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- » Publication Frequency
- » Open Access Policy
- » Archiving
- » Peer-Review
- » Indexation
- » Publishing Ethics
- » Founder
- » Author Fees
- » Disclosure and Conflict of Interest
- » Plagiarism Detection
- » Preprint and Postprint Policy
- » Data Sharing Policy
Aim and Scope
“Iberoamerican papers” is a peer-reviewed scientific journal. The Journal’s goal is to develop interdisciplinary research in the field of history, ethnology, art history, literary studies, linguistics and other disciplines to show the diversity and identity of the Ibero-American worldview. The Journal publishes articles in Russian, Spanish, Portuguese and English, which creates a unique platform for mutual knowledge and intercultural communication of two “frontier” civilizations: that of Russia and Ibero-America.
The Journal’s objectives are:
- To provide researchers with an open platform for publishing the results of different scientific research on the history, ethnology and ethnography, culture, literature, art, languages of the countries of the Ibero-American world;
- To disseminate the publications of both renowned researchers and junior experts (articles, monographs) in the above-mentioned areas in the form of critical reviews;
- To invite both Russian experts and Ibero-Americanists from abroad to collaborate in order to share academic dialogue and intellectual debate on the study and interpretation of different phenomena of history, culture and the arts, literary and linguistic trends in the Ibero-American world.
Section Policies
Open Submissions
IndexedPublication Frequency
4 issues per year:
№1 March;
№2 June;
№3 September;
№4 December.
Open Access Policy
"Cuadernos Iberoamericanos" is an open access journal. All articles are made freely available to readers immediatly upon publication.
Our open access policy is in accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) definition - it means that articles have free availability on the public internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself.
For more information please read BOAI statement.
Archiving
- Russian State Library (RSL)
- National Electronic-Information Consortium (NEICON)
Peer-Review
All articles submitted to the editorial office of Cuadernos Iberoamericanos are subject to mandatory double-anonymous (“blind”) review (the authors of the manuscript do not know the reviewers and receive a letter with comments signed by the Editor-in-Chief).
- Each manuscript sent to the journal’s website or to the editorial e-mail is evaluated by the Editor-in-Chief, his Deputy and members of the Editorial Board, whose expert profile corresponds to the subject of the article. If the manuscript is of interest to the journal, it is sent for review. If the manuscript is not of such interest, a desk-reject is issued. The articles are usually rejected for the following reasons:
A. The article does not correspond to the scope of the journal.
B. The article lacks a research question and / or scientific novelty.
C. The manuscript cannot be qualified as a research article.
D. The article is not an original research. - The share of rejected manuscripts in the journal is approximately 20% of the number of incoming papers.
- Articles are reviewed by members of the International Editorial and Expert Science Council, as well as by leading Russian and international experts in the relevant field who have been invited to take part in the review process. Reviewers are selected at the sole discretion of the Editor-in-Chief or the Deputy Editor-in-Chief. The review period lasts for up to one month, or longer at the request of the reviewer.
- Reviewers have the right to refuse to review a manuscript if there is a clear conflict of interest that would affect their perception and/or interpretation of the material contained therein. After reading the manuscript, the reviewer makes one of the following recommendations (reviewers must provide justification for all their decisions): the article is recommended for publication in its present form; the article is recommended for publication after the issues identified by the reviewer have been addressed; the article needs to be sent to another expert for further review; the article cannot be published in the journal.
- If, according to the review, the article needs correcting and/or revising, the editorial staff relays this information to the author, who can then take the reviewer’s suggestions into account when preparing a new version of the article, or otherwise provide a substantiated refusal to do so (in whole or in part). A maximum of one month should be allowed for the author to make the necessary corrections and/or revisions to his or her article from the moment he or she is informed about the need for such corrections and/or revisions by email. The decision to publish the revised article is made by the Council of the journal. In some cases, the revised article may be sent for review again.
- If the author refuses to revise the manuscript, he or she must notify the editors in writing of the decision to pull the article from consideration. If the author fails to return the revised version of the manuscript within two months of the date on which the review was sent, the editorial office shall remove it from the register of future publications, regardless of whether or not the author has delivered a refusal to revise the article. In such cases, the author notified of the decision to remove his or her manuscript from the register in connection with the failure to make the necessary revisions within the allotted timeframe.
- In the event that the author and reviewers cannot come to an agreement regarding the manuscript, the Council of the journal may send the manuscript for additional review. Conflicts are settled by the Editor-in-Chief at a meeting of the Council of the journal.
- The decision to not publish a manuscript is made at a meeting of the Council of the journal in accordance with the recommendations of the reviewers. Articles not recommended for publication by decision of the Council of the journal are not accepted for reconsideration. Authors are informed by email about the decision to not publish their manuscripts.
- The editorial office informs the author of the Council’s decision to publish his or her article.
- A positive review is not a sufficient reason to publish an article. The final decision on publication is made by the Council of the journal. Conflicts are resolved by the Editor-in-Chief.
- Originals of the reviews are kept by the editorial office for five years.
Indexation
Articles in «Cuadernos Iberoamericanos» are indexed by several systems:
- Russian Scientific Citation Index
- Journal list of the Russian Higher Attestation Commission (VAK journals)
- Google Scholar
- Latindex
- SOCIONET
- DOAJ
- ROAD
Publishing Ethics
The provisions set out in this section have been prepared in accordance with the declaration on “Ethics in Research & Publication” published by scientific and medical publishing company Elsevier on the basis of the recommendations of the international Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
1. Introduction
1.1. Publishing work in peer-reviewed journals is not only a simple way of sharing research with the scientific community, but it also makes a significant contribution to the development of the relevant field of scientific knowledge. As such, it is important to establish standards for the future ethical behaviour of all parties involved in the publishing process, namely authors, the journal’s editors, reviewers, publishers and the scientific community at Cuadernos Iberoamericanos.
1.2. The publisher promotes and invests in the process of science communication, and is also responsible for following all current recommendations when publishing works.
1.3. The publisher is responsible for monitoring the compliance of the research material it publishes with the relevant standards. Our journal provides an impartial “account” of the development of scientific thought and research. Accordingly, we recognize that we have a responsibility to present these “accounts” in the correct manner, especially in terms of the ethical considerations in publishing set forth here and below.
2. Obligations of the Editor-in-Chief
2.1. Publication decisions
The Editor-in-Chief of Cuadernos Iberoamericanos is personally and independently responsible for publication decisions, often in cooperation with the International Editorial and Expert Science Council (hereinafter referred to as the Editorial Council). The credibility and scientific significance of a work should always form the basis of a publication decision. The Editor-in-Chief may be guided in his or her decision by the policies of the Editorial Council of Cuadernos Iberoamericanos in line with the current legal requirements with regard to libel, copyright, legitimacy and plagiarism.
The Editor-in-Chief may consult with other Editors and Reviewers (or other qualified persons in the scientific community) when making a publication decision.
2.2. Good faith
The Editor-in-Chief must evaluate the intellectual content of manuscripts regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religious views, social background, nationality or political views of Authors.
2.3. Confidentiality
The Editor-in-Chief and the Editorial Council of Cuadernos Iberoamericanos must not disclose information about submitted manuscripts to anyone except the Authors, Reviewers, potential Reviewers, other consultants and the Publisher.
2.4. Disclosure policy and conflicts of interest
2.4.1. Unpublished data obtained from submitted manuscripts cannot be used in one’s personal research without the express written consent of the Author. Information or ideas obtained during the review process and which could be of benefit to the Editor-in-Chief must be kept confidential and not used for personal gain.
2.4.2. In the event of a conflict of interests due to competitive, joint or other interactions and relationships with the Authors, companies or other organizations involved in the writing of the manuscript, the Editor-in-Chief must remove him or herself from the consideration of a manuscript (that is, request that a Co-Editor or Assistant Editor review the work, or consult with other members of the Editorial Council, before a decision is taken).
2.5. Supervision of publications
The Editor-in-Chief has a duty to inform the Publisher (and/or relevant Scientific Organization) of verifiable erroneous statements or conclusions in submitted papers and expressions of concern so that the necessary changes can be made before publication and/or the paper can be withdrawn from publication.
2.6. Research collaboration and engagement
The Editor-in-Chief, along with the Publisher (or Scientific Organization), shall take adequate measures in the event of a possible ethical issue with reviewed manuscripts or published materials. Such measures generally include giving the Author(s) of the manuscript the opportunity to justify their decisions with regard to the issue at hand, but may also involve interacting with the relevant organizations and research centres.
3. Obligations of Reviewers
3.1. Influence on the decisions of the Editorial Board
Peer review helps the Editor-in-Chief make publication decisions and, through appropriate interaction with Authors, can help the Author improve the quality of his or her work. Peer review is a necessary link in formal science communication, which forms the basis of the scientific approach. The Publisher firmly believes that all researchers who wish to contribute to the journal must review their manuscripts thoroughly before submitting them for publication.
3.2. Bias screening
If a Reviewer feels that they are unqualified to review a manuscript or cannot perform the review in a timely manner, he or she must inform the Editor and ask to be excluded from the review process.
3.3. Confidentiality
Manuscripts submitted for review are treated as confidential documents and may not be discussed with any persons not authorized by the Editor to do so.
3.4. Manuscript requirements and objectivity
Reviewer comments should be objective and impartial and their opinions should be presented clearly and reasonably. Personal criticisms of the Author are not acceptable.
3.5. Acknowledging original sources
Reviewers must identify significant published works on the subject of a manuscript under consideration that are not listed in the bibliography. Any previously published claim (observation, conclusion, argument) must be accompanied with the appropriate bibliographical reference. Reviewers must draw the Editor-in-Chief’s attention to substantial similarities or coincidences between a manuscript under consideration and any other published work that falls within the academic scope of the Reviewer.
3.6. Disclosing conflicts of interest
3.6.1. Unpublished data obtained from manuscripts under consideration may only be used for personal research with the express written consent of the manuscript’s author. Information and ideas obtained as a result of reviewing a manuscript must remain confidential and may not be used for personal gain or borrowed by reviewers for their own purposes and research.
3.6.2. If a Reviewer has a conflict of interest with the author of a manuscript due to competitive, joint or other interactions and relationships with the Authors, companies or other organizations involved in the writing of the manuscript, the Reviewer must not take part in the consideration of the manuscript.
4. Obligations of Authors
4.1. Manuscript requirements
4.1.1. Authors must submit reliable results and an objective discussion of their significance. The data on which the research is based must be presented without errors. Presenting knowingly false or erroneous information is perceived as unethical and unacceptable conduct. The work must contain sufficient detail and bibliographic references for any experiments to be reproducible.
4.1.2. Reviews and scientific articles must also be accurate and objective, and editorial points of view must be clearly indicated.
4.2. Data access and storage
Authors may be asked to provide raw data related to the manuscript for review. Authors must be prepared to provide open access to this data (in accordance with the ALPSP-STM Statement on Data and Databases), if possible, and hold onto the data for a reasonable amount of time following the manuscript’s publication.
4.3. Originality and plagiarism
4.3.1. Authors must ensure that the work submitted by them is completely original and, if works or statements of other authors are used, provide appropriate bibliographical references or extracts.
4.3.2. Plagiarism in all its forms, from presenting someone else’s work as one’s own to copying or paraphrasing significant parts of another person’s work (without attribution) or claiming the rights to the results of that work, is unethical and unacceptable.
4.4. Duplicate, multiple and simultaneous publications
4.4.1. In general, an author must not publish a manuscript on the same research in more than one journal. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal at the same time is considered unethical and unacceptable conduct.
4.4.2. Authors should not generally submit a previously published article to be considered by another journal.
4.4.3. There are certain situations in which publishing a particular type of article in more than one journal is permissible, provided that the Authors and Editors of the journals concerned consent to a secondary publication containing the same data as the original publication. The secondary publication must contain the full bibliography of the original publication. For more detail on the acceptable forms of secondary (repeat) publication, see www.icmje.org.
4.5. Acknowledging original sources
Contributions of other persons must always be acknowledged. Authors should cite publications that are relevant for preparing the submitted work. Data obtained privately, for instance, in a conversation, correspondence, or during discussions with third parties, should not be used or presented without the express written consent of the original source. Information received from confidential sources, for example through reviewing manuscripts or serving on a research board, may not be used in a work without the express consent of persons who are directly connected with this information.
4.6. Authorship
4.6.1. Only persons who have made a substantial contribution to the study conception and design, data acquisition, analysis and interpretation may be listed as authors. Everyone who has made a substantial contribution must be listed as co-authors. In cases where research participants have made a substantial contribution in a particular area of the research project, they should be listed as persons who made a significant substantial to the given research as a whole.
4.6.2. The Author must ensure that all participants who have made a substantial contribution to the submitted manuscript are listed as Co-Authors, and that those who have not participated in the research are not listed as Co-Authors. It is the Author’s duty to make sure that all the Co-Authors should have seen and approved the final version of the manuscript and have agreed to its submission for publication.
4.7. Disclosing conflicts of interest
4.7.1. Authors must disclose any existing financial or other conflicts of interest in their manuscripts that could to some degree be perceived as having influenced the course of research or the results reflected in the work.
4.7.2. Examples of potential conflicts of interest that must be disclosed include employment at an organization with a vested interest in the research, previous consulting work at a commercial enterprise that has a vested interest in the research, patent applications and registrations, and grants and other financial support from an entity with a vested interest in the research. Potential conflicts of interest must be disclosed as soon as possible.
4.8. Errors in published works
Authors must notify the Editor-in-Chief of Cuadernos Iberoamericanos immediately if they discover significant errors or inaccuracies in the publication of their paper and work with the Editor-in-Chief to correct these errors as quickly as possible. In the event that a third party finds significant errors or inaccuracies in a work, its Author must withdraw the work or correct the errors as quickly as possible.
5. Obligations of the Publisher
5.1. The Publisher must follow the principles and procedures to promote the compliance of the publishing staff, Reviewers and Authors of Cuadernos Iberoamericanos with the ethical standards outlined in these requirements. The Publisher must be certain that potential revenues from advertising or publishing reprints do not affect the decisions of the Editorial Council.
5.2. The Publisher helps the staff of Cuadernos Iberoamericanos review complaints about the ethical aspects of published materials and aids them in their interactions with other journals and/or Publishers if this promotes the fulfilment of their duties.
5.3. The publisher promotes best practices in research and advances improvements in ethical recommendations and withdrawal and error correction procedures.
5.4. The Publisher provides specialized legal assistance (opinions and advice) when needed.
Founder
- Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)
Author Fees
Publication in «Cuadernos Iberoamericanos» is free of charge for all the authors.
The journal doesn't have any Arcticle processing charges.
The journal doesn't have any Article submission charges.
Disclosure and Conflict of Interest
Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in a reviewer’s own research without the express written consent of the author. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage.
Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.
Plagiarism Detection
«Cuadernos Iberoamericanos» use native russian-language plagiarism detection software Antiplagiat to screen the submissions. If plagiarism is identified, the COPE guidelines on plagiarism will be followed.
Preprint and Postprint Policy
Prior to acceptance and publication in «Cuadernos Iberoamericanos», authors may make their submissions available as preprints on personal or public websites.
As part of submission process, authors are required to confirm that the submission has not been previously published, nor has been submitted. After a manuscript has been published in «Cuadernos Iberoamericanos» we suggest that the link to the article on journal's website is used when the article is shared on personal or public websites.
Glossary (by SHERPA)
Data Sharing Policy
Authors are encouraged to make the research data that support their publications available but are not required to do so. The decision to publish will not be affected by whether or not authors share their research data.
Definition of research data
This policy applies to the research data that would be required to verify the results of research reported in articles published in the journal «Cuadernos Iberoamericanos». Research data include data produced by the authors (“primary data”) and data from other sources that are analysed by authors in their study (“secondary data”). Research data includes any recorded factual material that are used to produce the results in digital and non-digital form. This includes tabular data, code, images, audio, documents, video, maps, raw and/or processed data.
Definition of exceptions
The data that is not a subject to public disclosure may be delivered as follows: deposited in science data repositories with limited access or preliminary anonymised. An author can also publicly deliver metadata only and/or description of the method of access to the data under requests from other scholars.
Data repositories
The preferred mechanism for sharing research data is via data repositories. Please see or https://repositoryfinder.datacite.org/ for help finding research data repositories.
Data citation
The Editorial Board of the Journal «Cuadernos Iberoamericanos» welcomes access to data under Creative Commons Licenses. Editorial Board of the Journal «Cuadernos Iberoamericanos» does not insist on the obligatory use of Creative Commons in case when the data is deposited in the repositories of the third party. The Publisher of the Journal «Cuadernos Iberoamericanos» does not assert any copyrights for the data submitted by the author together with the article.
