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Focus and scope

Editorial policy
  - Policies by section
  - Peer-review process
  - Open-access policy
  - Publishing ethics

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Postal address:
Revista Relaciones. Estudios de historia y sociedad
El Colegio de Michoacán, A.C.
Martínez de Navarrete 505,
Fraccionamiento las Fuentes,
59699, Zamora, Michoacán, México

Principle contact
Dr. Víctor Gayol
Director
El Colegio de Michoacán, AC.
Telephone: (+52) 351 515 7100, ext. 1308
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Contact for editorial follow-up
Blanca E. Corrales Suárez
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Tel.: (+52) 351 515 7100, ext. 1760

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Editorial team:

Founder:
Dr. Luis González y González

Director
Dr. Víctor Gayol, El Colegio de Michoacán, AC.

Editorial assistant:
Blanca E. Corrales Suárez

Editorial Council:
Dr. Luis Alberto Arrioja (Center for Historical Studies, El Colegio de Michoacán)
Dr. Marco A. Calderón (Center for Anthropological Studies, El Colegio de Michoacán)
Dr. Laura Cházaro (Cinvestav-IPN)
Dr. Virginia García Acosta (Ciesas-DF)
Dr. Agapi Filini (Center for Archaeological Studies, El Colegio de Michoacán)
Dr. Gustavo López (Center for Rural Studies, El Colegio de Michoacán)
Dr. Rosa Lucas (Center for Studies of Tradition, El Colegio de Michoacán)
Dr. Octavio Montes (Center for Studies in Human Geography, El Colegio de Michoacán)

Advisory Council:
Richard N. Adams (University of Texas at Austin)
Jaime del Arenal Fenochio (Mexico’s Ambassador to Ecuador)
Claude Bataillon (Université de Toulouse-Le Mirail)
David A. Brading (University of Cambridge)
Roberto Cantú (California State University)
Philippe Caron (Université de Poitiers)
Juan Manuel Durán Juárez (Universidad de Guadalajara)
Jean-Marie Grassin (Université de Limoges)
Esteban Krotz (Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa)
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio (Nobel Prize Recipient)
Thierry Linck (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique)
Andrés Lira González (El Colegio de México)
Óscar Mazín (El Colegio de México)
Eduardo L. Menéndez Spina (Ciesas?? Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social)
Jean Meyer (Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas)
Pierre Ragon (Université Paris Ouest-Nanterre)
José Luis de Rojas (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
Adeline Rucquoi (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)
Mario Humberto Ruz Sosa (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)
J. Benedict Warren (emeritus, University of Maryland)

Responsible for edition and style correction:
Reynaldo Rico Ávila

Design of the print version:
Natalia Rojas Nieto

Focus and scope

The journal Relaciones. Estudios de Historia y Sociedad publishes original, previously unpublished, peer-reviewed (double blind) studies in History, the Social Sciences and the Humanities, including articles, essays and analyses of important historical documents, as well as book reviews, that contribute to enhancing our understanding of Mexico and its realities in both historical and contemporary contexts. Opening windows for comparison, Relaciones examines topics concerning Mesoamerica, New Spain and Mexico in relation to the rest of the Americas, Europe and other areas of the world. The journal maintains two key axes, one theoretical-methodological, the other thematic. The first seeks to nourish the multidisciplinary connections that allow us to comprehend complex social and historical processes from diverse perspectives; the second underscores the relation between political and cultural traditions or modernities in multiple, interwoven domains that form part of the process of the social formation of universes both past and present. Relaciones is published for a broad academic audience that includes researchers, professors, students and all those interested in the Social and Human Sciences and related disciplines.

Relaciones. Estudios de historia y sociedad is a trimestral publication (winter, spring, summer, autumn) of El Colegio de Michoacán, A.C. (CPI-CONACYT), founded in 1980 by Luis González y González. The printed version consists of 750 copies with separates (ISSN 0185-3929). The open-access electronic version makes all the journal’s past and contemporary content available to interested readers. It can be consulted at www.revistarelaciones.com (ISSN-e 2448-7554). Relaciones normally publishes studies in Spanish, but accepts texts in Portuguese, French and English with the option to elaborate translations or publish them in the original language. The journal is publicly-funded by the Mexican government through project “E003. Scientific investment, development and innovation”, included in the annual Budget of El Colegio de Michoacán. It is designed specifically to disseminate and diffuse scientific knowledge.

Editorial policy:

- Policies by section
- Peer-review process
- Open-access policy
- Publishing ethics

Policies by section

Relaciones. Estudios de historia y sociedad publishes the following types of documents: a) academic articles for the Thematic Section (dossier); b) academic articles for the General Section; c) presentation and analyses of documents; d) essays on notes and debates; and, e) book reviews.

a) Articles for the Thematic Section:
1) Received through open convocation (see Guidelines for Proposals for the Thematic Section)
2) Indexed material
3) Peer-review

b) Articles for the General Section:
1) Received through open convocation year-round
2) Indexed material
3) Peer-review

c) Presentation and analyses of documents
1) Received through open convocation year-round
2) Indexed material

d) Essays on notes and debates
1) Received through open convocation year-round
2) Indexed material
3) Peer-review

e) Book Reviews
1) Solicited by the journal’s editorial team, though reviews that comply with the journal’s norms may be accepted (se Norms for Book Reviews).
2) Indexed

Peer-review process:
1. Articles and essays sent to Relaciones’ editorial team that comply with the formal requirements established by the journal will be peer-reviewed using a double-blind system (see the different arbitrage models below).
2. The journal’s editorial team will provide formal notice within fifteen (15) days of the reception of articles or essays submitted for preliminary evaluation by the Director and Editorial Council.
3. If the Director and Editorial Council determine that the text does not comply with the formal requirements, it will be returned to the author with an explanatory letter.
4. Once the Director and Editorial Council deem that the text complies with all formal requirements, it will be sent, anonymously, to two Academic Reviewers who shall determine: a) recommendation for publication with no changes; b) recommendation for publication when minor corrections have been adequately addressed; c) recommendation for publication after a detailed revision; or, d) rejection.
5. If there is a discrepancy between the two results, the text will be sent to a third Reviewer and the final decision will be based on the coincidence of the results of two of the three Reviewers’ determinations.
6. In no case are the results of the academic peer-review process subject to appeal. Authors will be notified of this decision within six months, provided no delays arise in the procedure due to causes not attributable to the journal’s editorial team.
7. At the conclusion of the process, authors will receive an Act that announces the result of the evaluation. Said Act will be accompanied by an ad verbatim assessment by the Reviewers, and their changes and suggestions. The Editorial Council may also request make changes, and these will be included in the Act.
8. If the result of the review is favorable, the author must submit the corrected version of the text within a period not greater than three (3) months from the date on which the Act was received. If the definitive version is not received within that time, the journal’s editorial team will consider that the author has removed the text from consideration.
9. Together with the definitive version, the author shall submit a document that lists all changes made. If the author fails to address any of the suggestions, she/he must provide a reasonable explanation in that same document.
10. Once the definitive version has been received and reviewed, the editorial team will send confirmation that the text was peer-reviewed and is awaiting its turn to appear in the journal. Once accepted, the text cannot be modified in any way.
11. The journal’s editorial team reserves the right to make the style corrections and editorial changes that it judges pertinent to improve the text.

Open-access policy
Relaciones. Estudios de historia y sociedad offers immediate, open access to its contents.

Publishing ethics
Publishing articles in a peer-reviewed journal is an essential element of the development and consolidation of a coherent, respectable network of knowledge. The published article directly reflects the quality of its author’s work and the prestige of the institution she/he represents. Peer-review is a keystone of the discussion and diffusion of knowledge produced through research. Hence, it is extremely important that the norms of ethical conduct that are expected of all parties involved in publishing academic articles be thoroughly understood by authors, editors, Reviewers, and institutions that sponsor publications. In this case, El Colegio de Michoacán, A.C., as a Centro Público de Investigación (Public Research Center), shoulders the great responsibility before society to ensure transparency and the application of Good Academic Practices. In view of this, Relaciones, Estudios de historia y sociedad adopts the following:

Code of Ethics

I. Of the Directors as editors responsible for the journal.
The Director:
1.- is responsible for the academic quality of the texts published in the journal.
2.- must ensure freedom of expression and defend the independence of the academic publication against all interests of an economic or commercial nature.
3.- is responsible for the publishing decisions taken, and shall at all times ensure strict respect for the results of the peer-review process.
4.- shall act under the principle of fair play with all authors, Reviewers and members of the Editorial Council.
5.- shall maintain confidentiality regarding the review processes and the personal information of authors, Reviewers and members of the Editorial Council.
6.- shall, upon detecting any conflict of interests between authors and Reviewers, disclose same in a pertinent manner, and act in consequence.
7.- shall resolve cases in which unacceptable conduct occurs in the publishing of an academic text.

II. Of the Reviewers
- Reviewers
1.- are responsible for contributing to the editorial decision.
2.- shall observe opportunely the periods and forms established for the review process.
3.- shall respect the confidentiality of the texts they review.
4.- shall observe the criteria of objectivity in their reviews.
5.- shall recognize the sources that support their reviews.
6.- shall reveal any conflict of interest that may arise during the reveiw process.

III. Of the authors
- Authors
1.- are responsible for the originality and unpublished character of their contributions.
2.- are responsible for the content of their texts and any opinions expressed therein.
3.- shall allow access to their data sources at any time for editorial review. Sources must be clearly identified and localizable.
4.- shall avoid plagiarism by clearly acknowledging the sources and authors that sustain the critical framework of their studies.
5.- shall avoid multiple, redundant or concurrent publication of research results.

IV. On unacceptable conduct
1.- Plagiarism in all its forms.
2.- Practices involving the multiple, redundant or concurrent publication of the same text.
3.- Invention or alteration of data and/or sources.

V. On the actions to be taken in cases of unacceptable conduct
- To dispel any suspicion that an author has incurred in unacceptable conduct such as plagiarism, the multiple, redundant or concurrent publication of the same text, or inventing or altering data, all available resources shall be employed, including the systematic consultation of indexes and publication databases, anti-plagiarism software programs and, if necessary, direct communication with the editors of other academic publications.
- If unacceptable conduct is detected during the reception, review, acceptance and/or editing processes of materials submitted to the journal’s editorial team, the protocols suggested by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) will be followed (consult here).
- In cases where it is confirmed that the author of a contribution that is being reviewed or edited incurred in unacceptable conduct, the text shall be removed from said process and notification shall be sent to the parties involved and/or affected so that they, in turn, may implement the measures they deem pertinent.
- In cases where it is confirmed that the author of a contribution that has already appeared in an issue incurred in unacceptable conduct, the text will be removed from the electronic version of the journal and a notification will be posted in its place. That notification will also be published in the following issue of the print journal to inform our readers and the general public.

VI. On methods to prevent unacceptable conduct.
- All texts sent to our journal are analyzed by digital means to evaluate their similarity to other texts. The software used by Relaciones. Estudios de historia y sociedad is provided by the iThenticate platform.

This journal strictly follows the ethical guidelines and Good Academic Practices established by CONACYT, CSIC and COPE.

Indexes:

Relaciones. Estudios de historia y sociedad is listed on the following Indexes: Índice de Revistas Mexicanas de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (Conacyt since 1997); Clase (Citas Latinoamericanas en Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades); Dialnet; Latindex (Sistema Regional de Información en línea para Revistas Científicas de América Latina, el Caribe, España y Portugal); HAPI (Hispanic American Periodicals Index); Redalyc (Red de Revistas Científicas de América Latina y El Caribe); and SciELO-México (Scientific Electronic Library Online).

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