Editorial policyCollection: INSTRUMENTA

The Instrumenta collection was founded in 1993 by José Remesal Rodríguez, professor of Ancient History at the University of Barcelona who directed it until 2024.

Editorial policy

The Instrumenta collection publishes works on the history of classical and late antiquity that are significant for the scientific value of their contributions. The aim is to promote research and the dissemination of results in this field of knowledge, with special attention to the academic and professional world. Instrumenta only publishes unpublished and original studies, both from a methodological and theoretical point of view. Preference will be given to synthesis studies over analytical ones. Originals will be published in any of the scientific languages common in the field of ancient history and classical archaeology.

Editor-in-chief of the collection: Víctor Revilla Calvo (Universitat de Barcelona), Antonio Aguilera Martín (Universitat de Barcelona).

Secretary: Lluís Pons Pujol (Universitat de Barcelona), Manel Garcia Sánchez (Universitat de Barcelona)

Editorial board: Pedro Paulo A. Funari (Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brasil), M.ª Victoria Escribano Paño (Universidad de Zaragoza), Kai Ruffing (Universität Kassel), Cecilia Ricci (Università degli Studi del Molise), Clelia Martínez Maza (Universidad de Málaga), Miriam Valdés Guía (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Irene Mañas Romero (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Madrid)

Submission of originals

Texts submitted for publication can be sent to the email address instrumenta@ub.edu. If they are sent to the Edicions de la Universitat de Barcelona general address (infopublicacions@ub.edu), they will be referred to the GRACMON heads of publishing so that they may evaluate them and inform authors of their decision.

Originals must be unpublished, must reflect new contributions in their field and must follow The University of Barcelona’s code of conduct for research integrity.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, where the full name, institutional position or degree, place of residence and email will be required.

How to quote

Bibliographic references must be adhered to Harvard format:

Simón, F. M., Pina Polo, F., Remesal Rodríguez, J. 2022. La pobreza en el mundo antiguo. 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, and if the editor of the collection deems it appropriate, the publisher will contact the author to inform him of the expected publication date and provide him with pertinent details about the editorial process.

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 the author is informed of the most suitable licence. Self-archiving of preprint copies is permitted, subject to prior notice to collection management and the publisher, with a variable embargo period.

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.