Focus and Scope
Revista de El Colegio de San Luis publishes articles, notes, and reviews. It is published at El Colegio de San Luis A.C. with institutional financing and is, as of January 2018, a quadrimestral publication (January, May, and September). It is published in print or electronically in open access (HTML, XML, PDF). It receives collaborations preferably in Spanish, English, and French.
Purpose of the Journal
To publish research and progress on research, with a disciplinary, multidisciplinary, and interdisciplinary approach, of domestic and international issues, current or valid, in the fields of Social Sciences and Humanities; that are original, that have methodology and academic structure, and that comply with arbitration through the double-blind method (carried out by expert peers in the subject of evaluated collaboration) to ensure quality and relevance of the contents, all this to achieve the transfer of knowledge and dialog among the scientific communities.
Scientific community it tends to
Aimed at researchers, higher education and Social Sciences and Humanities postgraduate students, as well as sectors of society interested in these areas of knowledge and in the creation of public policies.
Given its multidisciplinary nature, as well as due to the relevance of its contents, the journal tends to the needs of the domestic and international communities regarding local, regional or international issues.
Scientific fields it covers
Revista de El Colegio de San Luis disseminates scientific research papers related to Social Sciences and Humanities, especially in the fields of history, literature, political science, international relations, anthropology, and studies on water and society. There is no restriction regarding the methodology or perspective covered, provided it is directed to the scientific fields indicated.
Peer Review Process
Arbitration (Type of review: by peers through the double-blind method).
Revista de El Colegio de San Luis requires for articles and notes to have two opinions. The collaborations are submitted to anonymous evaluation by peers, not part of El Colegio de San Luis, experts on the topic and discipline the text is about, through the double-blind method.
In all cases the articles and the notes are evaluated by a domestic examiner and an international examiner. If they are of domestic affiliation, those that belong to the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (National System of Researchers) (SNI) are preferred; in the case of foreigners, those that are backed by an academic institution and recent scientific publications of the specialization in question.
The examiners evaluate the following headings:
a) Pertinence of the topic.
b) Originality of the approach.
c) Theoretical, methodological or empirical contributions.
d) Logical and analytical rigor.
e) Pertinent bibliographical review.
f) Adequate and pertinent use of information sources.
g) Clear and well-structured wording.
h) Limitations.
i) Others they consider relevant.
The decision in regard to publishing a text or not will be defined according to the criteria mentioned and according to the result of the two opinions. If both indicate that:
a) It can be published without modifications.
The author is notified, and we wait for his/her authorization to continue the publishing process.
b) It can be published once the indicated modifications have been incorporated.
In this case, the author is notified about the suggestions and we wait for the modified version. The Editorial Board reviews the new version and determines if it will be published.
c) Its publishing is definitively not recommended.
The author is notified about the reason for the rejection.
In case of receiving a positive and a negative expert opinion, the Revista will request a third expert opinion. If at the end of this process:
a) There are two positive opinions, modifications are requested, and we wait for the modified version.
b) If there are two negative opinions the collaboration is rejected.
The result of the arbitration is notified to the authors in a term not exceeding four months from the date the Editorial Board of the Revista received them.
Note: The Revista de El Colegio de San Luis has a list of examiners of approximately 1,200 researchers registered in the OJS platform. The approval statistics can be viewed here.
REJECT RATE
2015: 8.9% of rejected collaborations.
2016: 7.4% of rejected collaborations.
2017: 12% of rejected collaborations.
Open Access Policy
Revista de El Colegio de San Luis is an open access publication and has a Creative Commons License CC BY-NC-SA, "which allows others to remix, retouch, and create from their work in a non-commercial way, always and when they give credit and license their new creations under the same terms. "
More about CC: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
General Guidelines
- Before sending your text you must be sure that the editorial standards of each section are complied with.
- All collaborations must show precise, coherent and clear exposure in its language, as well as analytical rigor, clear methodology, sound critical apparatus, structured development, and updated bibliography in its research.
- No papers are received that are in the process of expert opinion in other journals or in any other type of publication, both printed as well as electronic.
- Only unpublished and original texts are received.
- The content of each of the texts is the exclusive responsibility of its author(s).
- Approved collaborations will be submitted to copyediting. The final version must be reviewed and supported by the author(s) before it is published.
- In no case will the Revista de El Colegio de San Luis return the papers received that have been accepted for their publishing.
- The Revista de El Colegio de San Luis will deliver to the author two copies of the issue in which his/her text was published.
- If a previously rejected collaboration is sent to the Revista again, acceptance will be subject to the consideration of the Editorial Board.
Indexes
The Revista de El Colegio de San Luis is included in the following indexes, databases, and directories:
SYSTEMS
Sistema de Clasificación de Revistas Mexicanas de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica de CONACYT (Index of Mexican Journals of Scientific and Technological Research of the CONACYT (National Council on Science and Technology))
Red de Revistas Científicas de América Latina y el Caribe, España y Portugal (Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Scientific Journals Network (Redalyc)).
ELECTRONIC LIBRARIES
Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO)
Sistema Regional de Información en Línea para Revistas Científicas de América Latina, el Caribe, España y Portugal (Online Regional Information System for Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal (Latindex))
NETWORKS
Red Iberoamericana de Innovación y Conocimiento Científico (Ibero-American Network for Innovation and Scientific Knowledge (REDIB))
Red de Bibliotecas Universitarias (Network of University Libraries (REBIUN))
Dialnet
INDEXES
European Reference Index for the Humanities and Social Sciences (ERIH PLUS)
DIRECTORIES
Directory of Open Access Journal (DOAJ)
Translations
The journal occasionally publishes articles translated into Spanish due to their relevance and scope in the international scientific sphere. The texts that have been published previously and whose translations are proposed for their publication in the Revista de El Colegio de San Luis must comply with the legal copyright provisions in force in the location where they were published the first time, and must clearly refer to said source in a note, as shown in the following example:
“This article was published in French, in April 2010, in the Revue Française de Sociologie, 4 (51): 29-52.”
The original text must have been published in an arbitrated journal. It will only be received if it has the express authorization from the author and, if this is the case, with the authorization in writing from the journal or source of origin that owns the rights.
Charge to the Authors for the Publication Process
Revista de El Colegio de San Luis DOES NOT CHARGE any fee to its collaborators for the posting, editing, and publication process.
Creative Commons license
Revista de El Colegio de San Luis is an open access publication and has a Creative Commons CC BY-SA license, which allows consulting, downloading, and printing at no cost, provided it explicitly refers to the tests that were published in this journal.
Statement of Ethical Regulations
Ethical Regulations
a) Preventing Plagiarism
All submissions will be reviewed using the Turnitin similarities detector with the purpose of preventing academic plagiarism. The text must obtain a percentage of no more than 15% of similarities to continue with the editorial process. The result of said review will be confidential and will only be informed to the person responsible of the submission.
This review of similarities measure, with the purpose of preventing plagiarism, is based on the practices on publication ethics principles.
Unacceptable Behaviors
1. Sending collaborations in the process of publication in another journal.
2. If plagiarism or unethical academic practices are identified.
3. Not respecting the deadlines set by the journal during the editorial process.
4. Removing the text when it is in the expert opinion process.
5. Wanting to make substance or content changes in the final version of the texts that have been accepted.
6. Adding or omitting co-authors in the collaboration that were not included from the outset.
Sanctions
Penalties range from 1 to 3 years not being able to publish in the journal and are determined by the Editorial Board, according to the specific cases.
Process of Publication and Times
PUBLICATION PEER REVIEW PROCESS
- The peer review process takes approximately 6 months from the date in which collaboration is received.
PUBLICATION PROCESS
- The publication process takes approximately 18 months from the time the collaboration is received.
- The proposed texts and its annexes must be sent through the electronic management of articles and journals platform Open Journal Systems (OJS), where you must create a user profile as an author and complete the steps for sending texts indicated therein. In this sense, it is suggested to the authors to obtain their ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor) identification number, to avoid confusion caused by homonyms.
- Once the text has been entered into OJS, the Revista de El Colegio de San Luis sends an acknowledgment of receipt to the author in a period not exceeding 15 days.
- All collaborations go through three steps: review, expert opinion, and the publication process.
First step: Editorial Board Review
- The Editorial Board checks that the text complies with the disciplines published by the journal, and that it complies with the editorial rules demanded for each section. If the document complies with these requirements, then matches are reviewed using the Turnitin software, which detects inconsistencies in the quotes, as well as similarities with other texts already published in the Internet and in academic institutions with the purpose of not publishing texts with plagiarism. The result of said review is confidential and the result is only notified to the author.
- The Revista de El Colegio de San Luis, in joint decision with its Editorial Board, reviews the collaborations received and determines: 1) if adjustments are requested for a new version of the text before sending it for expert opinion; (2) if the collaboration is sent for expert opinion as it was submitted or 3) if the collaboration is rejected for failure to adhere to the guidelines of the journal or to the editorial profile. Also, 4) if a collaboration sent as an article does not comply with the criteria established by the journal, the Editorial Board may recommend its publishing in the Notes section.
Second step: Peer review
The collaboration is submitted to expert opinion by peers (double-blind); for this, it is sent to two examiners (preferably one domestic and another from a foreign institution). If one of the two expert opinions is negative, it is sent to a third examiners. If the two expert opinions are negative, it is rejected.
The expert opinions determine whether a collaboration: 1) is accepted without recommendations; 2) is rejected; or 3) is accepted with the condition of making changes.
See: Evaluation Process by peers.
DOI
The Journal of El Colegio de San Luis has an automatic assignment, through CrossRreference, of DOI (Digital Object Identifier), which is assigned to each published article.
Sponsors
El Colegio de San Luis, A. C. is a public center of the National Council on Science and Technology (Conacyt) devoted to research, teaching and the dissemination of knowledge in the social and humanistic areas. It is located in the capital of the State of San Luis Potosí. It contributes to the reflection on social relations and the plot that men weave in their adaptation to the environment and coexistence, the manners in which to use resources to produce satisfiers, the covenants that societies establish for the organization of social life, communication and the exercise of power, the codes and values that are shared, those that are contended and those that are built.
Sources of Support
Journal History
The Revista de El Colegio de San Luis has its antecedent in 1999 with the publication of the first issue of Vetas. This starting point had a quadrimestral periodicity and was characterized since then for publishing content related to the Social Sciences and Humanities.
As a natural part of the process of adaptation that the academic publications had, and after eleven years of work, the Vetas magazine turned into what it is now, the Revista de El Colegio de San Luis (Nueva Época).
Its actual structure was consolidated, consisting of articles, notes and reviews. It was changed from a quadrimestral to a biannual periodicity (which lasted from January 2011 until December 2017) and as of January 2018 it returns to three issues being published per year (January, May and September).
At the same time, the evaluation by external peers’ process was standardized using the double-blind method for the publication of articles and notes, as well as the implementation of the Open Journal Systems (OJS) Platform to update and expand its coverage, in accordance with the scientific and editorial policies that prevail today for academic journals.
In addition, it went from being a thematic publication in each issue to a multidisciplinary publication specialized in Social Sciences and Humanities, with a focus on anthropological, historical, literary, political studies, and others coming from similar disciplines.
Currently, the journal is part of the Sistema de Clasificación de Revistas Mexicanas de Ciencia y Tecnología (Index System of Mexican Journals of Science and Technology). As well as of REDALYC, SciELO, Latindex, REDIB, REBIUN, and DIALNET.