About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Cuadernos Electrónicos de Filosofía del Derecho (CEFD) is a semiannual electronic journal published from the Human Rights Institute, University of Valencia.

From its first issue published in 1998, the journal includes original scientific contributions mainly related to the area of philosophy of law and political philosophy. In this sense, the purpose of CEFD is the dissemination of knowledge, reflection and scientific debate from different perspectives of the iusphilosophic analysis. CEFD is published online and following the characteristic of open source which offers the possibility of a greater diffusion of its contents, which are accessible to all the scientific and professional community of any legal discipline interested.

This journal provides free and immediate access to its content under the maxim that establishes that by making the results of research available to the public free of charge, a greater knowledge exchange is supported at a global level. CEFD is a magazine that does not charge authors for publication, nor for the management of originals. Since the publication of the number 18 Cuadernos Electrónicos de Filosofía del Derecho follow a rigorous process of external peer review system of the submitted works, in order to guarantee a high level of scientific quality in each edition

CEFD is indexed at: Ranking of Legal Journals of the Conference of Law Deans of Spain (Q1, being the 4th of the Legal Philosophy area of knowledge), DIALNET (2nd review in the Philosophy of Law area, and C1 in the areas of Law, Philosophy and Philosophy of Law), IN-RECJ, DICE, CIRC (Social Sciences B, Human Sciences C), RESH, Google Scholar Metrics, CARHUS PLUS 2018 (Law: A; Philosophy: B), ESCI, EBSCO, Philosopher's Index, CSIC-CCHS, ERIH PLUS, Dulciena, Sherpa/Romeo, MIAR, REDIB, ISOC, Journal Scholar Metrics, Ulrich's Index, ANVUR (area 12), WorldCat, Scopus-SJR (Q3), Web of Science, JCR y DOAJ. Moreover, since 2016 CEFD has the FECYT quality seal, it is the eleventh in the Law area, 1st quartile (C1). 

Pieces of research can be remitted to its Editorial Board, according to the terms and formal criteria indicated in the edition rules section, only using the OJS (Open Journal System) application.

 

Peer Review Process

Only applications whose author is linked with a University or Higher Centre of Research as a Porfessor, PhD. candidate or Postdoctoral researcher with an official scholarship will be processed. 

Papers in the “Articles" section will be reviewed following a double-blind peer reviewed process who will evaluate if the work meets the quality criteria of CEFD. More information is provided in the section "Ethical standards and declaration of good practices". Gender equality criteria are applied in the experts selection for the double-blind peer reviewed process.

Papers of the sections “Debates” and "Recensiones" can be communications and texts previously presented in congresses, conferences and conferences. They are not subject to the evaluation of arbitrators.

Translations: CEFD will accept translations of already published texts when these, in the Editorial Board's opinion, are sufficiently relevant and timely for their publication to be considered, always with the limitation of one translation every two issues. In addition, the translations received may be evaluated by a double blind external peer when required. The person who proposes the text in the responsbile of obtaining the reproduction rights, who must submit a statement proving its obtaining. In addition, the person who proposes the text must submit an introduction to the translation, which will be published together with it, in which he or she briefly introduces the topic in question. Reason for the translation to be rejected: the quality of the translation, that the text has already been published in the porposed language in other journals, the lack of alignment of the text with CEFD's work areas, and non-compliance with the rest of the requirements of the editorial policy of CEFD.

 

Publication Frequency

CEFD is a biannual publication. The contents will be renewed in June and December each year.

 

Open Access Policy

CEFD is an open access publication, which means that its contents are made available to the public completely free of charge. Users can read, download, print, distribute, or link the distributed texts without having to ask permission from the authors or the magazine. These guidelines follow the BOAI definitions regarding the interpretation of open access

 

Ethical standards and declaration of good practices

Cuadernos Electrónicos de Filosofía del Derecho is an academic review that publishes scientific works and assumes a firm commitment with the fulfillment of the ethical standards and good practices. The Steering Committee and the Editorial Board are responsible for determining and maintaining the following standards in the process of selecting and accepting contributions submitted, as well as assuming the responsibilities arising from the publication process. Likewise, they are committed to ensuring the ethical and scientific and academic quality of the journal, and that all parties involved accept and respect the principles that follow.

Furthermore, CEFD accepts and recognizes the European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity (Rev. Version Es, En) 

 

Obligations of authors

Authors of articles must respect the following obligations, as well as comply with the instructions for the authors that can be found on this website and that are included in each number.

Authors must submit manuscripts that are not subject to consideration or that have been previously sent to other publications, and submit them respecting the indications included in the submitting process to assure an anonymous review process. The proposed research must have been developed in accordance with ethical standards, that must be included in the text of the publication. All authors must mention the funding sources that have allowed them to carry out the research and achieve the relevant results, as well as the possible influence of these on them.

Authors submitting papers that have been carried out with research data including the sex variable are encouraged to report on whether they have taken into account possible differences between sexes in their conclusions.

The submitted articles must be completely original works and, in the case that the authors have used the work or fragments of others authors, they must be cited in an appropriate manner, according to the aforementioned indications. Any form of plagiarism (whether direct or indirect) is a practice contrary to these good practices and will not be accepted under any circumstances. It is not appropriate for an author to submit more than one paper describing the same research, unless it is a remission of an article rejected for publication in another journal. In case of knowing a fundamental error or a relevant inaccuracy in the works already published, the authors should communicate them to the journal immediately.

Authors are authorized to deposit the articles published in CEFD in the institutional repositories of their universities or research centers (such as Roderic [University of Valencia repository], e-Archivo [Carlos III University repositori], RUA  [University of Alicante repository], and others). Specifically, the versions that can be uploaded to these platforms are: the submitted , the accepted, and the published ones.

 

Ethical Obligations of Editors

Editors are responsible for complying with the following obligations. They must ensure the scientific and academic quality of Cuadernos Electrónicos de Filosofía del Derecho.

Editors must respect the intellectual independence of the authors and consider all the originals submitted for publication, evaluating each of the contributions objectively. They are also responsible for guaranteeing both authors and reviewers that manuscripts will be submitted to a rigorous anonymous review process. The final decision about the acceptance or rejection of an original will fall on the Editorial Board always basing their decision on the content the opinion of the experts.

It is the obligation of editors to look for reviewers, who will be chosen because of their prestige, knowledge and good judgment. Experts will value the scientific quality of the works submitted to the journal. However, papers may be rejected for publication without external review if, in the opinion of the editors, the work is inappropriate for publication in the journal. This decision should be based on the inadequacy of the work to the content and line of the journal, the absence of current or sufficient interest, formal incorrectness, or any other reason related to the scope of the journal. Articles, therefore, will be valued solely on the basis of their content, regardless of commercial interests and without discrimination of an ethnic, racial, ideological, religious, gender or any other kind towards the author.

Editors must communicate the result of the evaluation reports to authors without revealing any type of information about the identity of the reviewers, but they will inform about the criteria used by them when evaluating the work in view of its publication.

The members of the Editorial Board, reviews and any other person in contact with the original texts  submitted for consideration, must not disclose any information about them to anyone other than those to whom academic or scientific advice is requested. Confidentiality should be protected in all cases during the review process (from the reviewers to the author, and vice versa). The editors will abstain from participating in the evaluation and any other editorial process that includes manuscripts in case of having a conflict of interest because of a possible competitive, collaborative or other relationship with any of the authors of the submitted manuscript.

Unpublished information, arguments or interpretations contained in an original submitted to the journal may not be used in research developed by the editors.

 

Obligations of reviewers

Reviewers have the duty of objectively assess the quality of the texts, as well as their originality with special emphasis on the maintenance of scientific quality and scientific standards. Reviewers help editors in making decisions and can assist authors in improving their work.

Reviewers will advise the editor of any substantive similarity between the manuscript under review and any similar article or manuscript sent or published in any other journal.

Reviewers must act in an appropriate manner, submitting their assessment report within the established deadline. When a proposed reviewer considers that he or she is not the right person to evaluate the submitted research or that will not be able to meet the deadlines for the review, he or she should notify the editor and apologize as soon as possible.

Reviewers must consider the originals received for review as a confidential document. It should never be shown or discussed with third parties, except in exceptional cases where people who can advise scientifically or academically may be consulted. In these cases, the identities of the people consulted must be revealed to the editor.

 

Corrections and retraction

In case of recognizing any information published in the journal Theory & Law as false, erroneous, deceitful or fraudulent, the editors should inform the authors of these circumstances and wait for a response from them before making an editorial decision. In case of not being satisfied with the answer or if there is not any, the editors may decide to retract what was published after agreement of the Editorial Board.

The journal Cuadernos Electrónicos de Filosofía del Derecho will answer any complaint and complaint about the contents published through the address cuadernos@uv.es. The editors agree to follow up and proceed with the review and, if necessary, retraction if these are necessary.

When a retraction or correction of what is published in the journal is appropriate, the editors will be guided by the principles contained in the Guidelines for Retracting Articles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

 

CEFD Indexation

 

 FECYT - Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología.

 

Ranking of Legal Journals of the Conference of Law Deans of Spain 

 

 The Philosopher's Index

 

ESCI - Emerging Sources Citation Index

 

  Scopus-SJR (Q3)

 

WoS-  Web of Science

 

 EBSCO - Ebsco Discovery Service

 

 CARHUS Plus+ - Sistema de clasificación de revistas en Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades

 

 CIRC - Clasificación Integrada de Revistas Científicas

 

 MIAR - Matriz de Información para el Análisis de Revistas 

 

 REDIB - Red Iberoamericana de Innovación y del Conocimiento Científico

 

  DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals

 

Dialnet - Portal de difusión de la producción científica iberoamericana impulsado por la Universidad de La Rioja.

 

  DICE- Difusión y Calidad Editorial de las Revistas Españolas

 

   RESH - Revistas Españolas de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades

 

 ERIH PLUS - European Reference Index for the Humanities

 

 Journal Scholar Metrics

 

Dulcinea - Derechos de explotación y permisos para el auto-archivo de las revitas científicas españolas

 

Sherpa/Romeo

 

CSIC-CHHS

 

UlrichsWeb Global Serials Directory

 

WorldCat

 

 JCR

 

 

Plagiarism Check

Cuadernos Electrónicos de Filosofía del Derecho checks all text received for plagiarism using Ouriginal by Turnitin services. If a contribution does not pass the plagiarism test, the author will not be able to send new texts for the next 6 issues.

Editor

Cuadernos Electrónicos de Filosofía del Derecho is edited by the Human Rights Institute of the University of Valencia

 

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