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Registration and login are required to submit items online and to check the status of recent submissions.

To log in or create an account, we will redirect you to the OJS portal of journlas of the Francisco de Vitoria University. From here you can register or log in to see the status of your articles. If any type of problem occurs, please contact these contact addresses indicated in the journal. 

Checklist for shipment preparation

As part of the submission process, authors are required to verify that their submission complies with all of the following. Authors who do not comply with these guidelines will be returned to authors.

1. The submission has not previously been published – except for the reviews – nor has it been submitted for consideration by any other journal (or an explanation has been provided in the Comments to the editor).
2. The sending file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF or WordPerfect format.
3. Wherever possible, URLs are provided for references.
4. The text has simple line spacing; 12 point font size; Italics are used instead of underlining (except for URLs); And all illustrations, figures and tables are placed in the appropriate places of text, rather than at the end.
5. The text adheres to the stylistic and biliographic requirements summarized in the author’s Guidelines, which appear in About the Journal.
6. If sent to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensure an anonymous evaluation should be followed.

 

Author Guidelines

Updated March 2020

1. General rules

1.1 The objective of XIPHIAS GLADIUS is to offer an area for reflection and dissemination of different scientific works, taking as a reference the basis of humanism. As a consequence of this scientific and specialized nature, the Journal does not include articles for simple dissemination or those that exclusively express opinions instead of conclusions obtained after an investigation.

1.2. The XIPHIAS GLADIUS accepts original and unpublished articles on the subject of the publication that will be studied by the Editorial Board for possible publication. It is essential that authors have a doctorate in order to publish, except for exceptional cases that will be studied individually by the Editorial Board.

1.3 Acceptance will require the positive judgment of an expert from the Editorial Board, maintaining the anonymity in the evaluation process of both the author and the evaluator. This blind peer review will determine its acceptance, its acceptance with reservations or its non-acceptance. In the case of acceptance with reservations, the article will be returned to the author for adaptation according to the evaluator's suggestions. Once completed, it will be returned to the journal to restart the evaluation process.

1.4 The Editorial Board reserves the right to publish positively evaluated articles in the number of the Journal it deems most appropriate.

1.5 The same author may not publish two articles in the same issue or in consecutive issues, with the exception of the reviews section.

1.6 This sending implies the transfer of all rights for its future dissemination.

1.7 The publication in the XIPHIAS GLADIUS journal does not give the right to any remuneration. Editing rights belong to the Francisco de Vitoria University and its permission is required for any reproduction. For this reason, the authors must sign an agreement for the transfer of rights and a declaration of conflict of interest. This is a necessary requirement for the publication of the article. In any case, it will be necessary to indicate the origin of any total or partial reproduction.

1.8 The institutional affiliation and the e-mail address of the authors will be published together with the articles and contributions for possible communications with the readers.

1.9 Antiplagiarism: The journal in its antiplagiarism policy to safeguard the originality of publishable manuscripts, makes use of the Turnitin tool. In this way XIPHIAS GLADIUS can maintain the standard of publishing unpublished works.

1.10 Code of Ethics: The journal adheres to the ethical criteria of COPE (Ethics Committee for Publications) and applies for membership. XIPHIAS GLADIUS's code of ethics is addressed to editors, reviewers, authors and anyone related to the publication. (See specific section for more information.)

1.11 OPEN ACCESS: The journal is published in open access (Open Access) belongs to DOAJ and works under the Creative Commons, Attibution-Non Commercial and International Recognition 4.0 license (CC BY-NC 4.0) This license allows others to mix, adjust and build from your work for non-commercial purposes, and although your new creations must acknowledge your authorship and cannot be used commercially, they do not have to be licensed under the same terms.

1.12 Fees: The journal does not have any type of publication fees. In other words, it does not charge authors or their institutions publication fees known as "article processing charges" (article processing charge), it is alien to the author payment system (author pay model or author side fee model), and of subscriptions. XIPHIAS GLADIUS therefore does not have any type of APCs (Article Processing Charges), being a journal 100% subsidized by an academic institution.

1.13 Editorial process: The journal follows the editorial process of receipt of manuscripts, first formal and anti-plagiarism review, first admission by the journal's publisher (30 days), double-blind peer evaluation process (90 days), possible modifications by authors (15 days), spelling correction (15 days), layout (10 days). Based on its positive evaluation by the reviewers, the article will be considered accepted (a certificate may be requested); the author may initiate its dissemination through the link on the official website, as of its publication.

2. The journal is structured into three sections:

2.1 Studies: A different study theme for each issue, proposed by the Journalistic Board. The journal will invite known experts in the field to participate and will accept work of interest related to the proposed theme

Studies may be between 5,000 and 10,000 words

 

2.2 Research: Space open to different research related to the journal’s general field of interest. Research articles of a theme freely chosen by the author may also be proposed, as long as they may be adjusted to the informative objectives of this publication.

Research articles submitted to the journal must be between 3,000 and 6,000 words

Clarifying information for both cases:

Articles proposed to the Study and Research sections of the journal must propose research contrasted with the necessary internal unit and the relevant contributions that are characteristic of a scientific publication’s content.

Regarding word count, the bibliography, footnotes and abstract are not included.

 

2.3 Reviews. Of recently published works related to the journal’s field of interest. As a general rule, reviews are accepted of works published within the last few years, although in the case where a certain work is deemed of great importance, this time period may be extended.

The Reviews must maintain the suggested structure for the articles in their sections Title, Author, Summary, Introduction, Analysis, Conclusions and must also include the bibliography section. In addition, the references of the reviewed work must include the ISBN, DOI of the work and web address of the book in the publisher (all these fields are required).

Reviews must be between 1,000 and 2,000 words.

They must be preceded by the work’s full reference, in the following order: Author, title, publisher, place of issue, year of publication and number of pages.

Example:

Antonio GARCÍA BERRIO, Teresa HERNÁNDEZ FERNÁNDEZ

INICIACIÓN AL ESTUDIO DE LA LITERATURA

Cátedra. Madrid, 2004. 389 pp.

 

3. METHOD OF PRESENTATION OF THE ORIGINALS

3.1 The authors will send their originals through the OJS system, to XIPHIAS GLADIUS. To do so, they must first register on the platform (see “Help”). Together with the article, the author must complete the fields required by the system (following registration). All that takes place following the edition process will do so by means of the platform and will be communicated through the same.

3.2 Articles are also to be sent to the following electronic mail. Following the formal rules of presentation that are detailed in section 4 of this document.

3.3 The journal will send an acknowledgement of receipt of the articles received and once evaluated will inform the person concerned of its acceptance or, in the case of a negative evaluation, will return it.

 

4.PRESENTATION RULES

4.1. Heading :

Title in Spanish and english

Author, name surname, telephone, e-mail and ID ORCID

Summary in Spanish (250 words maximum)

Summary in english

Key words of the content in Spanish and english (maximum 6 words)

Both the date of receipt and the date of acceptance for publication will be reflected.

4.2 Brief CV in Spanish and in English with photograph

4.3 Text font:

Word processing: Word.

1. a) Text font: Times New Roman Size: 12 p., line spacing 1.5
2. b) The bibliography in Size 9 and 1.5 line spacing

4.4 Content structure:

1. A) The structure of the content of the various items will adhere to the following guidelines:

1.- First level

1.1.- Second level

1.1.- Third level

 

5. RULES FOR BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES

For the bibliographic references at the end of the article, the following rules in the sixth edition of APA format (American Psychological Association), contained in the Style Manual: Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, available at www.apastyle.org.

All articles and research that does not comply with the APA style format will be returned to the author for possible adaptation.

Examples:

– Book, one author: Surname, A. A. (year). Title. City: Country: Editor

– Book, two authors: Surname, A. A.& Surname, A. A (year). Title. City: Country: Editor

– Book up to 6 authors: All the authors (up to three, four, five & six according to the number of authors) Surname, First Initial, Surname, First Initial, Surname, First Initial, Surname, First Initial, Surname, First Initial, & Surname, First Initial. (Year published). Title of the book in italics. Place of publication Editor.

– More than six authors: Include the names of the 6 first, then add ellipses and add the name of the last author.

– Book with editor: Surname, A. A. (Ed.). (Year) Title. City: Country: Editor

– E-book: Surname, A. A. (year). Title. Recovered from http://www…

– Book chapter: Surname, A. A.& Surname, B. B (year). Title of the chapter or entry. In A.A. Surname. (Ed.), book title (pp. xx-xx). City: Country: Editor

– Printed periodicals: Surname, AA, Surname, B. B, and Surname, CC (Date). Article title. Name of the journal, volume (number), pp-pp.

– Online periodical publications: Surname, A. A. (year). Article title. Name of the journal, volume (number), pp-pp, retrieved from http:/ /www…

– Article from a printed periodical: Surname, A. A. (Date). Article title. Periodical name, pp-pp. Or the version without name: Article title. (Date). Name of the online periodical:

– Article from an online periodical: Surname, A. A. (Date). Article title. Name of the periodical. Retrieved from http:// /www…

– Printed Docoral thesis o End-of-Degree projects: Author, A. (year). Title of the thesis or of the EDP. Name of the institution, Place. Editorial UFV

– Online thesis or EDP: Author, A., Author, A. (Year). Title of the thesis or of the EDP. Recovered from http://www…

– Reference to websites: Surname, A. A. (Date). Page title. Place of publication Publishing house. Recovered from http://www…

– CD sources: Surname, A. (Year of publication). Title of work (Edition) [CD-ROM]. Place of publication Publishing house.

– Movies: Surname of the producer, A. (producer) and surname of the director, A. (director). (Year) Name of the movie [film tape]. Country: producer.

– Television series: Surname of the producer, A. (producer). (Year) Name of the series [television series]. Location: Producer. • Vídeo: Surname of the producer, A. (producer). (Year) Name of the series [Source]. Place.

– Podcast: Surname, A. A. (Producer). (Date). Podcast title [Audio podcast]. Retrieved from htpp://www…

– Online forums, electronic mailing list and other online communities: Author, (Day, Month, Year) message title [Description of form] Retrieved from htpp://www…

 

6. RULES FOR CITATIONS

In the case on in-text citations, they are written in the text itself in the following manner: (Author, year of publication and page).

The complete citation is written as follows:

6.1 verbatim citations:

If the citation is less than 40 words, it is placed as part of the body of the text, between quotation marks, followed by parentheses within which is indicated the reference data.

On analysing the results of the previous study, we find that, “All participants…” (Machado, 2010, p.74)

When the citation length is longer than four lines (forty words), it is cited a paragraph apart without italics nor quotation marks, with a 2.54cm margin or 5 tab spaces.

6.2 conceptual citations:

Example 1: Ekolman (1981) and Perry (1990) insisted on the importance of introducing abstract ideas to linear algebra gradually.

Example 2: The pregnant widow is worthy of the food (Gómez, 1969 373), an therefore it would be appropriate…

 

7. OTHER RELEVANT DETAILS:

7.1 Tables and Figures:

– Over-use of tables and figures should be avoided, and should be sent within the article and as a separate file.

– Tables should be numbered with Arabic numerals in order of appearance. Example: Table 1.

– The Figures (photographs, images and graphics) should be numbered with Arabic numbers Example: Figure 3.

The required quality of the figures will be: 300 dpi and JPEG / TIF format

– The images may not have been resampled by an image editor. Resampling does not increase the image quality.

– Images that do not meet with the quality standards mentioned are not included in the work.

– The Editor may change the size and positioning of the image for technical reasons, with the author’s permission.

– For the identification of all (tables and figures) there will exist a short title at the top and the source cited at the bottom.

7.2 Orthotypography:

– Bold will be avoided whenever possible.

– Similarly, underlining texts will be avoided.

– All paragraphs must be ended with a full stop.

– There may be no blank space between paragraphs.

– Chevron or Latin quotes are to be used («») when the norms should require them. In the case of quotation marks that appear in quotation marks, the interiors are straight or English (“”): «…..”……..”……». The full stop, the coma and the semicolon are to be placed after the closing quotation mark. If there are three points, they are to be placed before the closing quotation mark and after the appropriate sign.

– Unnecessary foreign words should be deleted.

– Acronyms the have the Spanish equivalent should be used: EE.UU. and not USA. The plural of acronyms is not marked graphically with the s, although it is correct to pronounce in oral language, so that it is more correct to write the NGOs, not the NGOs nor the NGO’s.

7.2.1 Lowercase:

– Common nouns

– The months and days of the week.

– Positions: the minister, the chairman, ambassador, the director general, the bishop, the judge, the judge, the king, the pope, the prince, the doctor, the rector, the vice president, the dean, etc.

– Honoris Causa is written in lowercase and in italics, as with all Latin and foreign words.

– After a colon, lowercase must be used, except if a quoted citation is introduced, in which case it must begin with upper case.

7.2.2 Uppercase:

– Avoid the indiscriminate use of capitalisation. The following link can be found usage recommendations regarding the use or otherwise of

capitalisation:http://lema.rae.es/dpd/srv/search?id=BapzSnotjD-6n0vZiTp

– Department names begin with uppercase.

– Uppercase is used for the first letters of End-Of-Degree Project and End-Of-Master’s Degree Project. Their abbreviations will be EDP and EMP. Thesis Doctoral in upper case. Also beginning with uppercase: Self-Awarded Title, Postgraduate, Doctorate and Master’s, when found in a title: Master’s in… or when named as a category: Postgraduate students; when used for general reference, in lowercase: he took great advantage of his master’s studies. Community Education and University community are with initial capitals.

7.2.3 Italics:

Italics are used exclusively for titles of books, journals, magazines, newspapers, conferences, foreign or Latin terms or to highlight words or phrases.

 

7.3 Unifications:

Prefixes. Joined to the accompanying word: ultrafast, cofounder…

For compound words the dash should be used as a general rule, unless its use is well known and accepted, for which the dash should be deleted.

Once published, the authors must explain: “This is the electronic version of an article published in XIPHIAS GLADIUS in number … in the year … The version is available on the magazine’s official website through its DOI …”.

From XIPHIAS GLADIUS we suggest that authors promote and disseminate their published works by sending the link to the magazine through:

1) Emails and social networks of your contacts (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram …).

2) Scientific social networks (ResearchGate, Academia.edu, Kudos …).

3) Institutional repository of your University and public repositories (Mendeley, Cosis …).

4) Personal or institutional website, blog, etc.

5) Google Scholar, ORCID, ResearchID, ScopusID, Dimensions, PlumX …

6) Printed copies sent to specialists for possible citation

All these actions will favor not only the authors themselves, but also the journal and notably the scientific community.

 

9. SENDING METADATA

For the publication of the journal it is very important to send, along with the manuscript, the metadata:

Photograph of the authors; short resume; university affiliation, email; lines of investigation.

The images, graphs, and tables must also be sent, in a document independent of the manuscript, to ensure adequate quality.

 

Steps of the publishing process

1 Reception of articles until throughout the year

2 Author submits article

3 Director first reading gives the first ok or not (if he gives the ok, next step)

4 Drafting passes Turnitin – Author is warned in case of excess

matches can be rejected, in case of little, author makes changes

5 Writing makes first formal review – Author makes changes and contributes

6 Director seeks expert doctor reviewer on the matter and requests

Double blind peer review -One / Two reviewers

7 Sent to reviewer. Reviewer reviews and forwards author – Author corrects –

Reviewer rechecks (if ok, next step)

8 Spell checker corrects – Author modifies – Corrector returns

to check (if ok, next step)

9 Model designer models and requests things from authors (example images larger

quality)

10 Layout Model Layout – Last Correction Correction

11 Delivery PDFs to press December (first week)

12 FERROS Review (second week)

13 FERROS refund (third week)

14 Magazine in WEB PUBLISHED already finished, (fourth week)

15 IMPRESA Magazine January

Selection policies

The XIPHIAS GLADIUS journal accepts original and unpublished articles on the subject of the publication that will be studied by the Editorial Committee for possible publication.

It is essential that the authors have the title of doctor to be able to publish, except in exceptional cases that will be studied individually by the Scientific Committee.

XIPHIAS GLADIUS has three different sections in its acceptance policy: Studies, Research and Reviews. Each of these three sections always has in its selection policy a first acceptance from the editor of the magazine and the editorial committee of the same; In addition, the article must pass a formal review in which it is verified that it complies with the Publication Standards. Otherwise, the article will be returned for adaptation to the guidelines that the journal follows; You must also pass an anti-plagiarism control tool; Once these steps have been completed, all articles will be subject to Double Blid Review. This blind peer review will determine your acceptance, your acceptance with reservations or your non-acceptance. In the case of acceptance with reservations, the article will be returned to the author for adaptation according to the evaluator’s suggestions. Once completed, it will be returned to the magazine to restart the evaluation process.

The same article author may not publish articles in consecutive issues.

The Journal will send an acknowledgment of receipt of the papers received and once they have been evaluated, they will inform the interested party of their acceptance or, in the case of a negative evaluation, they will proceed to return them. The Editorial Board reserves the right to publish positively evaluated articles in the issue of the Journal that it deems most appropriate.

Each of the sections maintains its specific selection policies, which are stated below:

 

Studies

The Study Selection Policy contemplates the selection of those original articles of scientific quality that respond to the call to publish (call for paper) on the specific topic of study proposed, different in each issue of the Journal and proposed by the Directorate and the Editorial Committee, on current issues that concern communication and humanities at its intersection with different research areas and disciplines. The Magazine will invite renowned experts in the field to collaborate and will accept collaborations of interest on the proposed topic. The articles presented in the Study section must propose a research contrasted with the necessary internal unity and the relevant contributions that characterize the contents of a scientific publication. The studies will have between 4,000 and 10,000 words (neither the bibliography, nor the footnotes, nor the abstract will be counted). These items will undergo the Double Blind Peer Review.

 

Research

The Research Selection Policy contemplates the selection of articles whose research deals with any general subject related to the field of reflection and dissemination of the Journal, that is, communication in general based on humanism and with an interdisciplinary character. Free-choice research articles can be submitted subject to the disclosure objectives of this publication. The articles submitted to the Investigations section of the Journal, must propose an investigation contrasted with the necessary internal unity and the relevant contributions that characterize the contents of a scientific publication. The investigations presented to the Journal will have between 3,000 and 6,000 words (neither the bibliography, nor the footnotes, nor the abstract will be counted).

These articles will be submitted to the Double Blind Peer Evaluation.

 

Reviews

Of recently published bibliographic works from the scope of study of the Journal. As a general rule, reviews of works published in the last two years are accepted, although given the importance and relevance of any review, this limit may be extended. The reviews will cover between 1,000 and 2,000 words.

The authors will send their articles to XIPHIAS GLADIUS through the OJS3 platform.

More information (criteria regarding)

Peer review process

XIPHIAS GLADIUS only publishes articles that have the favorable opinion of the members of the Editorial Board of the journal. To do this, the blind peer verification procedure is used.

Previously, the article must pass a formal review verifying that it complies with the Publication Standards. Otherwise, the article will be returned for adaptation to the guidelines that the journal follows.

Acceptance will require the positive judgment of an expert from the Editorial Board, maintaining anonymity in the evaluation process of both the author and the evaluator. This blind peer review will determine your acceptance, your acceptance with reservations or your non-acceptance. In the case of acceptance with reservations, the article will be returned to the author for adaptation according to the evaluator’s suggestions. Once completed, it will be returned to the magazine to restart the evaluation process.

The same author may not publish articles in consecutive issues.

The Journal will send an acknowledgment of receipt of the papers received and once they have been evaluated, they will inform the interested party of their acceptance or, in the case of a negative evaluation, they will proceed to return them. The Editorial Board reserves the right to publish positively evaluated articles in the issue of the Journal that it deems most appropriate.

The authors will send their articles to XIPHIAS GLADIUS through this platform. This submission implies the transfer of all rights for future dissemination. More information (criteria regarding)

Reviewers

The journal XIPHIAS GLADIUS has Scientific Reviewers, both national and international, whose job it is to evaluate by peer review, employing a double-blind methodology. The articles selected by the Editor are sent to the reviewers who are experts in the area, to undergo a strict evaluation process. The expert may accept or reject the article, or accept it with reservations. In this last case, it may be necessary to inform the author of the recommended changes to the structure and/or content of the article. Subsequently, the article is reviewed once again, giving the author the opportunity to adapt the text to the changes suggested by the reviewer, until it is deemed fit for publication.

Criteria regarding

The journal XIPHIAS GLADIUS boasts an Editorial Board made up of researchers from Spain and other countries, who are experts in their various fields, and a Journalistic Board of doctorate researchers.

Scientific quality criteria, subject suitability, article acceptance

The journal XIPHIAS GLADIUS publishes articles orientated towards the promotion and development of knowledge concerning communication, as an area of reflection and dissemination of research that has been carried out in the Communication Sciences field, taking as a reference the fundamentals of integral humanism. Our objective is to always seek the truth and a common ground of wisdom and dialogue. The journal is dedicated to publishing research results which are original.

The Journalistic Board is tasked with deciding what the theme for each issue is to be, based on criteria including social interest and scientific and related production. It also decides in which issue each article is to be published and assesses those cases that may suppose an anomaly which needs an informed decision to be taken. The Board also ensures the implementation of the code of ethics and the mission, vision and values of the journal, guaranteeing the constant adherence to principles of rigour and research quality. They also take decisions regarding possible changes in the development of the publication.

The Review Committee uses a double blind review system, once the Journalistic Board has deemed that an article complies with the rules and norms for publication and has passed the first tests to ensure the absence of plagiarism.

The journal XIPHIAS GLADIUS publishes its organizational chart, its Council members, Board of Directors, the rules of publication, its ethical code as well as the procedure required for publication, the time frames and other useful information such as quality criteria and its open policies, on the web.

 

Quality criteria of the publishing procedure

The journal XIPHIAS GLADIUS is committed to its evaluation system and to maintaining the deadlines for the reception, revision, evaluation and publication of its articles.

The peer review system guarantees that only a qualified specialist will be asked to evaluate the article, with the relevant doctoral studies.

The authors will be informed at all times of the first revision process and the dates set for first acceptance or rejection (maximum 30 days) and the subsequent review process and its deadlines for acceptance or otherwise (maximum 150 days).

Edition of the articles is by means of preprint (digital text not yet reviewed) and subsequently published in paper.

Publications are annual. The journal undertakes to maintain this periodicity and that of all times of the publication process.

Said commitment is of vital importance, both in order to be able to adhere to the publication dates set, as well as guaranteeing the right of the authors to have their articles processed as quickly as possible and to be informed at all times of the point at which the article finds itself in the complete process.

The publication procedure, in detail, is the following:

1 The theme for the new issue is decided upon by the journal’s director and the Journalistic Board, based on criteria concerning what is of interest in the field of communication.

2 Articles are received and a first revision is carried out, in line with the journal’s rules and norms for publication, followed by a first anti-plagiarism check.

3 Reviewers are selected based on their expertise regarding the theme chosen, in order to ensure review quality: the selection procedure is overseen by the editor and by the national and international university professors and researchers of the Editorial Board. The number of reviewers is increased every year in order to guarantee the ability to review each speciality by pairs.

4 The author’s name and institution is removed from the article and sent to the reviewer, who also remains anonymous (the double-blind system): To preserve the integrity of the double-blind peer review process, the authors will not be told of the reviewers’ identity, nor the reviewers the author’s.

5 The reviewer receives the article and ensures that the content is in line with the publication and scientific quality requirements of the journal XIPHIAS GLADIUS.

6 The reviewer, by means of the journal’s web site area reserved for this purpose from 2017 onwards, using the OJS platform, proposes suggested changes, modifications and inclusions to the author. Subsequently, the reviewer completes a form with the relevant information regarding the article and, after the possible changes made by the author, will give his or her verdict, within the established time limits. This evaluation form will always remain in anonymity and all suggestions that is contains are communicated to the author by means of the journal secretary.

7 The work area reserved for the publication procedure of the journal has been designed to record all the exchanges between the editor and the reviewers, as well as all the evaluation comments made in the forms, and is kept in electronic storage within the restricted area of the journal. This allows the journal XIPHIAS GLADIUS to maintain its quality and transparency policy throughout the procedures adopted. It also permits the possibility of being evaluated by the accredited external institutions and evaluators, who may request for the password from the journal’s director in order to access the restricted area and verify the real use of the evaluation system employed by XIPHIAS GLADIUS.

8 The reviewers must communicate their evaluation exclusively by means of the evaluation forms. The model may be found within the restricted area of the journal’s web site. The evaluation form has a part with a score scheme of 1 to 5 points regarding criteria of originality, methodological rigour, relevance for readers, correct use of language and content structure. There is also a qualitative part to the form where remarks concerning analysis and discourse and the strengths and weaknesses of the article may be made. In a third part of the form, a synthetic judgement is made of the article as to whether or not the article is publishable or publishable with reservations. In this last case, the reviewer must offer indications or suggestions to the author, with the aim of improving the article so as to ensure quality. The evaluation form format is available to the authors, so that the evaluation criteria is clear and transparent to them.

Thesaurus

XIPHIAS GLADIUS journal draws up a list of the keywords used in the issues published up to that year. The Thesaurus list, a word list, can be used for article keywords to facilitate the search for terms through general categories.

 

On the other hand, we provide the address of UNESCO Thesaurus that includes a structured list of general descriptors for indexing and data retrieval literature in the social and human sciences, culture, communication and information sectors. This listing does not need copyright permission for non-commercial uses.

 

 

 

XIPHIAS GLADIUS's own keyword list:

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Code of ethics

XIPHIAS GLADIUS is a scientific journal which belongs to the Department of publications of the Universidad Francisco de Vitoria (UFV).

It comprises an Editorial Board and another made up of qualified scientists which contribute to the development and correct management of the journal.  The journal also has a team of writers who, together with the editor, carry out the administrative work and contact with the media, in this way ensuring the expansion of the scientific contents of the journal while observing adherence to its ethical code, the rules and norms for publication, the quality criteria to be respected and ensuring the originality of the texts published. The copyright and other rights and obligations are a matter handled in conjunction with the UFV’s legal department. The metrics, impact factor, ranking indexes and metadata are analysed and monitored in conjunction with the Documentation department of the UFV.

All the departments and people involved in the publication procedure of XIPHIAS GLADIUS are commited to safeguarding the journal’s code of ethics, and together with the authors, to respect all the rules and norms agreed upon to ensure it is adhered to.

XIPHIAS GLADIUS undertakes to respect the code of ethics throughout the publication procedure, through its agents involve in the different stages.

The journal’s code of ethics is closely linked to the mission, vision and values of the UFV, promoting scientific research from the perspective of its main objectives, contributing to their dissemination through its publications.

Commitments of the director and the Journalistic board

The journal’s director is committed, together with his team of writers, to search for research themes in the field of communication that contribute to the improvement of our understanding of human communication, with a desire to find the truth, real knowledge, to achieve greater wisdom and knowledge through the exercise of rigorous research.

The director and the journalistic board are determined to ensuring total adherence to the mission, vision and values of the UFV and to expand, through its publications, the community of committed searchers for the truth and to build both national and international bridges with individuals of a similar nature and to create a respectful debate with diverse thoughts and approaches in order to guarantee healthy plurality from a culture of dialogue.

The director and the journalistic board are committed to maintaining the scientific rigour and quality of the journal, participating and contributing in meetings of the scientific committee in order to choose the themes and contents to be included, redefining the journal’s policies and strategies, as well as actively looking for new articles and authors, encouraging participation in new publications.

They are also committed to ensuring the continued professionalism of the reviewers, that they are real experts in the subjects and contents that they review. They also strive to update the list of reviewers available, using a wide range of sources to discover potentially new reviewers (personal contacts, authors, bibliographic databases…).

XIPHIAS GLADIUS is committed to promoting the encounter between different researchers that seek to find meaning in communication, beyond what is purely useful and “immediatus” (without media), to dote it with its other “use”, in which the media act as “medius” and not as an end in themselves, transcending both in journalism, advertising, audiovisual creation and artistic creation, towards the concept of communication as a meeting point of creation, of an authentic communion.

Commitment to the editorial board / reviewers

The articles will be selected and accepted based on their academic merit, research rigour and originality.

The journal XIPHIAS GLADIUS employs a peer double-blind review system, guaranteeing objectivity and confidentiality in the selection process as well as anonymity, both during the communication of suggested impovements to final admission.

The reviewers are committed to maintaining the confidentiality of the articles. The director undertakes to maintain the identity of the reviewers anonymous. In this way, impartiality in the article selection process is ensured.

The reviewers are committed to expressing their opinions and suggested changes, if deemed appropriate, in a clear and reasoned manner.

The reviewers must detect and warn of any article that is substantially similar to other already published.

Commitment of the authors

The articles will be written with objectivity and in search of the truth and any academic opinions will always be identified as such.

The authors guarantee that the research results presented are original and have not been published or not in a review process for publication in any other publications.

In the case that parts of a text have previously been published by the author or another author, said parts must be clearly cited. The authors, where necessary, will always ask for the necessary permission for reproduction of content from said sources.

The authors undertake to modify and improve their articles if asked to do so by the reviewers, and to follow the suggestions regarding keywords to facilitate the search for articles.

The authors must promptly advise of any significant error detected in the publication and collaborate in the publication of the error, where necessary.

Matters of fraud and unethical conduct

XIPHIAS GLADIUS considers it a fraud and unethical conduct to plagiarise or falsify information for the confirmation of hypotheses.

Any breach of authenticity of texts, usurpation of authorship and distortion of the originality of the texts will also be deemed unethical.

Unethical conduct is also that in which authors publish material for interests other than the search for knowledge and the truth, such as monetary gain or aid for research or to obtain academic recognition points in order to comply with the quality evaluation criteria of agencies in order to obtain accreditation.

It is also considered unethical any adherence to such maxims as “publish or perish”, which converts the researcher into a mere seeker of points, the research itself being relegated to a bureaucratic procedure, far from its true and pure objective of seeking knowledge and understanding.

Self-plagiarism is also considered to be unethical conduct, if what is published is the same research with minor changes made for the sake of publishing in various journals with the sole aim of increasing the number of publications.

Proceedings before unethical behaviour

The journal XIPHIAS GLADIUS reserves the right to denounce and prevent any unethical conduct.

All of the agents involved in the production of this journal are obliged to report of any such unethical conduct and to contribute the necessary data, information and evidence for subsequent inquiries.

Each case will be assessed with utmost seriousness and total impartiality by the agents involved, in order for the correct decision to be then taken.

The evidence will be collected, avoiding that any accusations are disclosed to anybody not involved in the matter.

XIPHIAS GLADIUS will reject all articles that, in contrary to our code of ethics, is deemed the product of fraud or plagiarism. 

Anti-plagiarism

We guarantee the originality of the published articles

The journal XIPHIAS GLADIUS verifies the originality of all articles and texts received. The author accepts that the document be examined with the aim of avoiding plagiarism and thus promoting academic integrity.

XIPHIAS GLADIUS uses tools and employs various means to detect unoriginal content and its source, among them Ephorus and Turnitin, which always for unsuitable citations and plagiarism to be detected, by comparing the text studied with one of the most extensive databases in the world. These applications were designed by the two main providers of anti-plagiarism software, which make use of a global community of more than 15,000 clients in 140 countries.

 

 

 Copyright notice

1. Copyright belongs to the Universidad Francisco de Vitoria and it is necessary to gain permission from this institution for any reproduction. To this end, the authors must sign a transfer of rights agreement and a declaration of conflict of interests. In any case it will be necessary to indicate the origin of any total or partial reproduction.
2. The UFV retains the copyright of published works, and favours and enables the reuse of the same under the License Creative Commons By Nc 4.0.

Letters to the director, complaints of bad practices and rectifications

Through the email, letters to the editor will be received, as well as any notice, complaint about irregularities committed against the ethical criteria of the magazine and against good practices.

It is intended in this way that any member of the XIPHIAS GLADIUS or any person related to it, can contribute to the investigation of publication misconduct.

In this way, it is intended to have one more instrument of listening and rectification to maintain the journal’s adherence to the COPE criteria (International Ethical Committee), to which it is applying, on all aspects of the publication ethics of scientific research journals.