About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Iztapalapa. Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades (RI) is an open access journal that disseminates high-level scientific articles. It contributes to the understanding of current and past societies from various analytical dimensions and through a transdisciplinary approach in the field of Social Sciences and the Humanities.

Iztapalapa. Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades is a biannual journal that has been published continuously since 1979. Nowadays it is an open access journal. Its objective is the publication of high-level academic scientific articles that contribute to the understanding of complex social phenomena from various dimensions and through transdisciplinary approaches, both theoretically and methodologically, in the field of the Social Sciences and Humanities.

The journal welcomes research articles that discuss cross-sectional topics such as migration, gender, social and regional inequalities, ageing, culture, language, technology, social organizations and movements, violence, power, democracy, territory and territorialities, public policies, among others.

Iztapalapa. Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades also takes into consideration texts of methodological and theoretical nature whose aims are the analysis of complex and emerging issues in innovative ways, as well as reviews of recent works with a high impact in the international scientific community.

Iztapalapa. Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades combines multiple perspectives arising from Anthropology, Political Science, Economy, Philosophy, Human Geography, History, Linguistics, Literature, Psychology and Sociology, among others, such that the reader may access different approaches to the social fabric of our reality.

The journal is aimed at researchers and academics worldwide who are interested in the understanding of the complexity of current social processes and issues.

The intertwined diversity and variety of approaches of the journal are associated with its institutional anchorage, inserted in a long tradition of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, which cultivates these disciplines and promotes cross-sectional discussion through an interinstitutional dialogue.

The journal follows the cope ethic norms (http://www.cope.es) and uses plagiarism checker software (turnitin)

The journal is edited and financially supported exclusively by the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana- Iztapalapa. It mainly publishes in Spanish. All contributions are subject to double blind reviews made by specialists (a subsequent document clearly presents the process review procedure, our code of ethics and the manuscript guidelines).

Iztapalapa. Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades provides open access to its contents, based on a principle of granting free research access to the general public in order to contribute to a greater interchange of global knowledge. It also adheres to the Declaration of Budapest or the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI).

Peer Review Process

Peer review process

Every manuscript received for Iztapalapa. Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (RI) will be evaluated by the Editorial Committee in order to verify its relevance and compliance with formal requirements. This collective body will reject those proposals that do not adhere to the general guidelines established by the Journal.

In this first stage, if in the ruling of the Editorial Committee the manuscript does not adhere to the general guidelines, the author (a) will be notified. Otherwise, the manuscript will be sent to be ruled by at least two arbitrators recognized as specialists in the subject, under the modality of double-blind arbitration. The arbitrators will be external to the institution of affiliation of the author. The latter will receive the opinions within a period of no more than six months.

In the case of having a positive and a negative opinion, a third party will be consulted.

If the manuscript is approved, it will be sent to the author, if applicable, to integrate the proposed corrections and observations, giving them a period of ten to thirty calendar days to send the final version. The author undertakes to acknowledge receipt of the opinion within 15 days.

The final version of the article should be sent to RI with the paragraphs in which the modifications have been introduced color-shaded. If, at the time of revision, the Editorial Committee does not identify the changes, the work will not be published. In addition, an annexed document (letter) must be submitted in which the changes made are indicated, pointing out the page, the previous text, and the new text.

When a manuscript is rejected, the author will be notified by e-mail.

When an author disagrees with the opinions, they may appeal in writing to the Editorial Committee, presenting their arguments in a respectful manner. The decision of the Committee shall be final and unappealable.

The whole process starts with the assessment of the Editorial Board about the article relevance for the RI scope and the accomplishment of the editorial rules. It continues with the double blind review and ends with the incorporation of the suggested corrections by authors. It can last a minimum of 4 months and a maximum of 6 months. The average number of weeks between the article receipt and publication is 20 weeks.

Sponsors

Iztapalapa. Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (RI) has no cost to authors, neither for editorial production, publication, dissemination of articles, or any other reason. RI is funded entirely by the Social Sciences and Humanities Editorial Board of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Iztapalapa Campus

Journal History

Iztapalapa. Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (RI) was founded in the second semester of 1979, as a body of dissemination of the research work of the academics of Division of Social Sciences and Humanities of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Iztapalapa Campus. It was the first scientific journal not only of the Division of Social Sciences and Humanities of our university, but also the first of the Iztapalapa Campus of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana.

Since the first issue, published in late July-December 1979, RI has been conceived as a bridge between the Division of Social Sciences and Humanities of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Iztapalapa campus, and the rest of the academic community, both national and foreign.

Throughout its four decades of history, RI integrated successive transformations. Some of them were implemented in terms of the cover image and other aspects of editorial design. However, changes tending to progressively advance the process of editorial professionalization were also gradually incorporated. The “new era” began in the second half of 2010, with issue 69 of year 31.

Since 2013, RI began its strongest transformations, all linked to its entry to the open-access system and national and international indices, which have involved following new standards and basic guidelines. All this led to the expansion of the communities to which RI is directed, becoming more and more a body of dissemination of the international research work linked to its scope.

In the 40-year history of RI, the “Directors” (today, “editors-in-chief”) have been the following:

- 1979 1985: Carlos Castro Osuna (founding director, from the Department of Philosophy)

- 1987-1989: Carmen Mier y Terán (from the Department of Sociology)

- 1990-1992: Patricia Safa Barraza (from the Department of Anthropology)

- 1993- 1995: César Cisneros Puebla (from the Department of Sociology)

- 1995-2001: Daniel Toledo Beltrán (from the Department of Philosophy)

- 2001-2002: Adrián Gimate Welsh (from the Department of Philosophy and then the Department of Sociology)

- 2002-2006: Jorge Issa González (from the Department of Philosophy)

- 2006-2012: Gustavo Leyva Martínez (from the Department of Philosophy)

- 2013 to present day: Alicia Lindón Villoria (from the Department of Sociology)

One aspect that has had a strong presence in these 40 years is the definition of a Central Topic for each issue. The first coordinator of a Central Topic is presented in issue 6 (three years after RI was founded), and this role was played by an academic outside the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana: Lorenzo Meyer. During the following decades, there were numerous coordinators of Central Topics outside the UAM. However, the role of Central Topic Coordinator is consolidated after the first 10 years.

On the other hand, the Central Topics of these 40 years confirm the commitment to the topics and transversal approaches to various social sciences and humanities as an RI seal. The following is a summary of this aspect from 1979 to 2019.

No coordinator TC (1, Agriculture), year 1, second semester 1979

No coordinator TC (2, Transnationals), year 2, first semester 1980

No coordinator TC (3, Mexico-Central America: Political Economic Situation), year 2, second semester 1980.

No coordinator TC (4, History and Circumstances), year 3, first semester 1981

No coordinator TC (5, Union control and workers movement), year 3, second semester 1981

Lorenzo Meyer (6, Economic Crisis and Social Movements: Historical Perspectives), year 4, first semester 1982.

No coordinator TC (7, First International Symposium on Contemporary Philosophy J-P. Sartre), year 4, second semester de 1982.

No coordinator TC (8, Nationalization of banking and economic policy), year 5, first semester of 1983

No coordinator TC (9, Mexico City: History, Problems and Perspectives), year 5, second semester of 1983.

No coordinator TC (10 and 11, Militarism and Society), year 6, January-December of 1984.

No coordinator TC (12 and 13, Social Minorities), January-December of 1985

No coordinator TC (14, Jobs: Gramsci Anniversary), year 7, second semester of 1987

No coordinator TC (15, Anthropology: New Perspectives), year 8, first semester of 1988.

No coordinator TC (16, National Politics and Elections), year 8, second semester of 1988.

No coordinator TC (17, Mexico-United States Relations), year 9, first semester of 1989

No coordinator TC (18, Balance of the six-year term of office, 1982-1988), year 9, second semester of 1989

José María Martinelli (19, Culture and Society), year 10, first semester of 1990

Mario Trujillo Bolio (20, Central America: Between Conflict and Democracy), year 10, second semester of 1990.

Guillermo Zermeño Padilla (21, Perestroika and the changes in Eastern Europe), year 10, extraordinary issue, 1990

José María Martinelli, (22, The Autonomous Society: Decentralization and Democracy), year 11, first semester of 1991

Leonardo Valdés Zurita (23, Elections and Democracy in Mexico and Latin America), year 11, second semester of 1991

Néstor García Canclini (24, Cultural Studies in Latin America), year 11, extraordinary issue 1991,

Carlos Garma Navarro (25, Iztapalapa: Ritual, culture, and social change), year 12, first semester of 1992

José Rivera Castro (26, Method and history), year 12, second semester 1992

Teresa Kwiatkowska-Szatzschneider (27, The ecological debate), year 12, extraordinary issue, 1992

José María Martinelli (28, Contemporary Marxism), year 12, extraordinary issue, 1992

Rainer Enrique Hamel (29, Language Policies in Latin America), year 13, first semester of 1993

Patricia Safa Barraza (30, Individual and Collectivity: an anthropological approach), year 13, second semester of 1993

Teresa Kwiatkowska-Szatzschneider (31, Humanism and Nature), year 13, extraordinary issue, 1993

José Rivera Castro (32, History and Politics), year 14, first semester of 1994

Alberto Vargas (33, Philosophy in the 21st Century), year 14, extraordinary issue, 1994

Power structures and political parties, year 14, second semester of 1994

Pablo Fernández and César Cisneros (35, Theoretical Psychology), year 15, extraordinary issue, 1994

Alejandro Tortolero (36, Annales, History and Present), year 15, first semester of 1995

Laura Cázares (37, Latin American Female Writers), year 15, second semester of 1995

Gregorio Vidal Bonifaz (38, Economy and Development), year 16, extraordinary issue, 1996

Carlos Garma Navarro (39, Religion: the social impact of the transformation of beliefs and practices), year 17, first semester of 1996.

Jorge Ocampo and Teresa Kwlatkowska (40, Ethics, Aesthetics, and Nature), year 17, second semester of 1996

Jorge Velázquez Delgado (41, Humanism and Renaissance), year 18, first semester of 1997

Marco A. Leyva and Javier Rodríguez (42, Metamorphosis of work), year 18, second semester of 1997

Federico Lazarin Miranda (43, Political and Social Movements in History), year, 19, first semester of 1998

Daniel Toledo Beltrán (44, Theoretical-methodological approaches and historical-social processes), year 19, second semester of 1998

Rafael Montesinos and Daniel Toledo (45, New interpretations of generic culture), year 20, first semester of 1999

José María Martinelli (46, Public Policies for the 21st Century), year 20, second semester of 1999

Miriam Calvillo and Clara Inés Charry (47, Sociological reflection at the end of the century), year 20, extraordinary issue, 1999

Luis Montaño Hirose (48, Administration facing the challenges of social change), year 21, first semester of 2000

Jorge Velázquez Delgado (49, Hermeneutics and Philosophy), year 21, second semester of 2000

Jorge Issa and Luis Reygadas Robles (50, The subject: construction and deconstruction), year 22, first semester of 2001

Daniel Toledo Beltrán (51, Historiography: review of approaches, ideas, and trends), year 22, second semester of 2001

Laura Cázares H (52, Latin American Scriptures of the 20th Century), year 23, first semester of 2002

Irene Fonfe Zarabozo and Lidia Rodríguez Alfano (53, Discourse Analysis), year, 23, second semester of 2002

Max Fernández de Castro and Armando Cíntora (54, Foundation crisis?), year 24, first semester of 2003

Luis Montaño Hirose (55, Modernity and Culture in Organizational Studies: Three Analytical Models), year 24, second semester of 2003

Luis Montaño Hirose (56, The Institutional Dimension in Organizational Analysis), año 25, first semester of 2004

María Eugenia Valdés Vega (57, Theoretical-methodological reflections in political science), year 25, second semester of 2004

Carmen Trueba Atienza (58, Poetic Readings), year 26, first semester of 2005

Josué Tinoco Amador (59, Social psychology of the structuring conflict), year 26, second semester of 2005

Irene Fonte and Rodney Williamson (60, Redefining the Americas: Perspectives from Mexico), year 27, first semester of 2006

Víctor Alarcón Olguín and Erika Granados Aguilar (61, Party and Electoral Perspectives), year 27, second semester of 2006

Carlos Garma Navarro (62-63, Local conflicts and global religions), year 28, January-December 2007

Alicia Lindón, Daniel Hiernaux (64-65, Urban imaginaries of domination and resistance), year 29, January-December 2008

Enrique de la Garza (66, The non-classical work: the identity and collective action of the workers), year 30, first semester of 2009

Gregorio Vidal (67, Mexico: Oil, Economy, Nation, and Development), year 30, second semester of 2009.

Gloria Elizabeth García Hernández (68, A psychosocial mosaic), year 31, first semester of 2010

Alfredo Nateras Domínguez and Martha de Alba González (69, Qualitative approaches to social problems), año 31, second semester of 2010

Arturo Guillén and Gregorio Vidal (70, The Global Economic and Financial Crisis: The United States and Latin America), year 32, first semester of 2011

Julio Goicoechea (71, Older Adults in Mexico), year 32, second semester of 2011

Cristina Alba and Julio Goicoechea (72, Violence Today), year 33, first semester of 2012

Héctor Tejera Gaona (73, Democracy, Citizenship, and Participation), year 33, second semester of 2012

Florence Rosemberg, Irma Munguía Zatarain (74, Multiple approaches to violence), year 34, first semester of 2013

Fernando Herrera Lima (75, Migration: vulnerability and precariousness), year 34, second semester of 2013.

Myriam Ocampo Prado (76, Forced migration, uprooting, and dispossession: forced roaming, unfinished citizenship), year 35, first semester of 2014.

Servando Gutiérrez Ramírez (77, Gender relations, sexuality, and reproductive health), year 35, second semester of 2014.

María Cristina Fuentes Zurita (78, Digital Images and Cultures), year 36, first semester of 2015.

Irma Munguía Zatarain (79, Language and its teaching problems), year 36, second semester of 2015.

Angela Giglia (80, Contradictions of urban renewal in central spaces), year 37, first semester of 2016.

Sin Coordinador, sin TC (81, Miscellaneous), year 37, second semester of 2016.

Cristina Fuentes Zurita (82, Body, subjectivity and territorialities in resistance), year 38, first semester of 2017.

Luis Gutiérrez Flores (83, Public Policy and Development in Mexico) year 38, second semester of 2017.

Cristóbal Mendoza (84, Qualified Migration), year 39, first semester of 2018.

Antonio Escobar Ohmstede (85, Territories, extractive industries, and indigenous peoples), year 39, second semester of 2018.

Irma Munguía Zatarain (86, Language and Culture), year 40, first semester of 2019.