Code of Ethics

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

Limina. Intorno al testo, is a peer re-viewed semestral journal committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics. In order to provide readers with articles of highest quality we state the following principles of Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement. Authors ensure that they have written original articles. In addition they ensure that the manuscript has not been issued elsewhere. Authors are also responsible for language editing of the submitted article. Authors confirm that the submitted works represent their authors’ contributions and have not been copied or plagiarized in whole or in part from other works without clearly citing. Any work or words of other authors, contributors, or sources (including online sites) are appropriately credited and referenced. All authors disclose financial or other conflict of interest that might influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript (financial support for the project should be disclosed). Authors agree to the license agreement before submitting the article. The editors ensure a fair double-blind peer-review of the submitted papers for publication. The editors strive to prevent any potential conflict of interests between the author and editorial and review personnel. The editors also ensure that all the information related to submitted manuscripts is kept as confidential before publishing. The editors coordinates the editorial board for reviewing the works to be published in Limina. Intorno al testo. The reviewers, members of the scientific committee, include experts in the field of higher education, university lecturers and researchers. Each is assigned papers to review that are consistent with their specific expertise. Reviewers check all papers in a double-blind peer review process. The reviewers also check for plagiarism and research fabrication (making up research data) and falsification (manipulation of existing research data, tables, or images). In accordance with the code of conduct, the reviewers report any cases of suspected plagiarism or duplicate publishing. Reviewers evaluate manuscripts based on content without regard to ethnic origin, gender, sexual rienta-tion, citizenship, religious belief or political philosophy of the authors. They ensure that all then information related to submitted manuscripts is kept as confidential and must report to the editors if they are aware of copyright infringement and plagiarism on the author’s side. They must evaluate the submitted works objectively as well as present clearly their opinions on the works in a clear way in the review form. A reviewer who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript notify the editors and excuses himself from the review process.