About the Journal
Archive of the journal
The following documentation is deposited in the journal archive:
- The original article and the revised article (if necessary).
- The two reviews and details of the reviewers (name, surname, university and e-mail).
- The rejection, conditional acceptance or definitive acceptance, as the case may be, of the article accompanied by the reasons for the editorial decision.
Approach and scope
The International Journal of Research and Transfer in Communication and Social Sciences (INTRACOM) is a biannual scientific journal. The aim of the journal is to disseminate research work in the field of transfer between areas related to the axis of communication, which, due to their originality and scientific rigour, deserve to be published in a scientific journal. It encourages specialisation and at the same time interdisciplinarity, innovation, criticism and serious and plural debate on controversial issues.
The journal is aimed at specialists in these subjects as well as the general public interested in them, who are usually present in public opinion and the media.
The journal publishes quality articles offering both monographic research results as well as overviews of the progress of transfer studies, discussion articles and commentaries on important publications. In particular, it aims to:
- To provide society and the university community with a high quality scientific journal in the field of transfer in Social Sciences and Communication, which publishes research work carried out by academics, national and foreign researchers, as well as those who are starting their careers.
- To serve as a vehicle for the exchange of ideas and research results.
- To provide a space for Research Groups to publish research results related to Transfer.
- To carry out a critical and rigorous reflection on current social problems.
- The provision of a special interest in the collaborations of Latin American authors and academic relations between Spain and Latin America. We are particularly interested in the Portuguese-speaking world.
Frequency of publication
The journal is published biannually, with two digital publications in June and December. The articles are freely accessible from the moment of publication to anyone, who may print or transfer them freely with the only limitation of not being for commercial gain. The deadline for the submission of articles is May, 15th and November, 1st of each year. Papers are accepted in Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and English according to the criteria established by the Editorial Committee.
Peer review and anti-plagiarism check process
Articles will be submitted to two external reviewers (double-blind system). The reviewers will be appointed by the journal's committee, with those who are affected by academic or kinship relationships with certain authors abstaining from the debate and appointment in the interests of greater impartiality and objectivity.
Likewise, the journal takes into consideration the automatic evaluation of the possibility of plagiarism that is carried out by means of various tools. The editorial team will make a decision regarding these reports and will inform the authors of the final decision.
Structure and methodology
The International Journal of Research and Transfer in Communication and Social Sciences (INTRACOM) is published online, following the open access protocol.
It departs from the traditional scholarly model, which contains only individual single-thematic articles, and from the new model of miscellaneous journals, which deal with any subject without thematic unity. Its programming combines traditional fixed chapters with variable chapters in line with changing realities.
A core part of the journal are the articles that develop the monographic themes with works of high theoretical interest. The editorial team selects, on the basis of pluralistic criteria, renowned experts in the field and invites them to write an original article for the journal. But the monographs are also open to the voluntary collaboration of researchers who wish to contribute their work. These monographs will be preceded by a presentation by the guest editor.
The reviews comprise a careful selection of commentaries on recent and significant works contributed voluntarily to the journal's editorial staff by interested persons. INTRACOM invites readers to send to the journal's editorial office the works they consider suitable for review.
Open access policy
Free and open access to all the contents of the issues of the journal is allowed to any interested party, free of charge, and all articles may be printed and transferred, with the sole condition that the source and authorship must be specified.
The journal: a) does not charge authors any article processing or submission fees, b) maintains copyright for authors without restrictions, c) enables authors to retain their publication rights without limitations.
The International Journal of Research and Transfer in Communication and Social Sciences (INTRACOM) releases content under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 CC BY-NC-SA licence available at the following url:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
The Journal is an original work supported by various universities and research groups. All articles included in the Journal are the original work of their respective authors. This Journal is freely offered to the scientific and academic community at no cost.
Inclusive language policy
Authors should use unbiased gender language and try to avoid expression that discriminates against groups of people on the basis of gender (as well as socio-economic status or racialisation). In particular, they are expected to avoid promoting, reinforcing or exploiting questionable, unfair or irrelevant distinctions between or attitudes about sexes/genders. They are also expected to avoid using language that demeans, ignores or stereotypes any sex/gender.
The CSIC guide for the Spanish language is available at https://intracom.es/index.php/intracomjournal/politica-de-genero
