About the Journal

Focus and Scope

The Open Access series of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at Milan State University (www.unimi.it), di/segni offers books available to view online and download in E-Pub format for free. Books are also available for purchase in print format. We promote research in English, French, German, Spanish, Scandinavian and Slavic studies, both in their European and extra-European dimension. We publish monographs, brief essays and collections of essays occasioned by conferences or research workshop held in Italy or abroad. In this way, we aim to contribute to the dissemination of knowledge ensuring the wide circulation of our professors and young researchers’ studies. Our volumes are the result of a strict process of selection and control. Sharing the results of our research, we aim to increase the international visibility of our department, to foster dialogue with our peers and collaborations in the field of digital publishing and to release information to the wider society.

We subscribe to the 2003 Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities and to the 2004 Messina Declaration promoted by the CRUI to support open access to academic publications.

Peer Review Process

All submissions are subject to double blind peer review. The two reviewers are typically a member of our editorial board (or a professor in our department appointed by the board) and an appropriate external expert (Italian or foreign) appointed by the board. The board will request a further review if the two default reviews substantially disagree.

For volumes of collected papers (e.g. conference proceedings) di/segni relies on the editors’ evaluations, which must be approved in a meeting of the board.
For reprints, the board’s favourable opinion and the former publisher’s acquittance are sufficient.
Proposals that have not been commissioned by the board or that have not been submitted by one of its members are presented to the board. If the proposal is accepted for submission and its subject exceeds the competences of the board’s members, the review process is taken up by two external expert (Italian or foreign).

Our peer review process aims to guarantee the scientific quality of our publications. There are no limitations on language sections. We particularly welcome submissions in languages other than Italian.

Open Access Policy

Di/segni’s titles are produced under an Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Creative Commons (CC) License.

Journal History

The Open Access series of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at Milan State University (www.unimi.it), di/segni offers books available to view online and download in E-Pub format for free. Books are also available for purchase in print format. We promote research in English, French, German, Spanish, Scandinavian and Slavonic studies, both in their European and extra-European dimension. We publish monographs, brief essays and collections of essays occasioned by conferences or research workshop held in Italy or abroad. In this way, we aim to contribute to the dissemination of knowledge ensuring the wide circulation of our professors and young researchers’ studies. Our volumes are the result of a strict process of selection and control. Sharing the results of our research, we aim to increase the international visibility of our department, to foster dialogue with our peers and collaborations in the field of digital publishing and to release information to the wider society.

Archiving

The University of Milan has an archival arrangement with the National Central Libraries of Florence and Rome within 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

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 di COPE. 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.