ABOUT THE JOURNAL

ASTROLABIO is an open-access semi-annual journal edited by the Faculty of Philosophy of the Universitat de Barcelona. Its main aim is the diffusion of philosophical and humanistic international thought, paying special attention to the conceptual and historical determinants of the present, culture, politics and subjectivity.

Our journal wills to offer novel and quality works to the community of academics interested in Social Sciences and Humanities Studies, aiming to cover the vast diversity of topics that these disciplines can contain.

Astrolabio accepts papers from all around the world, in several languages (English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Catalan), expecting them to be original works and subjecting them to a rigorous process of selection. Thus the journal aims to connect intellectuals from different cultures and disciplines who are interested in the study of the present and open to the redefinition of the limits within the academia and even beyond, so that every citizen interested in the main current problems of society may be a potential reader.

All the papers published by the journal have been revised by at least two external specialized evaluators. The evaluation is done by the ‘double blind’ procedure, which guarantees the quality and impartiality of the chosen articles.

Furthermore, all the papers have been and will be published under a Creative Commons License. Thus they may be freely shared as long as authorship, first publication in Astrolabio and licence conditions are acknowledged.

 

PUBLICATION RULES

Sent articles must meet the following requirements:

- They must not have been published or be in evaluation processes outside Astrolabio. Articles will be revised by an anti-plagiarism system.

- They must have a minimum extension of 5000 words and a maximum extension of 10000 words. Justified exceptions may occasionally be made.

- They must be sent in under the following formats: rtf, doc and docx.

- Titles must be placed at the beginning of the article, and should not be more than 15 words long. They must also be written in two languages: one of them in English, the other one in either of the following accepted languages: Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese or Italian.

- Underneath the title abstracts should be included, written twice in the chosen languages, and not exceeding the amount of 150 words.

- Citations must follow the APA normative. Tables and figures must be numerated and have a descriptive title. They must be marked in the main text with their number (ex. ‘See table 1’) and not by their position (‘in the following table...’). The source of the table or figure should be indicated underneath. Tables and figures must be sent in their original format (excel, png, jpg, etc.)

- In order to be received as anonymous, articles must omit any reference or hint that may give away the author’s identity.

- Articles must include a bibliography as a differentiated section. Bibliographies will also follow the APA normative and should only include works cited in the body of the article.

-   Authors will be asked to send a second document with metadata following the instructions of the journal.

- The composition of the articles must meet the University of Barcelona Criteria: https://www.ub.edu/cub/criteris.php

Authors are responsible for the compliance with the requirements listed above. The editorial team may turn down articles that don’t meet the requirements without any further evaluation.

EVALUATION AND SELECTION PROCESS

- Authors should send their works to astrolabio.journal@ub.edu and wait for the instructions of the editors. They will ensure anonymity and agile communications with the journal.

- Authors will be asked to complete and send the requested metadata.

- Editors will do an initial revision to ensure that ethical and formal requisites are met.

- Every work in the ‘article’ section will be assigned to two external evaluators, who will be specialists in the required topics, and who will be in charge of accepting, modifying or turning down the articles.  

- The evaluation process follows the ‘double blind’ procedure in order to guarantee quality and impartiality.

- The affiliation of the evaluators is indicated in the ‘Editorial Team’ section.

- Authors will be answered by the journal in no longer than a month since the closure of the call for papers. Rejections will be briefly justified.

- Authors will have two weeks to answer to the comments and suggestions returned by the editors, unless a justified time extension is asked for.

- Evaluators will receive and make a definitive decision that the editorial team will quickly communicate to the author.

- In the event of one evaluator approving the article and another evaluator rejecting it, a third evaluator will be assigned to make the final decision.

- The final publishing decision will be made based on the amount of received articles, the coherence with the central topics of the journal, and the novelty and importance of the investigations. Final decisions will be communicated to the authors as fast as possible.