About the Journal

Peer Review Process

Athenea Digital is a peer-reviewed journal. All papers will be reviewed by at least two reviewers. A single negative opinion rigorously argued by a reviewer will be sufficient reason for the journal to decide not to accept the article. As a general rule, the reviewers will be external to the Editorial Committee. Authors may suggest up to four people as potential reviewers of their work. This will not force the Editorial Committee to accept the proposal and, in any case, it will not call into question the blind evaluation procedure. For each of the proposed reviewers, their full name, e-mail address and institutional affiliation should be attached. The cumulative list of ad hoc reviewers will be updated annually. As review criteria, Athenea Digital will prioritize: a) coherence with the domain and editorial line of the journal b) originality of the content c) argumentative soundness d) expository clarity e) adequacy to the style and standards of the journal. Athenea Digital aims to reduce as much as possible the average time for the review of the articles and will use as a guideline a period of 240 days.

Frequency

Since 2010, Athenea Digital is published three times a year, appearing on the first non-holiday Tuesday of March, July and November.

Communication with authors

Communication with authors (acknowledgment of receipt, notification of acceptance, inquiries, etc.) will be conducted through the journal's OJS system. For any other inquiries, please contact the following email address: revista.athenea.digital@uab.cat

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate free access to its contents under the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Users are allowed to read, download, distribute, print, search, partially reproduce or link to the texts without requesting prior permission from the publisher or the author.

This is an open access journal licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported License from march 2014 (previously Reconocimiento-NoComercial-SinObraDerivada).

Deposit

Authors are allowed to deposit the published version of the article. See Open Policy Finder.

Interoperability protocol

The content published in this journal is also available through the OAI-PHM 2.0 protocol (Open Archives Initiative – Protocol for Metadata Harvesting). You can consult the available formats at the following link.

The route for harvesters is: https://atheneadigital.net/oai

The metadata of the contents of this journal are offered under a CC0 license.

Digital preservation

To guarantee the preservation of all content, daily backups are made. In turn, all content is archived in PKP-PN (LOCKSS) and in the institutional repository of the UAB.

Accessibility statement

The structure and aesthetics of the journal (hereinafter "theme") is a variation of the default OJS theme for version 3.3. This variation was carried out by the UAB Publications Service and introduces changes that are respectful of the WCAG accessibility standards, so that the same results of the audit carried out on the default theme of OJS 3.3 are applicable.

See complete statement.

Publication fees

Since the publication costs of the journal Athenea Digital are covered by the internal budgets of the publishing university (UAB), authors do not have to pay any article-processing charges (APC). Therefore, the journal does not have any policy to grant articles.

Ownership registration

The scientific journal Athenea Digital. Revista de Pensamiento e Investigación Social is the exclusive property of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (hereinafter, UAB), by virtue of the provisions of Spanish legislation on intellectual and industrial property. Any use of the header (name, graphic design, logo, and associated identifying elements) without the express authorization of the UAB is prohibited.