1616: Anuario de Literatura Comparada

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About the Journal

Focus and scope

1616: Yearbook of Comparative Literature is the journal of the Spanish Society of General and Comparative Literature. It is the official expression of this scientific society and features contributions related to that discipline, subject to approval by the Editorial Board. The journal accepts submissions on theoretical issues that advance or facilitate debate within the framework of General and Comparative Literature studies, as well as case studies where comparative criteria are clearly defined. While the publication respects the intellectual freedom of its authors, it does not necessarily share their opinions.

A volume is published per year allowing unrestricted access to all its content from the moment it appears. The languages of publication are the officers of the Spanish State, as well as English and French.

It is indexed in MIAR, DOAJ, ERIH+, EBSCO, Academic Search Premier, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Proquest and Dialnet.

Peer evaluation process

Before publication, it will be analyzed by two external evaluators, who may make proposals for modification, if applicable. For the final acceptance of an item, the positive assessment of both is required; in the event of significant discrepancies, the article shall be submitted to a third evaluator.

Frequency of publication

Annual

Open access policy

odos the contents of 1616, are freely and immediately accessible, based on the principle that the free availability of scientific research results allows for a wider exchange of knowledge.

No Charges for Levied Processing Contributions or for Publication in Open Access Format (APC)

The Journal does not levy charges for processing of articles, nor for editing them or publishing them in open access format [article processing charges (APCs)]

Sections of the Journal

1616, is articulated in several sections:

  • Editorial
  • Articles: these allow readers to further explore the main theme addressed in the Journal.
    In the case of articles sent for publication in a monographic issue, these contributions must be in line with a given topic, chosen by the Editorial Secretariat of the Journal.
  • Varia: other research relationships with the main theme of the journal.
  • Reviews
  • In memorian.
  • Other

Commitment to Research Submitted by New Authors and Authors from Developing Countries

The Journal 1616 supports the research carried out by authors or research teams from developing countries, especially from Latin-America, whose texts are presented in scientific language, preferably in Spanish or English.

We are also committed to new authors from all over the world who wish to send articles written in these languages.

Permission to Self-Archive and Digital Preservation

Authors are authorized to publish on the internet (for example, in institutional repositories or personal web sites) after publication (in no case prior to the review, layout or even in the phase of proof-reading); in the event of embargo, immediately after this has expired. It is also permitted in cases in which the costs of APCs (article processing charges) have been paid to the Editorial Board. These measures are designed to foster the reading and citation of contributions and to achieve greater and faster dissemination of the work published (see The Effect of Open Access)

The Journal can be accessed from the two main repositories of the University of Salamanca:

This Journal uses the LOCKSS system to create an archive distributed among the participating libraries, allowing them to create permanent archives of the Journal with a view to preservation and restoration.

Dissemination in Databases

The Journal is committed to the provision of XML metadata or in other specific formats, immediately after publication in «eUSAL Revistas» and before three months have elapsed in order to foster diffusion in databases (Proquest, Ebsco, Elsevier, DOAJ, CrossRef/DOI).

Thematics

Original research works on General and Comparative Literature are accepted.

Language

Contributions will be published in Spanish or English and exceptionally in other languages.

Text Identification

The texts must always be identified with the following data:

  • Spanish: Título, resumen y palabras clave (separated by semicolons)
  • English: Title, Abstract and Key Words (separated by semicolons).

Ethics and Accountability of the Journal

Upon submitting their originals to the Journal, authors must commit to accepting the usual procedures in the scientific community; only originals that have not been published previously and that are not undergoing review by other journals can be accepted. Thus, the originals sent to the Journal will cannot be sent to other journals while they are still undergoing review by our Journal.

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

1616 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

Accountability of the Journal

  • 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 its diffusion, the right to reproduction in any format belonging to 1616.
  • Once the article has been published, the author will receive a separatum in PDF format from the Journal in which it has been published.

Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)

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

Concerning © and CC BY-NC-ND rights

Authors publishing in 1616 must agree to accept the following conditions:

The authors conserve the copyright © and cede the publication rights to Salamanca University Press, under the license Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), which allows third parties the possibility of distributing and exhibiting the article as long as they cite the authorship, it publication in the Journal 1616 , the specific issue, and the pages on which the information appears. Derived works for commercial purposes not authorized by the editorial Board are not permitted.

Authors may engage in other independent and additional contractual agreements for the non-exclusive diffusion of the version of their article published in 1616 as long as:

  • It is clearly indicated that the work was published in the Journal 1616, together with the specific issues and the pages on which the information quoted appears.

The information of the Journal will be transmitted to Sherpa / Romeo, Dulcinea, etc.

DORA

Latin America Today supports the "Declaration of San Francisco on evaluation of research" - 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 funder of articles published

The funding agency(ies) external to University must be indicated, indicating 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 acknowledgements in the article. The corresponding author in charge of submitting the article to «eUSAL Revistas» must include this metadata at the time of the submit in the corresponding section.

Good editorial practices in gender equality

Good practice in gender equality requires that:

  • Articles should include, as far as possible, the use of inclusive language;
  • Authors should include full names (not just first initials), at least in the metadata;

Interoperability protocols

The OAI-PMH protocol is used with the route httpsrevistas.usal.es/uno/index.php/1616_Anuario_Literatura_Comp/oai