Regulatory Framework

Revista de Humanidades

Department of Arts and Humanities, School of Education and Social Sciences

Andrés Bello University, Chile

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Definition and approach

Revista de Humanidades (Santiago), founded in 1993, is a biannual publication of the Department of Arts and Humanities of the School of Education and Social Sciences of Andrés Bello University, Chile. Its aim is to open a space for critical reflection and interdisciplinary dialogue in the field of the Humanities. Our publication is aimed at researchers, academic staff, undergraduate and graduate students, and the reading community at large. We receive specialized articles derived from research processes, as well as documents, notes, interviews and reviews, in addition to translations that meet the editorial criteria in both format and content. Specifically, we safeguard the originality of research results, the correct attribution of authorship, the absence of DOI duplication—or other types of identifiers—and respect for publication licenses. All submissions to the journal must address topics in literature, aesthetics, philosophy, history, or other related areas, with an emphasis on dialogue between disciplines for the generation of knowledge in the Humanities. The journal maintains a strong commitment to open science, open access, the promotion of gender equality and territorial equity, with the purpose of consolidating a platform of excellence for the dissemination of research results.dictionary.cambridge

Fee-free editorial process and diamond open access

1.2.1 Revista de Humanidades (Santiago) declares an editorial policy and maintains an editorial process free of fees or charges at all stages—submission, review, evaluation, and publication—so that neither researchers nor the reading community bear economic costs in its editing and access; therefore, it is a free journal. Consequently, as a diamond open access journal, all the elements that make up each issue are available free of charge and immediately to any person, with no embargo periods or subscription fees.dictionary.cambridge

1.2.2 To foster the responsible openness of knowledge, the journal promotes practices consistent with the FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable), so that the data underlying research are easy to locate, accessible, interoperable and reusable, thus reducing economic, technological, gender or territorial barriers and stimulating academic collaboration.dictionary.cambridge

1.2.3 All texts are currently distributed under the Creative Commons 4.0 International license (CC BY): “This license allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt and build upon the material in any medium or format, as long as attribution is given to the creator” (Creative Commons, online), which guarantees open access. The editorial policy reaffirms the absence of fees in the evaluation and publication processes and declares its free-of-charge nature. In the same vein, the journal grounds its vision of open science in actions such as those indicated by ANID in its policy on the subject, which proposes “the deposit in repositories of universal access—and without any kind of restriction—of digital copies of documents, publications and scientific data published in journals.”dictionary.cambridge

Open science, gender and territoriality

Revista de Humanidades (Santiago) structures its editorial management around three axes: open science, gender mainstreaming and a territorial approach.dictionary.cambridge

1.3.1 Open science

Regarding open science, the journal adopts a framework that goes beyond the mere publication of articles in open access: it includes the openness of data, methods, software and evaluation processes, in order to eliminate economic, technical and legal barriers that hinder the reuse of knowledge in the field of the Humanities. In terms of publications, the journal aligns itself with the foundations of the open access movement defined in the Budapest (BOAI 2002), Berlin (2003) and Bethesda (2003) declarations. This movement, known in Spanish as Acceso Abierto, promotes that anyone with an Internet connection can read, download, copy and distribute scientific literature without restrictions or costs, while respecting publication licenses.dictionary.cambridge

In this way, the journal’s commitment to open science includes—but is not limited to—the dimension of open access, since it takes up UNESCO’s suggestions on open science, understood as “an inclusive construct that combines diverse movements and practices with the aim that multilingual scientific knowledge be openly available and accessible to everyone, as well as reusable by everyone, [and that] scientific collaborations and information exchange be increased to the benefit of science and society” (Recommendation 7). The social purpose of scientific research is part of the journal’s principles, objectives and practices, in which the openness of data, methodological transparency and responsible collaboration are fundamental, all of them oriented toward reducing gender inequalities and territorial gaps through the democratization of knowledge.dictionary.cambridge

Open science and gender equality

Revista de Humanidades (Santiago) adopts and promotes open science in line with the reduction of gender gaps, which requires integrating gender-transformative approaches into all phases of research, according to UNESCO: “Gender inequality in science is not a problem that concerns only women, but also limits scientific progress and hampers the development of countries and their efforts to build peaceful societies” (Call to Action 2). This publication is committed to reducing gender gaps, barriers and inequities in scientific research in the field of the Humanities. The guidelines of ANID’s Gender Policy are also a reference for editorial work, with the purpose of “developing and promoting a friendly and inclusive space, free of stereotypes and all forms of gender-based violence and discrimination, where diversities and different interests are recognized and respected” (ANID, Policy 12).dictionary.cambridge

Open science, in relation to gender equality, promotes closing gaps in the authorship of scientific articles, participation on editorial teams, peer review processes and the dissemination of results. Establishing a culture of gender equity is aligned with local and global efforts; this goal proposed by ANID is based on criteria grounded in “international experience and evidence [which] show that gender equality and equity must be central elements in a society that seeks justice and social equity, as they constitute a fundamental pillar for the development and wellbeing of that society and all its members” (ANID, Policy 7). The principles of gender equality and open science converge in the journal through efforts to disseminate knowledge without fee-based or other barriers, in order to dismantle discrimination at the moment of knowledge production.dictionary.cambridge

Open science and territorial equality

Revista de Humanidades (Santiago) adopts a territorial approach aimed at making visible and strengthening academic production generated in regions and Latin American contexts that have traditionally remained at the margins of central editorial circuits. By facilitating the publication and circulation of research results coming from these territories, the journal seeks to reduce the barriers that limit the impact and continuity of projects driven by regional institutions and communities. Its editorial policy therefore supports and accompanies the work of researchers who, in their research activities, write and produce from territories disadvantaged in the diffusion of knowledge, and at the same time promotes the reduction of territorial inequality in order to confront existing gaps.dictionary.cambridge

The integration model promoted by the journal is inspired by the macro-regional territories identified by ANID-Territorios and likewise considers the inclusion of academic production from the Global South, understood as a region affected by various forms of political, social and economic inequality.dictionary.cambridge

Objectives

– Disseminate knowledge under the principles of open science, gender equality and territorial equity, through editorial management that eliminates access barriers and makes visible social and cultural diversity in the research results published.dictionary.cambridge

– Guarantee diamond open access and transparent management of copyright, in accordance with national and international open access regulations, in order to broaden distribution, foster collaboration and maximize the impact of research in the Humanities.dictionary.cambridge

– Promote the publication and reuse of diverse research outputs—articles, datasets, supplementary materials—in order to remove economic obstacles, gender biases and territorial disparities, thus narrowing the gap between academic production and civil society.dictionary.cambridge

– Systematically establish a gender perspective at all editorial stages, in line with ANID’s Gender Policy, with a view to building specialized critical mass and mainstreaming the gender perspective in humanistic research.dictionary.cambridge

– Foster territorial equity in the origin and authorship of manuscripts, expanding publication opportunities for researchers from historically underrepresented regions and contributing to fairer research practices within the Humanities.dictionary.cambridge

– Ensure high editorial and ethical standards, continually updating the journal’s policies and procedures in line with internationally recognized best practices and current legislation.dictionary.cambridge

Implementation

3.1 Editorial board and scientific advisory committee

The editorial board and the Scientific Advisory Committee of Revista de Humanidades (Santiago) are committed to achieving a balanced composition in terms of gender and territorial equality, without sacrificing scientific excellence or the commitment to open science and disciplinary diversity. To materialize this commitment, the journal sets itself the goal of having, within three years, at least 40% female representation (or representation of underrepresented gender identities) among editors and reviewers, and, within a five-year horizon, achieving a 50% parity distribution, both in editorial teams and in the pool of reviewers and authorships. Similarly, the journal aims for territorial equality—with particular attention to regions outside traditional academic centers—to reach the same percentages within the indicated timeframes, considering the ANID-Territorios distribution that organizes scientific production into five macro-zones: north, center, center-south, south and austral. In the same way, the journal seeks to integrate research that addresses these macro-zones as a criterion for broadening scientific perspectives in its editorial process.dictionary.cambridge

3.2 Editorial management

Gender equity and territorial equality are core axes of the journal’s management, which seeks to promote articles, reviews, documents and dossiers that reflect this objective. The journal is committed to publishing work by researchers who promote this approach. In the case of dossiers, the journal invites calls for papers that incorporate these principles.dictionary.cambridge

Revista de Humanidades (Santiago) strongly encourages the publication of works that analyze, reduce or make visible geographical and gender barriers in knowledge production. It also recognizes the value of situated knowledge and local science embedded in international networks. Finally, it suggests the use of bias-free language in all manuscripts.dictionary.cambridge

3.3 Institutional commitment

Revista de Humanidades (Santiago) is aligned with the open science framework and the research integrity policies promoted by Andrés Bello University (UNAB). In line with these orientations, the journal encourages all research submitted for evaluation to comply with the principles of honesty, responsibility, impartiality and sound research management defined in the Singapore Statement and the Montreal Statement on research integrity. In addition, it adopts the guidelines of the San Francisco Declaration (DORA) and the Leiden Manifesto on responsible research assessment.dictionary.cambridge

This regulatory framework supports the open science practices, gender mainstreaming and territorial equity that the journal promotes in its editorial management. Its purpose is to foster the creation, dissemination and evaluation of high-quality research that reduces economic, gender and territorial inequalities and strengthens the open circulation of knowledge, without falling into endogamic dynamics: authors may come from any institution, as long as they comply with the ethical and openness standards established.dictionary.cambridge

3.4 Compliance and oversight

The editorial management of Revista de Humanidades is overseen by the Editorial Board and the Open Science Committee of the Andrés Bello University (UNAB) Library System. Both bodies ensure the coherent application of the already defined policies on academic integrity, openness and equity.dictionary.cambridge

Licensing and open access: In line with international open science principles, the journal will publish all its content exclusively under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 licenses. This license allows free access, commercial reuse and the creation of derivative works, all of which are indispensable conditions for the full implementation of open science. The adoption of CC BY immediately and definitively replaces the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license, whose No Derivatives clause is incompatible with the philosophy of openness and the FAIR standards.dictionary.cambridge

Academic integrity and use of technologies: To safeguard originality, similarity-detection tools (anti-plagiarism software) are used, and their reports are manually reviewed by the editorial team. Any use of generative artificial intelligence must be explicitly declared by the authors, including details of its involvement; AI will not be recognized as a co-author nor will it replace the intellectual responsibility of the signatory authors. Likewise, artificial intelligence cannot be responsible for creating or reviewing research content or be used as a tool in the journal’s peer-review evaluations; in that regard, reviews will be screened with AI-use detection tools.dictionary.cambridge

Recognition of contributions: The journal adopts the CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy) system to accurately describe the participation of each person involved in an article, promoting transparency and fair attribution.dictionary.cambridge

Ethical framework: The editorial policies are based on the principles of the International Center for Academic Integrity (ICAI), the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and UNESCO’s recommendations on open science, promoting honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.dictionary.cambridge

Sanctions regime: In cases of misconduct (plagiarism, data manipulation, inappropriate authorship, undeclared use of AI, among others), the journal will apply measures that may include retraction of the article, notification of the relevant institutions, and temporary or permanent suspension of the possibility of publishing in or reviewing for the journal.dictionary.cambridge

3.5 Requirements

The requirements set by Revista de Humanidades (Santiago) are as follows:

– 3.5.1 The journal uses persistent identifiers to guarantee the traceability and accessibility of its output: each article receives a DOI.dictionary.cambridge

– 3.5.2 All participants in authorship, editorial and review processes must have an active, public and updated ORCID.dictionary.cambridge

– 3.5.3 For the correct standardization of institutional affiliations, the ROR (Research Organization Registry) identifier will also be used.dictionary.cambridge

– 3.5.4 In line with open science principles and the international definition of open access, all journal content will be published exclusively under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 licenses, allowing the free reuse, adaptation and distribution of knowledge, which are indispensable conditions for the effective openness of research.dictionary.cambridge

– 3.5.5 The journal likewise encourages the availability of underlying data and supplementary materials in trusted repositories with persistent identifiers, thus ensuring transparency and reproducibility of the studies published.dictionary.cambridge

3.6 Statement on AI (Artificial Intelligence)

It is suggested that, in the preparation of manuscripts that used generative artificial intelligence tools, specifically ChatGPT, these be employed exclusively as support for writing. Submission for evaluation in the journal is made under the following premises: “All decisions regarding content, structure and approach were made by the author, who assumes full responsibility for the accuracy and integrity of the material. No sensitive or confidential information was introduced into the AI platform, and each result was critically evaluated before being incorporated.”dictionary.cambridge

Support and dissemination

Revista de Humanidades (Santiago) is managed through Open Journal Systems (OJS), hosted on the Electronic Journals Portal of Andrés Bello University. Each article receives a DOI and is offered in PDF and HTML formats. The journal’s archive is housed in the Institutional Academic Repository, and dissemination is carried out mainly through the portal itself and via its profile on X (https://x.com/rev_humanidades). Its editorial management is based on the Good Practices Guide for Editorial Management prepared by the Open Science Committee of the same university’s Library System.dictionary.cambridge

References

National Agency for Research and Development. Open access policy for scientific information and research data funded with public resources of ANID. Santiago, 2022. Available at: https://acceso-abierto.anid.cl/recursos/documentos/dictionary.cambridge

———. Gender Policy of the National Agency for Research and Development. Santiago, 2024.dictionary.cambridge

———. “ANID TERRITORIOS”, n.d. Online. Internet. 18 Aug. 2025. Available at: https://territorios.anid.cl/iniciodictionary.cambridge

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science. Paris, 2021. Available at: https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000379949_spadictionary.cambridge

———. UNESCO Call to Action. Closing the gender gap in science. Paris, 2024. Available at: https://www.unesco.org/en/science-technology-and-innovation/ctadictionary.cambridge

“About CC Licenses.” Creative Commons, n.d. Available at: https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/cclicenses/dictionary.cambridge

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