About the Journal

Focus and Scope

QUADERNS DE FILOSOFIA (ISSN 2341-1414, eISSN 2341-3042) is a six-monthly journal which publishes original papers covering all kind of topics in philosophy and the teaching of philosophy. Each issue will have at least this three sections:


-Research papers: original contributions to the different areas of research in philosophy.


-Philosophy Compass: papers describing the state of the art about a philosophical topic or debate, written by specialist and participants in the debates in question.


-Discussion notes and book reviews.


-Some issues also include the seccion Documents, devoted to valuable unpublished texts and translations.


Moreover, QUADERNS DE FILOSOFIA also publishes special issues commissioned to invited editors and book symposia.

Peer Review Process

All research papers published in QUADERNS DE FILOSOFIA are subject to double blind peer review. Reviewers are external to the journal editing committe. Originals submitted as book reviews will be assessed directly by the journal editors.


Author Fees
No fees apply to either refereeing or publishing. 


Plagiarism
Every submitted article will be checked for plagarism with special software. If plagarism is detected, author will be asked for explanations and the paper will be rejected or retracted.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

QUADERNS DE FILOSOFIA makes a commitment to the academic community by ensuring the ethics and quality of its published articles. As a benchmark, our journal uses the Code of Conduct which, for scientific journals, is defined for editors by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).


In compliance with these best practices QUADERNS DE FILOSOFIA has an arbitration system that is followed for the selection of articles as well as the evaluation criteria to be applied by the anonymous, external peer-reviewers. QUADERNS DE FILOSOFIA keeps these criteria current, based solely on the scientific importance, the originality, clarity and relevance of the presented article. Our journal guarantees the confidentiality of the evaluation process at all times: the anonymity of the reviewers and authors; the reviewed content; the reasoned report issued by the reviewers and any other communication issued by the editorial, advisory and scientific boards as required.


Research misconduct
QUADERNS DE FILOSOFIA declares its commitment to the respect and integrity of work already published. For this reason, plagiarism is strictly prohibited and texts that are identified as being plagiarized, or having fraudulent content, will be eliminated or not published in QUADERNS DE FILOSOFIA. 


Other forms of misconduct, such as affiliation misrepresentation, using third-party material without permissions, citation manipulation, peer review manipulation, etc., will be also checked for and penalized.


The journal will act as quickly as possible in such cases. In accepting the terms and conditions expressed by our journal, authors must guarantee that the article and the materials associated with it are original and do not infringe copyright. The authors will also have to warrant that, in the case of joint authorship, there has been full consensus of all authors concerned and that the article has not been submitted to, or previously published in, any other media.


Complaints and appeals
QUADERNS DE FILOSOFIA will also follow Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines to deal with appeals to editor decisions and complaints about peer review process. 


After receiving the appeal, the journal’s editorial management may take three decisions (even involving any associate editors who handled the submission): 1) confirm their decision to reject the manuscript; 2) invite to submit a revised manuscript; 3) seek additional peer review of the original manuscript.


The strictest confidentiality applies to possible clarifications, claims or complaints that an author may wish to refer to the journal’s committees or the article reviewers.


Post-publication corrections
QUADERNS DE FILOSOFIA guarantees an appropriate response to the needs of readers and authors, ensuring the quality of the published work, protecting and respecting the content and integrity of the articles. The Editorial Board will publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies when necessary.


Conflict of interests
Any author (and co-author) must declare to QUADERNS DE FILOSOFIA any competing interests relevant to the article related to financial, legal, professional or other kind of relationship with other organizations/people working with them which could influence the research or interpretation of the results.

Inclusive and Non-Sexist Use of Language

For texts written in English, we subscribe the Guidelines for Non-Sexist Use of Language of the American Philosophical Association.

Indexing

QUADERNS DE FILOSOFIA is included in the following indexes and databases.


 


Evaluation, Identification and Impact Platforms for Scientific Journals



  • CIRC. Clasificación integrada de revistas científicas

  • ERIH PLUS. European Reference Index for the Humanities and the Social Sciences.

  • Sello FECYT 2021 - Calidad revistas científicas españolas.

  • Latindex. Online Regional Information System for scientific journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal.

  • MIAR. Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals.

  • REDIB. Open Access Platform for Spanish and Latin-American Electronic Science Journals.

  • Scopus. Abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature including scientific journals, books, and conference proceedings.


Directories and Catalogues 



  • Dialnet. Hispanic Scientific Production Diffusion Portal (University of La Rioja).

  • DOAJ. Directory of Open Access Journals.

  • Dulcinea. Copyright and self-archiving database for Spanish science journals.

  • EuroPub. A comprehensive, multipurpose database covering scholarly literature, with indexed records from active, authoritative journals, and indexes articles from journals all over the world.

  • ÍnDICEs-CSIC. Información y Documentación de la Ciencia en España.

  • Philosopher's Index. Online Bibliography in Philosophy.

  • REBIUN. Collective catalogue of the University Libraries Network of the Rector Congress of Spanish Universities (CRUE).


Signatory of DORA - San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment.




 


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Intellectual Property

Works published in QUADERNS DE FILOSOFIA are under the licence Creative Commons Attribution-NonComercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International.

Code of ethics and good practices

Quaderns de filosofia (València, ISSN 2341-1414, eISSN 2341-3042) is an academic journal for professionals of philosophy which publishes original articles of scientific quality with a strong commitment to compliance with the best principles of transparency and best practices. 


Therefore, Quaderns de filosofia has a Code of Ethics based on the principles of The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) with the guidelines of the best practices on ethical conduct to be followed by editors, reviewers and authors.


 


1.     Editors 


1.1.         Responsibility


Inhouse editors are who firstly review any paper submitted and if proposals are suitable for consideration for Quaderns de filosofia, then are sent it to the reviewers.


In order to provide the maximum benefit to the scientific community in the philosophical discipline, editors have the professional responsibility to ensure high quality standards and basic ethical commitments in the whole process. 


1.2.         Impartiality


For this goal, editors have to coordinate the relations between to all members of the magazine and inform the authors and evaluators regarding impartiality, and also the honesty, responsibility, confidentiality that must preside over the tasks that correspond to them.


Editors must exercise their position in a constructive and sensitive manner by evaluating manuscripts solely for academic quality, regardless of political, religious, financial or personal preferences.


1.3.         Complains and Appeals


According to the Complains and Appeals guidelines of the Quaderns de filosofia, editors must deal with any concerns and wish to appeal or file a complaint sent to quadfia@uv.es


Editors must also ensure the quality of the published work by publishing corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies when necessary.


1.4.         Disagreements


If there are disagreements related to the authorship or its order during the journal process, article will be not published until this issue is resolved. Editors are not responsible for disputes or disagreements regarding the authorship of a manuscript. Following COPE Guidelines on Good Publication Practice, it is helpful to decide the authorship early on in the planning of a research project.


 


 2.     Reviewers


2.1.         Responsibility


Reviewers contacted by the editorial board of Quaderns de filosofia must agree to review only if they have the necessary expertise to assess the manuscript and can be unbiased in your assessment. It is better to identify clearly any gaps when asked to review.


2.2.         Acceptation or rejection


Editors only can accept or reject an article for publication according to the paper’s importance, relevance, originality and clarity. According to the Principles of Transparency and Best Practices of Quaderns de filosofia, any decision must first be reported to the Editorial Team of Quaderns de filosofia, who will then notify the authors.


2.3.         Confidenciality in the peer-review process


On the one hand, reviewers must not take evaluate manuscripts in which there is any reference to the identity of the author. In such cases, they must immediately inform the editor, who must send the paper to another reviewer. On the other hand, reviewers must eliminate any reference that identifies when they send evaluations to the author. Do not contact the authors directly without the permission of the journal.


2.4.         Competing or conflicting interests


Reviewers should declare all potential competing, or conflicting, interest at the personal, financial, political or religious level. Besides, at the intellectual and professional level, reviewers must not agree to review a paper just to gain sight of it with no intention of submitting a review, or agree to review a paper that is very similar to one you are already working.


2.5.         Timeline


Quaderns de filosofia does not seek any additional revenue and does not allow any kind of advertising content in the platform. The journal is funded entirely through the Societat de Filosofia del País Valencià. Hence, reviewers are not paid by their work. However, reviewers should respond to an invitation to peer review within a reasonable time frame. If reviewers cannot do it, it is helpful to inform the journal as soon as possible and make suggestions for alternative reviewers if relevant. 


 


3.     Authors


3.1.         Responsibility


3.1.1.     Authors can only submit manuscripts with which they have a precise relationship to the research carried out. It is expected that authors assume responsibility for all poured information into the text.


The manuscript content must be duly quoted and referenced, and treated with academic rigour. Any statement or fact presented in a way that is fraudulent or imprecise constitutes unacceptable behaviour.


3.1.2.     To avoid disputes over attribution of academic credit, Quaderns de filosofia recommend to decide early on in the planning of a research project who will be credited as authors, as contributors, and who just will be acknowledged.


3.1.3.     Authors must reply to the reviewers and editors as soon as possible in a clear, simple and professionally way to the comments about their work.


3.2.         Transparency


3.2.1.     Before sending their works, authors must ensure they have the permission, license or certification for data or analysis taken from any source other than their own authorship. In this case, they must quote such information in a respectful and academically correct mode.


3.2.2.     Authors must send at the submission time their relevant information to increase transparency in authorship (for example, by sending their ORCID).


3.3.         Originality


3.3.1.     Authors must ensure the originality of their papers and guarantee that they have not published or submitted the same work in any other journal and in any other language.


3.3.2.     Authors should minimize self-citations in their articles submitted to Quaderns de filosofia. If necessary, self-citations must appear without indicating the name of the authors in the manuscript.


3.4.         Peer-review process


3.4.1.     Authors should not include in their manuscript any personal (or other) references that could identify them. Anonymous relationships between evaluator and author must be respected at all times.


3.4.2.     Authors must reply to the reviewers comments in a responsible and respectful manner and accept the final decision made by the editors regarding the acceptance or rejection of a manuscript.

Sources of Support

Sources of Support


QUADERNS DE FILOSOFIA is funded entirely through the Societat de Filosofia del País Valencià. It does not seek any additional revenue.


The journal does not publish, display on the web, or contain links to advertisements of any kind, nor does it engage in direct marketing.

Journal History

QUADERNS DE FILOSOFIA is intended as a six-monthly journal covering topics in philosophy and the teaching of philosophy. Each issue will have three sections:


-Research papers: original contributions to the different areas of research in philosophy.


-“Philosophy Compass”: papers describing the state of the art about a philosophical topic or debate, written by specialist and participants in the debates in question.


-Discussion notes and book reviews.


All contributions to QUADERNS DE FILOSOFIA are subject to blind peer review. The languages of publication are English, Catalan, and Spanish.


There is no charge for publication or review of papers. Publishing in this journal is totally free.


The journal has a paper version, as well as an electronic one hosted by the Open Journal Systems.


QUADERNS DE FILOSOFIA is indexed in ERIH-PLUS, Latindex, Philosopher's Index and Dialnet, and applications for inclusion in other Humanities and Social Sciencies indexes have been submitted.


QUADERNS DE FILOSOFIA is edited by the Societat de Filosofia del País Valencià (Philosophical Society of the Valencian Country) in collaboration with the Publication Services of the University of Valencia.


In order to access the first series of QUADERNS, please follow this link.