Editorial policyCollection: BARCINO. MONOGRAPHICA ORIENTALIA

Editorial policy

The Barcino. Monographica Orientalia (BMO) collection publishes works dedicated to the study of the Ancient Near East, in a broad sense, in the fields of archaeology and of history or philology, provided that they are distinguished by the academic value of their contributions. The objective is to promote research and the dissemination of the results in this field of knowledge. The general collection includes the «Series Anatolica et Indogermanica», dedicated specifically to Indo-European studies and, in particular, to Anatolian languages. BMO only publishes studies that are unpublished and original, from both the methodological and the theoretical points of view.

Submissions for publication are assessed by a committee of experts, and once their publication has been agreed to, they are carefully edited by Edicions de la Universitat de Barcelona for the purpose of presenting the results of the academic research with the required editorial rigour. The books, conceived as collective works reflecting on a wide variety of subjects, are published in Catalan, Castilian or English, and also in the habitual languages of the academic world, in paper and eBook format.

Collection editors

Editor-in-chief of the collection: Ignasi-Xavier Adiego Lajara, Adelina Millet Albà (University of Barcelona)

Scientific board: Bettina Faist (Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg), José Virgilio García-Trabazo (University of Santiago de Compostela), Josué J. Justel (University of Alcalá de Henares), Hervé Reculeau (Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago)

Submission of originals

Submissions for publication may be sent to the following email addresses: amillet@ub.edu, ignasi.adiego@ub.edu, ipoa@ub.edu. If they are sent to the general address of Edicions de la Universitat de Barcelona (infopublicacions@ub.edu), they will be forwarded to the editorial heads of the collection so that they may assess them and make their decision known.

Originals must be unpublished, must reflect new contributions in their field and must follow The University of Barcelona’s code of conduct for research integrity.

Originals, written in clear and precise language, must be submitted in accordance with the criteria listed in the rules for the submission of originals and the style guide, and they must be sent with an abstract describing the work, as well as a brief curriculum vitae of the author or authors.

How to quote

Bibliographic references must be adhered to Harvard format:

Feliu, L. 2024. Gramàtica descriptiva de la llengua accàdia. Barcelona: Edicions de la Universitat de Barcelona.

Selection process for originals

Originals are evaluated by in-house and external experts at the University of Barcelona in accordance with double-blind peer reviewing, in order to ensure the anonymity of authors and reviewers. Once the selection has been made, whether the work has been accepted or rejected, the author will receive a reasoned reply from the editor of the collection pointing out, if necessary, the possibility of rewriting or reworking the original submitted in order to introduce the changes or remarks sent to him, and also the necessity to adapt the text to the collection’s editorial criteria, and specifying whether the changes are obligatory or optional. Where appropriate, the author may re-submit the original, which will be assessed again.

In the event of the work being accepted, the publisher will contact the author to formalize the publishing contract and, once it has been scheduled with the editors of the collection, inform him/her/them of the planned publication date.

Process of publishing originals

Once the original has been accepted and the author has been notified of the decision, the publishing house sets in motion the process of editing and producing the work, of which a copy editor takes charge in coordination with the editors of the collection and the author. The editor informs authors of the different stages that will be followed, as well as the execution times, so that they can plan the revisions that will have to be made by them.

Copyright warning

Edicions de la Universitat de Barcelona works with copyright licences and, where appropriate, with Creative Commons licences. Each case is studied with the editor of the collection and, prior to the formalization of the publishing contract, the author is informed of the most suitable licence. Self-archiving of preprint copies is permitted in open access institutional or thematic repositories, subject to prior notice to collection management and the publisher. The full collection is available as Open Access in the University of Barcelona Digital Repository and in the Directory of Open Access Books. For illustrated works, reproduction permissions are managed for all formats and media (paper and eBook).

Declaration of confidentiality

Proper names and related information, such as email addresses, and also the works that are submitted for evaluation, are used solely for the collection’s declared purpose, and under no circumstances will they be made public, nor will they be made available to third parties.