About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Claridades. Revista de Filosofía, published by FICUM, is an international philosophy journal aimed at professors, students and students of the discipline. It publishes original research articles written preferably in Spanish, although it admits originals in English and German. The magazine is interested in all areas of philosophy, is open to all currents of thought and does not discriminate between them. The works submitted for the consideration of the journal are evaluated anonymously by external specialists. FICUM organizes annually a symposium in which all the works published in the annual number of the journal are submitted to dialogue and debate. Each paper must be preceded by a complete summary  in English that guarantees the understanding of the text to an international reader. Although in the early years of the journal this commitment has not been demanding in some sections such as OTHERS, over the time all the sections all the sections have been progressively subjected to the same demanding standards, and will consequently include summaries reviewed by external specialists in response to our growing commitment to the internationalization of the journal.

Ownership and governance

Claridades. Revista de filosofía is a journal legally owned by UMAEditorial since September 23rd, 2020, when the application for a registered trademark was resolved. As it belongs to an academic and public entity, Claridades. Revista de filosofía promotes the development of quality dissemination without any profit motive.

The editorial team, made up of specialists of recognised prestige and members of universities, is composed of:

- Director and sub-editors: These editors are the main editors and are ultimately responsible for the content of the journal. Their main responsibilities include: directing the overall strategy of the journal, reviewing and making decisions on manuscript submissions to ensure a sustainable and timely flow of copy, and acting as ambassadors for the journal. They are appointed by the management, the deputy management, the editorial secretariat and the administrative secretariat, who decide on their appointments and removals following a bureaucratic procedure and without this ever implying that the journal may cease to belong to UMAEditorial.

- External associate editors: Sometimes the task of supervising the review process is delegated to external associate editors, specialists of recognised prestige who issue a preliminary decision on the articles assigned to them by the management. They also act as reviewers and ambassadors for the journal. They may contribute to the content of the journal, either by submitting an article or by acting as guest editors of a special issue. They are nominated by the editors and sub-editors.

- Editorial board: These are leading experts in the journal's field who act as ambassadors for the journal. These experts may occasionally be called upon by the editors-in-chief to resolve issues related to editorial decisions. They are appointed by the management and deputy management.

- Editorial secretariat: composed of specialists who oversee that the design, layout and graphics meet the required standard of quality. They are appointed by the management and deputy management, and are involved in editorial decisions at the various Board meetings that take place periodically.

- External reviewers: they are a fundamental part of the journal, external to the editorial team and blind. The journal includes a list to recognise and make visible their contribution to the quality of the articles published: https://revistas.uma.es/index.php/claridades/evaluadoresexternos

These external reviewers receive manuscripts to evaluate them and give their opinion on their suitability. It is the editors-in-chief and associate editors who decide which external reviewers are appropriate to evaluate the papers received.

- Administrative Secretariat: representation of the FICUM association, a non-profit cultural association. Its current work on the journal focuses on keeping the journal in touch with society, especially by helping to promote quality research among young people and the non-academic cultural world. She is usually in charge of dissemination through social networks and collaboration with cultural and academic events related to the promotion of philosophy. The decision of the person in charge of these tasks is decided internally by the cultural association FICUM, which founded the journal in 2009, as stated in the public record.

The agreements related to the journal are taken at regular meetings of the Board of Directors, the minutes of which are kept by the management team. A copy is kept in the journal's OJS Library.

Peer Review Process

1. Periodicity

Claridades. Revista de filosofía publishes one issue in year. Occasionally, the journal publish an extraordinary additional monographic issue on a topic of specific academic interest.

Claridades. Revista de filosofía publishes an annual issue. It reserves the right to additionally publish a second regular issue (if the volume of studies received and accepted is high) or a monographic issue (if the publication of a monographic issue on a topic of specific academic interest is approved).

On our website, under each archived issue already published, the DOI of the issue and the date of publication will appear below the title, so that there is a visible indicator of our frequency of publication.

 

2. Sections

The magazine has the following sections:

- Studies

- Quaestuiones Disputate (Debates on articles published in a number of the magazine)

- Critical translations

- Interviews (for example to the winners of the annual prize for the promotion of philosophy and culture in Malaga awarded by FICUM)

- Reflections and comments

 

3. Languages

Languages in which originals are accepted, edited collaborations and correspondence are maintained: Spanish, German, and English.

 

4. Open Access Policy

The journal is indexed in the Open Access platform of Spanish and Latin American electronic scientific journals, a project promoted by the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) with the aim of contributing to the dissemination and visibility of scientific journals published in Latin America, the Caribbean , Spain and Portugal.

The journal is an open access Journal, which means that all its content is freely available without charges for the user or the institution. Users can read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or link the texts of the articles or use them for any other legal purpose without asking the publisher or the author for permission. And this in accordance with the definition of open access of the BOAI.

 

5. Evaluation of originals

The editorial committee initially decides whether the paper is appropriate for the journal, and the section for which the work is appropriate. Subsequently, the process of evaluation by external pairs for all sections.

     5.1. The evaluation is by pairs

Two external and specialized reviewers.

     5.2. The evaluation is double-blind

The evaluators do not know the identity of the author. Author do not know the identity of the evalautors.

     5.3. Privacy statement

The names and e-mail addresses are only used for the purposes declared by the magazine.

     5.4. The evaluators are external

More than 80% of the evaluators are external to the journal and to the FICUM association. At the end of each issue, the list of evaluators who have participated is published.

     5.5 Evaluation criteria

It is valued: the theme, the depth, the innovation, the dialogue with the current and relevant bibliography, the internal coherence, the unity, the clarity, the rigor in the argumentation, the adequacy of the title, of the summary and of the key words, and formal and literary elegance.

The following will be assessed: theme, depth, innovation, dialogue with current and relevant literature, internal coherence, unity, clarity, rigour in argumentation, appropriateness of the title, abstract and keywords, and formal and literary elegance.

Reviewers will be explicitly asked to indicate whether the topic is original, innovative and relevant to the journal. They should also indicate whether the article has originality and argumentative coherence, whether it has an appropriate design and methodology, and whether it shows an up-to-date and rigorous bibliographical basis. In any case, they must also include a justification of the evaluation carried out.

The evaluators must indicate whether, on the basis of the evaluation carried out, the article is publishable, publishable with modifications, publishable with substantive modifications or not publishable.

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     5.6. Acceptance or rejection

After reviewing the experts, the editorial committee decides whether to accept the article without further ado, ask the author to make modifications recommended by the evaluators, ask the author for a thorough revision or reject the publication.

   5.7. Policy on the use of Artificial Intelligence

Read carefully our policy on the use of artificial intelligence tools in the writing, editing, proofreading and reuse of content at:

https://revistas.uma.es/index.php/claridades/regulacionIA

 

6. Rules of publication and format of publications

See: indications for the review.

 

7. Publication schedule

Within a period of 2 months, which may be extended occasionally, the board of directors of the journal will inform the author of the acceptance or rejection of the article, and will report on the observations, opinions and suggestions issued by the external evaluators.

At that time the authors will be sent at least one proof of printing that they must review within a maximum of two weeks.

The reception of articles is open all year. The news portal of the FICUM association will be notified of the PHILOSOPHY NEWS portal, when the reception of articles is closed and opened, and when the publication of the annual number is foreseen.

 

8. Self-archiving policy

Digital preservation can be seen as the set of processes and activities that ensure that information that now exists in digital formats is accessible in the long term. The digital content of the journal is extremely valuable and measures are in place to ensure both its current accessibility and its long-term preservation.

All of our electronic content (website, manuscripts, etc.) is stored in various sources. The content on a server that is online and accessible to readers. A copy of that content is kept as an additional backup, as the OJS software makes weekly copies using the LOCKSS system https://revistas.uma.es/index.php/claridades/gateway/lockss and CLOCKS https://revistas.uma.es/index.php/claridades/gateway/clockss.


The journal has a DOI, which also ensures the durability of access through Crossref. The journal information is also available in open access in different databases such as DOAJ and DIALNET, which ensures the preservation of content by more than one source of information.

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9. In case of error

The magazine is not responsible for any errors that may appear after the edition of the number. Authors are obliged to provide retractions or corrections of mistakes.

 

10. Ethical statement about publications and good practices

- Editors and publishers undertakes to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies when necessary. Likewise, it undertakes to have a cordial, affectionate and respectful treatment with the authors and readers, trying to meet their needs. Plagiarism is prohibited, and the authors must guarantee that the article is original and has not been published before. The authors will be asked for a signed certification that the work is original. Regarding APCs, Claridades does not carry out any type of “processing charges” or “Submission charges”.

- Our code of ethics can be consulted on the web: https://revistas.uma.es/index.php/claridades/etica

 

Publication Frequency

As indicated in point 1. Periodicity, Claridades. Revista de filosofía publishes an annual issue. It reserves the right to additionally publish a second regular issue (if the volume of studies received and accepted is high) or a monographic issue (if the publication of a monographic issue on a topic of specific academic interest is approved).

On our website, under each archived issue already published, the DOI of the issue and the date of publication will appear below the title, so that there is a visible indicator of our frequency of publication.

 

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content, based on the principle that offering the public free access to research helps in a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Author charges

Authors are not asked to pay Article Processing Charges (APCs) for this journal in any case. 

Digital Preservation Policies

Digital preservation can be seen as the set of processes and activities that ensure that information that now exists in digital formats is accessible in the long term. The digital content of the journal is extremely valuable and measures are in place to ensure both its current accessibility and its long-term preservation.

All of our electronic content (website, manuscripts, etc.) is stored in various sources. The content on a server that is online and accessible to readers. A copy of that content is kept as an additional backup, as the OJS software makes weekly copies using the LOCKSS system https://revistas.uma.es/index.php/claridades/gateway/lockss and CLOCKS https://revistas.uma.es/index.php/claridades/gateway/clockss.


The journal has a DOI, which also ensures the durability of access through Crossref. The journal information is also available in open access in different databases such as DOAJ and DIALNET, which ensures the preservation of content by more than one source of information.

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Use of interoperability ptocols

a) The OAI-PMH (Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting) is a low-barrier mechanism for repository interoperability that is used to harvest metadata descriptors and, in our case, also full-text articles.
The metadata of all published articles is available in Dublin Core (oai-dc) format.
Website: https://revistas.uma.es/index.php/claridades/oai

b) The journal's website contains summaries and tables of contents that allow direct access to the articles.

c) The website has a search engine that facilitates access to content: https://revistas.uma.es/index.php/claridades/search

d) The website is adaptable to mobile devices.

e) The website provides access to complementary materials where necessary.

Databases in which the journal is indexed and access, structure and functionalities of the site

The journal is indexed in:

REDIB Open Acess platform of the CSIC for Spanish and Latin American Electronic Scientific Journals, Latindex, The Philosopher's Index, ISOC-CC. Social and Humanities, ERIH PLUS, Dulcinea, MIAR, SHERPA / RoMEO, DOAJ: Directory of open access journals, ESCI (Emerging Sources Citation Index), ZDB (Zeitschriftendatenbank), EZB (Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek), COPAC, WorldCat, DIALNET and Carhus PLus+

Advisory Board

Alberto I. Vargas, CISAV (Mexico)

Antonio de Diego, Universidad de Sevilla (España)

Francisco J. Alcalá, Universidad de Granada (España)

Luis Puelles Romero, Universidad de Málaga (España)

Pascual Martínez Freire, Universidad de Málaga (España)

Rafael Reyna, Universidad de Navarra (España)

Sylvia Susana Rodríguez (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (España)

W. G. Jacobs, Maximilians Universität München (Alemania)

Marcela garcía, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo (Mexico) 

External evaluators 

Papers received in CLARIDADES. JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY are submitted to a process of blind arbitration by two external informants, who are responsible for evaluating the content and methodology of the articles. All papers have a prior review by the editorial team of the magazine, to check that the articles meet the minimum requirements. The authors receive a summary of the reports drafted by the reviewers, indicating - if this is the case - how to correct deficiencies or make the requested changes. The informants are selected according to a criterion of academic and research excellence, and taking into consideration that their area of expertise corresponds to the topics addressed in each of the articles. The list of the Evaluators participating in each issue is published at the end of it, indicating the institution to which it belongs.
 
Since 2015, Claridades. Magazine of philosophy, publishes in each of its numbers the list of evaluators that we reproduce here again following our policy of transparency: https://revistas.uma.es/index.php/claridades/evaluadoresexternos
 

Editorial Board

Directorate:

Alejandro Rojas Jiménez, Universidad de Málaga

Juan A. García, Universidad de Málaga

Enrique Ramallo Cantero, Universidad de Málaga

Alejandro González Jiménez-Peña, Universidad de Málaga

 

Editorial Board:

Juan José Padial Benticuaga, Universidad de Málaga

Alberto Ciria, Instituto Lauth (München, Germany)

Juan J. Garrido Periñán, Universidad de Sevilla

Lucas Risoto, IES Séneca (Córdoba)

Claridades in social networks

Since its foundation Claridades has been present in social networks with the intention of promoting philosophy and the dissemination of its work in different channels, each of which, in its own way, does this function in a peculiar and different way:

We are in:

- facebook 

- Twitter 

- Blogger

- You Tube

- Instagram: (https://www.instagram.com/ficum_claridades/#)

Summaries with indication of OR, CR, ED, INT.

In accordance with our policy of clarity, quality and transparency, we indicate below the OR, CR, ED INT of each scientific article published since 2015 in our STUDY and QUAESTIONS DISPUTATAE sections.

Consult the tab Summaries with indication of OR, CR, ED, INT (in the drop-down menu next to) for the list: https://revistas.uma.es/index.php/claridades/sumarios

This measure, in addition to providing transparency about the originality and internationality of the papers, shows that the journal takes measures against inbreeding by indicating whether or not the authors of the studies belong to the editorial board.

Anti-plagiarism

Clarities. Revista de filosofía maintains an anti-plagiarism policy that ensures that all published works are unpublished, through the professional application of Ithenticate's Crossref Similarity Check services to scan all submissions.

We use the service on all papers that have passed the editorial classification process and are eligible for blind peer review.

The Journal reserves the right to reject articles with an inadequate similarity rate.

We also have specific plagiarism detection tools such as Unicheck, a free access platform that monitors originality and controls plagiarism.

Statistics.

Clarities. Revista de filosofía offers statistics on the number of accepted and rejected articles. See the Statistics tab (in the drop-down menu on the pavement) for the list.

Ethics and Best practices

Ethics and Best practices

Claridades. Revista de filosofía makes a commitment to the academic community by ensuring the ethics and quality of its published papers. As a benchmark, our journal uses the Code of Conduct and Good Practices for scientific journals defined for editors by the PUBLICATION ETHICS COMMITTEE (COPE).

I. Editorial Board:

1. Journal have editorial boards or other governing bodies whose members are recognized experts in the field.

2. Journal provide the full names and affiliations of the members on the journal´'s website

3. Journal provide contact information for the editorial office on the journal’s website:

II. Authors and Authors responsibilities:

1. The Authors will not pay membership or any kind of charge to ensure the publication of their paper.

2. Authors are obliged to participate in peer review process.

3. All authors have significantly contributed to the research.

4. Authors are obliged to provide retractions or corrections of mistakes.

5. Authors are obliged to provide a list of references.

6. It is forbidden to publish same reserach in more than one journal

III. Peer-review process:

1. All of a journal´s content is subjected to peer-review.

2. Peer-review is defined as "obtaining advice on individual manuscripts from reviewers‘s expert in the field of publication".

3. The is clearly described on the journal´s web site.

4. All judgments and findings in the peer-review process are objective.

5. Reviewers have no conflict of interest.

6. Reviewers are point out relevant published work which is not yet cited.

7. Reviewed articles are treated confidentially prior to their publication.

                                                                   

IV. Copyright and access:

1. Copyright and licensing information are clearly described on the journal’s web site: all content published in Claridades. Revista de Filosofía is open acces without limit, and are subject to the Creative Commons Attribution-NoComercia-Sharealike 4.0 license. The full text of which can be consulted at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0

2. It is the responsibility of the authors to obtain the necessary permissions for the images that are subject to copyright. The authors whose contributions are accepted for publication in this journal will retain the non-exclusive right to use their contributions for academic, research and educational purposes, including self-archiving or deposit in open access repositories of any kind. The electronic edition of this magazine is edited by the Editorial de la University of Malaga (UmaEditorial), being necessary to cite the origin in any partial or total reproduction.

3. This journal allows and encourages authors to publish papers on their personal websites or in institutional repositories, both before and after their publication in this journal, as long as they provide bibliographic information that accredits, if applicable, your posting on it.

4. In no case will anonymous papers be published.

5. Only evaluating the work based on intellectual content, without any bias towards ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religious believes origin ethnic, nationality or political ideology of the writer. For this reason, it is guarantees the anonymity of the writer during the selection process.

6. Authors, editors and publishers must accept the code of good practice.

7. Our OJS Platform embeds metadata and uses protocls to exchange them with databases, collectores, etc: https://revistas.uma.es/inde.php/claridades/oai

V. Archiving:

Digital preservation can be seen as the set of processes and activities that ensure that information that now exists in digital formats is accessible in the long term. The digital content of the journal is extremely valuable and measures are in place to ensure both its current accessibility and its long-term preservation.

All of our electronic content (website, manuscripts, etc.) is stored in various sources. The content on a server that is online and accessible to readers. A copy of that content is kept as an additional backup, as the OJS software makes weekly copies using the LOCKSS system https://revistas.uma.es/index.php/claridades/gateway/lockss and CLOCKS https://revistas.uma.es/index.php/claridades/gateway/clockss.


The journal has a DOI, which also ensures the durability of access through Crossref. The journal information is also available in open access in different databases such as DOAJ and DIALNET, which ensures the preservation of content by more than one source of information.

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VI: Ownership and management:

1. Information about the ownership and/or management of a journal is clearly indicated on the journal’s web site: UmaEditorial und FICUM.

2. Publishers do not use organizational names that would mislead potential authors and editors about the nature of the journal´s owner.

VII. The website:

1. Journal’s website (including the text that it contains) can demonstrate that care has been taken to ensure high ethical and professional standards.

VIII: Publishing schedule:

1. The periodicity is clearly indicated: one issue is published annually. We reserve the right to publish extraordinary monographic volume, with a specific theme and academic interest. Monographic volume should follow the same publishing politics, evaluation and good practices already mentioned.

IX: Name of the journal:

1. The journal name is unique: Claridades. Revista de filosofía.

2. The name is not one that is easily confused with other journal(s) or that might mislead potential authors and readers about the journal´s origin or association with other journals.

3. The journal has ISSN number: 1889-6855

4. The journal has ISSN-e numer: 1989-3787

 

Sponsors

FICUM - UMA Editorial

Journal History

In 2009, the first issue of the magazine was published.

From 2010 to 2012, the JFM Research Center is created, to which the journal is linked.

As of 2013, the magazine is published by the non-profit association FICUM, and is indexed in the main international databases.

On 27 of the 11 of 2017 it becomes part of the magazine portal of UMA Editorial, initiating the passage to the OJS system.