About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Cuestiones de Sociología (ISSN 2346-8904) is a biannual publication that aims to promote and disseminate academic work in the field of Sociology and the Social Sciences by proposing a central "question" or theme for debate, which changes in each issue. It also includes sections with articles on a variety of topics, research updates, and interviews with leading figures in the fields of sociology and the social sciences.

Frequency

Cuestiones de Sociología has been published semi-annually since 2020. Previously, it was published annually from issue 1 (2001) to issue 9 (2013), semi-annually from issue 10 (2014) to issue 20 (2019), and has continued to be published annually since issue 21 (August 2019).

Submissions and Peer Review Process

Cuestiones de Sociología publishes original and unpublished works that have not been simultaneously submitted to other publications. The call for papers for the VARIA Section is open periodically.

Cuestiones de Sociología publishes two issues per year: a thematic dossier in the first half of the year and an open-topic issue in the second half.

The open-topic issue includes the following sections:

VARIA Section: Original theoretical or empirical works on any topic, of scientific relevance to the current state of the social sciences, preferably within the field of sociology.
Institutional Section: Original theoretical or empirical works on the institutional life of the Department of Sociology, the Faculty of Humanities and Education, or the National University of La Plata.
The Thematic Dossier is a special issue coordinated by faculty members of the Department of Sociology and includes the following types of contributions: Articles (original theoretical or empirical works of scientific relevance to the current state of the dossier's theme); Readings and research notes; Bibliographical notes and reviews; and Interviews with renowned figures in academia and leading experts in the thematic field of each dossier.

Cuestiones de Sociología will only consider for publication original and unpublished works that have not been simultaneously submitted to other publications, as established in the Author Guidelines. The Journal also reserves the right to make any modifications the Editorial Committee deems necessary.

Registration and login are required to submit items online and to check the status of recent submissions.

There are no fees for submission, publication, or access to the Journal. Once published, the article will be available for free reading or download.

Submitting a manuscript implies the author's obligation not to simultaneously submit it to another publication.

Manuscripts are preliminarily evaluated by the Editorial Board to determine if the topics align with the journal's stated scope. Submissions that do not meet this requirement are rejected. The editorial team reserves the right to accept or reject submissions based on the thematic scope, strict adherence to editorial guidelines, and compliance with the ethics and anti-plagiarism policy. The journal uses anti-plagiarism software.

Authors are expected to respect the best practices and ethical codes of scientific publications, including avoiding duplicate submissions, ghost and honorary authorship, plagiarism, data manipulation, conflicts of interest, and compliance with research ethics policies. Submission requirements can be found in the journal's Submissions section.

Manuscripts accepted by the editorial team undergo academic evaluation by external peers (double-blind peer review, maintaining author anonymity).

The evaluation process and possible outcomes are detailed in the Submissions tab. Formal document requirements are also outlined there.

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There are no fees for submission, publication, or access. Once published, the article will be available for anyone to read or download.

Online Submissions

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Digital Preservation

Cuestiones de Sociología Previous issues of Cuestiones de Sociología were preserved using the PKP Private LOCKSS Network (PKP PLN).

Indexing and Inclusion
Cuestiones de Sociología is included in the Core Collection of Argentine Scientific Journals (CAICYT-CONICET), LATINDEX Catalog v2.0 (2018 - ) (Regional Online Information System for Scientific Journals of Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal-National Autonomous University of Mexico), and the AmeliCA Index of Consolidated Journals. It is indexed in DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals), Emerging Sources Citation Index (Clarivate), EBSCO Fuente Académica Premier, Social Science Premium Collection (ProQuest), GALE Cengage Learning, Dialnet (University of La Rioja), and LatAm (Estudios Latinoamericanos). It is also included in CAPES-Qualis (Class B1, 2017/2018), SHERPA/RoMEO, Ulrich's Periodicals Directory and RevistALAS.

Ethical Considerations and Conflicts of Interest

This scientific journal is the collective result of the work and effort of authors, editors, and reviewers who are committed to the advancement of science for social and cultural development. For this reason, and within the framework of the open access policy promoted by the National University of La Plata, the journal will not charge authors any publication fees, and articles will be immediately available in open access.

The journal editors are committed to avoiding any conflicts of interest among those involved in its production. All submitted texts will be evaluated based on their intellectual content, ensuring that the authors' ethnic or national background, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, or political philosophy do not interfere with the evaluation process. Similarly, external reviews that prioritize personal opinions over the quality of the work will be rejected.

Authors and reviewers are requested to disclose any relevant conflicts of interest they may have in advance so that these can be considered when assigning reviews. Should any conflict arise after the publication of the contribution, a retraction or disclosure of the fact will be made, if necessary.

A “conflict of interest” is understood as a situation in which a divergence occurs between an individual's personal interests and their responsibilities regarding the scientific activities they carry out, whether as an author, reviewer, or member of the editorial committee, which could influence their critical judgment and the integrity of their actions.

Conflicts of interest can be:

Financial: when the participant (author/reviewer/editor) has received or expects to receive money for activities related to the research and its dissemination.
Academic: when reviewers or editors adhere to a particular methodological or ideological trend in such a way that they may be biased in evaluating the work of others. For this reason, they are asked to disclose this beforehand.
Personal or professional relationships: when the participants (authors/reviewers/editors) have any type of relationship, whether friendly, hostile, or professional. To avoid this, editors should consider the funding sources and affiliations of authors in order to choose reviewers who do not belong to those specific circles.

International guidelines

Based on an analysis of the specific problems of scientific publishing practice, various international organizations have taken on the task of agreeing on criteria and generating guides and documents that provide support to both editors and authors, among them:

The editors of the journal will consider guidelines and guides that have been agreed upon at the international level to solve the specific problems of scientific publishing practice. The instructions given by COPE | Committee on Publication Ethics will be taken into account. Guidelines from other internationally recognized organizations such as the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, the Council of Science Editors and the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) will also be considered | U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.

Authors, researchers and reviewers are invited to familiarize themselves with the international guidelines linked to ethics in publication, specifically those linked below, in order to avoid faults that could be generated by their ignorance.

Anti-Plagiarism Policy

The Cuestiones de Sociología Journal publishes original, unpublished works written by authors who declare their authorship. The journal considers the following practices to be plagiarism:

Direct plagiarism (failure to acknowledge authorship, minimal changes made to another's text, failure to indicate borrowed material with quotation marks).

Plagiarism through improper use of paraphrasing.

Plagiarism through inappropriate use of quotation marks or failure to clearly identify paraphrased passages as such.

“Self-plagiarism” or recycling fraud occurs when a work's appearance is altered and it is presented as something different, or when the fact that the work is being recycled is omitted.

Cuestiones de Sociología implements procedures to prevent plagiarism—translations, fragmentation of results or “salami slicing,” duplication, among others—:

Authors are required to declare that the article has not been previously published or submitted to other journals for evaluation and that the text is original.

Reviewers are asked to pay attention to potential indicators of plagiarism, as they are familiar with the sources and literature on the topic.

The journal Cuestiones de Sociología uses the Similarity Check tool (a service offered by Crossref that employs iThenticate technology) to detect similarities and prevent plagiarism. This tool is provided by the National University of La Plata through Crossref.

In the event of plagiarism and a false declaration, the authors will be notified and given 10 days to provide an explanation or withdraw the submission. In the event of plagiarism being found, FAHCE Journals will remove the text, indicating in the bibliographic record (if one exists) "Excluded for plagiarism".

Artificial Intelligence Use Policy

This journal, in manuscript preparation, evaluation, and editorial work, adheres to the criteria for responsible use and application of artificial intelligence (AI) tools proposed by the Heredia Declaration, COPE, and WAME, and adopted in the Decalogue developed by the Argentine Center for Scientific and Technical Information (CAICYT-CONICET).

In all cases, authors must critically review and validate any content produced with the assistance of these tools, following the recommendations detailed herein.

Authorship: AI does not replace authorship, scientific reasoning, critical analysis, or decision-making. Therefore, the ethical and legal responsibility for the published content rests with the authors, even when using AI. The ethics and plagiarism policies detailed in this journal will prevail in all cases. Authors are fully responsible for the content of their manuscript, including parts generated by an artificial intelligence tool.

Transparency: The use of AI must be reported transparently. Therefore, authors must disclose which AI tools they used, their purpose, the parameters employed, and the type of supervision performed. A subheading titled “Use of Artificial Intelligence” must be included, detailing the tools used and the type of intervention performed. Proper citation of sources used (algorithm developer, year, model, etc.) is also mandatory.

Evaluation: Reviewers may not upload manuscripts (either partially or entirely) to an AI application to supplement the review process, as this could incorporate the content into the training data and infringe upon the authors' intellectual property rights.

Copyright Policy

Acceptance of contributions by the journal implies the non-exclusive transfer of the authors' economic rights to the publisher, who permits reuse after publication under a Creative Commons (CC) Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

The material may be shared (copied and redistributed in any medium or format) and adapted (remixed, transformed, and used to create derivative works), provided that: a) the authorship and original source of publication (journal, publisher, and URL of the work) are cited; b) it is not used for commercial purposes; and c) the same license terms are maintained.

The transfer of non-exclusive rights also implies the authors' authorization for the work to be deposited in the institutional repositories of the Faculty of Humanities and Education (Memoria Académica) and the National University of La Plata (SEDICI), and disseminated through the databases that the editor deems appropriate for indexing, with the aim of increasing the visibility of the publication and its authors.

Privacy Statement

The names and email addresses entered in this journal will be used exclusively for the purposes stated by this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other person.

Funding

This site, like all others on this portal, is financially supported by the Faculty of Humanities and Education of the National University of La Plata.

Sources of Support

The processing of digital files for migration to OJS (Open Journal Systems) was carried out thanks to the UNLP 2012 Scientific Journal Publishing Support Grant Program. National University of La Plata.