About the Journal

Studi Finno-Ugrici (SFU), ISSN 1826-753X, is a journal edited by the Department of Literary, Linguistic and Comparative Studies of the University of Naples L’Orientale, and it is a ranked scientific journal of “Classe A” (ANVUR - Italian National Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research Institutes) for all the scientific-disciplinary sectors of the Area 10. Founded in 1995 with roots in the tradition of the scientific publishing promoted by Nullo Minissi in the seventies and eighties, from 2021 SFU is published by the UniorPress publishing house also in digital format, under the Diamond Open Access model. With this new modality, SFU proposes itself as an aggregator, on an international level, of knowledge relating to the linguistic, literary, historical, cultural and artistic heritage of which the Finno-Ugric civilizations are the producers and vehicles, inside and outside their respective national borders. In particular, SFU intends to encourage research from a comparative perspective, both in the field of Italian and Finno-Ugric linguistic, philological-literary, historical, historical-cultural and historical-artistic studies, and in the sparsely attended comparative studies intrinsic to Finno-Ugric civilizations.

Studi Finno-Ugrici (SFU), ISSN 1826-753X, is a journal edited by the Department of Literary, Linguistic and Comparative Studies of the University of Naples L’Orientale, and it is a ranked scientific journal of “Classe A” (ANVUR - Italian National Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research Institutes) for all the scientific-disciplinary sectors of the Area 10. Founded in 1995 with roots in the tradition of the scientific publishing promoted by Nullo Minissi in the seventies and eighties, from 2021 SFU is published by the UniorPress publishing house also in digital format, under the Diamond Open Access model. With this new modality, SFU proposes itself as an aggregator, immediately available on an international level, of knowledge relating to the linguistic, literary, historical, cultural and artistic heritage of which Finno-Ugric civilizations are the producers and vehicles, inside and outside their respective national borders. In particular, SFU intends to encourage research from a comparative perspective, both in the field of Italian and Finno-Ugric linguistic, philological-literary, historical, historical-cultural and historical-artistic studies, and in the sparsely attended comparative studies intrinsic to Finno-Ugric civilizations.

About the Journal

Studi Finno-Ugrici (SFU), ISSN 1826-753X, is a journal edited by the Department of Literary, Linguistic and Comparative Studies of the University of Naples L’Orientale, and it is a ranked scientific journal of “Classe A” (ANVUR - Italian National Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research Institutes) for all the scientific-disciplinary sectors of the Area 10.

Founded in 1995 with roots in the tradition of the scientific publishing promoted by Nullo Minissi in the seventies and eighties, from 2021 SFU is published by the UniorPress publishing house also in digital format, under the Diamond Open Access model. With this new modality, SFU proposes itself as an aggregator, immediately available on an international level, of knowledge relating to the linguistic, literary, historical, cultural and artistic heritage of which the Finno-Ugric civilizations are the producers and vehicles, inside and outside their respective national borders. In particular, SFU intends to encourage research from a comparative perspective, both in the field of Italian and Finno-Ugric linguistic, philological-literary, historical, historical-cultural and historical-artistic studies (with attention to the developments of literary historiography and the history of ideas, books and media), and in the sparsely attended comparative studies intrinsic to Finno-Ugric civilizations. It pays particular attention to the teaching of the Finno-Ugric languages (L2/LS), also in this case adopting a comparative perspective both among the Finno-Ugric languages, and between them and the Italian and other languages. The comparative and interdisciplinary aspect is linked to forms of reflection on foundations, problems, tools and methods of studies on the Finno-Ugric cultural heritage and its relationships with the other European and extra-European cultural heritages. The interest in (theoretical and applied) Translation Studies and in Gender Studies (understood in the broadest sense of the term) marks a strongly desired union of humanistic and social studies. Specific lines are intended to be traced in the vast field of Digital Humanities, on the side of the Finno-Ugric studies (emotion analysis, philology and digital criticism, innovative editions of unpublished works, networks, etc.).

SFU welcomes - by invitation and through Submission linked to Call for Paper - theoretical, critical and methodological essays proposed mainly in Italian and English, but also evaluates the opportunity to promote research in the main Finno-Ugric languages (Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian) and, moreover, in French and German; unpublished texts with Italian translation and/or with translation in the Finno-Ugric languages and/or with English translation; unpublished texts and translations of recent works by foreign authors of recognized quality for the Finno-Ugric and comparative studies; interviews; reviews and research reports of particular importance.

Frequency of publication

Studi Finno-Ugrici is published yearly in the online first mode. 

Peer review

Studi Finno-Ugrici adopts a double-blind peer review process, drawing on the expert advice and peer reviewing provided by authoritative specialists from the national and international academic world.

All the texts and essays submitted for publication is subject to peer review by two or more reviewers, of which at least one is external to the Scientific Advisory Board. The peer review process is double-blind and the reviewers are identified, in relation to the research field, among highly competent and recognized scholars and experts. Reviewers and authors are not paid in any way. The entire evaluation process is done in the guarantee of the mutual anonymity of reviewers and authors.

Studi Finno-Ugrici publishes on its website both the systematically updated guidelines intended for reviewers and authors and the list of the reviewers (without indicating the contributions respectively examined). The evaluation forms are constantly available for national and international bodies responsible for the quality control of the scientific research. 

Open Access Policy

Studi Finno-Ugrici publishes its contents under the Diamond Open Access model that is free of charge for both authors and readers. By guaranteeing open access to its contents, the journal makes research freely available by promoting the exchange of knowledge globally.

By opting for a Creative Common Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivative Works 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-ND – https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.it), the interested readers and scholars are allowed to download, print, disseminate or link to the individual articles and/or complete files, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. However, it is not allowed to market or use them to create derivative works (translations, theatrical or cinematographic adaptations, new editions, partial or total reproductions in other works, etc.), without the written permission of the author and of the Journal itself and, in case of permission, without following the instructions received regarding the mandatory citation of the original publication’s metadata. The original content published on Studi Finno-Ugrici’s website is protected by the Italian and the international copyright law.

Code of ethics

The authors, reviewers and editors of Studi Finno-Ugrici follows a code of conduct that complies with the COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) standards. You can read here the Code of ethics of the Journal.

Plagiarism policy

All submitted articles to Studi Finno-Ugrici are subjected to careful verification aimaed at detecting any improper use of other texts, even through Compilatio, Turnitin, or iThenticate plagiarism check software.

If plagiarism is found, Studi Finno-Ugrici follows the guidelines contained in the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) (http://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts).

1) if a reader finds and reports a suspected act of plagiarism present in an article published by Studi Finno-Ugrici, the editors of the journal inform him about the control procedure that the same journal starts immediately, verifying the degree of the actual coincidence of the article published by Studi Finno-Ugrici with the text or texts indicated by the reader which he considered plagiarized. At the same time, the editors of SFU inform the editorial board of the journal about the incident and summon it to jointly decide on the next steps, including the transmission to the author of the reported article of the evidence emerging from the control procedure and the request for a response to the accusation.

2) If the author is found guilty of plagiarism, the editors of Studi Finno-Ugrici inform the author of the plagiarised original article and the editor of the journal and/or series in which the plagiarised article was published. At the same time, an official retraction of the article appeared in Studi Finno-Ugrici is published and the article is withdrawn from the journal’s website with a 5-year ban for the plagiarist on proposing new publications.

The archiving process

Through the University Center for Libraries of the University of Naples Federico II, Studi Finno-Ugrici adheres to the online storage procedure in Digital Warehouses, a system for the permanent preservation of e-documents published in Italy and spread through a computer network realised by the National Libraries of Florence, Rome and Venice Marciana. To each article a National Bibliography Number (NBN) is assigned, useful for long-term maintenance. Studi Finno-Ugrici is also included in the LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) network of the Public Knowledge Project (PKP PLN), aimed at ensuring decentralised and distributed preservation, the long-term maintenance and the continual access to the original version of the journal. The University Center for Libraries of the University of Naples Federico II takes part in the realisation of a national LOCKSS infrastructure, to ensure also to SFU an additional environment of digital preservation in the long-term, distributed among several Italian libraries.

Sponsor

Studi Finno-Ugrici is journal of the Department of Literary, Linguistic and Comparative Studies of the University of Naples L’Orientale.

Consent and Privacy Policy

The data collected from registered and non-registered users of this journal falls within the scope of the standard functioning of peer-reviewed scholarly journals. It includes only information that makes communication possible for the reviewing and publication process of the articles; for inform readers about the authorship and editing of content; for collecting aggregated data on readership behaviors, as well as tracking geopolitical and social elements of scholarly communication.

This journal’s editorial team uses this data to guide its work in publishing and improving this journal. Data that will assist in developing this publishing platform may be shared with its developer Public Knowledge Project in an anonymized and aggregated form, with the only exceptions of the article metrics, for reading and downloading the articles. The data will not be sold by this journal, by the editors or PKP nor will it be used for purposes other than those stated here.

The authors published in this journal are responsible for the human subject data that figures in the research reported here.

Those involved in editing this journal seek to be compliant with industry standards for data privacy, including the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) provision for “data subject rights” that include (a) breach notification; (b) right of access; (c) the right to be forgotten; (d) data portability; and (e) privacy by design. The GDPR also allows for the recognition of “the public interest in the availability of the data,” which has a particular saliency for those involved in maintaining, with the greatest integrity possible, the public record of scholarly publishing.

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