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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 under consideration by another journal (unless an explanation is provided to the editor in the comments).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect format.
  • The manuscript has been prepared using the journal’s template, which can be downloaded from the Author Guidelines section.

  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.

  • The text has been appropriately anonymized.

Author Guidelines

Before submitting the manuscript, authors are invited to carefully read and comply with all the guidelines and instructions provided below and in the Submission Preparation Checklist. Manuscripts that do not conform to these requirements will be returned.

Only original, unpublished articles submitted in .doc or .rtf format will be accepted.

Submissions must be prepared using the journal’s official template, which can be downloaded at the following link: Mediascapes Template.

All contributions must be strictly formatted in accordance with the journal’s editorial guidelines, available for download in PDF format at the following link: Mediascapes Formatting Guidelines.

Policy on Dissemination of Pre-print and Post-print Versions

Mediascapes Journal does not allow the public dissemination of a manuscript prior to acceptance, i.e., as a pre-print. Authors may, however, share online the post-print version (the final author-accepted manuscript, after peer review and editorial decision, but not yet formatted in the journal’s layout) or the version of record (the final published PDF formatted according to the journal’s design) in institutional repositories or on personal websites and profiles. Post-acceptance dissemination is encouraged, as it can foster scholarly exchange and increase the visibility and citation of the published article (see The Effect of Open Access).

Plagiarism policy

All manuscripts submitted to Mediascapes Journal are screened by the Editorial Staff using plagiarism-detection software (Compilatio). Reference lists are excluded from the similarity calculation.

Direct plagiarism (unattributed copying from external sources) is not tolerated under any circumstances and may result in desk rejection. In cases of self-plagiarism with a similarity index between 20% and 30%, the Editorial Staff may request re-submission or issue desk rejection, depending on the context and on where the reused text appears in the manuscript. A similarity index above 50% leads to automatic desk rejection and a 12-month ban on new submissions to the journal.

In addition to software screening, the Editorial Staff may carry out an editorial check to identify paraphrasing intended to bypass similarity detection; where proper attribution is missing, such cases are treated as plagiarism.

Articles for the monographic section

This section welcomes research contributions focused on the theme selected for each issue of the journal, selected through thematic calls for papers.

The target word count is between 6000 and 8000 words, including notes and references.

All articles in this section are double blind peer reviewed.

This section accepts contributions in Italian and English.

Research Pathways – Miscellany Section

The Research Pathways section welcomes theoretical and empirical contributions in the field of media studies through an always-open call for papers.

The target word count is between 6000 and 8000 words, including notes and references.

All articles in this section are double blind peer reviewed.

The research section accepts contributions in Italian and English.

Mediascenari

Mediascapes Journal is launching MediaScenari, a new space dedicated to debate and the exploration of innovative perspectives. This section will feature non-peer-reviewed contributions offering evolving critical reflections and interdisciplinary visions. The aim is to foster an open and creative dialogue that can capture emerging trends and tackle the crucial issues of our time. A space where we can imagine the future, nurture intellectual exchange, and inspire new research paths.

Copyright Notice

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The author retains the copyright to the work without restrictions.

The author grants Mediascapes Journal the right of first publication of the work and a non-exclusive, perpetual right to reproduce, distribute, and make it freely available to the public in any medium and in any part of the world, including making it available to the public via the journal’s website.

The author has the right to disseminate the work both in its post-print version and in its published editorial version on their own website or through an institutional or disciplinary repository.

The Author, according to the Publisher, renounces to any forms of compensation provided to authors and publishers for not for profit photocopying rights and library loan in accordance to the National law in force.