About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Cuadernos dieciochistas is a multidisciplinary journal dedicated to the study of the 18th century. It is the official journal of the Spanish Society for Eighteenth Century Studies.

Cuadernos dieciochistas is indexed in DOAJ, Dialnet, Carhus+, ISOC, CIRC, MIAR, CCHS, Latindex 2.0, ERIH PLUS, EBSCO (Fuente Academica Plus), Proquest, MLA, MLABI, REDIB and Scopus. This journal has the FECYT Quality Seal.

This journal publishes one volume per year, with unrestricted access to all of its contents since its release. The main scientific language is Spanish, although articles in other scientific languages may be accepted.

Peer review process

In this journal, articles received are evaluated by external reviewers using the system known as «double-blind».

Frequency of publication

Cuadernos dieciochistas is an annual journal.

Open access policy

This journal 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.

No article submission or open access publication (APC) fees

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

Sections of the journal

Cuadernos dieciochistas is divided into several sections:

  1. Publisher/Presentation
  2. Articles: a useful publishing system that allows taking a close look at the topics, as well as resorting to the most suitable volumes whenever the reader needs any specific theoretical or practical foundation, professional internships or knowledge. Therefore, on some occasions, the system of monographic themes choosing that gives unity to each volume will be maintained.
  3. Varia: articles of interest for the readers.
  4. Reviews
  5. Other sections

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

Cuadernos dieciochistas supports research by authors or research teams from developing countries, especially Latin American, whose texts are presented in scientific languages, preferably in Spanish or English.

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.

Author and articles identifiers

Cuadernos dieciochistas 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. Those published before that date must be requested at the Editorial Secretary.

Golden road to open knowledge (OPEN ACCESS)

Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca has been following the golden road of Open Access since 2000. The full text of the journal Cuadernos dieciochistas can be downloaded in PDF format, in compliance with Law 14/2011, of 1 June, on Science, Technology and Innovation.

Subject

Contributions must be original, unpublished and not submitted to «literary studies of the 18th century» 

IBIC SUBJECTS: 

DSBD: Estudios literarios: c. 1500-c. 1800

IBIC SUBJECTS: 

DSBD: Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800

BISAC SUBJECTS:

LIT000000 LITERARY CRITICISM / General

HIS037050 HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century

Languages, identification of the text, and authorship

Languages

English will remain the primary language in all articles that get sent. However, it is encouraged to send in manuscripts in other languages; specially in Spanish (with the option of publishing them in other languages upon request).

Identification of texts

Texts must always be identified with the following data:

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

Authority control

For their affiliation data, authors must specify:

  1. For their affiliation data, authors must specify: 
    • Name: Lower case (complete)
    • Middle name: Lower case
    • Surnames: Lower case
    • Email: Institutional and non-generic (Gmail and the like are not accepted)
    • ORCID: previously registered in ORCID: (http://orcid.org/)
    • Higher Institution of work: University
    • Country
    • Address

More information at https://indicadores.usal.es/informes/guias/8427-P08_Guias_Buenas_Practicas.pdf

Ethical basis and responsibilities of the journal

Upon submitting their originals to the journal, authors undertake to accept the usual procedures in the scientific community; only originals that have not been published previously and are not undergoing review by other journals can be accepted. Thus, the originals sent to the journal cannot be sent to other journals while they are still undergoing review by Cuadernos dieciochistas.

Authors must respect international norms concerning the copyright of the texts, graphics and other materials included in their contributions submitted to the journal for publication. In turn, the editors, the editorial board and the revisers of the journal will ensure the integrity of the research is maintained, which in first instance is the responsibility of the authors, reminding them of the use of the «Turnitin Ephorus» software https://moodle2.usal.es/mod/page/view.php?id=260582. Authors are requested not to engage in plagiarism or «self-plagiarism».

Journal's responsibility

  • The Editorial Board will not be responsible for the ideas and opinions expressed by authors in articles published in the journal.
  • Once an article has been accepted for publication, it is assumed that all the authors have agreed to it. The right of reproduction in any format belongs to Cuadernos dieciochistas.
  • Once the article has been published, the author will receive a separatum in PDF format from the journal in which it has been published.

Good Practice Guide

Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)

This journal adheres to the principle of transparency and good practices set by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

About copyright © and cc by-nc-nd

Authors publishing in Cuadernos dieciochistas accept the following conditions:

Authors retain copyright © and assign to Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca the right of publication, under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International (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 Cuadernos dieciochistas, 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 Cuadernos dieciochistas, indicating the specific volume and pages where they found the information;

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

DORA

Cuadernos dieciochistas endorses the «San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment» - DORA.

Information on the specific contribution of each of the authors to the published articles

The order of signatures/affiliation in the article should reflect the effort and contribution.

Registration of the funding source of published articles

The funding agency(s) external to the University must be indicated, as well as the reference(s) of the project(s) in the framework of which the research that has given rise to the publication of the article has been carried out. This information should be referenced by the authors in the acknowledgments of the article. The author in charge of submitting the article to «eUSAL Revistas» must include this metadata at the time of the submission in the corresponding section.

Good editorial practices on gender equality

In order to follow good practices on gender equality:

  • Articles will employ inclusive language to the extent possible.
  • Authors must include their full name (not only the initials), at least in the metadata.
  • In light of personal data protection, the journal would appreciate information on the sex of the signatory(s), in order to enable the identification of possible gender differences.

Use of interoperability protocols

The OAI-PMH protocol is used with the path <httpsrevistas.usal.es/uno/index.php/1576-7914/oai/ >