Editorial policyCollection: ESTUDIS D’ANTROPOLOGIA SOCIAL I CULTURAL

Editorial policy

The collection Estudis d’Antropologia Social i Cultural born in 1997 of the wish to publish the results of the lines of study and the research projects developed in the University of Barcelona’s Department of Social Anthropology, nowadays is open to authors and research groups to publish their anthropological research. The collection has gradually been opening up to different countries.

Its lines of research, for which proposals for publication are accepted, include different fields of anthropology: economic anthropology, medical anthropology, heritage anthropology, food anthropology, gender anthropology, kinship anthropology, cultural diversity anthropology, etc. All these fields, often interdisciplinary, converge in a consolidated editorial line of renowned prestige, which is constructed thanks to the collaboration of an academic team made up of the different researchers in the Department.

Proposals for publication are assessed by a committee of experts and, once they have been accepted for publication, they are carefully edited by Edicions de la Universitat de Barcelona with the aim of presenting the results of academic research work with the editorial rigour they demand. The books, conceived as collective works with broad reflection, are published preferably in Spanish, in paper and eBook format.

Editorial board

Editor of the collection: Xavier Roigé (University of Barcelona)

Editorial committee: Susana Narotzky Molleda (University of Barcelona), Manuel Delgado Ruiz (University of Barcelona), Gemma Orobitg Canal (University of Barcelona), Cristina Sánchez-Carretero (CSIC), Víctor Bretón Solo de Zaldívar (Universitat de Lleida), Begoña Enguix Grau (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya), Jaume Franquesa (University at Buffalo), Omar Ribeiro Thomaz (IFCH / Universidade Estadual de Campinas), Dorothy Noyes (The Ohio State University)

Submission of originals

Proposals for publication can be sent to the Department’s email address (dp.antropologia@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 editors of the collection so that they can assess them and notify their decision.

Originals, written in a clear and precise language, must be unpublished, reflect new developments in their field of study and bear in mind the The University of Barcelona’s code of conduct for research integrity. At the same time, they must be submitted in accordance with the related criteria in the rules for the submission of originals and the style guides and they must be accompanied by a description of the work, as well as a brief academic CV of the author or authors.

How to quote

Bibliographic references must be adhered to Harvard format:

Gascón, C. 2015. Cadí. 100 anys de Cooperativa. La Seu d’Urgell: Cadí Societat Cooperativa / Generalitat de Catalunya.

Process of selecting originals 

The editorial process begins when a proposal is received from an author, stating all the authors of the original work and a summary of the main objectives, contents, methodology, and contributions in terms of scientific knowledge, as well as a structure of the chapters. The author will also outline a publication schedule.

Each proposal will be evaluated by the Editorial Committee of the collection, which will communicate its decision within a maximum period of two months. Acceptance of a proposal does not imply the automatic publication of the work, but that the complete original may be submitted for subsequent evaluation by the Committee.

According to the agreed schedule, the author will present the complete original work, to be evaluated by the Editorial Committee. The original will be evaluated by internal and external experts at the University of Barcelona, in accordance with peer-review and double-blind review procedures to ensure the anonymity of authors and reviewers. This, therefore, requires that the authors of the work present an anonymous version of the original which includes no authorship details.

Once the selection process has been completed, the author will receive a reasoned reply from the editor of the collection, whether the work has been rejected or accepted. The editor will indicate, where appropriate, the possibility of rewriting or rethinking the original in order to adapt it to the editorial criteria of the collection, specifying whether any changes might be mandatory or optional. If necessary, the author may resubmit the original, which will then be re-evaluated.

In the case of an accepted work, the publisher will contact the author to formalize the publishing contract and indicate the expected date of publication.

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 notice

Edicions de la Universitat de Barcelona publishes under copyright licences and, when applicable, with Creative Commons licences. Each case is analysed with the editors of the collection and the author is notified of the most suitable license. The self-archiving of preprint copies is permitted after previously informing the editors of the collection and the publishing house. The full collection is available, with a planned embargo period of one year, 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 – for example, email addresses – and works submitted for assessment, are used exclusively for the declared purpose of the collection and may not be disclosed or made available to third parties.