About the Press

Our Mission

Milano University Press adheres to the principles of open science, as it believes that publicly funded university research should give back to professionals, students citizens and the society. That is why Milano UP will always publish open access books, whether they be for scientific, teaching or dissemination purposes.

We are strongly committed to disseminating the principles of process transparency, accessibility and reproducibility of research publications. We believe in the importance of ensuring transparent editorial procedures, so that the scientific community and the general public can clearly understand how contents are selected and evaluated. Moreover, we try to make our research publications available to a wide range of readers (students, professionals and interested citizens). Finally, we promote the reproducibility of research by encouraging authors to share data, methods and tools used, to facilitate a better understanding and evaluation of scientific findings.

For this reason, Milano UP has decided to position itself as a public infrastructure that aims to remove costs for authors of the University, as well as for any reader with an Internet connection. In line with our commitment to open access, we want to make sure that publication and access to scientific articles are completely free of charge. This allows researchers to freely share their results, while readers can access quality information without any financial barrier.

Quality, dignity, inclusion, respect for diversity and multilingualism are the inspiring principles of Milano UP, which seeks to create a fair, welcoming and inclusive platform for its authors, researchers and readers.

We promote quality as a key criterion for our publications, and we meticulously evaluate scientific contents with a view to ensuring academic excellence and valuable works. We believe that knowledge production and dissemination should be informed by these values.

Milano UP attaches great importance to respecting copyright. We are well aware that intellectual property rights are essential to protect the work of authors and researchers, and to enhance the production of new knowledge. We undertake to respect and adhere to copyright laws and implement measures to guarantee that our publications comply with current regulations.

We adopt Creative Commons licenses to ensure a conscious and legal sharing of knowledge. Our goal is to promote knowledge dissemination while respecting copyright, striking a balance between accessibility and protection of intellectual property.

Moreover, we care about environmental sustainability. As a matter of fact, we publish our contents mainly in digital format, to reduce the environmental impact of printing and facilitate global accessibility of our materials. However, for specific printing needs, we offer a print on demand service upon request.

The wide dissemination of contents produced by professors and research fellows of our University plays a key role in fostering the circulation of ideas, scientific discussions, exchanges and critical thinking. This contributes greatly to the development of our society as a whole, while offering growth and learning opportunities to all citizens.

Milano UP acknowledges the importance of artificial intelligence innovations, and their resulting challenges and opportunities. We are aware that artificial intelligence has been changing different sectors of the society, including education, scientific research and many others.

In this framework, Milano UP undertakes to encourage a wide debate, within the academic community and the society as a whole, on risks and opportunities resulting from the use of artificial intelligence. We will always be ready to raise ethical, legal, social and economic issues related to the implementation and use of these technologies.

Open Access Policy

In accordance with the principles of Open Science, Milano University Press intends to promote open access to scientific literature and the dissemination of research findings.
Series and books are published on an open access basis to ensure the widest possible dissemination and circulation of peer-reviewed scientific knowledge.
All our publications are distributed under a Creative Commons 4.0 license agreement signed by the author, who retains intellectual property on the work and transfers, on a non-exclusive basis, the right of publication to Milano University Press for the agreed edition.

Publication Requirements

Authors are required to certify that their work is original.
Prior to publication, the manuscript will be subject to peer review by at least two experts in the field, pursuant to review criteria applicable within that discipline.
Authors must provide a written statement, prior to circulating the text free of charge online, in which they make the following representations:

  • the publication does not infringe upon anyone's copyright, nor does it infringe upon any inalienable or economic right of any other author, whether in terms of text, images, photographs, tables, or other content;
  • the publication is not the result of any activities falling within the scope of industrial property rights, nor is it the subject of any patent registration or related filing;
  • the work was not produced within the scope of any public or private grant, the terms of which restrict disseminating the findings thereof for reasons of confidentiality or privacy.

Authors must agree to have any works or series published on the platform remain thereon for a minimum of three years.

Peer Review

Milano University Press is a member of the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB), an international organisation that provides a searchable directory of peer-reviewed single-volume works published on an open-access basis, with links to full texts on a website or in the Publisher's repository. One requirement of membership in the DOAB is compliance with peer-review protocols in the publishing process, and the proper attribution of metadata, i. e. two of the criteria for granting “scientific publication” status to a published work (https://www.doabooks.org). Texts published on the MilanoUP platform are reviewed, pursuant to discipline-specific criteria, by two or more Reviewers identified from amongst a large pool of international experts. Reviewersshall not, within the previous five years, have published any work with the editor, Author or co-authors subject to review; furthermore, they shall not have any pending working or collaborative relationship with the Author or co-author's home department. The opinions of the Reviewers, which must be expressed in writing, are kept on file through the MilanoUP publishing platform.

Copyright policies and inclusion in institutional repositories

Pre-print:TheAuthor may file a pre-print (the text in its format prior to peer review)

Post-print: The Author may file a post-print (the text in its format following peer review)

Publisher's version: The Author may file the Publisher's version in PDF format

  • General terms and conditions: The work may be catalogued in any not-for-profit open-access catalogue
  • The publisher’s proof (in PDF format) may be reused
  • All works are published under a Creative Commons

Artificial Intelligence Policy

Milano University Press acknowledges the importance of artificial intelligence innovations understanding the challenges and opportunities they entail.

Authors who have used artificial intelligence tools in the editing of a manuscript, in the production of images or graphical elements of the article, or in the collection and analysis of data, are invited to explicitly declare their use, mentioning the AI tool, the field of application, the search queries used and the date of use, in order to allow reproducibility and verification.
The author will remain responsible for the accuracy and correctness of any published content and guarantees compliance with the code of ethics and anti-plagiarism rules.
Authors who have used AI, or AI-assisted tools, are required to include a paragraph at the end of their manuscript, entitled "Declaration on Generative AI and AI-Assisted Technologies in the Writing Process", with the following information:
"During the preparation of this paper the author(s) used [TOOL/SERVICE NAME] on [DD/MM/YYYYY] using the search terms: [SEARCH TERMS] in order to [REASON]. After using this tool/service, the author(s) have reviewed and edited the content as necessary and take full responsibility for the content of the publication."

Volume Editors are not allowed to upload received manuscripts into artificial intelligence software, in order not to risk compromising privacy and copyright.

Reviewers undertake not to use artificial intelligence tools to evaluate manuscripts in order to guarantee the application of critical thinking and original assessment, as required for this work.

Advertising Policy: advertising is not allowed