About the Journal

  1. Focus and Scope
  2. Peer review process
  3. Ethical standards and good practice guidelines during the editing process
  4. Frequency of publication
  5. Open access policy
  6. Content dissemination policies and bibliographies. Interoperability protocols
  7. Digital Files Conservation and Preservation Policy
  8. Access, structure, and web feature
  9. Statistics
  10. Indexing
  11. Sponsors
  12. Funding and support
  13. Editorial

1. Focus and Scope

The papers published in kult-ur fundamentally address the progress of science in the fields of culture, education and local development, and give preference to the dissemination of original research results. kult-ur accepts contributions from experts and researchers from all over the world and promotes the exchange of approaches, reflection and communication in the three abovementioned areas of study.

kult-ur considers original papers submitted for evaluation in Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese, French and English. Submissions must include an abstract in the original language and in English and, if accepted, kult-ur will translate the abstract into the two publication languages, Catalan and Spanish, when necessary. The main version of each paper will be published in the language chosen by the author.

2. Peer review process

Articles are selected following a blind peer review process; the review team informs the editors on their suitability for publication.

kult-ur has an Advisory Board (Scientific Committee) made up of international researchers including professionals, doctors, teachers and professors from various educational levels and specialties that guide and evaluate the papers the journal receives. The Advisory Board provides scientific endorsement and international outreach for the journal.

In addition to its own editorial tasks, the Editorial Team issues reports, proposes topics and evaluates original manuscripts.

Finally, the Review Team assesses the manuscripts considered for publication through blind peer review (two reviewers per manuscript).

Information for authors and journal collaborators on the manuscript review process, criteria, procedures, review plan and the overall editorial calendar:

1) Preliminary original manuscript submission stage (before the close of the call for papers);

2) Manuscripts are reviewed and authors informed of acceptance or rejection (maximum two months from the close of the call);

3) Pre-publication editing of manuscripts (maximum five months).

3. Ethical standards and good practice guidelines during the editing process

kult-ur is committed to ethical principles and best practice guidelines, based on COPE's Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors. 

The final decision to publish a paper rests with kult-ur’s management and editorial team. Recommendations from the Review Team are decisive, but not binding, in this decision.

No member of the journal’s staff will disclose information about a manuscript received to anyone who is not directly involved in the editorial process, i.e. authors, potential reviewers or other publishers.

Any person connected with kult-ur who has access to unpublished papers submitted to the journal will not use any content from that original manuscript in their own research. In any case, the express authorisation and consent of the authors is required.

kult-ur rejects any practice of plagiarism, self-plagiarism, falsification and fraudulent use of data. It also assumes responsibility for each of the processes, from the reception of the text to its final publication. kult-ur uses the plagiarism and self-plagiarism detection software Oxsico managed through the Universitat Jaume I Library Service.

4. Frequency of publication

kult-ur publishes one volume each year in two six-monthly issues.

5. Open access policy

kult-ur provides immediate free access to its content on the principle that making research papers freely available to the public contributes to a greater exchange of global knowledge. Diamond lane as both publication and reading are completely free.

The text published in this journal is subject to the Recognition-Sharing-Equal license of Creative Commons (CC-BY-SA), which allows the copying, distribution, and public communication of the work, provided that the author and the name of the publication are specified.

The authors will retain their copyright and guarantee the journal the right of first publication of their work, which will simultaneously be subject to the recognition license of Creative Commons CC BY SA, allowing third parties to share the work whenever the author and the first publication in this journal are indicated. The authors are allowed and recommended to disseminate their work through the internet (e.g., in institutional electronic archives or on their website) before and during the submission process, which can produce interesting exchanges of published work.

If your article is published, we invite you to deposit the complementary material, at least the research data underlying the publications, in institutional or thematic repositories of open access federated in the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC).

The OJS platform uses an OAI-PMH (Open Archives Initiative - Protocol for Metadata Harvesting) interface that enables other portals and information services to access the metadata of published content in the Dublin Core format.

6. Content dissemination policies and bibliographies. Interoperability protocols

The articles are published in various formats (PDF and EPUB) to facilitate hypertext and automatic content processing.

Each article shows how to reference it (how to cite) and offers options for different standards (APA, Harvard, ISO, Vancouver or others).

The OJS platform uses an OAI-PMH interface (Open Archives Initiative - Protocol for Metadata Harvesting) that allows interoperability protocols so that other portals and information services can access the metadata of the published content according to the Dublin Core format.

7. Digital Files Conservation and Preservation Policy

To guarantee the authenticity, integrity and accessibility of the articles over time, the issues of the journal are archived in the Universitat Jaume I Repository.
The conservation and preservation policy includes, among others, the following preservation measures: use of digital preservation metadata, assignment of DOI and handle as permanent identifiers, monitoring of the technological environment to anticipate possible migrations of formats or software, open or easily readable formats (such as PDF format), backup copies.
Jaume I University Library periodically reviews the digital preservation policy.

8. Access, structure, and web features

Each journal issue features a table of contents that allows direct access to the articles. Articles and reviews are easily identifiable.
The OJS features a search engine that facilitates access to the content.
The OJS has a responsive design and automatically adapts to the reading device, whether computer, smartphone, or tablet. In addition, the PTK platform complies with the OJS 3.3+ default theme accessibility declaration.

9. Statistics

During 2024, 22 articles were received 62 reviews were requested, 14  articles were published.
During 2023, 21 articles were received, 47 reviews were requested, 19 articles were published.
Public download statistics can be seen for each article.

10. Indexing

kult-ur is indexed in:

Databases

Journal evaluation indexes and directories

11. Sponsors

SASC (Servei d’Activitats Socioculturals) — PEU (Programa d'Extensió Universit`ària). Universitat Jaume I

12. Funding and support

kult-ur is financed through the Servei d’Activitats Socioculturals (Sociocultural Activities Service, SASC) of the Vice-rectorate for Culture Languages and Society of the Universitat Jaume I and the Plan de Promoción de Investigación (Research Promotion Programme) of the Vice-rectorate for Research and Transfer (UJI), and the funding of the Conselleria de Educación, Cultura y Deporte de la Generalitat Valenciana (Regional Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport of the Generalitat Valenciana). The journal also receives support from the Communication and Publications Service in managing the OJS, as well as advice from the Library Service on journal indexing and the systematic detection of plagiarism and self-plagiarism. kult-ur uses the plagiarism and self-plagiarism detection software Oxsico managed through the Universitat Jaume I Library Service

13. Editorial

Seminari Permanent d'Aprenentatge en Participació Comunitària 'Garbell'

Servei d'Activitats Socioculturals (SASC) - Universitat Jaume I

Universitat Jaume I