Editorial Policies

Antigua Matanza Journal Editorial Policy

The journal Antigua Matanza prioritizes scientific rigor and transparency throughout the entire editorial process. To this end, it provides the community with the Manual of Good Practices, created with the intention of making this work visible and promoting organized actions and clear, verifiable guidelines for all parties involved.

The main editorial principles are detailed below.

Focus and Scope

Antigua Matanza is a publication of the Board of Historical Studies of the Department of University Extension of the Universidad Nacional de La Matanza (UNLaM), aimed at disseminating original scientific knowledge in the field of History, focusing specifically on regional history.

The journal is presented as an open-access academic publication available to the entire community, published biannually. Submitted articles will be reviewed by the editorial board to ensure they align with the general themes of the journal and comply with editorial guidelines. They will then undergo evaluation by the scientific committee through a double-blind peer review system to determine the academic quality and originality of the ideas presented by the authors. There are no charges for article submission, processing, or publication for authors and/or institutions.

The journal targets established and emerging researchers in history, humanities, social sciences, and professionals interested in the defense of cultural and natural heritage in general.

Publication Frequency

The journal publishes its issues semi-annually. The first issue covers the period from June 20th to December 19th of the current year; the second issue covers the period from December 20th of the current year to June 19th of the following year.

The publication of the journal issue occurs at the beginning of each period, adhering to the defined frequency.

However, with the intention of expediting the dissemination and publication times of articles that have already been accepted, peer-reviewed, and revised by authors based on reviewers' suggestions, the final versions of these articles are deposited in a section called 'Upcoming Issues: Final Version.' In this section, the editorial team commits to depositing the articles in their Final Published Version in PDF format, intended for upcoming publications of Antigua Matanza. Subsequently, to maintain publication frequency, articles from this section will be paginated and incorporated into a specific volume and issue.

Language

The journal publishes articles in Spanish. Manuscripts must be submitted in Spanish. Additionally, authors are required to provide the title, abstract, and keywords in English (machine translation is discouraged).

Originality Requirement

Submissions should present original research or significant advancements from initial production. If applicable, authors must clearly indicate the original research and the degree or percentage of innovation. Repetitive research presentations, such as articles using data or entire paragraphs (verbatim or paraphrased) from previous works without proper referencing and without demonstrating progress related to the initial issues proposed, are discouraged.

Sections

Antigua Matanza features seven permanent sections, each with specific and defined objectives.

When submitting their manuscript, authors should note that the order of each section in the journal's table of contents remains unchanged from one issue to the next. The suggested article length corresponds to the objectives of each section. Authors are advised that the editorial team may suggest publishing the article in a different section than initially proposed.

Following each section, the scope, types of submissions accepted, and recommended length are detailed:

Section 1: Historical Inquiries

Scope: Original works within regional history (authors must specify the region under study).

Types of submissions: Research articles. Authors must specify where and why the research leading to the article was conducted (including any applicable codes) and disclose any financial, professional, or other interests related to the topic being evaluated.

Recommended average length: 12,500 words.

Section 2: La Matanza and Its History

Scope: Intended for works related to the district of La Matanza and/or local history.

Types of submissions: Research articles. Authors must specify where and why the research leading to the article was conducted (including any applicable codes) and disclose any financial, professional, or other interests related to the topic being evaluated.

Recommended average length: 12,500 words.

Section 3: Imago Mundi

Scope: This section integrates original articles investigating the macro-region, promoting a broad interdisciplinary approach covering various perspectives and methodologies.

Types of submissions: Research articles. Authors must specify where and why the research leading to the article was conducted (including any applicable codes) and disclose any financial, professional, or other interests related to the topic being evaluated.

Recommended average length: 11,000 words.

Section 4: Our Legacy

Scope: This section focuses on works related to heritage, historical culture, and memory from a regional or local perspective.

Types of submissions: Research articles. Authors must specify where and why the research leading to the article was conducted (including any applicable codes) and disclose any financial, professional, or other interests related to the topic being evaluated.

Recommended average length: 11,000 words.

Section 5: Sources as Protagonists

Scope: The shift away from dominance of written documentation and the broadening of what constitutes sources for Historical Science has sparked a renewal in the study of historical phenomena. This section aims to focus on methodological uses and deconstruction of these sources, addressing issues delimited at a regional or local scale.

Types of submissions: Research articles. Authors must specify where and why the research leading to the article was conducted (including any applicable codes) and disclose any financial, professional, or other interests related to the topic being evaluated.

Recommended average length: 11,000 words.

Section 6: Recommended History Readings

Scope: Recent bibliographical or historiographical novelties related to history on a regional scale.

Types of submissions: Reviews or state-of-the-art articles.

Recommended average length: 3,000 words for reviews, and 10,000 words for state-of-the-art articles.

Section 7: Bibliographical Alert

Scope: Recent bibliographical or historiographical novelties within the scope of La Matanza, which due to their limited circulation, may be considered significant to highlight. Recent works that hold value for historiographical discussions linked to local history are also considered pertinent and relevant to the community.

Types of submissions: Reviews or state-of-the-art articles.

Recommended average length: 3,000 words for reviews, and 10,000 words for state-of-the-art articles.

Thematic Dossier

Of exceptional inclusion. In the event that the editorial board of Antigua Matanza decides to include a thematic dossier alongside the permanent sections, the submission conditions, themes, and evaluation methods will be published in the notices section and in the respective Dossier section. To submit articles, authors must follow the online submission process and respond to the technical instructions included in this author's guide.

Scope: Linked to regional or local history, focusing on a theme of interest to the scientific community in a particular context.

Types of submissions: Scientific articles.

Length: The maximum word or character count for the document will be specified at the time the dossier call opens.

 

Manuscript Management Process

A manuscript is considered to be in the editorial process from the moment it is received by the Editorial Committee until it is published online or rejected. This phase will have a maximum duration of six (6) months.

An article that has been accepted, peer-reviewed, and revised by the authors based on the reviewers' suggestions will be published in the section: "Upcoming Issues: Final Version". In this space, the editorial team commits to depositing articles in their final published version, i.e., formatted articles designated for upcoming publications of Antigua Matanza. Subsequently, they will be paginated and included in a volume and issue.

Article Review (Pre-review and Peer Review)

A manuscript is considered in the editorial process from the moment it is received by the Editorial Committee until its publication (either in an issue or its final version). This phase will have a maximum duration of six months.

Pre-review: Upon receipt of the article, an associate editor from the Editorial Committee verifies the relevance of the article concerning the journal's overall theme and the specific section. Subsequently, an executive editor ensures compliance with the author guidelines included in the Submission section.

This stage may last up to one (1) month.

Peer Review Process: Manuscripts submitted to the various sections will undergo evaluation.

Only articles that have passed the pre-review stage will be sent to external evaluators who are part of the scientific committee.

Articles will be reviewed under a double-blind system, meaning that neither the evaluator nor the author will know each other's identities.

The evaluation must adhere to the form provided by Antigua Matanza (which can be consulted in detail here) and should consider the following criteria:

• Presentation: The coherence and cohesion of the manuscript.
• Ethics: Detailed contributions to the manuscript and sources of information used.
• Originality and relevance: The article presents a pertinent and original discussion on the research topic.
• Scholarship: The bibliography used is considered appropriate and up-to-date.
• Methodological validity: The manuscript presents valid data and an appropriate and pertinent methodological instrument. The use of theory is sufficient and appropriate.
• Presentation of achieved results: The conclusions reached correspond to the data and analysis conducted.

The review result may be:

• Satisfactory: The article is suitable for publication.
• Satisfactory with comments: The article is approved for publication pending modification of the comments indicated by the evaluator.
• Unsatisfactory: The article is not suitable for publication.

The reviewer's decision is communicated to the author through a message. (Maximum review time: 1 month).

If the article is accepted, the Editorial Committee makes any necessary style corrections and informs the author that it is moving to the Manuscript Management Finalization stage.

If revisions are required, all instructions are sent and the author is requested to resubmit the article (maximum correction time: 1 month). The Editorial Committee must be attentive to assisting the author with any difficulties encountered during this stage.

If the manuscript is rejected, the author is informed of the result and the rationale behind it.

It should be noted that referees do not make the final decision on which articles are published; it is the Editorial Committee that ultimately decides and is responsible to the community for publication.

Conflict of Interest

There can be various reasons that generate conflicts of interest, for example, conflicting institutional ties or being related to the funding of the research from which the article originates, or when any party has certain interests, beliefs, or ethical practices that they believe may affect their objectivity or perspective to influence their final decisions. In such cases, it must be promptly reported to the editor and/or editorial team of the journal.

Additionally, the reviewer must declare themselves unable to provide their opinion, honestly, when they are familiar with the work, either because they have been involved in it, even tangentially, or do not agree with the manuscript for professional or personal reasons, or simply recognize a proximity to the author.

If there are doubts about a potential conflict of interest regarding the manuscript, the reasons for these concerns should be communicated to the Editorial Committee and await their resolution.

Nevertheless, if you disagree with the response and prefer to do so, you may withdraw from the evaluation.

Statistics

Year	Number of issues	Number of articles published	Number of articles rejected
2017	2	14
2018	2	15
2019	2	21	1
2020	2	14	1
2021 2022 2023 2024	2 2 2 2	14 18 14 14	1 3 3

Composition of the journal

We promote consistency in the number of published articles, except in cases where the Editorial Committee decides to include a thematic dossier.

Antigua Matanza journal commits to publishing one article per section in each issue. It is aimed that 70% of the articles in each issue have at least one author from outside the publishing institution.

At least 75% of the content consists of original products of scientific research as well as significant original contributions to the journal's field, including those published in the "alerta bibliográfica" section.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content, managed through Open Journal Systems 3.3. Access does not require any payment from the user. No fees are charged for article submission or publication.

It is an immediate open access journal, meaning all content is freely available without charge to the user or their institution. Users can read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without prior permission from the publisher or author.

Copyright Policy

Authors publishing in this journal agree to the following terms:

1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication, both in physical and electronic format, and to be included in databases, indexes, or repositories to which the journal is affiliated or included.
2. The published work will be registered and published under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which allows third parties to use the work, provided they cite the authorship of the work and its initial publication in this journal.
3. Authors may enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work, provided they clearly indicate that the work was first published in this journal.

Reuse Policy

The journal adheres to the Creative Commons license for open access journals:

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

In other words, you are free to share and adapt the material under the following terms:

Attribution: You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

NonCommercial: You may not use the material for commercial purposes.

ShareAlike: If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.

Code of Ethics

Editorial actions and decisions adhere to guidelines established as fundamental practices by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), aimed at strengthening and monitoring good editorial practices and safeguarding the ethical behaviors of serial scientific publications.

Plagiarism Detection Policies

The journal aims to prevent plagiarism and self-plagiarism by first requiring authors to commit, upon submission, to presenting an unpublished and original text, without containing results published in other articles without proper reference.

Subsequently, through paragraph-by-paragraph review, the editorial team ensures that there is no content already published without adequate authorship reference. During the pre-review process, the editorial team identifies missing or incomplete references and works with the author on the correct use of APA 7th edition citation and referencing system.

The editorial team utilizes Plagiarisma as a tool to assist in plagiarism detection.

Procedure upon detection of possible plagiarism

The Director will convene a meeting with the Editorial Committee to discuss, investigate, and analyze the evidence presented and seek a resolution regarding the ethical breach. If the editorial team determines that the breach is not of serious nature, the author will be invited to discuss and provide an explanation regarding the situation.

If the Director and the Editorial Committee decide to conduct a more extensive investigation, the author will always have the opportunity to respond to the allegations made against them. The entire process will be conducted with utmost confidentiality.

If it is determined that the author has committed a serious offense such as plagiarism, simultaneous submissions, duplicate publication, authorship disputes, etc., the following actions may be taken as decided by the Director and the Editorial Committee:

a. Notify the author's institutional affiliation entity/entities supporting the research and/or its funding bodies.
b. Send a letter to the author(s) indicating the ethical misconduct, as a precedent for future good behavior.
c. Publish an editorial in the journal detailing the improper conduct, showcasing the evidence gathered during the investigation process.
d. Correct or modify errors, or if necessary, withdraw the article from the journal's website.
e. Notify the author that they will be unable to publish in Antigua Matanza Journal for a specified period.
f. Publicly expose the ethical misconduct through necessary media channels.

Best Practices Related to the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

The editorial team of Antigua Matanza Journal upholds a commitment to transparency and honesty throughout the editorial process, therefore:

1. Authors must disclose if they have used AI-assisted technologies in the production of the submitted manuscript. If used, authors are required to justify its use in both the cover letter and within the manuscript itself, specifying the tools, methods of use, and outcomes obtained. Particularly, if AI has assisted in drafting or editing the submitted article, it should be acknowledged in a footnote as a form of gratitude. Under no circumstances should AI be incorporated as an author of the submitted article.

2. Editors and reviewers, on their part, agree not to utilize AI for the pre-review and review of submitted articles.

3. Reviewers will be informed of the use of AI in the submitted article at the time of their invitation for evaluation.

4. Editors, in turn, hold final responsibility for the editing of articles published in their issues.

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