FORMATTING STYLE
File
.doc or .docx
Font
12, Times New Roman
Paragraph
Justified, no tabs, line spacing 1 – no other styles applied
Length
30,000 characters, spaces included – abstract and references included (10,000 for reviews)
100 words for the abstract (in English only)
5 keywords (in English only), separated by comma
Submissions must comply with the blind review, so 3 files must be submitted:
1) anonymous paper
2) abstract
3) author’s bio-academic and contact information
QUOTATIONS
The system is author-date:
(Last name, year, page)
In case of 2 authors:
Last name 1, Last Name 2, year, page)
In case of 3 or more authors
(Last name 1 et al., year, page)
Use quotation marks “…”, not «…». Within quotations use single marks ‘…’.
It is recommended to separate the paper into paragraphs, with number and title.
Footnotes must be strictly limited.
REFERENCES
References must be placed at the end of the paper and follow these rules:
• For books:
Last name, N. Year. Title. Place: Publisher
For editions different from the first one:
Last name, N. Year of the first edition. Title. Place: Publisher, Year of the used edition.
For Italian translations:
Last name, N. Year of the first edition. Original title. Place: Publisher (transl., Title. Place: Publisher, Year).
• For articles in journals, magazines, newspapers:
Last name, N. Year. “Title”. Journal, volume/issue, pages
Last name, N. Year. “Title”. Newspaper, date
• For essays in books:
Last name, N. Year. Title of the essay. In N. Last name (ed.), Title of the book. Place: Publisher, pages
In case of more books from the same author and the same year add a progressive letter after the year:
Last name, N. Yeara. Title. Place: Publisher
Last name, N. Yearb. Title. Place: Publisher
SPACES AND PUNCTUATION
One space only between words. One space after punctuation, never before. No spaces within brackets. No spaces in numbers and dates (eg. 15-16, 2005-2006).
ACRONYMS
No dots, eg. BBC, USA, NATO, DC, PCI.
ITALICS
Italics must be used for:
1) Titles of works of any kind;
2) For any foreign or technical terms.
For terms from non-Latin alphabets, use transliterated Latin alphabet when possible.
