Editorial Policies

Editorial Responsibilities

The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for deciding which articles submitted to Musicology will be published. The Editor-in-Chief is guided by the Editorial Policy and constrained by legal requirements in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism.

The Editor-in-Chief reserves the right to decide not to publish submitted manuscripts in case it is found that they do not meet relevant standards concerning the content and formal aspects. The editorial staff will inform the authors whether the manuscript is accepted for publication within two months from the date of the manuscript submission.

Editor-in-Chief, Guest Editor of the Main Theme section and members of the Editorial Board must hold no conflict of interest with regard to the articles they consider for publication. If an Editor feels that there is likely to be a perception of a conflict of interest in relation to their handling of a submission, the selection of reviewers and all decisions on the paper shall be made by the Editor-in-Chief. The Editor-in-Chief and the Editorial Board must be made aware of any possible conflict of interest in due time.

Editor-in-Chief, Guest Editor of the Main Theme section and the Editorial Board shall evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content free from any racial, gender, sexual, religious, ethnic, or political bias.

The Editor and the Editorial Board must not use unpublished materials disclosed in submitted manuscripts without the express written consent of the authors. The information and ideas presented in submitted manuscripts shall be kept confidential and must not be used for personal gain.

Editors and the Editorial Board shall take all reasonable measures to ensure that the reviewers remain anonymous to the authors before, during and after the evaluation process, and the authors remain anonymous to reviewers until the end of the review procedure.

Assistant to the Editor-in-Chief is responsible for administrative and technical support, as well as for communication with authors and reviewers.

 

Duties of the Advisory Board

The Advisory Board is an consultative body that actively contributes to the development of the journal. The tasks and duties of the Board include: the support to the development of the journal, its promotion, encouraging experts in the area of scientific study of music to get involved as journal’s authors and/or reviewers, writing editorials, reviews and commentaries.

 

Disclaimer

The content of the published articles reflects only the individual authors’ opinions, and not those of the Editors and the Editorial Board. Legal and moral responsibility for the information and views expressed in the articles therein lies entirely with the author(s). Publisher shall have no liability in the event of issuance of any claims for damages. The publisher will not be held legally responsible should there be any claims for compensation. Electronic addresses and links are correct at the moment of the publication of particular volume. The Editor and the Editorial Board are not responsible for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party websites referenced, and do not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate and appropriate.