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Author Guidelines
Submissions to Scientifica Acta should be written in English, and must default to instructions given in .......
To submit a paper, you need to log in to our site, which requires you to be registered. If you are not registered, please complete the form on our registration page (which will log you in after it is submitted). If you are registered, please go to the paper submission page (which will ask you to log in if you are not already logged in).
- An abstract is required for an article submission. Please be sure to complete the text box for an abstract in the submission's metadata section.
- The submission can include supplementary files such as graphs, pictures, images, or video and audio files to be stored on IJoC server. Graphics should be in JPEG, GIF, PNG, or TIFF format. Audio segments should be in MP3, or AIFF, WAV (Windows Audio Wave) format. Video segments should be in Quicktime, MPEG, AVI (Video for Windows), or WMV (Windows Media Video) format. Other audio and video file formats may be acceptable; but please check with us before uploading them to confirm their compatibility with our software and our conversion programs.
- We encourage authors to obtain appropriate permissions to use materials originally produced by others, but do not require such permissions as long as the usage of such materials falls within the boundaries of Fair Use.
- If you are requested by the Editor to submit revisions for review, you can upload a revised version under the ";;;;Editor Decision";;;; section in the submission's Review page, specifically the ";;;;Upload Author Version";;;; field.
Papers should be written in English, and should adhere to instructions and template you can download from the links below.
Template Latex (zip)
Template Word (zip)
Publishing agreement
(please print, fill in and e-mail to scientifica.acta@unipv.it or fax to 0382/987262)
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
- The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
- The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
Copyright Notice
Copyright for articles published in Scientifica Acta is retained by the authors, with first publication rights granted to the journal. Scientifica Acta is an Open Access journal. Authors who publish in Scientifica Acta are recommended to release their articles under the Creative Commons Attribution Non- Commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd) license. This license allows anyone to copy and distribute the article for non-commercial purposes provided that appropriate attribution is given. The publisher is not responsible for subsequent uses of the work, including uses infringing the above license.
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