About the Journal
Focus and Scope
Millars: Espai i Història, is the bi-annual journal of the Department of History, Geography, and Art of the University Jaume I. It is published in hardcopy, with a new digital, open access format available online. The current updated version of the journal, which has enjoyed more than forty years of continuous publication, is intended to widen both the audience and the reach of the journal, as well as to ensure the highest levels of excellence in content, while providing for its continued publication well into the future. The themes treated in the journal are not limited to any spatial or temporal constraint within the subject areas covered. Articles submitted must be original, and not previously published. Authors cede publication rights to the journal.
Submissions are subject to a double-blind, peer-review process. Referees may recommend publication contingent upon suggested changes. The final decision regarding publication rests with the Editorial Board of the journal, which bases its decision on the recommendations of the referees, in consultation with the editor of each monographic number of the journal.
The first number of the journal appeared in 1974, under the name Millars: Revista del Colegio Universitario de Castellón de la Plana (Millars: Journal of the University of Castellón de la Plana). In 1992, the journal found a new home in the Department of History, Geography, and Art at the University Jaume I de Castelló. In 2015 it became a bi-annual publication.
The directors of the journal determine a monographic theme for each issue, which the editorial board entrusts to outstanding historians at universities and research centers worldwide by selecting an editor for each monographic issue. The journal also considers proposals from scholars for possible monographic topics. Each number of the journal also contains a section entitled "Estudios/Studies," in which are published essays dealing not with the monographic theme, but rather with other topics in the journals purview.
Open Science Policy
Millars Espai i Història provides immediate free access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global knowledge exchange.
Our magazine is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license, which allows copying, distributing and publicly communicating the work as long as the author and the name of our publication "Millars Espai i Historia" are specified, even for commercial purposes and also allows the creation of derivative works, provided they are distributed with this same license.
As our journal is free and open access, at no time will any charge be made for the submission of manuscripts or for their publication.
In turn, we recommend that authors who have submitted manuscripts and have been accepted in our journal upload their research data to the Institutional Repository of the Universitat Jaume I for greater dissemination of their research.
Copyright
The authors will retain their copyright, as long as they consent to their manuscript being open access and online by accepting the terms and conditions involved in transferring their work to the OJS platform in order to comply with the publication requirements. and also, ensure the widest possible dissemination of their research.
Interoperability protocols
The OJS platform that Millars is on. Espai i Història uses an OAI-PMH interface (Open Archives Initiative - Protocol for Metadata Harvesting) that allows other portals and information services to access the metadata of the content published according to the Dublin Core format.
Specs
- OAI-PMH Protocol
- Dublin Core Metadata
- Route: http://www.e-revistes.uji.es/index.php/millars/oai
Information for authors
Click here to go to the section where the rules for the presentation of originals and types of articles considered by the journal are detailed, as well as the general guidelines for the preparation of manuscripts.
Millars. Under no circumstances will Espai i Història charge authors money for sending their manuscripts or for their publication.
Information for reviewers
The function developed by the external evaluators of the Millars magazine. Espai i Història is essential to offer the maximum guarantees of excellence of this publication. The blind review based on the quality of the contents of the proposed texts, and made by experts of recognized prestige in each of the disciplines of interest of the journal, is the essential guarantee to preserve an original and valuable scientific production that redunde in the advancement of knowledge.
The reviews for Millars. Espai i Història are carried out in double blind pairs in order to guarantee the anonymity of the proposed texts, using the Open Journal System Platform (OJS). At least two reports of national or international specialists are made for each proposed article received. This system also allows the authors to have objective reports on the strengths and weaknesses of their texts.
The list of reviewers of the last editions can be consulted here.
Reviewer's functions
The reviewer should offer a critical and constructive reading of the text proposed for evaluation in order to provide the Editorial Board with clear guidance in order to assess the scientific interest of the proposed text and its adaptation to the standards of Millars. Espai i Història, essential aspects for the acceptance of the text for publication, maintaining the required levels of excellence.
If the text submitted for review could be considered a plagiarism of other scientific works, the reviewer should inform the Editorial Board.
General criteria to accept / reject the proposed revision
Accept evaluate a proposed text for Millars. Espai i Història implies being familiar with the topic of the proposed article for its review that allows an adequate understanding of its content and having availability to perform a report in the required time with a dedicated dedication. The reviewers must proceed with strict confidentiality in their work and in the event that they observe a conflict of interest due to proximity or hostility when identifying the author for any reason (even if their names have been withdrawn from the text to be evaluated) should be communicated to the Editorial Board.
General criteria for the review
Make a report for Millars. Espai i Història implies making an overall evaluation of the text submitted for review in accordance with the scientific criteria of excellence, indicating to the Editorial Board the suitability or not of its publication. The interest and relevance of the topic should be taken into account, if the problem and the objectives are clearly stated, if the bibliography and references are adequate, if the proposed method of analysis is in accordance with the scientific criteria of the discipline, if the content is organized in a consistent manner, if the wording of the text is correct and understandable and if the title, summary and keywords are adequate.
To do this, a form will be made available to the reviewers in the OJS platform, which they can fill in according to the indications set out or, where appropriate, they can choose to attach a file with the report made.
The reviewer should finally indicate if he / she considers that the proposed text is: Publicable (suitable for publication in its current form), Requires revision (the required changes are minor, and the Editorial Board will verify that the recommended changes were made ), Reevaluable (it is acceptable for publication whenever significant changes are made and a new subsequent revision is required), Not publishable (not suitable for publication).
Archive policy
Millars. Espai i Història has different processes to guarantee the permanent accessibility of the digital objects that it hosts on its own servers, such as backup copies, digital preservation metadata, and the use of DOI.
In addition, we are part of the Public Knowledge Project's Private LOCKSS Network (PKP-PLN), which generates a decentralized file system, distributed among collaborating libraries, in order to create permanent archives of the journal aimed at preserving the original content. and its restoration if necessary.
To guarantee the authenticity, integrity and accessibility of the articles over time, the issues of the journal are archived in the Jaume I University Repository.
The 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).
- Backups.
The digital preservation policy is periodically reviewed by the Jaume I University Library.
In turn, we recommend the authors who have submitted manuscripts and have been accepted in our journal, to upload the research data to the Institutional Repository of the Universitat Jaume I for greater dissemination of their research, following this protocol:
1. The author will send the research data file (up to 500 MB) to biblioteca@uji.es
2. Library will upload the data to the repository in the collection of the corresponding journal
3. This file or files must be accompanied by the following information:
- Title, "Article data: Article title" or the title that is considered most appropriate.
- Authors
- Keywords, in Spanish, Valencian and English
- Creative Commons 4.0 license. More information about the LCC at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/?lang=es_ES
- If you are part of a financed project, it is necessary to provide the name of the financing entity and the project code.
4. When the article is published in the OJS, the Library uploads it to the Repository and links it to the data.
Information policy on funding sources
All authors are required to declare what financial support they received to carry out their research. The financial support (from public or private entities) that has existed for data collection, analysis or interpretation of the results or even for writing the text of the article should be clearly indicated at the time of submission of the manuscript. Each author must individually declare all the information regarding funding sources they have received for the research submitted to this journal. This information needs to be clarified in two different sections:
In metadata: When entering article metadata, this information should be included. It is mandatory to state the complete reference (Name of the funder, ID of the funder, Number of the subsidy) within the metadata section "Funds data".
In the article: this information must be reflected in the final section of the article, before the bibliographical references. In a note called 'Supports'.
Sources of Support
Department of History, Geography and Art, Universitat Jaume I
Aid from the Postgraduate Vice-Rector's Office, Universitat Jaume I
Publisher
Universitat Jaume I