Submissions guidelines

GUIDELINES FOR SUBMITTING ORIGINAL ARTICLES TO THE SECTION “Baza de textos: Estudios críticos”

Diablotexto Digital accepts original and unpublished contributions that, after consideration by Editorial Committee, are anonymously submitted to the judgment of external evaluators designated for this purpose. Thus, they may be admitted or rejected, in accordance with the recommendations of the reviewers.

Manuscripts submitted must conform to the journal's template and comply with Diablotexto Digital's publishing guidelines.

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Critical Studies

All articles must be original, high-quality scientific research. They will be subjected to a double-blind peer review process for approval and subsequent publication.

Specialists in the proposed subject matter will be selected as evaluators for each article.

The works will be evaluated based on their originality, relevance, novelty, quality, and methodology.

The authors’ and reviewers’ identities will always be kept anonymous during the evaluation process double-blind.

The editorial team will inform the authors of the final decision and provide them with experts’ evaluations.

Miscellany

Each issue includes, in addition to the monographic section, a miscellaneous section, which collects contributions in the form of scientific articles. Just as in the monographic section of "Baza de Textos", the articles will be subjected to a (double-blind) peer review process for approval and subsequent publication.

In each case, specialists in the proposed subject matter will be selected as evaluators of the originality, relevance, novelty, quality, and methodology of the works.

The authors’ and reviewers’ identities will always be kept anonymous during the evaluation process (double-blind).

The editorial team will inform the authors of the final decision and provide them with experts’ evaluations.

Interviews and open discussion

Section dedicated to interviews and open debate.

Reviews

Section dedicated to reviews of literary works published during the year prior to the publication of each issue of the journal.

Privacy Statement

The data collected from registered and non-registered users of this journal falls within the scope of the standard functioning of peer-reviewed journals. It includes information that makes communication possible for the editorial process; it is used to informs readers about the authorship and editing of content; it enables collecting aggregated data on readership behaviors, as well as tracking geopolitical and social elements of scholarly communication.

This journal’s editorial team uses this data to guide its work in publishing and improving this journal. Data that will assist in developing this publishing platform may be shared with its developer Public Knowledge Project in an anonymized and aggregated form, with appropriate exceptions such as article metrics. The data will not be sold by this journal or PKP nor will it be used for purposes other than those stated here. The authors published in this journal are responsible for the human subject data that figures in the research reported here.

Those involved in editing this journal seek to be compliant with industry standards for data privacy, including the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) provision for “data subject rights” that include (a) breach notification; (b) right of access; (c) the right to be forgotten; (d) data portability; and (e) privacy by design. The GDPR also allows for the recognition of “the public interest in the availability of the data,” which has a particular saliency for those involved in maintaining, with the greatest integrity possible, the public record of scholarly publishing.

Structure of the summary

Manuscripts must be submitted along with a non-structured abstract of no more than 200 words in Spanish and English. Please, include also up to five keywords in both languages.

The ideal structure of the abstract should briefly present the CONTEXT of the research topic, the main OBJECTIVES, the METHODOLOGY applied, the RESULTS achieved, and the CONCLUSION.

Post-release Discussions and Corrections

Diablotexto Digital adheres to the policies established by the Committee on Publication Ethics regarding post-publication discussions and corrections. This procedure applies to requests relating to content, procedures or policies that are the responsibility of the Diablotexto Digital editorial team. Complaints or requests for corrections can provide an opportunity and encouragement for improvement, and we aim to respond promptly, courteously and constructively.

These should be emailed directly to diablotextodigital@uv.es and will be treated confidentially. They may be sent within one month from the open publication of the article. They will also receive a formal response within one month.

Absence of inbreeding in authorship

99% of the articles published in DiabloTexto Digital are authored by researchers who are not members of the journal's Editorial Board.

Internationality

More than 45% of the authors who got published in DiabloTexto Digital work at institutions located outside Spain.