Submissions

Author Guidelines

Submission

The Journal publishes original articles on topics related both to the sociological tradition and to new theoretical and research approaches in the national and international debate, as well as to the status of sociology in the academic and professional field.

Contributions can be written in Italian, English and French.

Articles must be submitted in Word format, and must be supplied with the presentation sheet completed in full, including the bio-bibliographical note for all authors, in Italian or English. Articles that are not accompanied by the presentation sheet will not be considered.

The Journal adopts a double-blind peer review process. Manuscripts must be fully anonymised for the purpose of blind review. The submitted anonymous article file should not contain names, affiliations, acknowledgements, funding information, or section attributions that may reveal the identity of the author(s). Self-citations must be phrased in a neutral manner so as not to compromise anonymity. Authors are also required to ensure that no identifying information is present in the document properties. Failure to comply with anonymisation requirements may result in the manuscript being returned to the author(s) prior to the initiation of the review process.

Abstract

Articles should be preceded by an abstract (max. 90 words) and five keywords in English and Italian.

Length

• Articles for the “Theory and Research” section: maximum 7,500 words
• Articles for the “Focus” and “Interview with” sections: maximum 4,500 words 

Titles

• Title (left alignment), font size 14, single line-spacing, bold
• Foreword (unnumbered), font size 12, single line-spacing, bold
• Title Paragraphs (numbered), font size 12, single line-spacing, bold
• Title Sub-paragraphs (numbered), font size 12, single line-spacing, italics  

Spaces

• Two spaces between paragraphs
• One space between paragraph heading and text
• One space between sub-paragraphs
• One space between sub-paragraph and text 

Pages should be numbered consecutively. 

Font and size of the text and the footnotes

• Font: Times New Roman or Times. Never enter words/phrases in bold, underlined or with all capital letters. Use italics or inverted commas («…») to highlight them
• Size of the text: 12, single line-spacing
• Quotations separated from the body of the text: 11 (see below)
• Size of the footnotes: 10 

Quotations and abbreviations

• Quotations longer than 30 words: size 11, without inverted commas and separated from the body of the text by an upper and lower space
• Shorter quotations should be inserted in the text within inverted commas (« »).
• Main abbreviations: p./pp.; ch./chs.; cit.; cf.; ivi; etc.; vol./voll.; n./nn.; [a.n.]. 

References in the text and the footnotes

• References should include only the author’s surname and the date of publication: e.g. (Weber, 1922).
• For works by two or more authors, author names are separated by a comma: e.g. (Thomas, Znaniecki, 1918).
• For three or more authors, use et al: e.g. (Webb. et al., 1966).
• In the case of quotations, the references should include the author’s name, the year of publication and the page(s) immediately following the quoted material: e.g. «the task and the promise» (Mills, 1959, 6).
• In the case of more than one work by the same author published in the same year, add an alphabetical progression to the year: a, b, c, d, etc.

 Tables, graphs and images

Limit the total number of graphs, tables and figures to be included in each text to a maximum of 5.

Tables, graphs and images should be numbered consecutively, titled and with the indication of the source (when they are not original works of the author). Originals (Excel or Power Point format) should be sent in a separate file. Images must be saved separately from the text.

Bibliography

References must include only the works cited in the text; they must be listed in alphabetical order in the following style and, for all contributions that have one, indicating the doi code at the end of each bibliographic reference

Books

• Surname of the author, initial of the name (date). Title. Place: publisher. E.g.: Savage, M. (2010). Identities and social change in Britain since 1940. The politics of method. New York: Oxford University Press.
• For edited books, include (Ed) or (Eds) before the date. g.: Alasuutari, P., Brannen, J. and Bickman, L. (Eds.) (2008). The SAGE handbook of social research methods. London: Sage.
• In the case of several works by the same author, cite in ascending chronological order.
• In the case of translations, indicate the original edition of the work in round brackets. g.: Goffman, E. (1988). Il rituale dell’interazione. Bologna: il Mulino (ed. or. Interaction Ritual: Essays in Face-to-Face Behaviour. Chicago: Aldine, 1967).
• For books by two or more authors, the author names must be separated by a comma. g.: Berger, P.L., Luckmann, T. (1966). The social construction of reality: A treatise in the sociology of knowledge. New York: Doubleday & Company.
• In the case of more than one work by the same author published in the same year, add an alphabetical progression to the year: a, b, c, d, etc.

Chapters in edited books

• E.g.: Thornberg, R., Charmaz, K. (2014). Grounded theory and theoretical coding. In Flick U. (Ed.) The SAGE handbook of qualitative data analysis (153-169). London: Sage.  

Scientific articles

• E.g.: Williams, C.C. (2014). Out of the shadows: A classification of economies by the size and character of their informal sector. Work, Employment and Society, 28(5), 735-753,  

doi: 10.1177/0950017013501951

 Periodical/magazine/newspapers articles

• E.g.: Zhok, A. (2017, October). Il Pil è morto, lunga vita al Pil. L’Espresso, 43, 52-53.  

Web pages

• E.g.: European Commission (2023). EU actions to enhance global food security. Retrieved from: https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/priorities-2019-2024/stronger-europe-world/eu-actions-enhance-global-food-security_en.

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