Responsibilities

Authors’ responsibilities

Authors warrant that their manuscripts are their original works, that they have not been published before, and are not under consideration for publication elsewhere. Parallel submission of the same paper to another journal constitutes a misconduct and eliminates the manuscript from further consideration.

Authors are exclusively responsible for the contents of their submissions. Authors affirm that the article contains no unfounded or unlawful statements and does not violate the rights of third parties.

Authors must make sure that their author team listed in the manuscript includes all and only those authors who have significantly contributed to the submitted manuscript. If persons other than authors were involved in important aspects of the research project and the preparation of the manuscript, their contribution should be acknowledged in a footnote or the Acknowledgments section.

If the research presented in the manuscript has received external funding, it is the responsibility of the authors to specify the title and code label of the research project within which the work was created, as well as the full title of the funding institution.

Authors are required to properly cite sources that have significantly influenced their research and their manuscript. Parts of the manuscript, including text, pictures and tables that are taken verbatim from other works must be clearly marked (e.g. by quotation marks accompanied by their location in the original document).

Full references of each quotation (in-text citation) must be listed in the separate section (References) in a uniform manner, according to the citation style used by the journal. References section should list only quoted/cited, and not all sources used for the preparation of a manuscript.

When authors discover a significant error or inaccuracy in their own published work, it is their obligation to promptly notify the Editor-in-Chief (or publisher) and cooperate to retract or correct the paper.

By submitting a manuscript the authors agree to abide by the Editorial Policies of Rassegna Italiana di Criminologia.

Editorial Responsibilities

The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for deciding which articles submitted to the journal will be published. The decisions are made based exclusively on the manuscript's merit. When making decisions the Editor-in-Chief is also guided by the editorial policy and legal provisions relating to defamation, copyright infringement and plagiarism.

Members of the Editorial Board including the Editor-in-Chief must hold no conflict of interest with regard to the articles they consider for publication. The information and ideas presented in submitted manuscripts shall be kept confidential. Information and ideas contained in unpublished materials must not be used for personal gain without the written consent of the authors.

Editors and the editorial staff shall take all reasonable measures to ensure that the authors/reviewers remain anonymous during and after the evaluation process in accordance with the type of reviewing in use.

Reviewers' responsibilities

Reviewers are required to provide a qualified assessment of the scholarly merits of the manuscript. The reviewer takes special care of the real contribution and originality of the manuscript and must promptly notify the Editor if he suspects that an article contains parts copied from another work.

Reviewers assess manuscript for the compliance with the profile of the journal, the relevance of the investigated topic and applied methods, the scientific relevance of information presented in the manuscript, the presentation style and scholarly apparatus. The review has a standard format. The judgment of the reviewers must be clear and substantiated by arguments.

The reviewer shall not accept for reviewing papers beyond the field of his/her full competence. If they recommend correction of the manuscript prior to publication, they are obliged to specify the manner in which this can be achieved.

Reviewers should alert the Editor-in-Chief to any well-founded suspicions or the knowledge of possible violations of ethical standards by the authors.

Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. Reviewers must not use unpublished materials disclosed in submitted manuscripts without the express written consent of the authors.