About the Journal

Focus and Scope

This arbitrated academic publication is intended for researchers, academics, and postgraduate students. The purpose of the journal is to contribute to the dissemination and discussion of knowledge in the field of social sciences and humanities, specially what it is generated in the Ibero-American context. Essays, reviews, theoretical articles, empirical studies, and other types of material (translations, conference transcripts, methodological guides, etc.) which address issues related to social sciences and humanities: sociology, communication, education, psychology, history, laws, social work, anthropology, political sciences, public administration, languages, literature, philosophy, and arts.

Caleidoscopio adheres to the COPE code (Code of Conduct and Best Practices Guidelines for Journals Editors, Committee on Publication Ethics).

Peer Review Process

Caleidoscopio is a publication arbitrated by academic peers external to the editorial team of the journal. All the papers received in the sections of articles and dossier (essays, reviews, theoretical articles, and empiric studies) are reviewed by at least two judges through a double blind review process before considerate it to be posted.

Each paper will be submitted to the following process:

1. The review of the paper on the eThenticate service to validate the content authenticity.
2. A first reading by the editorial team with the purpose of verify that the paper content is related to the journal profile and covers the established guidelines.
3. If applicable, the sending for the paper review by two judges, experts on the field

Consequently, the authors will receive the results of the review process and will be able to use them to improve the contributions, except by the case of the dismissed papers.

Throughout this process, the anonymity of the authors and judges will be maintained.

The result of the review process might be:

a) Accepted without changes or with minor changes, in which case it will no longer require to be reviewed again.
b) Conditioned to a second review after major changes.
c) Rejected.

In case of major discrepancy between the two first reviewers, the text will be sent to a third one whose decision will solve the discrepancy. This outcome will be final.

Papers received in response to the call for a dossier (a special monographic section) will follow the same review process by peers.

The bibliographic reviews and other type of materials (translations, conference transcripts, field notes, methodological guides, and other not previously considered) are welcome and evaluated by the editorial journal team.

All the papers are submitted to review with the service of iThenticate to evaluate its similarity to other published contents and guarantee the originality of the works.

Publication frequency

Caleidoscopio is published twice a year covering the terms of January-June and July-December. Since number 42, the journal follows a continuous edition structure, closing the number over a month before the correspondent term starts (e.g. the number January-June 2020 begins publishing along the previous semester and finishes in December 2019).

Open access policy

Since 2017, this journal provides an immediately open access to its content, based on the principle of offering a free access to the researches to contribute to a major global interchange of knowledge to people. (Creative Commons Atribución-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 4.0 Internacional License). The authors save the complete author and publishing rights without restrictions. The authors are able to provide a copy of their paper (sent, accepted, and published version) on an institutional repository or another type of their choice.

To facilitate the location of the published papers on Caleidoscopio by diverse search sources, the system that saves the journal (OJS 3) uses protocols as Dublin Core Metadata Initiative and others related to their metadata.

Archive systems

Caleidoscopio supports its publications on the file of the systems CLOCKSS, LOCKSS, and PKP PN.