About the Journal

The Revista de Estudios Europeos (REE), (ISNN: 1132-7170), published biannually by the Institute of European Studies of the University of Valladolid since 1992, is a multidisciplinary journal aimed at teachers, researchers of the legal, historical, social, economic, etc. reality of Europe.

Its purpose is to promote the dissemination, exchange and discussion of research and to contribute to a better scientific knowledge of contemporary processes of integration and unification of Europe.

From 2014, the REE (ISSN: 2530-9854) is published in digital format with free and open access. The papers from the new stage can be consulted at Dialnet and the Documentary Repository of the University of Valladolid. At this stage, the level of scientific-academic quality is maintained and all the requirements demanded by scientific publications are met. As of 2022, the journal will be integrated into the Portal de revistas digitales de la Universidad de Valladolid, managed by Ediciones Universidad de Valladolid.

Institutional Affiliation

AThis 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

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.

Journal Sections

The Journal of European Studies consists of three sections:

• Reviews of up-to-date publications. The text should not exceed 2,000 words.
• Articles related to European Studies. Maximum length 10,000 words.
• Monographs proposed to the editorial board on topics of interest.

Further information can be found in the section Envíos.

Peer review process (double-blind)

APapers that do not conform to the format and editorial standards established by the journal will be returned to their authors for possible modification. Articles that comply with the format and editorial standards will be subject to a double evaluation process: firstly, the journal's Editorial Committee will make a selection of the papers received, assessing whether they meet the requirements for quality academic publications. Secondly, the articles that have passed the first selection will be evaluated anonymously by two specialists in the corresponding area of knowledge (double-blind) from outside the journal's publishing institution.

An order to maintain anonymity, authors are advised to avoid quoting themselves in the first person. In the case of contradictory reports, the Editorial Board will request a third report and will subsequently make a decision on the publication of the article. The decision of the Editorial Board is final. The journal will try to speed up the evaluation process as much as possible. Authors are requested not to send their article to another journal until the result of the evaluation is known.

APapers with two positive reports will be sent to their authors so that they can make any corrections suggested in the evaluation reports. Authors have a maximum period of one month to return the corrected articles, together with a report stating the changes made on the basis of any suggestions made in the evaluation reports.

AThe evaluation process is described in more detail in section Envíos.

Frequency of Publication

ARevista de Estudios Europeos is a biannual publication.

AThe journal is open throughout the year for the reception of articles. It is published in two periods: January-June and July-December.

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:

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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 Tecnologías 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) in the editorial process

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 editorial practices on gender equality

The Journal of European Studies will promote gender equality, trying to ensure that the percentages of women and men involved in its different bodies or committees (management, editorial or scientific committees...), measured jointly, are equal. It will also try to ensure that the percentages of male and female reviewers of the papers are equal.

The journal includes the full names of the authors of the papers it publishes.

In accordance with the principle of gender equality, the journal uses inclusive and non-sexist language, and advises authors to use it. It is recommended to replace the use of the generic masculine with other non-discriminatory terms (such as collective nouns or gender-neutral adjectives), to avoid expressions that perpetuate gender stereotypes and to employ strategies to make language as inclusive as possible, following the guidelines for the use of gender-inclusive language established by the United Nations.

Research papers should try to avoid gender biases that use the masculine as a universal referent. In this sense, it is advisable to consult the handbook Gender in Research produced by the European Community, and, where appropriate, to report on gender in research on people, 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.

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.

Open Acces Policy and Copyright Notice

AThis journal enables free and immediate access to its content to foster global knowledge.

The articles published at Revista de Estudios Europeos will have a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

Authors remain the owners of their work, and may republish their articles in other media or in institutional or thematic open access repositories without having to request permission, as long as they indicate that the work was originally published in the Journal of European Studies. In this way, authors are allowed to deposit the final version accepted for publication in institutional or thematic open access repositories.

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 the Servicio de Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones de la Universidad de Valladolid (STIC).

Information policy on funding sources

If there is any type of public or private funding for the research that has given rise to the article, it must be declared when submitting it, filling in the corresponding section in the metadata box. In the case of multiple authorships, each author must declare all the information related to their sources of information, including the name of the financing entity, the identification number of the financing and the description of the role that the financing entity has played in the investigation. Once the article passes the evaluation, a call to a footnote will be included after its title in which it will be indicated if it has had any type of financing or has been carried out within the framework of a research project.

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/castilla/oai?verb=Identify.