Submissions
Contact the General Editor, Michael Lewis, with any submissions, proposals for special issues, or questions: michael.lewis@newcastle.ac.uk
We are looking for articles and translations of around 8000 words, on any topic relating to Italian Philosophy, but, since this is an online journal, we see no need strictly to insist upon such limits. Ideally, the text would be referenced in the Harvard style, and formatted according to English, rather than American English, conventions, but conformity with this is not necessary in the first instance.
To speed up the process of publication, it would help to include a relatively short self-description or biography and the author's e-mail address within the body of the submitted article, preferably at the start.
All submissions will be blind peer-reviewed by default, with the option for open peer review if requested by the reviewer, and we hope to provide authors with a response within a month, in ideal circumstances.
Pre-publication drafts available
To assist those facing requirements for the pre-publication of drafts, to assist with job applications, promotion attempts, and research exercises, we here include a section in which pre-publication drafts are made available to the public. Let us know on submission whether this will be something useful to you.
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Plagiarism
The Journal of Italian Philosophy takes issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication seriously. We rely on expert judgement to determine plagiarism in each case. We seek to protect the rights of our authors and we always investigate claims of plagiarism or misuse of published articles. Equally, we seek to protect the reputation of the journal against malpractice. Where an article, for example, is found to have plagiarised other work or included third-party copyright material without permission or with insufficient acknowledgement, or where the authorship of the article is contested, we reserve the right to take action including, but not limited to: publishing an erratum or corrigendum; retracting the article; taking up the matter with the head of department or dean of the author's institution and/or relevant academic bodies or societies; or taking appropriate legal action.
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