About the Journal

Scope

SHHC publishes original research works about Modern and Contemporary History (18^th-21^st centuries). We publish articles based on primary sources, bibliographical essays that meet the academic standards and are relevant to the discipline, as well as book reviews on related topics. We accept proposals in Spanish and English, and exceptionally in other scientific languages.

Sections

Every SHHC issue contains a monographic dossier as well as varia and reviews sections.

Annual publication

SHHC publishes one issue per year.

Peer-review journal

Every research paper published in SHHC, both articles based on primary sources and bibliographical essays, passes a double-blinded external evaluation process. The manuscript is submitted to two external reviewers, who assess the scientific quality of the manuscript according to its originality, structure, use of sources, formal quality and relevance for the field. The positive assessment of both is required. In case of remarkable discrepancies, the article will be submitted to a third evaluator.

No charges for authors

SHHC charges no fees for submission or publication

Commited to research from early-career authors and developing countries

SHHC encourages submissions from early-career authors and researchers working in developing countries, especially Latin America.

Open access policy

Following the procedures set by Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca since 2011, SHHC is a Gold Open Access journal, in compliance with the Spanish Science, Technology and Innovation Law 14/2011 of the 1^st of June.

Databases dissemination

The journal commits to providing XML metadata or other specific formats immediately after its publication in «eUSAL Journals» within three months in order to promote dissemination in databases (Proquest, Ebsco, Elsevier, DOAJ, CrossRef / DOI).

Self-archive and digital preservation

Authors are authorized to publish their work on the Internet (for example in institutional repositories or personal web pages) always after editing (in no case before or during the review or proofreading phases). However, we recommend providing the URL instead. These measures are taken to encourage reading and citation of the article as well as to achieve a greater and faster dissemination of the published work (see The Effect of Open Access).

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

«eUSAL Revistas»
«Gredos»

This journal uses the LOCKSS system to generate an archive distributed among the participating libraries, allowing them to create permanent archives of the journal for preservation and restoration.

Topical identification

MATERIAS IBIC:

HBLL: Historia contemporánea hasta el siglo XX: c. 1700-c. 1900
HBLW: Historia del siglo XX: c. 1900-c. 2000
HBLW3: Historia de posguerra del siglo XX: c. 1945-c. 2000
HBLX: Historia del siglo XXI: c. 2000-

BIC SUBJECTS:

HBLL: Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900
HBLW: 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000
HBLW3: Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000
HBLX: 21st century history: from c 2000 -

BISAC SUBJECTS:

HIS037050: HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century
HIS037060: HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century
HIS037070: HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century
HIS037080: HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century

About copyright and licensing

Authors publishing in SHHC agree to accept the following conditions:

The authors keep the copyright © and relinquish their publication rights to Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca, 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, the journal (in this case, SHHC), the specific issue, and the pages on which the information appears. Derived works for commercial purposes must always be authorized by the Publishing House.

Authors may engage in other independent and additional contractual agreements for the non-exclusive diffusion of the version of their article published in SHHC as long as it is clearly indicated that the work was published in the Journal SSHHC, together with the specific issue and the pages on which the quoted information appears, and the new publisher reaches and agreement with Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca.

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

Language, Identification of Text Authorship

Language

Contributions will be published in Spanish, Portuguese or English .

Text Identification

The texts must always be identified with the following data:

Spanish: Título, resumen y palabras clave (+Enter).
English: Title, Abstract and Key Words (+Enter).

Authority Control

The authors must specify their affiliation:

Name: Lower case
Second name: Lower case
Surname(s): Lower case
E-mail address: institutional but neither G-mail (generic) nor similar, etc.
ORCID: previously registered in ORCID
The institution: University or Research Institute
Country
Full postal address.

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

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». Accordingly, authors are requested not to engage in plagiarism or self-plagiarism

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 for non-commercial purpose belonging to Studia Histórica: Historia Contemporánea.
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).

CC BY-NC-SA

Authors assign to Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca the right of publication, under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license.

This license allows third parties to distribute, copy and display the article. No commercial profit may be made. The new creations must acknowledge their authorship, may not be used commercially and must be under an equivalent license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode.en

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;
Being aware of the protection of personal data, the journal would appreciate information on the sex of the signatory(s) in the metadata, in order to enable the identification of possible gender differences;

Interoperability protocols

The OAI-PMH protocol is used with the route httpsrevistas.usal.es/uno/index.php/0213-2087/oai