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Focus and Scope | About the Evaluation Process | Guidelines for Reviewers | Copyright and Licensing | Declaration of Ethics and Editorial Best Practices | Plagiarism Policies | Editing and Citation Standards | Evaluation Criteria

> FOCUS AND SCOPE

Please read carefully about the focus, scope, and organizational mode of Memory Policies at About the journal.

Memory Policies publishes works that contribute to the study and reflection of current debates on:

• - intellectual history and history of ideas;
• - the left and social movements in Argentina and worldwide;
• - critical and emancipatory theories;
• - policies of archive, preservation, and representation of collective memory.

> ABOUT THE EVALUATION PROCESS

The journal does not charge any fees to authors for the evaluation and publication of articles. Contributions received will be evaluated initially by the Editorial Committee and secondarily by two external evaluators under the double-blind referee system. Memory Policies uses the anonymous arbitration system, according to the so-called double-blind system, where the author's identity should not be explicitly stated in the submitted manuscript, whether on the cover, title, notes, or bibliography. Contributions must be written in Spanish. Submitted works must be unpublished. No additions or modifications will be accepted once they have received final approval from the Editorial Committee.

• - All contributions must be submitted through the OJS system, following the instructions provided in the system itself
  
• - Contributions received will be evaluated initially by the Editorial Committee and secondarily by two external evaluators under the double-blind referee system.
• - In case of a dispute between the first two evaluations received, a third evaluation will be requested as the determining factor.
• - The approximate duration of the process is between two and five months. If the article is approved, immediately after, a certificate can be requested from the journal stating that the article will be published in its next issue, which appears annually in November.
• - The status of the evaluation process can be tracked through your user account on this same journal's online platform, or by directly consulting politicasdelamemoria@cedinci.org

> GUIDELINES FOR REVIEWERS

• Please use the following evaluation form: External Evaluation Template Memory Policies. DOWNLOAD.
• Please ensure that any marked and commented text in the evaluation is done anonymously and no records remain in the text editor.

> COPYRIGHT AND LICENSING

With the aim of making works more accessible to other researchers and facilitating global knowledge exchange, this journal provides open access to all its articles, allowing them to be used for research, educational purposes, and generally for non-commercial use.

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

- Acceptance of the article by the journal implies its non-simultaneous submission to other journals or editorial bodies and the non-exclusive assignment of authors' property rights in favor of the journal. Authors will retain their copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication of their work, which will simultaneously be subject to the Creative Commons BY 4.0 license, the full text of which can be consulted at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, allowing third parties to share the work in its entirety, provided the authors and its first publication in this journal are indicated.

- To maintain its commitment to promoting the free distribution of knowledge, this journal does not charge article processing fees or article submission fees to authors.

- This journal and its content – unless otherwise indicated – are provided under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Its content can be copied, communicated, and publicly distributed, provided that individual authors and the name of this publication, as well as the publishing institution, are cited. The content of this journal cannot be used for commercial purposes and/or be made into derivative works.

- However, the journal encourages authors to specify how they want to maintain copyright rights over their articles and dispose of their reproduction rights without restrictions.

> DECLARATION OF ETHICS AND EDITORIAL BEST PRACTICES

- Memory Policies and its publishing entity, the CeDInCI, are governed by the Principles of Transparency and Best Practices in Academic Publications and international standards published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

- In order to ensure transparency both in the publication of contributions and in the procedures for resolving associated conflicts, it is also based on the Best Practices Guide for Editors of Scientific Journals and the Publication Ethics Resource Kit (PERK),

- The editorial team of this scientific journal will ensure that all parties (editors, peer reviewers, and authors) strictly follow ethical standards throughout the editorial process.

- The code of conduct, ethical standards, and conflict resolution methods followed in this journal can be fully consulted at this link.

> PLAGIARISM POLICIES

Submissions must be original and must not engage in any form of plagiarism. Before evaluation, the journal checks through plagiarism detection software such as iThenticate and Duplichecker that the submitted work does not engage in plagiarism. If this practice is detected, the work will be immediately rejected, and the evidence collected will be provided to the sender. The sender may make arguments they deem appropriate; however, the journal reserves the right to definitively reject the submission following examination and response to the arguments presented

A) GUIDELINES FOR ARTICLE SUBMISSION

• - The submission of originals will be done digitally, using the online platform for submissions.
• - When submitting, the commitment to originality form signed by the author(s) must also be attached.
• - The text should be presented in Times New Roman font, size 12, with 1 1⁄
• - On the first page of the work, the following must be included: title and full name of the author(s);
• - Clarifications about the work (acknowledgments, mention of previous versions, etc.) should be indicated with a footnote at the end of the first sentence of the article;
• - The institutional affiliation of the author(s) will be indicated with an asterisk in the name, referring to the footnote. It must include their full institutional registration and the link to their ORCID.
• - On the last page of the work, a content summary must be included in Spanish and another in English, between 120 and 150 words each, followed by three to five keywords in Spanish and English.
• - The length of the articles should range between 20,000 and 50,000 characters with spaces.
•  -CeDInCI is a non-profit organization and under no circumstances does its journal charge authors for the evaluation and publication of articles.

B) EDITING AND CITATION RULES

1. Rules for editing the body of the text

1.1. Use of bold (bold), italics, and underlining:

Bold should be used only for titles of books or periodicals (Clarín, Fictions, Capital) and to indicate the start of a new section or subsection within the text.

Use italics only to emphasize concepts and foreign words (tertium datur).

Underlining should not be used under any circumstances.

1.2. Punctuation, enumeration, and symbols to use

Typographical quotes “xxx” (and not "xxx"). Use single quotes within quotes (“xxx ‘xxx’ xx”). Do not use guillemets: «xxx»

Use hyphens for compound words (político-social);

Use dashes for interpolated phrases —xxx— (control + alt+-)

Numerals: 1st, 2nd (and not 1st, 2nd)

1.3. Tabulation, spacing, font size, and type

Font type to use: Times New Roman

Font size: 12

Line spacing: 1.5

Do not insert spacing between paragraphs

Do not indent the beginning of each paragraph

Title and subtitle should be in bold.

1.4. General structure of texts

The text should include: author(s), institutional affiliation, email, title, and subtitle if applicable.

At the end of the text, include the bibliography cited and/or used in the work. After this, include a summary in Spanish containing 3 to 5 keywords. This summary should be replicated in English (abstract and keywords).

If the text includes images, they should be sent in a separate folder and not included in the body of the text. Indicate where they should be inserted with the legend "insert figure 1 here". Remember to provide image data with a caption.

If the text includes tables or graphs, these should be sent in a separate folder and not included in the body of the text. Indicate where they should be inserted with the legend "insert table n°1 here". Remember to provide the name of the table/graph.

Avoid automatic enumerations and bullets from word processors like Word.

2. Citation rules

Note-citation system: References should be sequentially numbered in the text body and placed as footnotes at the bottom of the document.
The footnote should be placed after the first punctuation mark. Do not cite within a sentence, but at the end and after a punctuation mark (period, comma, semicolon). Example: The formation of the Argentine State was a lengthy process.

2.1. Abbreviations and apocopes.
Abbreviations to use in the note-citation system:
Cf.: means “compare”, “consult”, it is an abbreviation indicating that something should be consulted, usually a specific text or passage.
Ibid.: Use this abbreviation to indicate that the cited text has already been cited in the IMMEDIATELY preceding citation. Thus, the bibliographic reference cited is not repeated, although the pagination of the reference cited again must always be included. Example: Ibid., p. 4.

1. Op. cit.: Abbreviation used to indicate that the book has already been cited in a footnote of the work, although not in the immediately preceding note. In this case, the author's name must be indicated.
   

2.2. Rules for citing bibliographic references in the note-citation and in the bibliography list that should be placed at the end of the work.
Below we detail the formal specifications (order, font type, punctuation) of the citation:

Books: author's name, last name, title, place of publication, publisher, date of publication, volume or tome, page (if necessary). In footnotes, authors should be listed first by their name and then by their last name.
Example: Enzo Traverso, La historia como campo de batalla, Buenos Aires, Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2012, p. 22.

Journal articles: author's name, last name, “title of the article”, journal name, publisher, volume, issue number, tome, date of publication, pages of the cited article.
E.g. Flavio Rapisardi. “Escritura y lucha política en la cultura argentina: identidades y hegemonía en el movimiento de diversidades sexuales entre 1970 y 2000”, in Revista Iberoamericana, Vol. LXXIV, nº 225, October-December 2008, p. 979.

Newspaper articles: author's name, last name, “title of the article”, newspaper name, publication date.
E.g. Cristina Pérez, “La relación entre Estado y sociedad en la historia argentina”, in Clarín, April 1, 2020.

Other sources: author's name, last name, “title of the article” or source name, place of publication, publishing entity, date of publication.
E.g. Jorge B. Rivera, “Relaciones de género y clases sociales en Argentina a fines del siglo XX”, in Enzo Traverso and Sheila Fitzpatrick (eds.), La historia como campo de batalla, Buenos Aires, Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2012.

2.3. Indication of bibliography consulted in the text body

In the text body of the paper, there should be a space for a list of works cited or sources consulted.
Works and sources consulted (that is, those that were taken into account to write the work) should be organized in alphabetical order by the last name of the author or the first name of the institution or publisher.

Use the author's first name in the notes and list in the body of the paper, according to the Chicago style.

3. Rules for the bibliography

The bibliography should be presented in an orderly manner, in accordance with the rules of the note-citation system. The final list must appear in the bibliography. The bibliography must be ordered in the order in which they were cited, with a name written first.

All cited works must be included in the bibliography. It is also necessary to provide a translation of the titles of the works cited in the languages of the rest of the work, and indicate the place where they were cited.

The titles of the works should be arranged alphabetically by the last name of the author, or by the first name of the institution or publisher. The bibliographies of works cited should be written first and then in the language of the rest of the work.

 B) EVALUATION CRITERIA

The blind review of the originals carried out by referees external to the Editorial Committee follows the following evaluation criteria:

[1] RELEVANCE AND ORIGINALITY

It is evaluated if the thematic area of the article is appropriate to the editorial line of the journal. If it does not fit these editorial guidelines, the article should not be recommended for publication.

[2] HANDLING OF THE TOPIC AND REFERENCES

The relevance, pertinence and timeliness of the bibliography used, as well as the general knowledge of the state of the art, are rated. The rating is made according to the following criteria: good, fair or poor. If the bibliography is irrelevant or outdated, the referee may mention some of the most important works that should be taken into consideration in the comments to item [2].

[3] CONSISTENCY AND CLARITY

1. The clarity of the article is rated according to its readability and style as good, fair or poor.
2. The coherence of the paper is evaluated by considering whether its objectives and hypotheses are well defined and also whether the author fulfills his or her intentions. This evaluation also follows the classification of good, fair or poor.
3. It is examined whether the work has a precise conclusion in which the author summarizes his/her main contribution. If the answer is negative, the referee may ask to expand the existing conclusion or add a conclusion.
4. The referee evaluates whether the paper includes critical considerations on the topic it addresses or on the authors it cites.
5. The formal aspects of the paper (style, syntax, length and general structure) are rated as good, fair or poor.

[4] TITLE AND ABSTRACT

1. It is evaluated if the title is adequate and expresses clearly and precisely the subject it deals with. If not, the referee may suggest an alternative title.
2. Evaluate whether the abstract is correctly written. If not, the referee should point out the most important typos or errors.

[5] REWRITING

The referee may suggest or request the rewriting of certain passages or paragraphs if he/she considers it necessary. To do so, the referee will indicate in comments, in a precise manner, what changes, additions or corrections the author should make.

[6] TABLES AND IMAGES

If the work contains tables, images or figures, the referee will evaluate whether they are clear and necessary. If not, the referee will make the pertinent suggestions in the comments to item [6].

[7] FINAL OPINION (RECOMMENDATION FOR PUBLICATION)

The referee gives a final grade of the paper according to the following criteria:

• UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE. The work deserves to be published as submitted, without corrections or additions, except for possible minor stylistic or detailed changes.
• ACCEPTANCE WITH OBSERVATIONS. The paper is recommended for publication, but it is suggested that some modifications be made to a small number of passages or paragraphs. The revised version, if received, will be resent to the same reviewer.
• CONDITIONAL PUBLICATION. The publication of the paper depends on the realization of a certain number of important changes that are considered essential. The revised version, if received, will be submitted to a new referee.
• REJECTION. Publication of the paper is not recommended, even with considerable changes, because a complete reformulation of the text is required.

[8] REVIEWER'S COMMENT TO THE EDITORS (OPTIONAL)

The referee can send to the editors of the journal the comments on the evaluated paper that he/she considers pertinent.