About the Journal
Focus and Scope
The Atti del Sodalizio Glottologico Milanese publish essays in the fields of historical and theoretical linguistics, which reflect the research activity carried out by the members of the Sodalizio. Normally the contributions published in the Acts reproduce the content of the conferences held during the sessions of the Sodalizio Glottologico Milanese in the year preceding the year of publication. Admission as a member of the Sodalizio Glottologico Milanese takes place through the presentation by two members and the sending of a short curriculum to the address: sodglottmil@unimi.it
Open Access Policy
This journal provides open access to its contents, in the belief that making research freely available to the public improves the exchange of knowledge globally.
CC License
This journal is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution - Share Alike 4.0 International License.
Preprint and postprint version of the articles can be archived anywhere under the same license
Article Processing and Submission Charge
You can publish free of charge: no payments are required from the authors, as this journal doesn’t have article submission charges nor article processing charges (APCs).
Archiving
The University of Milan has an archiving agreement with the Central National Libraries of Florence and Rome within the framework of the national project Magazzini Digitali.
The journal has enabled the PKP PN (Preservation Network) plugin, in order to preserve digital contents through LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) project
Copyright policy
The author allows Atti del Sodalizio Glottologico Milanese the right to publish for the first time the work within 1 (one) year from the submission, and the perpetual right to distribute the work free of charge by any means and in any parts of the world, including the communication to the public through the journal website.
The author retains the right to create derivative works and to reproduce, distribute, execute or publicly display her/his work at conferences and presentations, lectures, and in case of any other professional activity.
The Author retains the right to disseminate open access the Work, through his website or through an institutional or disciplinary, from the publishing on Atti del Sodalizio Glottologico Milanese.
The Author, according to the Publisher, renounces to any forms of compensation provided to authors and publishers for not for profit photocopying rights and library loan in accordance to the National law in force.
Plagiarism
Editors have a duty to act promptly in case of errors and misconducts, both proven and alleged. This duty extends to both published and unpublished papers. In case such as errors in articles or in the publication process, fraudulent publication or plagiarism, appropriate steps will be taken, following the recommendations, guidelines and flowcharts from COPE (https://publicationethics.org/retraction-guidelines). Corrections will happen with due prominence, including the publication of an erratum (errors from the publication process), corrigendum (errors from the Author(s)) or, in the most severe cases, the retraction of the affected work. Retracted papers will be retained online, and they will be prominently marked as a retraction in all online versions, including the PDF, for the benefit of future readers.
Ethical Code
Ethical Code of the journal “Atti del Sodalizio Glottologico Milanese”
Atti del Sodalizio Glottologico Milanese is a double blind peer-reviewed scientific journal that is inspired by the ethical code of publication worked out by COPE, Committee on Publication Ethics, Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.
Publisher responsibilities
The Publisher must provide the Journal with adequate resources and the guidance of experts (for example, as far as legal and graphic advice are concerned); this in order to carry out his/her role in a professional way and to improve the quality of the Journal itself.
The relationship among the Editor in chief, the Editorial Board and the Publisher should be firmly based on the principle of the publishing independence.
Editors responsibilities
The Editor in Chief and the Editorial Board of Atti del Sodalizio Glottologico Milanese are the only ones in charge of the decision of publishing the articles submitted to the Journal. In their decisions, they have to follow the policy of the Journal.
The articles accepted will be submitted to the evaluation of two reviewers; however, their acceptance is subordinated to the implementation of possible modifications required and to the definitive opinion of the Editorial Board.
The Editor in Chief and the Editorial Board are in charge of evaluating the manuscripts on the basis of their scientific content, without discrimination of race, sex, gender identity, creed, ethnic origin, citizenship, or scientific, academic and political position of the Authors.
If the Editorial Board notices or receives notifications on mistakes or inaccuracies, conflict of interest or plagiarism in a published article, it will make a prompt communication to the Author and the Publisher and will undertake the necessary actions to clear up the matter; moreover, if necessary, it will withdraw the article or will publish a recantation.
Authors responsibilities
The Authors are obliged to declare that their work is original in all its parts and that all the works consulted have been properly quoted. If the works and/or the words of other Authors are used, they have to be properly paraphrased or duly quoted.
The Authors must indicate any financing agency of the research or the project the article derives from.
The authorship of the work has to be correctly attributed; in particular, the Authors are required to explicitly indicate any co-authors who gave a meaningful contribution to the conceiving, organization, accomplishment and revision of the research the article is based on.
The manuscripts under evaluation must not be submitted to other journals for publication.
All the Authors are obliged to declare unequivocally that there is no conflict of interest which could have influenced the results obtained or the interpretations suggested.
All the Authors must send an English abstract of the papers they submit to the journal.
The protocols of the original works must be authorized in advance by the ethical committee the Authors refer to; the researches must be carried out according to ethical rules, with express reference to the Helsinki declaration.
Reviewers responsibilities
The Reviewers play an important role in supporting the Editorial Board. By means of the peer-review procedure, the Reviewers contribute to maintain the journal’s quality at a high level. They can, moreover, suggest to the Authors some adjustments or expedients aimed to improve their contribution.
Each work to be read has to be considered confidential; therefore, the works must not be discussed with or passed on to third parties. The Reviewers are obliged to report to the Editorial Board of the journal the existence of possible conflicts of interest with the research from which the article arises.
The editing must be carried out from an objective point of view. The reviewers are obliged to state grounds for their evaluation.
The Reviewers should report any similarity or overlapping of the work received with other works known to them.
