Notes for Contributors - Studies in Communication Sciences - Studi di scienze della comunicazione


Contributions Contributions can be in English, Italian, French or German. The submission of full papers (at the most 7000 words), short communications and book/article reviews for the General Section of the journal is always open.	Authors wishing to contribute to Thematic Sections or Special Issues should consult the specific call for paper in the Calls For Papers page for the submission requirements and deadlines. Manuscripts must be submitted to the Editorial Board:(scoms@usi.ch)
Manuscripts The length of the manuscript should not exceed 7000 words (articles), including all quotes, the notes and references sections, on one side of standard A4 or US letter size paper. All pages must be numbered. Please prepare two word/pdf-files for submission. First file should contain: title page that lists the names, affiliations and contact information for all authors, abstract in English of about 150 words, up to 4 index keywords, the manuscript.	In the second file, please remove all author(s) information to allow a double-blind-review process. The manuscript must be submitted in either Macintosh or IBM-compatible format.
Quotations in the text should be enclosed in "double quotation marks". Use 'single quotes' only within double quotes.	Words from other languages, and word intended to be especially emphasized, should be italicized (underlined).
Footnotes should be identified in the text by superscript numbers.	Hyperlinks are acceptable in the text and footnotes.
References should be indicated in the text by the name of the author(s) and the year of publication according to the following examples: "... as mentioned by Jakobson (1972)"; "... as has been argued (Jakobson 1972: 34-38)". "Several authors have noted this trend (Smith 1970; Jones and Cook 1968; Dobbs et al. 1973)".	The abbreviation "et al." should be used for references with three or more authors. For References to two or more papers by the same authors in the same year, the year should be followed by a letter (a, b, c, etc.).
Reference Section All works cited in the text must be listed alphabetically according to the first author in a Reference section at the end of the manuscript. References to books should include the place of publication and the publisher's name, and references to articles in journals should include volume and page numbers, as in the following examples: Austin, John L. (1962). How to do things with words, Cambridge: Harvard U. Press.	Kasher, Asa (1991). On the pragmatic modules: A lecture. Journal of Pragmatics 16: 381-397. Kripke, Saul (1991). Speaker's reference and semantic reference. In: Garfield, J. & Kiteley, M. (eds.). Meaning and Truth. Essential Readings in Modern Semantics, New York: Paragon House.
Tables must be numbered consecutively with Roman numerals and titled, and must be referred to in the text. Each table should be typed, doublespaced, with due regard for the proportions of the printed page.	Footnotes to tables should be identified by superscript letters and placed at the bottom of the page containing the table.
Copyright Authors normally assign the copyright to the publisher.Each manuscript must be accompanied by a statement that it has not been published elsewhere and that it has not been submitted simultaneously for publication elsewhere.	Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyrighted material from other sources and are required to sign an agreement for the transfer of copyright to the publisher.
Galley-proofs will be sent for correction to the corresponding author.