Editorial Policy

Aims and scope

Historia Crítica (Hist. Crit.) is an indexed publication of diamond open access journal* with periodical nature which adheres to international standards of quality, positioning, periodicity and availability on line. The journal publish unpublished articles in the field of History which contribute to the study of the Social and Human Sciences, in order to obtain a better understanding of the social, political, economic, geographical and cultural surroundings of the past and present. In that regard, it seeks to strengthen the investigation of such topics in order to establish dialogues between the national and international academic community. The journal is a quarterly publication that comes out at the beginning of each of the periods indicated, created in 1989 and funded by the School of Social Sciences of the Universidad de los Andes (Colombia).  All of the published articles have a DOI identification number, which facilitates the drafting of bibliographical references, the search for articles on the web and the cross-referencing of citations among different repositories. 

The Journal counts on an Editorial Team and an Editorial Council. The Editorial Team is responsible for the operational procedures of the Journal, decisions about the contents to be published, proposing themes for monographic issues, meeting quality standards, indexing procedures and the dissemination of the journal’s contents. The Editorial Team is also responsible for choosing and inviting the academics who make up the Editorial Council and periodically overseeing the turnover of some of its members, taking into account the time they have served on the Council, the bodies of knowledge which should be strengthened, the inclusion of new institutions and their participation in assessing the Historia Crítica. The Editorial Council proposes guidelines for defining the editorial policies of the Journal, establishes the themes for the dossier, oversees its compliance with national and international quality standards, holds debates about the sections which house the contents of the Revista and proposes ways of circulating, disseminating and indexing the Journal.

Publishing modality and distribution

The journal releases four issues per year (January-March, April-June, July-September and October-December). Historia Crítica publishes open topic as well as thematic issues. The latter are coordinated by one or more guest editors and include, in ocasions, in addition to the articles selected for the dossier, a section for open topic papers. Contents are published in Spanish, English, or Portuguese. All research articles published in this journal have undergone double-blind peer review. To ensure long-term and permanent access to its contents and issues, the journal relies on the PKP Preservation Network digital archiving service, which uses the LOCKSS program for this purpose. 

Content Types

The journal publishes the following types of content in its issues:

Research article. Original articles that, in addition to addressing the issues raised, have the following characteristics: they are studies set in specific places and time periods; they are based on sufficient empirical evidence; and they engage with current historiographical or theoretical debates relevant to the discipline of history.
Interview. Interviews with prominent figures in the field on topics covered by the journal. These may be up to 11,000 words in length, and the person proposing the interview must ensure that the edited version is approved for publication.
Book Reviews. This section features reviews of recent books in the field of history. To submit a book review to the journal, please email us at hcritica@uniandes.edu.co

Open access and CC licence

Historia Crítica is a diamond open access journal: we offer the journal’s contents to the public without charging authors or institutions for publication nor readers for accessing them. In addition, Historia Crítica publishes its content under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Creative Commons license, which means we allow users to share our content (copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format) if and only if they comply with the following terms:

• Attribution — Clearly and explicitly state the content’s credits (autohr(s)’s name, journal title, a copyright notice, a license notice, a disclaimer notice, and a link to the material).
• Non Commercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
• No Derivatives — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.

For details on permitted usage, users must visit the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license description on the Creative Commons website: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.en

Authorship and author rights

Authors who publish in Historia Crítica retain author's rights over their works and grant us authorization to publish them in the journal. Also, they declare that they know, understand, and accept that Historia Crítica is available to end users under the Creative Commons license Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). Likewise, in turn, users may access and read the journal’s content, as well as share it if and only if they comply with the terms of use of said license (see section "Open access and CC licence" above). Since the journal is published in Colombia, it adheres to author's rights as established in Decisión Andina 351 de 1993 and Colombia’s Ley 23 de 1982.

The journal receives proposals from one or more authors. In case of co-authorship, the specific contribution of each author in the text’s elaboration must be specifically stated.

NOTE: The journal's website footer complys with Universidad de los Andes legal guidelines. The copyright statement found there applies to all creative works found on the site except for journal content, for example, logos and website design, among others.

Authors’ Guidelines

Article Reception and evaluation

• Articles must be submitted through the OJS platform during the open call periods, which can be accessed through the journal's website. These dates can be found on the Historia Crítica website: https://revistas.uniandes.edu.co/index.php/hiscrit/callforpapers
• Articles written in a language other than the authors’ native language must be reviewed by a certified translator before application.
• Texts sent to Historia Crítica cannot be simultaneously under evaluation for another publication.
• Due to the amount of content received by Historia Crítica in each call, articles by the same author are not published in a period of two years.
• At the end of the call, an internal selection committee evaluates the relevance of the article and verifies strict compliance with the authors’ guidelines and editing regulations. This review makes it possible to establish which articles will be assessed by external peers.
• Historia Crítica communicates the status of the article within a maximum period of six months.
• The pre-selected articles are then examined using a plagiarism detection tool. When total or partial plagiarism is detected, the text is not sent for evaluation and the authors are notified of the reason for the rejection.
• Articles are assessed by two referees in a double blind procedure. Said referees are selected because of their academic background and at least one of them must have international institutional affiliation.
• A single rigorously argued negative evaluation would be sufficient reason for Historia Crítica to reject the article.
• The results of the evaluations are sent to the authors to notify them of the rejection or approval conditioned on the modifications suggested by the referees and Historia Crítica.
• The author must modify the article using the “Track Changes” tool and attach an explanatory note explaining how the suggestions made by the reviewers and journal have been incorporated. Based on the above, Historia Crítica makes its final decision on the publication of the article and communicates this to the author in writing.
• The articles approved for dossiers are published in the corresponding issue, and those associated with open forum calls are published in the issue and year defined by the Historia Crítica publishing cycle.

Editorial process

• Authors are consulted during the editing and proofreading process to resolve concerns. The Editorial Team reserves the right to make minor corrections.
• During the process, authors are contacted through the journal's OJS site. In particular cases, e-mail is used.
• Historia Crítica verifies the translation of titles, abstracts and keywords sent by the authors. When it is considered that the translations are not adequate, a version produced by the journal’s official translators will be used.
• In cases where articles involve work with communities or individuals, authors must provide evidence of compliance with an ethics protocol and that the study has the informed consent of the participants.
• For photographic series that include persons with identifiable faces, authors must provide the respective informed consent of the subjects portrayed. When portraying minors, parents or guardians should provide informed consent.
• Authors authorize the journal to publish their contents and provide proof of this by signing the publication authorization form of Historia Crítica.
• When the article is ready for publication, it will be drafted according to the journal's design and layout parameters.
• Historia Crítica is in charge of disseminating the digital version of the contents through the different repositories, databases, and indexers in which it is hosted.

General presentation of articles

• Articles should be between 8,000 and 11,000 words long, including abstracts, footnotes, bibliography, charts, diagrams, illustrations, photographs and maps.
• They should be written in Word format, Times New Roman font, type size 12, single-spaced, with 3 cm margins, paginated and on letter size paper.
• The notes go at the foot of the page, in Times New Roman font, type size 10 and single-spaced.
• On the first page, there should be an abstract in English of no more than 250 words. The abstract should be analytical (subdivided explicitly into the following sections: Objective/Context, Methodology, Originality, Conclusions).
• The abstract, keywords and title should be presented in English as well as Spanish.
• Following the abstract, a list of three to six keywords should be added.
• The author’s name should not appear in the article.
• The author’s data should be delivered in an attached document and include the name, address, telephone number, email address, research group (if applicable), academic degrees, institutional affiliation, current posts and publications in books and journals.
• It is necessary to indicate what research gave rise to the article, and whether or not it received funding.
• When the contents used have a DOI identification number, it must be included in the list of bibliography.

Editing rules

• The subdivisions within the body of the text (chapters, subchapters, etc.) should be numbered with Arabic numerals, except for the introduction and the conclusion, which are not numbered.
• Terms in Latin and words from languages other than the language in which the article is written should appear in italics.
• The first time an abbreviation is used, it should be placed in parenthesis after the complete form; the abbreviation is used alone on subsequent occasions.
• Quotations that are more than four lines long should be placed in the format for long quotations, with quotation marks, single-spaced, type size 11 and reduced margins.
• Paragraphs should not be indented, but space should be left between them.
• Charts, diagrams, illustrations, photographs and maps should be referenced and explained in the text. They should also be titled, sequentially numbered and accompanied by their respective captions and source(s). They are placed immediately after the paragraph in which they are announced. In the initial version which is uploaded onto the administrator of contents, the images must be in low resolution. When the publication of the article is approved, those images should be sent in a jpg or tiff 300 dpi format and in 240 pixels at high resolution. If an item does not meet the standards of quality requested, Historia Crítica does not commit itself to publishing it. The author is responsible for delivering permission to publish the images that require it to the journal.
• Footnotes should be numbered with Arabic numerals.
• The bibliography should appear at the end of the article, written in Times New Roman font, type size 11, single-spaced and numbered. References are subdivided into primary sources (archives, periodical publications, primary printed documentation, interviews, etc.) and secondary sources. The complete references for all the works used in the article must be presented in alphabetical order in the bibliography.

References

Historia Crítica uses the Notes-Bibliography style of referencing as outlined in the latest edition of the Chicago Manual of Style. In what follows, three abbreviations will be used that make it possible to see the differences between the form of citation in footnotes (N), abbreviated notes (NA), and in the bibliography (B).

Book

Single Author

N- First Name Last Name(s), Complete Title (City: Publisher, Year), consulted pages.
NA- Last Name, Short Title, consulted pages.
B- Last Name(s), First Name. Complete Title. City: Publisher, Year.

Two Authors

N- First Name Last Name(s) and First Name Last Name(s), Complete Title (City: Publisher, Year), consulted pages.
NA- Last Name(s) and Last Name(s), Short Title, consulted pages.
B- Last Name(s), First Name, and First Name Last Name(s). Complete Title. City: Publisher, Year.

Four or more authors

N- First Name Last Name(s) et al., Complete Title (City: Publisher, Year), consulted page.
NA- Last Name(s) and Last Name(s), Last Name(s), Last Name(s), Short Title, consulted pages.
B- Last Name(s), First Name, First Name Last Name(s), First Name Last Name(s) and First Name Last Name(s). Complete Title. City: Publisher, Year.

Book Chapters

N- First Name Last Name(s), “Article Name,” in Complete Title, edited, compiled, coordinated by First Name Last Name(s) and First Name Last Name(s) (City: Publisher, Year), consulted pages.
NA- Last Name(s), “Short Article Name,” consulted pages.
B- Last Name(s), First Name. “Article Name.” In Complete Title, edited, compiled, coordinated by First Name Last Name(s) and First Name Last Name(s). City: Publisher, Year, interval of pages.

Introductions, Prefaces or Presentations

N- First Name Last Name(s), “Introduction,” “Preface” or “Presentation” to Complete Title (City: Publisher, Year), consulted pages.

NA- Last Name(s), “Introduction,” “Preface” or “Presentation” a Short Title, consulted pages.

B- Last Name(s), First Name. “Introduction,” “Preface” or “Presentation” to Complete Title. City: Publisher, Year, interval of pages.

Compilations (editor, translator or compiler in addition to author)

N- First Name Last Name(s), Complete Title, ed./comp./trad. First Name and Last Name compiler (City: Publisher, Year), consulted pages.
NA- Last Name(s), Short Title, consulted pages.
B- Last Name(s), First Name. Complete Title. Compiled/edited /translated by First Name and Last Name(s). City: Publisher, Year.

Article in Journal

N- First Name Last Name(s), “Article Name,” Journal Name vol, n.° (Year): consulted pages.

NA- Last Name(s), “Short Article Name,” consulted pages.

B- Last Name(s), First Name. “Article Name.” Journal Name vol, n.° (Year): interval of pages, doi.

Press

N- First Name Last Name(s), “Article Name,” Newspaper Name, City, Day/Month/Year, consulted pages.
NA- Last Name(s), “Short Article Name,” consulted pages.
B- Newspaper Name. City, Year. 

Thesis:

N- First Name Last Name(s), “Thesis Title” (Undergraduate/Master’s/PhD thesis in, University, Year), consulted pages.
NA-Last Name(s), “Short Thesis Title,” consulted pages.
B- Last Name(s), First Name. “Thesis Title.” Undergraduate/Master’s/PhD thesis in, University, Year.

Interviews and personal communications

Personal

N- First Name Last Name(s), person interviewed (profession), in discussion with the author, Day, Month, Year.
NA- Last Name(s), discussion.
B- Last Name(s), First Name person interviewed. In discussion whit the author, Day, Month, Year. 

Published

N- “Interview Title,” by First Name Last Name(s), publication name, date of consultation (day, month, year).
NA- “Short Interview Title.”
B- “Interview Title,” by First Name Last Name(s). Publication name, date of consultation (Day, Month, Year), <url> or doi. 

Electronic mailing list 

N- First Name Last Name(s), email of the author, date of consultation (Day, Month, Year). 
NA- Last Name(s), email.
B- Last Name(s), First Name. Email of the author, date of consultation (Day, Month, Year), <url> or doi. 

Internet Publications

Electronic Book

N- First Name Last Name(s), Complete Title (City: Publisher, Year), consulted page.
NA- Last Name, Short Title, consulted pages.
B- Last Name(s), First Name. Complete Title. City: Publisher, Year, doi, <url>, Kindle edition, PDF e-book, Microsoft Reader e-book.

Electronic journal article

N- First Name Last Name(s), “Article Name,” Journal Name vol: n.° (Year): consulted page.

NA- Last Name(s), “Short Article Name,” consulted pages.

B- Last Name(s), First Name. “Article Name.” Journal Name vol: n.° (Year): interval of pages, <url> or doi.

Internet Publications

N- “Page title”, Virtual Site Title, consultation date (Day, Month, Year).
NA- “Short Page Title.”
B- “Page title”. Title virtual site, <url> or doi. 

Archive Sources

N- “Document Name”, place, date, and other pertinent data (if applicable), in Archive Abbreviation, Section, Fund, vol./leg./t., f. o ff. The first time it is quoted the full name of the Archive is mentioned followed by the abbreviation in parenthesis, followed by City-Country.
B- Full name of the Archive (abbreviation), City-Country, Section(s), Fund(s).

Notes

Historia Crítica does not accept Latin abbreviations (ibid, or op. cit., for instance) for shortening the cited works’ titles.

Works composed by various volumes should be cited fully in the bibliography. That is, the reference must include all the volumes and the period in which they were published, as well as the dates related to re-edition or facsimilar reproduction. Since many works are composed by different volumes, it is crucial citing them in the aforementioned way, even if all those parts were not used in the article. E. g.:

Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua castellana, 3 vols. Madrid: Editorial Gredos, 1984 [1726-1739].

Simón, Pedro [fray]. Noticias historiales de las conquistas de tierra firme en las Indias Occidentales, 9 vols. Bogotá: Ministerio de Educación Nacional, 1953 [1626].

Procedure with reviews

The reviews are not associated with the issues of the journal, do not bear a DOI and are found in the “Review” section of the website.

The authors may draft their reviews and send them by e-mail to the journal: hcritica@uniandes.edu.co. 

Reviews should be critical and deal with books relevant to the discipline of history, social sciences and human sciences that have been published within the past five years. The reviews are subjected to review by the Editorial Team and, if approved, to possible modifications. These documents are published in the web page of the journal.

Reviews should be presented single-spaced, in Times New Roman font, type size 12, with 3 cm margins on letter size paper. The works cited in the text should be referenced at the foot of the page. The reviews should be no more than three pages long.


Thematic Issues Proposals

• Those interested in submitting proposals of thematic issues must consult the journal’s editor (hcritica@uniandes.edu.co) about dates and presentation guidelines.
• Whenever the Editorial Team establishes, the journal will call for proposals on thematic issues.
• Proposals for thematic issues will be assessed by the Editorial Council.
• Thematic issues can’t be devoted to conference proceedings. Guest editors aren’t allowed to define the issue’s content in advance, since calls must be public.
• Guest editors must have a well-known background on the academic area, as well as a thorough experience in publishing books and papers in top indexed journals. Notably, the guest editors’ experience as authors of articles published in peer-reviewed journals is paramount in order to assume evaluation tasks and, on the whole, duties associated with the editorial process.