About the Journal
Focus and Scope
Historia Contemporánea is an academic journal based on original research. It embrances studies in Spanish and English including in the area of contemporary history in its different aspects and methodologies. Supports case dossiers and publishes book reviews of the specialty.
Peer Review Process
The Editorial Board of Historia Contemporánea will carry out a preliminary review of the received manuscripts within a maximum period of one month from their reception, which may be rejected for not being adequate for content or presentation to the requirements of the journal.
The system of evaluation is based upon anonymous external referees, using a double-blind system (anonymous for both the referees and the author). Once one manuscript is accepted for evaluation, it will be sent at least to two referees who will inform about the text, using a specific form provided by the journal. The referees cannot belong in any case to the journal Editorial Board.
The Editorial Board, after studying the referees' reports, will make a decision, within a maximum of six months after reception, on the publication of the manuscript. The author will receive a detailed letter with the reasons to accept, reject or ask for a revised version of the text. In all cases, the referees' reports will be attached to the letter.
The final publication of articles requiring changes will depend on the introduction of such changes in the text. The final decision on publication corresponds, in any case, to the Editorial Board.
The list of external referees will be published every two years in the last issue, with an acknowledgement note.
Open Access Policy
Historia Contemporánea is an Open Access journal which applies Creative Commons licenses (typically CC BY) to its articles. Thus, it provides immediate, unrestricted and free access to its content; users have the right to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search and link to the full texts of its articles.
We subscribe to the principle of making publicly funded research freely available, in the belief that this stimulates a wider dissemination of global knowledge.