Submissions

This journal is not accepting submissions at this time.

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  • The article is original and unpublished, that is, its content has not been previously published in whole or in part.

  • The article has not been simultaneously submitted for publication to any other journal or publisher.

  • The manuscript is saved in Word format.

  • The submission fully complies with the guidance for authors indicated on this page (see below).

  • Authors are in possession of authorisation to publish any images and photographs from other sources included in the article.

  • Authors have an ORCID ID.

  • Authors agree to sign a publication contract in accordance with our copyright notice.

Author Guidelines

 

IBEROAMERICANA contributes to the analysis of history, literature, cultural life and the socio-political dynamics of Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal from the perspective of different disciplines and bearing in mind current debates. It acts as a bridge between research projects undertaken on both sides of the Atlantic. Submissions to the journal should contain precise and systematic analysis, contribute to knowledge on the subject dealt with and be of interest to an international and interdisciplinary academic readership. Particularly welcome are contributions whose perspective transcends the national horizon of origin, as well as those that incorporate comparative approaches or which adopt a position in relation to international and regional debates thus contributing to the renewal of their particular fields. Case studies of a more localised nature may be accepted where a link is drawn to a more general vision and its analysis serves to discuss research issues of a wider nature which may therefore be of interest to an international readership. 

IBEROAMERICANA is comprised of four sections:

Dossier, focusing on a special subject dealt with simultaneously by various disciplines and made up of original articles that are the fruit of scientific research;

Articles and Essays, containing original scientific contributions by researchers at the forefront of their fields;

Forum for Debate, containing shorter original contibutions presenting rigorous analysis of contemporary problematics relevant to the regional and disciplinary subject area;

Notes. Iberoamerican Reviews, containing reviews and original bibliographic articles dealing with significant publications and research on literature, history and social sciences.

 

- REQUIREMENTS

IBEROAMERICANA will accept original and unpublished articles only, in Spanish, Portuguese or English. Works whose content have been published whole or in part in another medium or which have been simultaneously submitted to other journals or editorial bodies will not be accepted. Articles whose content is accessible through any internet platform will not be accepted. In all cases, the editors reserve the right not to return originals or to reject submissions that do not comply with these indications.

The journal does not charge any fees for submitting, processing and/or publishing articles.

 

- PEER REVIEWING

The contributions published in the sections Dossier and Articles and Essays are subject to a process of peer review by mostly external experts. Articles should be sent by e-mail to the journal.

After receipt, all submissions are subject to an initial review to determine if they comply with the requirements set out in the Guidelines for Authors. Secondly, the papers are examined according to the academic and thematic profile of the journal.

If they pass this review, submissions are sent for peer review to at least two specialists. This process is a double blind peer review, so reviewers will not know the identity of the author nor will the author know the identity of the reviewers. Where reviewers make different recommendations, all points of view will be taken into account, additional reports may be requested and the Editorial Board will make the final decision.

The possible outcomes of this review are: 1) accepted, 2) rejected or 3) resubmission recommended after carrying out proposed modifications. In this latter case, the author will have the opportunity to correct the article and resubmit it for further review.

 

- DOSSIER AND ARTICLES AND ESSAYS SECTIONS - GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS

1. Length: Submissions may not exceed 70.000 characters, including blank spaces, footnotes and bibliographic references

2. Header

The first page must contain the following information:

- Title of the article in the language in which the work is written and title in English. If the language of the article is English, the second title must appear in Spanish or Portuguese.

- Abstract of the article in English (max. 800 characters), followed by keywords (max. of 5).

- Summary of the same length with the corresponding keywords in the language in which the article is written. If this language is English, the second summary must be written in Spanish or Portuguese.

 3. Quotations

Quotations that are three lines or fewer will be placed within quotation marks within the main body of text. Those citations which are longer than three lines will be indented without quotation marks. In no instance should italics be used to indicate quotations.

All changes and clarifications made by the author to original quotations should be indicated using brackets [ ]. Eliminations from original quotations should be notated using three periods within brackets [...]  If there are errors in the original quotation, they should be identified using the marker [sic].

4. Referencing

- Bibliographic references have to be built into the text according to the author-date system following the Chicago Manual of Style.

- The list of bibliographical references will appear at the end of the article and will contain all of the publications mentioned and/or quoted in the text, alphabetically ordered. Sources that have not been mentioned and/or quoted in the article may not be included.

- Where archival documents are cited, the corresponding references should apper in footnote and contain the name of the consulted archive and the full catalogue number of each of the documents cited.

5. Tables, graphs and images

Tables, graphs and images must be numbered consecutively. In the text you should indicate the site corresponding to each one and the reference to the source.

For photographs, it is essential to indicate the name of the photographer and the date. For reproductions of images printed in other works, the title and full bibliographic reference must be included. For archival material, it is necessary to indicate the name of the archive and the catalogue number.

Each image must be sent as an individual file in high resolution jpg or tiff format, at least 300 dpi resolution for the size at which the image is to be reproduced (minimum 10 x 12 cm). Images sent in files of less than 1 megabyte (= 1000kb) will not be accepted.

It is the responsibility of the authors to ensure the high quality of the digitised image. In the case of scanned images, it is necessary to ensure that the page is centred and that the entire surface is evenly pressed against the scanner. Distorted or blurred images will not be accepted, nor will reproductions where straight lines in the original appear curved or other contents are visible through the page.

In case of inclusion of photographs or other images, it is the responsibility of authors to obtain written authorisation for their reproduction before presenting them to IBEROAMERICANA.

 

- SUBMISSIONS FOR THE DOSSIER SECTION

The Dossiers published in IBEROAMERICANA deal with a special topic approached simultaneously from multiple disciplinary perspectives and are made up of contributions from different institutions and countries. They generally include five articles and an introduction, in which the conception of the Dossier is presented and the contributions that compose it are briefly described. The introduction should not exceed 15,000 characters and the complete Dossier can have a maximum size of 350,000 characters in total including blank spaces, notes and bibliographical references.

Those who wish to coordinate a Dossier should complete this Form and send it to the Editorial Office of the journal.

IBEROAMERICANA aims to serve as a bridge between research carried out in different academic fields and regions, and is interested exclusively in Dossier proposals that represent the perspective of multiple disciplines. Proposals that include only authors from a single institution or a single country will not be accepted.

The Editorial Board decides on the acceptance of thematic proposals. Once the general proposal has been considered, the journal will communicate the results of the evaluation to the coordinator and establish a deadline for papers which will then be subject to peer review.

Submissions from May 1 to June 15, 2024.

 

- SUBMISSIONS FOR THE ARTICLES AND ESSAYS SECTION

Articles should be sent by e-mail to the journal in Word format, also indicating: Name and Surname, Institution, Email and ORCID ID. In case the work includes images these should be sent in additional files. 

 

- FORUM OF DEBATE SECTION

The purpose of the Forum for Debate section is to draw attention to subjects of relevance to an international and interdisciplinary readership. It is an analyses, a reflection and/or a call to attention in short format on a current topic of relevance for the Latin American region comprised of different perspectives throughout the contributions within the section.

Text format: submissions should be in essay format and understandable for an international and interdisciplinary readership. They must not contain footnotes or bibliographical reference, nor may they exceed 16.000 characters (including spaces, the equivalent of about 6 and a half pages in MS Word with 1.5 line spacing); Times New Roman font, size 11.

A brief note for reference on the author/s must be given at the end of the text: Name, institution, position and areas of interest.

The text or a summary of its main ideas should be sent directly to the Forum Section. Texts will be considered and selected by the section editors.

 

- NOTES SECTION

This section contains individual and thematic reviews on academic works in the fields of history, social sciences, literature and culture of Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal.

A review of a single book should not exceed 15.000 characters in length, including spaces and footnotes (which should be avoided or reduced to the bare minimum). In general, the minimum length will be 8000 characters. Reviews must be critical analyses of the book in question, not mere descriptions of the content. 

The same criteria as for Articles and Essays (see above) will be applied for review articles.

The selection on new releases for review is drawn up by the section editors, who are also responsible for identifying competent reviewers. Reviews submitted are evaluated and checked by the editors and regular contributors.

Please send reviews or review proposals to the Notes Section. 

 

Copyright Notice

 

Publishing in IBEROAMERICANA is free of any charge for authors.

Authors retain the copyright. They transfer the right of first publication as well as the non-exclusive and unlimited right to reproduce and distribute their contribution in the accepted version to the journal.

All contents of this electronic edition under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

 

Privacy Statement

We inform you about our Privacy Policy in accordance with the current regulations on Data Protection: 

Responsible Body in Terms of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the:

President of the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz
Prof. Dr. Hermann Parzinger
Von-der-Heydt-Str. 16-18
10785 Berlin
Germany

Tel.: +49 (0)30 266 411401
E-Mail: info@hv.spk-berlin.de
Website: www.preussischer-kulturbesitz.de

The person responsible for data protection can be reached as follows:

Datenschutzbeauftragte/r der SPK
Von-der-Heydt-Str. 16-18
10785 Berlin
Germany
E-Mail: datenschutzbeauftragte@hv.spk-berlin.de
Website: www.preussischer-kulturbesitz.de

 Scope

This privacy policy refers to the website  http://journals.iai.spk-berlin.de/index.php/iberoamericana.

Data protection refers to the protection of personal data. This concerns data that can be clearly assigned to an individual. When we collect and utilize personal data, we confine ourselves strictly to what is technically necessary and permitted by law. We collect and use personal data only with your prior consent or where allowed by law. It is important to us that you understand why we collect data and what we use them for. More information can be found below.

We collect information from you when you access the above-named domain. For purposes of identification and tracking unauthorized access attempts to this domain as well as for purposes of optimization of web-based services in connection with the use of the web pages of the above-named domain, user data are stored and used to create anonymous access statistics.

The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect on May 25, 2018. It strengthens the rights of the individual user. In point 5 below, “Rights of Individuals,” we describe your rights with regard to privacy and personal data.

 

1. What is personal information?

Personal information is information that can be used to identify you. This includes information such as your name, postal or IP address (if not anonymized), telephone number, and e-mail address, but not information that is not associated with your identity (such as anonymous log files in which the used browser types are logged).

Data provided by you (e.g., data input via a web form) can be or contain personal data. We store your data only at your request and to the extent needed (for example, for registration as an author or reviewer) or for data backup. The specific use of such data is indicated in the respective context.

 

2. Viewing the website http://journals.iai.spk-berlin.de/index.php/iberoamericana

2.1 Cookies

Like other organizations, we use so-called cookies. Cookies are small files that are stored in special filed directories on your computer (unless you block them). Information about your visit to our website can be stored in cookies. Our cookies do not contain personal data (such as IP addresses or login data), but rather only anonymous session IDs. Some of the cookies we use will remain on your computer so that our web server can recognize your computer the next time you visit. Most browsers (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, etc.) are set by default to accept cookies. You can set your browser to reject cookies or request a confirmation from you. However, if you disable or reject cookies, it is possible that you will not be able to use certain features of the website. The legal basis for the processing of personal data using cookies is Article 6 (1) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

2.2 Usage Statistics

In order to be able to analyze usage and impact of our journal and the published articles, we collect and log access to the journal’s homepage, issues, articles, galleys and supplementary files. In the process all data is anonymized. No personal information is logged. IP addresses are anonymized by being hashed (using SHA 256) in combination with a secure 64 characters long salt that is automatically randomly generated and overridden on a daily basis. Therefore IP addresses cannot be reconstructed. The following information is collected next to the anonymized IP addresses:

• Access type (i.e. administrative)
• Request time
• Requested URL
• HTTP status code
• Browser

The collected data is only used for evaluation purposes. No IP addresses are mapped to user IDs. It is technically impossible to trace a specific set of data to a specific IP address. If you wish you can opt-out of the data collection process. By clicking the opt-out button below, you can actively decide against participating in the statistical analysis. When clicking the opt-out button a cookie is being created on your system to store your decision. If the privacy settings of your browser lead to cookies being automatically deleted you will have to opt-out again the next time you access this website. The cookie is only valid for one browser. If you use a different browser, you will have to opt out again. No individual information is stored within this cookie. This cookie lease is valid for one year after your last access. Opt-out: http://journals.iai.spk-berlin.de/index.php/iberoamericana/usageStats/privacyInformation.

2.3 Personal information collected by registering a user account

When you register a user account, the information you enter (in particular: name and email address) will be saved on the server of our website. If you choose not to validate your account, the entered information will not automatically be deleted.

2.4 Personal information collected in the submission process

Personal information that is submitted in conjunction with a manuscript (in particular, name(s), affiliations, biographical information, email and homepage addresses) will, in case of acceptance of the manuscript, be published together with the submitted article. By submitting a manuscript, you agree to have the document scanned for plagiarism. Your manuscript will be uploaded to an external server, from which it will be deleted after completing the plagiarism scan. You will be informed of the result if significant overlap with published texts is detected.

2.5 Workflow data

(This section is adapted from the GDRP Guidebook for PKP Users, which has been published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.) When using the submission system, the following data are gathered and stored, mostly as submission-specific editorial history:

• All actions taken on a submission, and by whom;
• All notifications sent regarding a submission (including who sent and received the notification);
• All reviewer recommendations;
• All editorial decisions;
• All files uploaded as part of the submission process, including files that may have personally identifying information in the form of file metadata or in the files themselves.

Registered users have access to different amounts of workflow data depending on their role. Journal managers and editors can access all submission data; section editors and editorial assistants can access all submission data only for those submissions to which they have been assigned; authors have limited access to their own submissions and are only able to see the data they have supplied, or that editorial staff have explicitly made available to them.

3. Who collects the information?

The information processed as explained above (see points 1 and 2) is electronically collected and used by Freie Universität Berlin, the Center for Digital Systems (CeDiS) and stored centrally by Freie Universität Berlin's Hochschul-Rechenzentrum (ZEDAT). In addition, these data are also stored on a backup server, where they remain available for 3 months. In particular, even if a user account is deleted, it can be restored up to 3 months after deletion on the primary server.

The information is used for editorial purposes by the editors of the journal (Iberoamericana. América Latina - España - Portugal). It is not disclosed to third parties, unless you have given us your consent to do so or we are required or authorized by law to do so (for example, in relation to law enforcement, presumed plagiarism, or other copyright infringements).

4. Active components

Java and Javascript applications are used on the web pages of the above-named domain. You can set your browser – if necessary, by using free add-ons – to reject the execution of such applications or to request confirmation from you. If you reject these applications, it may be possible that you cannot use certain features of the website.

5. Rights of Individuals

You have the right to ask the person responsible for confirmation of whether your personal data have been processed. If this is the case, you have a right of access to such personal data and to the information specified in Article 15 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

You have the right to demand from the person responsible the immediate correction of incorrect and personal data concerning you and, if necessary, the completion of incomplete personal data (Article 16 of the General Data Protection Regulation).

You have the right to request the person responsible to delete your personal data without delay, provided one of the reasons detailed in Article 17 of the General Data Protection Regulation applies (right to erasure). The person responsible will then no longer process the personal data unless he/she can prove compelling legitimate grounds for processing that outweigh the interests, rights, and freedoms of the individual concerned.

You have the right, at any time, to object to the processing of your personal data for reasons arising from your particular situation. In such cases, personal data may only be processed if there are compelling legitimate reasons for the processing that outweigh your interests, rights, and freedoms, or if the processing serves the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims (Article 21 of the General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR).

You have the right to revoke your data protection consent at any time. The revocation of consent does not affect the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation.

6. Revoking your data protection consent at any time.

If your personal data are processed based on legitimate interests in accordance with Article 6,  paragraph 1 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the right to file an objection against the processing of your personal data in accordance with Article 6,  paragraph 1, provided there are grounds for this arising from your particular situation or the objection is directed against direct marketing. In the latter case, you have a general right of objection, which is implemented by us without specifying any particular situation. If you would like to exercise your right of revocation or objection, please send an email to iberoamericana@iai.spk-berlin.de.

7. Changes of this privacy policy

Given the constantly occurring changes on the Internet, especially with regard to technology and also the relevant legislation, we reserve the right to amend our privacy policy from time to time, if needed. Such adjustments to our privacy policy will be posted on this page with an advance notice of two weeks, provided that the circumstances requiring the change permit this timeframe.