Azafea: Revista de Filosofía

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About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Azafea: Revista de Filosofía was founded in 1985 by professor Laureano Robles, and it was initially dedicated to the study of Hispanic philosophy. After a first stage that covered the publication of the first three issues, in 2001 it extended its scope to all philosophical disciplines, under the direction of professor Cirilo Flórez, philosophy historian at the University of Salamanca and, from 2014, under the direction of Carmen Velayos Castelo, professor of Moral and Political Philosophy. The journal continues today, since 2022, under the editorship of Carlota Fernández-Jáuregui Rojas, professor of Aesthetics and Art Theory.

Azafea: Revista de Filosofía is an annual journal (one volume per year) and it publishes its texts in Spanish and other languages. All articles include the title, abstract and keywords in English.

Since 2001, all of Azafea’s volumes have had a monographic theme and include a philosophical miscellaneous section ("Varia").  The journal also includes a section for reviews and shorter articles ("Critical tone").

 

Frequency of publication

Annual

 

Peer review process

Articles received are evaluated by external reviewers using the system known as "double-blind".  (See section "Evaluation process"in the "Submissions" section).

 

Open access policy

In addition to being published in print, Azafea: Revista de Filosofía provides immediate free access to its content to promote a greater exchange of global knowledge.

 

No article submission or open access publication (APC) fees

There are no fess for submitting, editing or publishing articles in open access (APC).

 

Sections of the journal

Azafea: Revista de Filosofía is divided into several sections:

  1. "Presentation": by the coordinator of each monographic issue.
  2. "Articles": corresponding to the chosen monographic theme.
  3. "Varia": miscellaneous section of articles.
  4. "Critical tone": a section with short articles for discussion (only in some volumes).
  5. "Reviews"

 

Committed to the research of new authors, and to those coming from developing countries

Azafea supports research by authors or research teams from developing countries, especially Latin American, whose texts are preferably in Spanish, English or French.

We also show our compromise with first-time authors from all over the world who send in articles in the aforementioned languages.

 

Permission for self-archiving and digital preservation

Authors are authorized to publish their work on the Internet (e.g. in institutional repositories or personal web pages) always after editing (in no case before revision, layout or even at the proofreading stage). These measures are taken in order to encourage reading and citation of the article as well as to achieve a wider and faster dissemination of the published work (see The Effect of Open Access).

The journal is kept in the two main University of Salamanca repositories:

This journal uses the LOCKSS system to create a file distributed among the participating libraries, allowing these libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for preservation and restoration purposes.

 

Open access policy

Azafea provides immediate free access to its content under the principle of free and public availability of research, thus promoting a greater exchange of global knowledge.

 

Published article identifiers

Azafea requires authors to be registered in ORCID to standardize the citation of their publications.

 

Dissemination in databases

The journal undertakes to provide XML metadata or in other specific formats, immediately after its publication in "eUSAL Revistas" and within three months, in order to promote dissemination in databases (Proquest, Ebsco, Elsevier, DOAJ, CrossRef/DOI).

 

Download statistics

Authors whose articles have been published since October 2020 can see the download statistics in the article file.  Authors whose articles were published before this date can request this information from the Editorial Secretary.

 

Golden road to open knowledge (OPEN ACCESS)

Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca has been following the golden path of Open Access since 2011. The full text of the journal Azafea can be downloaded in PDF format, in compliance with Law 14/2011, of 1 June, on Science, Technology and Innovation..

 

Subject

Original research papers on "philosophy" are accepted.

  • IBIC SUBJECTS: HP: Philosophy
  • IBIC SUBJECTS: HP: Philosophy
  • BISAC SUBJECTS:PHI000000: PHILOSOPHY / General

 

Languages, identification of the text, and authorship

Languages

Articles submitted will be published in Spanish, English and French, but other languages may be exceptionally accepted.

Identification of texts

Texts must always be identified with the following data:

  1. Title, abstract and keywords (separated by semicolons) in Spanish.
  2. Title, abstract and keywords (separated by semicolons) in English.
  3. Title, abstract and keywords (separated by semicolons) in the language the text will be published.

Authority control

For their affiliation data, authors must specify:

  1. Name and Surname
  2. E-mail address
  3. ORCID iD number
  4. Higher Institution of work:  University
  5. Country

 

Ethical basis for publication

Manuscripts must be completely unpublished.  By submitting their proposals, authors undertake not to have previously published them, either in whole or in part, or in translation into other languages, and not to have submitted them for evaluation/selection in a different publication.  Thus, until the evaluation process is completed by Azafea, the authors of the proposals undertake not to submit them to other publications.

Manuscripts must be entirely original.  All materials of outside authorship must be duly attributed to its source, whether it constitutes a literal citation or is presented in the form of an allusion and/or paraphrase.  Azafea uses computer resources for the identification of non-original material and works (Turnitin Ephorus software, among other resources).  The detection of sources not duly cited will result in the automatic rejection of the article, regardless of the receipt of positive reports. Likewise, the author's own previously published materials that are cited or alluded to with the corresponding reference should also be mentioned.

Azafea is governed by the ethical bases inspired by the Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) (https://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines).

Good Practice Guide

 

Journal's responsibility

Neither Azafea nor the people who make up the journal are responsible, under any circumstances, for the ideas and opinions expressed by the authors, nor are they responsible for the credibility and authenticity of the works published in the journal, the responsibility for which lies exclusively on the authors.

Authors wishing to include images, figures, tables, etc. published elsewhere must obtain permission from the copyright owner for their reproduction in print and online, and include the express reference that such permission has been granted.  Any material that does not include such a reference will be assumed to originate from the authors of the work published in Azafea.

 

About copyright © and cc by-nc-nd

Authors publishing in Azafea accept the following conditions:

Authors retain copyright © and assign to Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca the right of publication, under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license, which allows third parties to distribute, copy and display the article as long as they cite the authorship of the work and publication in Azafea, indicating the specific volume and pages. No commercial profit may be made.  No derivative works may be made for commercial purposes that are not authorized by the publisher.

Authors may make other independent and additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the version of the article published in the journal, provided that:

  • they clearly state that the work was published in Azafea, indicating the specific volume and pages where they found the information.

The journal information will be provided to Sherpa / Romeo, Dulcinea, etc.

 

DORA

Azafea endorses the "San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment” - DORA.

 

Registration of the funding source of published articles

It is recommended to indicate the funding agencies external to the USAL, stating the codes of the projects within the framework of which the research that has led to the publication of the article has been carried out. Once the work has been accepted for publication, the author must include this information in the first footnote, marked with an asterisk.

 

Good editorial practices on gender equality

Azafea adopts the following commitments in relation to the fulfillment of good editorial practices in terms of gender equality:

Its commitment to achieving parity in its various governing and advisory boards (Direction, Editorial Secretary, Editorial Board, Advisory Board and Reviewers).

The inclusion of the full name (not only the initials) of the authors and those cited in the list of bibliographical references.

Adherence to the United Nations objective of "speaking and writing in a way that does not discriminate against a particular sex, social gender or gender identity, and does not perpetuate gender stereotypes” (https://www.un.org/en/gender-inclusive-language/), always respecting and complying with the rules of grammatical correctness of the linguistic system and pragmatic appropriateness, and with the principles of economy of language (Posición de la RAE of 16 January 2020, § 8.1).

 

Use of interoperability protocols

The OAI-PMH protocol is used with the path https://revistas.usal.es/dos/index.php/0213-3563/oai