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Focus and scope Revista de
Derecho is a biannual, academic,
international, and refereed publication, which offers original and unpublished
articles on Public and Private Law and other legal sciences, such as Philosophy
of Law. Since 2024, preprints are accepted. The
objective of Revista
de Derecho is to provide a real opportunity for all jurists
and those interested in legal matters, Uruguayan and foreigners, to publish and
have access to articles of high academic level, jurisprudence notes, relevant
sentences and bibliographic novelties on current legal issues for the
profession, teaching and research. The
journal is indexed in Latindex; distributed in the following databases: Scielo, EBSCO and Dialnet; and registered in Timbó and LatinRev. It is also a member of AURA and
is on the social network X. Section policies
Doctrine. Original and unpublished articles submitted to
double-blind peer review. These articles should have a minimum length of 3000
words and a maximum of 10000 words (excluding references). Jurisprudence. Judgments with their respective commentary submitted
to double-blind peer review. All jurisprudence commentaries must be accompanied
by the complete text of the corresponding sentence. These articles should have
a minimum length of 2000 words and a maximum of 8000 words (excluding
references). Brief
communication.
Scientific communication submitted to peer review, double-blind system. Its
objective is to present the development of a study that can be a field or
intervention study, with a minimum length of 2000 words and a maximum of 4000
words (excluding references). Essay and
research. This
section receives bibliographic reviews, and research advances and results,
between 2000 and 6000 words (excluding references). Articles submitted to this
section are evaluated by the journal team. Review. This section receives reviews of legal books,
national or foreign, published in the year of the review or one year before,
between 1000 and 3000 words (excluding references). Articles submitted to this
section are evaluated by the journal team. Frequency of publication
As of
2023, the journal Revista de Derecho is published in the continuous
publication mode, with two issues per year. The first issue from January to
June and the second from July to December. Free publication
Publication
in Revista
de Derecho is free of charge for authors. The costs of the
editorial process are covered by the Universidad Católica del Uruguay. The
journal does not charge for subscriptions; access to the full text of published
articles is free of charge. Revista de
Derecho publishes articles in Spanish,
English and Portuguese. In the case of articles submitted in English and
Portuguese, once they are accepted for publication, the authors are committed
to ensure the professional quality of the final version of the text. Open access policy
This
journal provides open access to all its content, based on the principle that
providing the public with free access to research helps a greater global
exchange of knowledge. Under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
International License (CC BY 4.0) users have the right to view, download, store, print, search, index
and link to the texts, as long as the original source and the person in
charge of its authorship is cited in all cases and situations. Authors
are free to archive their published article in institutional repositories
and/or on their personal web pages, always mentioning the publication in Revista
de Derecho with the corresponding data. Following the Guidelines for Transparency
and Openness Promotion (TOP)
in Journal Policies and Practices, and in compliance with Level 1 of Guideline 2 (Data Transparency), authors are required to include in the articles that result from original research a section on "Data Availability" in which they report whether the dataset used in their research is available and, if so, where to access it. Review Process
The
article review process consists of two phases. The first phase is carried out
by the editorial team within a maximum period of 2 months. This phase includes
the review of formal aspects (format, bibliographic references, plagiarism
detection) and the adjustment of the article to the criteria explained in focus
and scope. In this phase, the article can be rejected, modifications can be
requested, or it can be sent for external review. In the
second phase of evaluation, the articles of the refereed sections are submitted
to peer review, using the double-blind system, where the anonymity of the
parties -authors and referees- is preserved. The evaluators are national or
international experts in the area in which the article is inscribed, and most
of them are external to the Facultad de Derecho of the Universidad Católica del
Uruguay. Each
article is sent to two specialists in the corresponding field, who have one
month to submit their report. Evaluators follow the guidelines of
the evaluation form and may make contributions, suggestions and
recommendations in the manuscript itself, in review format. The evaluator may:
a) recommend publication without further review; b) recommend publication after
making some changes duly noted; c) recommend non-publication of the article,
justifying their response. Articles
with two negative evaluations will be rejected. The Editorial Team may act on
its own initiative and appoint a third evaluator when two reports are opposed,
without the need for prior notice to the author. For
articles that have received suggestions in the evaluations, the scientific
edition will arrange them and send them to the authors for their incorporation
within a maximum period of 20 days. According to the nature of the suggestions,
the referees may indicate that the new version of the work requires a new
revision to obtain the definitive acceptance of the article. If the
authors do not agree with the observations made by an evaluator, they should
explain their reasons to the Editorial Team, which will evaluate the
justification and, if it deems it appropriate, may appoint a third referee to
decide the matter. The second
phase process takes an average of 6 months. The
article rejection rate for 2023 was 63 %. Plagiarism detection policy
By
submitting their articles, authors declare that they are original and
unpublished and that they are free of plagiarism, including
self-plagiarism. Revista de Derecho will not accept papers that
contain more than 30% self-plagiarism. Authors should indicate, in a footnote
on the first page, whether their articles are based on materials available in
previous publications, repositories or on the web. Content reused in
manuscripts should be properly referenced according to APA standards. To ensure
the originality and unpublished nature of scientific articles, Revista de Derecho analyzes
all submitted articles with the Crossref and Turnitin softwares. The
journal adheres to the guidelines and recommendations of the Committee on
Publications Ethics (COPE), regarding possible fraud or plagiarism of the
evaluated manuscripts. Use of language
Authors
are encouraged to use language that does not discriminate or reproduce
discriminatory biases based on gender, race, age, disability, socioeconomic
status, sexual orientation, etc. Ethical Code
Everyone
involved in the editorial process of Revista de Derecho (editors, authors, reviewers)
must act in accordance with ethical standards to ensure compliance with the
best editorial practices and a commitment to the highest professional
standards. Digital preservation policy
Through
the LOCKSS system (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe), the
journal Revista
de Derecho guarantees a permanent and secure archive. LOCKSS
is an open-source program developed by the Stanford University Library that
allows libraries to preserve selected web journals by regularly searching
registered journals to collect and archive newly published content. Each file
is continuously validated against records from other libraries, so that any
damaged or lost content can be restored. The articles have DOI (Digital Object
Identifier) granted by the Crossref registration agency. Through the PKP
Preservation Network, preservation is also provided for any journal that is
in Open Journal Systems. Copyright notice
All
contents of the Revista de Derecho are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
International License (CC BY 4.0). Authors agree to assign copyright to the journal and are responsible
for the contents and opinions expressed in the articles. Privacy statement
Names and
e-mail addresses entered in this journal will be used exclusively for the
purposes stated in this journal and will not be provided to third parties or
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