Editorial process

Editorial process

Guerra Colonial's editorial process is independent and we want to guarantee this by means of an editorial policy. Our Scientific Board is responsible for overseeing good practice in terms of content.

The editorial process begins with the submission of a proposal through this platform, following the Submissions process. Once received, the proposal is reviewed by a member of the Editorial Board to check that it meets the minimum conditions and once approved, it is sent for evaluation to two specialists in the field, who will duly prepare their reports without knowing the identity of the author. This process can take up to two months.

The papers received for evaluation will be treated as confidential material and no information contained therein will be disclosed or discussed, except with the author's consent, with persons other than the author, the editors or the reviewers.

At this point, the Editorial Board, in accordance with these reports, will make a decision on publication in Guerra Colonial, within six months of receipt, bearing in mind that publication may be delayed by up to one year depending on the needs of the journal. The evaluated article will be classified as Suitable for publication, Suitable with corrections and Not Suitable. In the case of Suitable with corrections, the author will be informed of the faults to be corrected and will be given a period of one month to resolve them. Once the author resubmits the text, it will be supervised by the Editorial Board and the external evaluators to ensure that the changes have been made.

Peer review

Guerra Colonial digital journal guarantees the publication of research papers that are peer-reviewed using the double-blind procedure.

The journal undertakes that the works will be evaluated by two external reviewers, who will not know at any time the identity of the author of the text. We will also take care to ensure that there is no fraud in the process and the texts sent to the reviewers will be checked beforehand to ensure that they have no marks or signs that could identify the authors. Any indication of fraudulent action detected by authors or editors must be reported immediately to the journal's management or, where appropriate, to the Editorial Board.

With this measure we aim to guarantee the scientific quality of Guerra Colonial throughout the editorial process, as well as the secret identity of the authors and the non-influence of personal aspects in the evaluation of the works. Similarly, the identity of the external evaluators will be kept confidential.