignment with the journal's theoretical mission (for "Controversies" and "Critical Notes" sections) or the call for papers, originality compared to the state of the art in the field, scientific impact, argumentative quality, linguistic and stylistic relevance, mastery, and adequacy of secondary literature. These evaluation criteria are detailed in the review form provided to each referee.

 

Objectivity
The double-blind peer review process must be conducted objectively. Personal comments about the author are deemed inappropriate.
Referees are required to provide clear and well-reasoned assessments, referencing the current state of the field and evaluating the scientific impact the contribution may have in its discipline.

 

Outcomes of the Peer Review Process
In the case of acceptance with revision requirements, the editorial team and/or the curator of the monographic section will communicate the reviewers' comments and suggestions to the authors.

For unconditional acceptance or rejection, the authors will simply be informed of the decision without providing the reviewers' comments.

Articles not adhering to the guidelines stated on the journal's website may be rejected, even if they pass scientific evaluation. The editorial team is available for clarifications in cases of doubt or misunderstanding.

Manuscripts must be submitted anonymously, omitting any information that could identify the author, including metadata, acknowledgments, or similar notes, which may be added after the manuscript is accepted.

The editors reserve the final decision on the publication of all submitted articles.

 

Contribution to Editorial Decision

The practice of double-blind peer review serves as a fundamental tool for the editor and/or curator in making editorial decisions. Additionally, peer review provides crucial support to the author in further improving the scientific quality of their contribution.

 

 

Timelines
Referees unable to undertake the review task or meet the deadlines are required to notify the editorial team promptly.

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Confidentiality
All manuscripts assigned for review must be treated as confidential. They should not be discussed with anyone without explicit authorization from the editorial team.

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Conflict of Interest and Disclosure
Confidential information or ideas obtained through peer review must not be used for personal purposes. Referees must decline to review manuscripts where a conflict of interest exists due to personal relationships, previous collaborations, or competition with the author or the author's institution.

 

3. Duties of Authors

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Access and Retention of Data
Authors of original research must provide the data or sources on which their research is based, to allow retention for a reasonable period after publication and potential access by other scholars. False or inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior that the "Giornale Critico di Storia delle Idee" firmly rejects.

 

Originality and Plagiarism
Authors must guarantee the complete originality of their manuscripts and, in cases where the work or words of others are used, ensure they are appropriately cited and referenced.

If conflicts of interest, serious errors, or cases of plagiarism are identified in a published article, the journal's editors will notify the publisher and the article's author. If necessary, they will issue an erratum or request the retraction of the article.

An article already published online will be removed from the website in cases of plagiarism or illegal activity. Anyone who identifies a case of plagiarism, a conflict of interest, or a violation of copyright law can contact the editorial team at info@giornalecritico.it.

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Accuracy of Sources

The author has the duty to provide accurate and rigorous citation of the sources and contributions used in their scientific research work.

 

Multiple, Redundant, or Concurrent Publications
Authors must not submit manuscripts describing the same research to more than one journal. Submitting the same manuscript to multiple journals simultaneously constitutes unethical behavior.

 

Authorship of the Work
Authorship must be correctly attributed. All individuals who have contributed significantly to the conception, organization, implementation, or revision of the research must be listed as co-authors. Significant contributions by others must be explicitly acknowledged.

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The author submitting the manuscript must certify that all co-authors have approved the final version of the manuscript and have agreed to its publication.

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Free Publication

No publication fees are required for accepted manuscripts.

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Conflict of Interest and Disclosure

All authors must declare in their manuscript any financial or other conflicts of interest that could be interpreted as influencing the results or interpretation of their research. All sources of financial support for the research must be disclosed.

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Errors in Published Articles

If an author discovers or becomes aware of a significant error or inaccuracy in their published work, they are obliged to promptly inform the journal’s editors or publisher and cooperate with them to retract or correct the text.

 

4. Call for Papers Guidelines

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Monographic Sections Based on Call for Papers
Each issue of the "Giornale Critico di Storia delle Idee" includes a monographic section featuring original works selected through a double-blind peer review process.

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The call for papers for each issue may be organized into thematic subsections. These themes are determined by the curators during the editorial planning of the issue.

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The calls for papers are published in the dedicated section of the journal's website, https://www.giornalecritico.it/call-for-papers, in Italian and English, and translated, when deemed necessary, into the main European languages (German, French, Spanish, Portuguese).

The maximum number of contributions allowed for publication in the monographic section is set at 10, while the minimum is 4 articles.

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Submission of Articles in Response to Call for Papers

Authors wishing to submit a contribution for double-blind peer review must strictly follow the guidelines described on this page: https://www.giornalecritico.it/istruzioni-autori, which also outlines the procedures for communicating the results of the review process. The curators will communicate the outcomes of the selection process for the monographic sections.

 

5. Copyright and Creative Commons License

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Creative commons license

The "Giornale Critico di Storia delle Idee" applies the following Creative Commons license to all first-time publications: Giornale Critico di Storia delle Idee © 2009 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International - CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.