Responsibilities of Arbiters

1. Arbiters define whether or not a manuscript is publishable. In case it is not, they must provide sufficient reason to sustain their decision. If their approval is conditioned, they must provide orientation to the author(s) as to how to improve the manuscript.
2. Arbiters must work only on manuscripts for which they have sufficient competence, experience and knowledge.
3. Arbiters must avoid at any rate any conflict of interest they identify in the manuscript.
4. Arbiters are bound to notify any unethical conduct they detect from the part of the author(s) and show proof of this. They must ensure the confidentiality of the information contained in the manuscripts under evaluation.

Procedures

Manuscript Reception and Arbitration

1. To be eligible for publication, all submitted manuscripts will undergo a selection and an arbitration process.
2. At the first stage, all manuscripts will undergo evaluation by the Editorial Committee to determine whether they are eligible for publication in terms of their thematic, methodological and formal qualities.
3. Only those manuscripts that comply with the editorial standards (first filter) will be submitted to the arbitration process, in which two or more specialists will determine whether they are eligible for publication.
4. The arbitration process will take 21 days. It will follow the “double-blind” procedure, in which anonymity of both the parties will be observed, according to the best academic practices.
5. Arbitration results may be:
6. a) publishable
7. b) publishable with recommendations to improve the manuscript
8. c) publishable on condition to make important changes
9. d) not publishable.

 

Manuscripts Accepted for Publication

1. Once the external arbitration process has been completed, the author(s) will receive the results in writing. If applicable, authors are expected to attend to the observations made by the arbiters within the following five weeks.
2. Once the review has been completed, authors are expected to return the manuscript to the Journal accompanied by a letter specifying the changes made and, should any observation be not attended, a justification to do so.
3. The Editorial Committee will go through the arbiters’ reports and the letter and will give its consent to proceed to the next stage.
4. At every moment of the editorial process, the Journal will notify the author(s) of the status of their manuscript.
5. By submitting a manuscript, authors accept that, should arbitration be favorable, the manuscript will be published in Debate Feminista and its full text will be uploaded on the Journal’s website (www.debatefeminista.cieg.unam.mx). On its part, Debate Feminista will respect the right of every author to further publish the manuscript elsewhere, in the form they see fit, provided explicit recognition is made of its first appearance in Debate Feminista and the full bibliographic reference is given.
6. Authors will send a previously autographed and scanned letter of commitment (downloadable from our website) in which they declare:
7. the manuscript’s originality
8. that the manuscript has not been disseminated through other means or simultaneously submitted to another journal for publication
9. that ethical practices were observed throughout its preparation
10. that they accept the norms and timings of the Journal
11. that they assume responsibility for the manuscript’s contents as well as the copyright issues their research and report may incur into
12. that no plagiarism of any sort was incurred into
13. that they accept the publishing and dissemination date and conditions.

Authors must autographically sign and send a publication agreement to the Journal.