About the Journal

Iztapalapa Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities is a biannual publication that started in 1979 and has been consistently maintained in various formats. It is currently open access.

Its purpose is to disseminate high-level scientific articles that contribute to the understanding of current and past complex societies from various analytical dimensions and through transdisciplinary approaches (both theoretical and methodological) in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities.

Articles analyzing cross-cutting themes such as migration, gender, social and regional inequalities, aging, culture, language, technology, organizations and social movements, violence, power, democracies, territory, and territorialities, public policies, among others, are welcome.

Iztapalapa. Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities also considers theoretical-methodological texts developed with the aim of innovatively analyzing complex and emerging issues, as well as reviews of recent and high-impact works in the international scientific community.

Perspectives from Anthropology, Political Science, Economics, Philosophy, Human Geography, History, Linguistics, Literature, Psychology, and Sociology, among others, converge in Iztapalapa. Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities to present the reader with diverse approaches to the social fabric of our reality.

The Journal is aimed at researchers and academics interested in understanding the multidimensionality and heterogeneity of various current social processes and issues associated with complexity.

The diversity and intersection of approaches in the Journal are associated with its institutional anchoring in the long academic tradition of the Division of Social Sciences and Humanities at the Autonomous Metropolitan University, Iztapalapa Unit, which cultivates these disciplines and promotes their transversalities through inter-institutional dialogue.

The journal adheres to the COPE ethical standards: http://www.cope.es/ and uses plagiarism detection software (Turnitin/iThenticate/Copyleaks).

The journal is edited and funded exclusively by the Editorial Council of the Division of Social Sciences and Humanities of the Autonomous Metropolitan University of the Iztapalapa Unit. It primarily publishes in Spanish. All contributions undergo double-blind peer review by specialists (below are detailed procedures for peer review, as well as the ethical code followed and manuscript presentation guidelines).

Iztapalapa Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities provides open access to its content, based on the principle of offering the public free access to research, to facilitate greater global knowledge exchange. Iztapalapa. Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities adheres to the Budapest Declaration or Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI).