About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Original and unpublished research on the Spanish language in any field of linguistics and related disciplines will be published, with special interest in grammar in a broad and encompassing sense, which includes phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and discourse analysis.

It is, therefore, a journal of Spanish linguistics and, preferably, in Spanish. Although works in Spanish and English are admitted, the aim is to promote the use of Spanish as an international scientific language, strengthening the links between the many countries that make up the Hispanophony.

Regarding the approach, both theoretical and applied contributions will be accepted, from the conception that the theories on language constitute the basis of all application. Applied linguistics is also considered in its various aspects (language acquisition, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics and neurolinguistics, L1 and L2 didactics, etc.).

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).

Sections of the journal

Each issue of Asterisco: Revista de lingüística española is divided into several sections:

«Articles»: with an approximate length of between 6,000 and 9,000 words. Submission without format adaptation is allowed until a positive evaluation for publication is obtained.
«Reviews»

Subject

Original research papers on the Spanish language in any field of «linguistics» and related disciplines are admitted, with special interest in grammar in a broad sense.

iBIC/THEMA: Lingüística (CF)
BIC/THEMA: Linguistics (CF)
BISAC: Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics (LAN009000)

Languages, identification of the text, and authorship

Languages

Articles submitted will be published mainly in Spanish, but submissions in other languages (English, French, Portuguese and Italian) will also be accepted.

Identification of texts

Texts must always be identified with the following data:

Title, abstract and keywords (separated by semicolons) in Spanish, English and, if different, in the language in which the text was written.

Published article identifiers

Asterisco requires authors to be identified in ORCID to standardise the citation of their publications.

Authority control

For their affiliation data, authors must specify:

Name and Surname
E-mail address
ORCID identification number
Higher Institution of work: University
Country

Open access policy

In addition to being published in print (POD), Asterisco: Revista de lingüística española provides immediate free access to its content under the principle of free and public availability of research, thus fostering a greater exchange of global knowledge.

All its contents are published under the CC BY-NC-ND attribution / Acknowledgment - Non-Commercial - No Derivative Work: Commercial use of the original work or the generation of derivative works is not allowed. The adoption of this license allows copying, distributing, executing and publicly communicating the work, acknowledging the credits of the same, provided that it is not used for commercial purposes and that it is not altered or transformed giving rise to a work derived from the original.

No article submission or open access publication (APC) charges

Asterisco does not charge authors any submission fees, nor does it charge fees for editing and publishing articles.

Permission for self-archiving and digital preservation

Authors are authorised 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 or 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 repositories of the University of Salamanca:

«eUSAL Revistas»
«Gredos»

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

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 Asterisco can be downloaded in PDF format, in compliance with Law 14/2011, of 1 June, on Science, Technology and Innovation.

DORA

Asterisco endorses the «San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment» (DORA).

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 Asterisco, the authors of the proposals undertake not to submit them to other publications.

Manuscripts must be entirely original. All material of outside authorship must be duly attributed to its source, whether it constitutes a literal quotation or is presented in the form of an allusion and/or paraphrase. Asterisco 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 noted.

Asterisco 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).

Journal's responsibility

Neither Asterisco 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 with 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 Asterisco.

Authors publishing in Asterisco accept the following conditions:

Authors retain copyright © and assign to Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca the right of publication, under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivativeWorks 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence, which allows third parties to distribute, copy and display the article as long as they cite the authorship of the work, the publication in Asterisco, indicating the full publication details (including volume and pages). No commercial profit may be made. No derivative works may be made for commercial purposes that are not authorised 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 Asterisco, indicating the exact and complete details of the edition.

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

Registration of the source of funding 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.

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

Asterisco journal supports research by authors or research teams from developing countries and first-time authors from all over the world.

Good editorial practices in gender equality

Asterisco journal adopts the following commitments in relation to the fulfilment 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 initials) of the authors of the papers and of those cited in the list of bibliographical references.

Adherence to the United Nations objective of "expressing oneself orally and in writing without discriminating against a particular sex, social gender or gender identity, and without perpetuating gender stereotypes" (https://www.un.org/es/gender-inclusive-language/index.shtml), 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 (RAE Position of 16 January 2020, § 8.1).

Use of interoperability protocols

The OAI-PMH protocol is used with the path httpsrevistas.usal.es/uno/index.php/ asterisco/oai/