About the Journal
HERMĒNEUS – Journal of Research in Translation and Interpreting
Hermēneus (E-ISSN 2530-609X) is an annual publication of the Department of Translation and Interpreting of the University of Valladolid (Soria Campus). It is dedicated to the publication of original articles, book reviews and other related activities dealing with research in translation and interpreting and other similar linguistic, documentational and literary areas of the humanities. Submitted articles should conform to the formal structure and methodology inherent to the subject.
All content of the journal Hermēneus is availabe immediately upon publication, without any embargo period.
Articles should not exceed an approximate total of 15,000 words, including tables, graphics, notes and bibliography. Reviews are subject to said norms, but should not exceed a total number of between 1,500 and 2,000 words.
The Editorial Committee of Hermēneus will select those books it feels are relevant for publishing reviews. Likewise, books submitted for possible review in the journal will be accepted. They should be sent to the Committee, and they will be returned if so required. Book reviewers will be chosen by the Editorial Committee.
Those interested in publishing in Hermēneus must bear in mind that the principal languages of the periodical are: Spanish, French, English, German and Italian. Other languages may be considered, provided that they employ the Latin alphabet. However, experts with the proper linguistic competence and knowledge in pertinent fields in languages other than those mentioned are not often available to evaluate articles.
The articles must be unpublished and cannot be submitted simultaneously to other publications. The first page should contain the following elements: title and English translation; name of author or authors; professional affiliation (present or former university or universities or other institution); summary of a maximum of 150 words, containing the pertinent key words in both Spanish and English, delineating the fundamental organization and the principal contribution of the work. It is recommended that the text be structured around epigraphs, numbered in Arabic numerals (1., 1.1, etc.). For obvious reasons, reviews will not include summaries or key words.
The Secretary of Hermēneus will acknowledge receipt of the articles within 30 working days, and the Scientific Committee will rule on publication within six months.
The journal does not have either article submission charges or article processing charges.
Researchers who wish to publish in Hermēneus must respect the areas of research and the publication guidelines of the periodical, as well as the peer-reviewed report of the Scientific Committee or of those persons of recognized prestige in the material or field of research consulted. Lack of acceptance of or conformance to said guidelines may result in rejection. Authors whose manuscripts meet the above-stated criteria will be informed of total acceptance (letter of acceptance) or partial acceptance (report or reports). In the latter case, detailed explanation of the formal or contextual reasons preventing publication will be provided in order that the interested party or parties, upon their discretion, may edit the manuscript in accordance with the suggestions given in the report or reports. The selection and editing process will be carried out in the strictest confidence in order to guarantee the objectivity and rigor of the reports. Moreover, the Scientific Committee will respect the intellectual freedom of the authors and will not modify their opinions, although it may not be necessarily in agreement with said opinions.
Excessive quotations should be avoided; if quotations exceed two lines, they will be indented. Any authorial comments within the quotation must be placed in brackets in order to clearly distinguish them from the quoted material. All quotations, whether textual or paraphrased, should be accompanied by the corresponding bibliographic reference in parentheses, which must include page number and, if necessary, the surname of the author and the year of publication. If two or more works published in the same year by one author are quoted, they should be identified by lowercase letters following the date (1991a, 1991b, etc.).
The text should also be accompanied by standard footnotes, which should not contain bibliographic references but rather commentary or complementary explication of the text.
Tables, graphics and maps included in the work will be sequentially numbered in Arabic numerals, and each element should be identified by a brief title and the source. If the inclusion of engravings, photographs or other types of illustration are deemed necessary or advisable, authors must consult the Editorial Board.
Hermēneus may publish brief literary translations sent to the Secretary of the Editorial Committee by collaborators who agree to comply with requirements equivalent to those established for the acceptance of articles and reviews. Hermēneus will publish both the first and second place awards for literary translation and scientific-technical translation organized and sponsored by the Department of Translation and Interpreting of Soria and the Provincial Council of Soria.
Complete information concerning the periodical may be consulted on the following web page: http://www5.uva.es/hermeneus/.
The journal Hermēneus uses a double-blind refereeing process for evaluating and accepting articles. Submissions usually go through two rounds of peer review, with two reviewers per round. For the article to be accepted, the both recommendations must be favourable in the first round. If both are unfavourable, the article is rejected, but if one or both recommedations suggest revision or improvements, authors are given a second opportunity and encouraged to present again their texts once the revision process has been applied. The second round may involve the same or require additional readers. If the evaluations between both readers in both evaluation rounds are clearly contradictory, a third peer reviewer, or as many as necessary, will be asked to evaluate the submission too. The final decision lies on the editorial board. However, the advice of our expert peer reviewers is usually followed. The full procedure takes approximately three months, so patience in the process is appreciated.
Institutional affiliation:
This journal is owned by the University of Valladolid (Spain), which provides its digital hosting and is responsible for its maintenance and management through Ediciones Universidad de Valladolid (EdUVa) and the Servicio de Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones de la Universidad de Valladolid (STIC). The University of Valladolid guarantees open access to the contents of the journal. The works published in the journal will be included in the Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Valladolid, guaranteeing their long-term preservation.
Financing and Acknowledgments
The magazine does not charge authors for sending their articles or reviews or for publishing them, and is financed and managed through the resources of Ediciones Universidad de Valladolid.
In instances where the submitted manuscript is the outcome of research undertaken within the framework of a specific research project or one financed by a supporting agency, this fact must be disclosed upon submission. Such information is to be placed in a footnote at the beginning of the article, subsequent to its successful completion of the evaluation process.
Access Policy:
Open Access Policy:
This journal enables free and immediate access to its content to foster global knowledge.
The articles published at Hermēneus will have a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).
Privacy Statement:
The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the purposes stated by this journal (namely, those relating the processing of manuscripts submitted for publication, their evaluating process, or the distribution of information concerning the published works) and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.
Under REGULATION (EU) 2016/679 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation), users can exercise their rights to request access to, and to rectification and erasure (right to be forgotten) of their personal information, restriction of and/or objection to data processing and portability, as well as not to transfer and/ or share your information with third parties individually.
Copyright Notice:
The articles published at Hermēneus will have a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).
The journal allows the authors to retain publishing rights. Authors may reprint their articles in other media or in institutional or thematic open access repositories without having to request authorization, provided they indicate that the article was originally published in Hermēneus. To disseminate knowledge, authors are encouraged to share the work they have published in the journal in open access repositories federated in the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) and on social networks of a scientific or academic nature.
The published contents do not represent the thinking of the journal's editors, but that of its authors.
DOI (Digital Object Identifier) and preservation of digital files:
A DOI (Digital Object Identifier) will be assigned to the articles published in the journal. The articles will also be housed in the Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Valladolid and in other databases, and will be archived by theServicio de Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones de la Universidad de Valladolid (STIC).
Code of Conduct
The journal will comply with the ethical code established in the Ediciones Universidad Valladolid Good Practice Guidelines, which adheres to the principles proposed by the Committee on Publications Ethics (COPE). This guide establishes the ethical way of proceeding by authors, editorial committees and reviewers, the content of which is summarized below:
- Authors
Authors of articles must undertake to conduct their research in an ethical and responsible manner, in compliance with prevailing legislation and the aspects included in section 1 of the Ediciones Universidad Valladolid Good Practice Guidelines. Work shall be original and unpublished, and shall be duly attributed to those who have prepared it, avoiding plagiarism (misappropriation of others' work or ideas), self-plagiarism (taking advantage of ideas or previous works of one's own authorship without citing the source) and multiple or redundant publication of the same work. Clear reference should be made to the sources used and to previous papers on the same subject matter, explaining the origin of the data and ideas, of the literal quotations or of other resources (such as graphs, images, tables, etc.). Failure to comply with these aspects may lead to the public disavowal of the articles, as explained in section 2. 2 of the aforementioned guide.
Information from private conversations or discussions with others in academia or science may not be used without their explicit permission. If images or graphics that are not originally from the author are included in the work, they must have express permission to use them and cite the authorship appropriately.
Woks that are being evaluated in whole or in part by another publisher cannot be submitted. Once submitted to Ediciones Universidad de Valladolid, the originals cannot be sent to another journal or publisher until the evaluation process has been completed.
- Editorial committee
The members of the editorial committee must ensure the quality of the publications, promoting good practices in research, trying to avoid malpractice and trying to speed up the publication processes.
The evaluation process must be managed fairly and impartially, respecting the thinking of those who have written the work and guaranteeing them the right to disagree with the evaluation reports.
It is the responsibility of the editorial committee to manage the evaluation process of publications fairly and impartially, respecting the thinking of authors and guaranteeing them the right to disagree with the evaluation reports.
Members of the editorial committees must respect the confidentiality of the articles and their contents until the time of publication and may not use the data in the work for their own research, unless they have the express permission of the authors.
The editorial committees may consider the refusal of authors to have their work evaluated by certain persons, evaluating whether the reasons provided are justified, but they are not obliged to dispense with the use of these persons.
The editorial committees shall recognise the work of the reviewers, issuing, where appropriate, the corresponding accreditations to those who have adequately carried out their work.
The editorial committee must try to avoid malpractice in research (redundant publication, plagiarism or selfplagiarism, omission of cited sources, invented, misrepresented, manipulated or unauthorised use of data ...). Where instances of research malpractice are noted in manuscripts received, the author will be invited to correct them if the misuse affects a small part of the article, and the manuscript will be rejected if it affects a substantial part.
If malpractice is discovered after publication, the editorial committee will request clarifications from the author and, after evaluating their explanations, will make a decision on the matter. If only part of the work contains errors, this can be resolved by publishing an erratum. If the malpractice affects a substantial part of the article, it must be retracted, in accordance with the procedure described in section 2. 2 of the Ediciones Universidad Valladolid Good Practice Guidelines.
Likewise, the editorial committee will try to resolve any possible conflicts of interest described in section 2. 4 of the aforementioned guide.
- Reviewer/s
Reviewers must refrain from reviewing the works if they had any relationship with the authors that would advise against it, as explained in section 3 of the Ediciones Universidad Valladolid Good Practice Guidelines.
The work of reviewers must be confidential, both during the evaluation process and after the eventual publication of the evaluated work. Reviewers will not be able to use the evaluated content for their own personal benefit or that of other people, and they must respect the opinions and intellectual position of those who have written the articles, judging the work objectively and impartially, arguing their judgements appropriately, showing respect, constructively correcting possible errors and providing suggestions for improvement with regard to the contents, formal presentation, writing and bibliography used in the work.
In the event that any malpractice is detected in the work reviewed, reviewers must notify the editorial committees so that their members can take the corresponding decisions.
Reviewers are required to submit their reports within the agreed time. If they are unable to complete their task on time, or if they do not consider themselves capable of evaluating the work, they should inform the members of the editorial committees as soon as possible.
Plagiarism detection policy:
The journal will ensure compliance with good research practices established in the "Ethical Code of Conduct" included in the previous section. In it, authors are advised to avoid plagiarism, self-plagiarism, or multiple or redundant publication, the evaluators are requested to inform the journal of any cases of malpractice they detect, and the procedure to be followed by the editorial team is established. In addition, all articles received will be subjected to a plagiarism detection tool provided by journal has an plagiarism prevention tool provided by the Servicio de Tecnologias de la Información y las Comunicaciones de la Universidad de Valladolid (STIC), and will proceed accordingly in the event that cases of plagiarism are detected.
Policy on the use of artificial intelligence (AI)
The journal ensures the responsible use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the editorial process, guaranteeing transparency, impartiality, and confidentiality in the publication of scientific articles.
1. Transparency: The use of AI in the writing, editing, or analysis of manuscripts must be explicitly declared by authors in a specific section of the article (e.g., “Declaration on the Use of AI” or “Acknowledgments”), specifying the software used and its function.
2. Impartiality: AI does not replace academic judgment or peer review. All editorial decisions are made by the journal’s human editorial team. The use of AI tools that may introduce biases in the evaluation of manuscripts or the selection of content will be avoided.
3. Confidentiality: The security and privacy of data from authors, reviewers, and evaluators will be guaranteed, preventing the use of AI in open-access platforms without the consent of the parties involved. Manuscripts under review will not be submitted to generative AI systems without the journal’s explicit authorization.
4. Authorship and responsibility: AI cannot be listed as an author or co-author of articles published in the journal, as it does not meet the authorship requirements established by scientific standards. The use of AI in writing or analyzing the article does not exempt authors from responsibility for the integrity, originality, and quality of the submitted content.
This policy will be updated in accordance with the guidelines on the responsible use of AI as established at any given time by COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) and UNESCO.
Good practices in gender equality
The journal is committed to promoting gender equality, by ensuring balance gender representation in its different boards and committees (editorial, managing, and scientific), considered jointly. It will also ensure that gender representation among the reviewers of the submissions is balanced.
The journal includes the full name of the authors of the works it publishes.
In accordance with the principle of gender equality, the journal uses inclusive language and encourages its use by authors. It recommends replacing the use of the generic masculine with non-discriminatory terms (such as collective nouns or gender-neutral adjectives), avoid expressions that perpetuate gender stereotypes and implement strategies aimed at favoring the most inclusive form of language. Authors are advised to follow the guidelines for the use of gender-inclusive language established by the United Nations.
When writing research works, authors must avoid gender biases whereby the masculine is used as a universal reference. They are advised to consult the European Union toolkit Gender in research and, where appropriate, provide information about the sex variable in research concerning persons, presenting the results disaggregated by sex.
In cases where it is relevant, the article reviewers should assess whether the studies include a sex and/or gender disaggregated analysis and whether they address its importance in the research planning and discussion, as well as in the results and limitations.
Interoperability protocol:
The journal has an OAI-PMH interface (Open Archives Initiative - Protocol for Metadata Harvesting) that enables databases or information services to access the metadata of published works. Path to obtain the metadata: https://revistas.uva.es/index.php/hermeneus/oai?verb=Identify.
HERMĒNEUS PROJECT:
HERMĒNEUS
Journal of Research in Translation & Interpreting
VERTERE
Monographs of the Journal Hermēneus
DISBABELIA
Hermēneus Collection of Obscure Translations
For further information on the Hermēneus Project, check out the following web page: http://www5.uva.es/hermeneus/.
Image: José Ignacio Zarandona
