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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 author(s) confirm that the submission is original, that all sources have been properly acknowledged, and that they are aware that the manuscript may be screened for plagiarism using Turnitin or similar tools.
  • The author(s) confirm that, where required, they have obtained all necessary permissions to reproduce or adapt any materials originally produced by others.
  • The author(s) confirm that they have read and complied with the journal’s AI Guidelines, including the disclosure of any generative AI use where required.
  • 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:
    Italian guidelines;
    English guidelines.
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word document file format.
  • Where possible, the DOIs of the bibliographic references have been provided.

Author Guidelines

Submitting

Thank you for choosing to submit your paper to us. Please, read carefully the editorial guidelines to prepare your article (style, formatting, references, etc.) before submitting.
The journal accept manuscript in the following languages: Italian, English and French.

Peer Review process

All submitted articles are first assessed for suitability by editors and than double-blind peer reviewed by independent, anonymous expert referees. Further information on the reviewing process can be found on our Code of Ethics below. The journal follows the review process criteria approved by the Committee of the Italian Sociological Journals (CRIS).

Anti Plagiarism policy

To avoid plagiarism, all the submitted work are checked for plagiarism via Turnitin Originality Check provided by the University of Pisa. By submitting their work, authors are agreeing to originality checks during the peer-review process. Further information on our conduct on plagiarism can be found on our Code of Ethics below.

Publication Charges

There are no submission fees, publication fees or page charges for this journal.

Repository Policy

We encourage authors to post their pre-publication manuscript  and the Publisher’s final formatted PDF version in institutional or other repositories or on their websites without embargo.

Submitted version, Accepted version or Published version can be deposited in any repositories immediately after the publication to preserving anonimity during the review process.

The published source must be acknowledged and a link to the journal home page or articles’ DOI must be set.

Norme redazionali

Editorial guidelines

Article

If the article proposal is accepted, please note that a signed release form from all authors of the publication will be required.

Book reviews

Book reviews are not subject to a scientific peer-review process.

It is reminded that, prior to publication, a release form signed by all contributing authors must be provided.

Special Issue - Vivere nel presente

VIVERE NEL PRESENTE: PRESENTISMO, FOREVERISMO E COSTRUZIONE DELLA REALTA' SOCIALE

Call for Papers, 2027, XXIX, 4 (September-December)

Edited by Marianna Coppola (Università Giustino Fortunato), Sabino Di Chio (Università di Bari “Aldo Moro”), Edmondo Grassi (Università San Raffaele Roma).

Il contributo deve rispettare le linee guida della rivista https://thelabsq.sp.unipi.it/LQ/submission-guidelines

Immagini e tabelle possono essere inserite direttamente nel documento principale.

Su richiesta ai guest editor della special issue, sarà possibile ricevere un template Word della rivista per facilitare la formattazione.

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The author(s) authorise The Lab’s Quarterly to publish their articles online – making it available to the public through the journal’s website and its social media channels – and to use it under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence (including reproduction, elaboration and juxtaposition) for these purposes. The author(s) retain copyrights but agree not to translate or publish it in other journals until at least 18 months after its publication in this journal.

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