About the Journal
Focus and scope
SVMMA. Revista de Cultures Medievals aims to highlight, and make available to the interested public, the important body of work that is produced regularly on the various aspects of medieval European culture.
The set of multidisciplinary threads that converge in this complex and dense centre that we call the Middle Ages is virtually infinite. From SVMMA we propose to contribute to spreading the knowledge of all those that the capacity of our editors and collaborators allows us to investigate. In the well-understood that we count from now on with everyone who would like to contribute with new elements in this immense and exciting field of study and research, from which our society can gain more awareness of its roots and of their cultural identity.
SVMMA is a magazine aimed at specialists who are interested in the Middle Ages, especially in the following fields of study of the medieval world: Archaeology, Palaeography, Archival Science, Philology, Philosophy, History, Art History, Diplomacy and Literature.
The submitted articles must be original and unpublished, and related to research or synthesis of a more extensive investigation. It should be written in any of the following languages: Catalan, Spanish, French, English, Italian and Portuguese.
The magazine is published every six months in spring and autumn and has the following sections: Editorial, Tribune, Articles, Reviews and Library. The autumn issue includes a section called News and every four issues the List of evaluators is also published.
Expert evaluation process
The original texts, once accepted by the editorial team, will be evaluated by blind peer review. When this review starts, we consider it the beginning of the revision process. The expert evaluators will be assigned by the members of the editorial committee according to their expertise and they will also be external to the journal. Reviewers will have a review form that will facilitate their work and standardize their suggestions and conclusions. The number of reviewers per article assigned is two, however, if necessary, the report of a third evaluator can be requested.
Based on the experts' reports, the editorial team will decide whether the article is accepted or not or if necessary, may propose changes to the author for its improvement. They will be notified if the article is accepted, rejected or accepted but requires additional changes.
Once the articles have been definitively accepted and before their publication, the authors will receive a file in PDF format for their final review, which must be returned within a week. Major modifications cannot be made.
The review process lasts approximately six months.
The other sections of the journal will not participate in the evaluation process, however, reviews will be revised by the editorial team prior to publication.
Open access policy
This journal provides immediate free access to its contents based on the principle that making research available to the public free of charge promotes the global exchange of knowledge.
This journal does not charge for writing of articles and does not charge the authors for the publication of their work.
Statement of Ethics and Good Practices
SVMMA fully adheres to the Declaration of ethics and good practices for scientific journals published by the University of Barcelona.
The University of Barcelona promotes the publication of open access digital journals and ensures the transmission of quality and rigorous scientific knowledge. Likewise, it is committed to ensuring the ethics of the articles published, taking as a reference the Code of conduct and good practices for editors of scientific journals defined by the Committee on Publications Ethics (COPE). It is essential that all parties involved in the editing process—directors, evaluators and authors—know and respect the principles of this code.
- Editorial team:
It is responsible for deciding whether or not to publish the articles that the journal receives, which are reviewed without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnic origin, country of origin, citizenship or the political orientation of the authors.
It publishes updated guidelines on the responsibilities of the authors, on the publication rules and on the arbitration system used to select the articles, as well as the evaluation criteria that the external evaluators must apply.
The editorial team undertakes to publish the necessary corrections, clarifications and apologies if it considers it appropriate and not to use the articles received for its own research work without the consent of the authors.
It guarantees the confidentiality of the evaluation process: the anonymity of the evaluators and authors, the content evaluated, the report issued by the evaluators and any other communication.
It declares its commitment to respect the integrity of the works that have already been published.
It is particularly strict with regard to plagiarism: texts identified as plagiarism are removed from the journal or will not published. The journal proceeds in these cases as quickly as possible.
- The authors:
They are responsible for the content of their submission, retain the copyright and grant the distribution rights to SVMMA. Revista de Cultures Medievals.
They undertake to inform the editors of the magazine if they detect a relevant error in one of their published articles, so that it could be corrected appropriately.
They guarantee that the article and associated materials are original and do not infringe the copyrights of third parties. In case of co-authorship, they must justify that there is the consent of all the authors referred in their publication.
SVMMA encourages authors to publish their work online (in institutional repositories or on their websites) with the aim of achieving maximum distribution of the articles.
- The expert reviewers:
They have a commitment to write an objective, informed, critical, constructive and impartial review of each article. Acceptance or rejection is based only on the relevance of the work, its originality, interest and compliance with the standards of style and content indicated in the editorial style guide.
They will respect the established deadlines, and in the case that it is not possible to meet the requested delivery date, they will communicate to the journal editors well in advance.
They guarantee that they will not share, distribute or use the information included in the reviewed articles without the corresponding permission of the editors and authors.
Sponsors
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