eISSN: 1988-5903
ISSN: 0210-5233
DOI: 10.5477/cis/reis
About the Journal
Focus and Scope
Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas (REIS) is a quarterly publication of the Center for Sociological Research (Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas - CIS), and constitutes one of the main editorial activities of CIS. Its historic course and the high level of quality demanded on its contributions has situated REIS in an outstanding position as a reference journal in the area of the Social Sciences.
The journal is currently published bilingually in Spanish/English. All its content is free to access. Manuscript submission is open year-round and there is no charge for publishing on it.
The journal covers a wide range of topics in the field of Sociology and Political Science in general, among others: Demography, Anthropology, Political Institutions, Public Opinion, Social Structures and Changes, Political Theory, Sociological Theory and Methodology
Editor of this journal is Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (CIS), a public organization whose main objective is the study of spanish society, work that it has been developing since 1976. Within the institution, the Department of Publications and Promotion of Research is in charge of publishing each of the numbers, both in paper and digital format.
REIS is a scientific and international journal, which meets main editorial quality criteria required by the scientific community (committees, periodicity, reviews, indexing...). Unpublished and innovative articles are published in the journal and subjects are linked to sociology and political science. The published articles are selected for their scientific and methodological rigor.
REIS is indexed in top-level international repositories and its articles are published digitally in two languages, in Spanish and English (on paper only in Spanish). It is an open access print and digital publication. Reviews use double-blind peer review method.
Journal is quarterly, four numbers are published per year corresponding to the following periods: (January-March), (April-June), (July-September), (October-December). Each number in paper format is distributed during the first ten days of the months of January, April, July and October of the current year; The advanced version (pre-print) is available one month before these dates, which allows the articles to be read in open access before publication on paper.
Each issue is divided in sections: Articles, Research Notes, Bibliographic essays, Special issues and Book Reviews. In the first section, eight articles per issue are published, making a total of thirty-two per year, some of which could also be called research notes. In the reviews section for each number, an average of two to three book reviews are published, which have been published during the current year of each number.
Publication rules and peer review process
REIS Journal is a quarterly publication of the Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (CIS), whose objective is to promote quality scientific research that contributes to a greater understanding of political and social phenomena.
Original articles and research notes received for publication in the REIS undergo a rigorous selection process governed by strict quality criteria. This process is always carried out by external specialist assessors, and the anonymity of both assessors and authors is guaranteed.
The Editorial Board of the REIS will consider book reviews and bibliographic essays.
SELECTION PROCESS FOR ARTICLES AND RESEARCH NOTES
The selection process for manuscripts is free and follows the procedures set out below:
1. Submission of manuscripts: to submit original manuscripts to the REIS, please go to the website of this journal Web OJS of REIS.
Manuscripts can only be accepted for consideration through the ScholarOne platform. Originals sent via email will not be considered. Any questions about the manuscript submission process should be sent by email to consejo.editorial@cis.es.
After the manuscript has been received via the platform, the author will receive an automated acknowledgement by email, although he or she may later be asked to correct formatting or presentation errors, or to change it to fit the requirements set out in the Guidelines for Authors.
The sending of manuscripts, their evaluation and, when relevant, their subsequent publication, does not bear any cost for the authors.
2. Following receipt, the REIS Secretary's Office will revise the manuscript to ensure its anonymization. In order to guarantee impartiality during the assessment process, elements of the manuscript that could lead to the authors being identified directly (name, explicit references to their own work, acknowledgements, etc.) or indirectly (essentially, biographical/professional details that facilitate relatively easy identification) will be deleted or modified. In any event, the REIS Secretary's Office staff responsible for supervising and ensuring anonymization will endeavour to reduce the latter’s impact on the manuscript to a minimum so as not to compromise its coherence. Submission of manuscripts implies the authors’ acceptance of these possible modifications made solely for the purposes of the assessment process.
3. At the same time, manuscripts shall be classified by subject using the classification by specialities proposed by UNESCO for social sciences, supplemented by the CIS Thesaurus.
4. A primary appraisal or prior selection will then be made. At least two members of the Editorial Board will verify that the manuscript meets the subject criteria and the general quality requirements of the magazine. However, if one of these appraisals is positive, the article will be submitted for an external assessment. Work with content outside the sphere of sociology, political science or related social sciences shall be excluded, as well as work lacking the structure of an academic text. Authors of papers that do not pass the selection filter will receive notification and the reasons for the decision.
5. Double-blind peer review: each article or research note that passes preselection shall be sent to two specialists who are external to the Editorial Board and the Sociological Research Centre (CIS) for anonymous evaluation. These evaluators shall issue a report based on the scientific quality of the manuscript and its suitability for publishing or not, which shall be taken into consideration by the Board. The evaluators shall have four weeks to submit their reports, which must be respectful and constructive.
6. When deemed necessary, the Editorial Board will approach a third external reviewer or a committee of experts if the two reviews contradict each other.
7. The external assessors' reviews will be sent to authors with the final decision, which is the responsibility of the Editorial Board.
8. Editorial Board plenary sessions will be held at least three times a year, and the minimum valid attendance is half plus one of its members.
9. Based on the external evaluations of each manuscript, the Editorial Board may take four types of decision:
a) Publishable with minor amendments: The manuscript will be published directly or after making minor improvements.
b) Publishable with major amendments: It can be published after making major improvements.
c) Not publishable, return for rewriting: It will be returned to the author with instructions for it to be rewritten. The resulting manuscript must be reassessed, with no assurance that it will be published in the future.
d) Not publishable: the manuscript will not be published.
10. Authors of manuscripts that must be reviewed for publication shall have two weeks to notify the REIS Secretariat if they agree to making the modifications proposed by the Editorial Board, as well as the period in which they agree to resubmit the revised version, which in no case may exceed two months. Once reviewed, the manuscript shall be sent to the REIS Secretariat again along with a report explaining the changes made. The REIS Secretariat shall send the revised version, the report explaining the changes and the original manuscript to the Editorial Board. If the Editorial Board believes that the modifications introduced correspond to those requested, the manuscript shall be considered approved for publication.
11. Bibliographical essays and presentations that accompany classic texts shall be sent to at least one external evaluator and must subsequently receive a favourable report from the Editorial Board for approval.
12. Editorial Policy Criteria: decisions regarding the acceptance or rejection of manuscripts are based on the following factors: originality, relevance, methodological quality and presentation or style.
13. Public information:
Up-to-date information on the decisions regarding assessed manuscripts made at each Editorial Board meeting will be available on the CIS website: the number of manuscripts approved, sent back for revision or rejected; as well as the average turnaround time between receipt of a manuscript and the author being notified of the decision.
At the beginning of each year, the REIS Secretary's Office will make public the previous year's Activities Report, which will contain at least the:
a) Identities of all external assessors used during the previous year.
b) Total number of manuscripts received.
c) Total number of manuscripts rejected at the pre-selection stage.
d) Total number of manuscripts assessed at Editorial Board plenary meetings: how many were approved, how many were sent back for revision and how many were rejected for publication.
e) Average turnaround time between receipt of manuscript and the author being notified of the result of the assessment.
AUTHOR RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
Authors have the following rights:
1. To receive confirmation of receipt, by e-mail, of their communications with the REIS Secretary's Office, especially in relation to submission of the manuscript and supplementary materials.
2. To expect the REIS Secretary's Office to maintain anonymity of authorship and to disseminate their manuscript only insofar as necessary for purposes of the assessment process.
3. Upon receipt of the final decision by the Editorial Board and the evaluations on which it is based, except in the case of manuscripts rejected in the preselection.
Authors who submit manuscripts to the REIS for publication will be subject to the following obligations:
1. Submission of a manuscript to the REIS implies having read and accepted the journal's editorial guidelines and instructions for authors.
2. While the manuscript is in the process of being assessed by the REIS, the author will not submit it to other journals for assessment. However, the journal could accept papers previously published in conference proceedings provided that their quality justifies it. The author must indicate where the paper has been previously published.
3. The author undertakes not to publish his/her paper in any other journal, in either paper or electronic format, unless the CIS expressly authorizes him/her to do so. However, the author may present it at conferences, symposiums or as a working document.
4. The author will assume liability for any disputes that may arise in relation to copyright, as indicated in point 7 of the Instructions for authors.
5. Authors shall transfer the publishing rights of their manuscript to REIS so that it may be disseminated and capitalised on on Intranets, the Internet and any web portals and wireless devices that the publisher may decide, by placing it at the disposal of users so that the latter may consult it online and extract content from it, print it and/or download and save it. These activities must comply with the terms and conditions outlined on the website hosting the work. However, the SJSR authorises authors of papers published in the journal to include a copy of these papers, once published, on their personal websites and/or other open access digital repositories. Copies must include a specific mention of REIS, citing the year and issue of the journal in which the article was published, and adding a link to the REIS website(s).
6. The author should be cited in inverted comas and the source, publisher and author of the work correctly referenced.
ETHICAL PRINCIPLES OF RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION
The following shall be considered as plagiarism: paraphrasing the source without proper referencing; and abusive paraphrasing, even if the source is mentioned.
Cases of scientific fraud include the following:
a) fabrication, falsification or omission of data and plagiarism; b) duplicate publication; c) conflicts over authorship. Dishonest conduct relating to plagiarism and the different cases of scientific fraud detected shall be debated by members of the Editorial Board, who shall decide what measures should be taken. The author shall accept liability for any consequences that may result from failure to comply with the obligations set out in these publishing regulations.
REGARDING THE PUBLICATION PROCESS
1. Inclusion in tables of contents: Once accepted, manuscripts may be included in the table of contents of future issues of the journal. When considering their inclusion, the Editorial Board will take into account both the date of receipt and the date of approval of the manuscript.
2. In any event, authors who make the appropriate request will receive a certificate stating that their manuscript has been approved and is awaiting publication.
3. Proofreading: Page proofs in electronic or paper format will be sent to the author for proofreading. These proofs must be returned to the REIS Secretary's Office within a maximum period of 15 days as from the date of remittance. No substantial modifications or alterations of the manuscript's content as previously approved for publication will be permitted during the proofreading process. The author will receive a free printed copy of the journal in which their paper appears, as well as an electronic file containing their contribution.
4. Translation and correction of English proofs: The REIS shall arrange and organise back translation from Spanish to English of approved manuscripts for their bilingual publication in electronic format. The responsibility for the technical quality of these translations rests solely with the magazine, although the authors may be consulted for their feedback and collaboration on correcting proofs.
Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to all content (Open Access), based on the principle of offering a greater global exchange of knowledge.
This practice allows users to have free, without barriers or embargo periods, all articles or research notes and reviews in both English and Spanish. This policy makes it possible to promote the exchange of knowledge based on the initiatives of the European Research Council (ERC), as well as on the Science Law and the Universities Law, which alludes to the recommendation to publish in open access when the works have been the result of public granted.
Anti-plagiarism
Anti-plagiarism policy is used to avoid any behavior related to plagiarism. The journal will have the iThenticate software through Similarity Check, as a member of CrossRef, for the identification of text similarities.
Once the work is received through the journal's platform, it will be deposited in the Similarity Check database, before proceeding with the start of the evaluation.
Rights y Copyright
The contents of the REIS journal are subject to the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). Allow Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format, Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, including commercially.
According to guidelines of the Intellectual Property Law (Spain), authors will freely assign, on a non-exclusive basis and without a time limit, the rights to disseminate, reproduce, communicate and distribute, in any current or future format (print or electronic), to the Spanish Journal of Sociological Research.
By submitting the work, the author declares that his work has not been previously published or sent to another journal for consideration.
Once the work is published in the journal, the author maintains the right to publish his work in open access institutional repositories or other platforms, always providing the reference source, in this case Reis Journal and editor Centro de Investigaciones Sociologicas (CIS).
Best practices towards gender equality and inclusive language
Reis journal will take into account the principle of parity between men and women when selecting the members that make up both its editorial team and reviewers, who participate in the evaluation of articles.
This journal recommends that authors use inclusive and non-sexist language in their writing, preferably using neutral words when referring to sex and adding the names of the authors in the bibliography. It is also recommended that in published papers that have been carried out with research data including the sex variable, the possible differences between the sexes be reported.
The authors will avoid making references in their work to any situation of stigmatization or discrimination of groups or individuals.
Archiving
This journal uses the system LOCKSS to create a file system distributed among collaborating libraries, to which it allows to create permanent files of the journal for conservation and restoration purposes.
Protocol of Metadata Harvesting
La REIS proporciona una interfaz OAI-PMH (Open Archives Initiative – Protocol for Metadata Harvesting) que permite que otros portales y servicios de información puedan acceder a los metadatos de los contenidos publicados.
REIS provides an OAI-PMH (Open Archives Initiative – Protocol for Metadata Harvesting) interface that allows other portals and information services to access metadata of published content.
Especifications
OAI-PMH Protocol Version 2.0
Dublin Core Metadata
Route:
/index.php/REIS/oai
Digital preservation policy
Reis will develop actions to preserve digital files derived from its editorial activity, hosted on its servers, to guarantee permanent access to them. For this, backup copies will be made from time to time and its technological platform will monitor migrations, the use of metadata, the updating of both and the correct display of digital items in various formats.
