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The
International Review of Roman Law, created under
the auspices of the Ibero-American Association of Roman Law and of the
University of Castilla-La Mancha, is focused on accepting research within the
ambit of the Roman Law,
Romanistic Tradition and Historical-Juridical Sciences, and difussing
its results.
The aim of Ridrom is to overcome all geographical
frontiers and it is open to all like-minded individuals and
institutions. The review also covers the activities of the
Ibero-American Association, along with any news or information that may
be of interest to the Romanistic community.
The RIDROM aspires to become a reference
publication within its
field. In order to achieve this, the rigour and
quality of all contributions will be guaranteed through an evaluation
by researchers of accredited claim and prestige.
The journal does not receive direct income from
sales or advertising, only the structural support of the University of
Castilla-La Mancha.
PUBLICATION
ETHICS AND
MALPRACTICE STATEMENT
1. Editorial Council:
The list of members of the Editorial
Council, who are all international experts in the field Roman Law, is
available
on the website of the journal: www.ridrom.uclm.es/principal1_i.htm.
Contact information about the editorial office may be found at the same website
(email: revista.ridrom@uclm.es).
2. Authors and Authors’
Responsibilities:
No fees or charges are required for
manuscript processing and/or publishing materials in RIDROM, which is
an open access and
free of charge journal.
All authors are obliged to
participate in the peer review process, insofar as they
are required to and obliged to provide
retractions or corrections of mistakes or errors, if the Editors Office
or the
Editorial Council of RIDROM requests it.
All authors must have contributed
significantly to the research and are required to provide a list of
references,
and a correct and true citation of the sources and of the analyzed
bibliography. Authors are also required to declare whether they have
obtained
financial support for their research.
The manuscript`s processing only
starts if the research is original, that is, not published before in
another
journal.
3. Peer-Review Process:
All the content of RIDROM is subject
to peer-review. After checking the compliance with the formal
requisites,
expert reviewers in Roman Law, who are not members of the journal`s
editorial
staff, are asked for advice about every individual manuscript. All
manuscripts
are revised by two
external referees,
members
of the
Scientific Advisory Committee who are renowned experts in Roman Law, by
double
blind system, which means that the reviewers will not get to know the
identity
of the authors and the authors will not get to know the identity of the
reviewer. The Editorial Council designates the two external referees,
always
safeguarding the absence of any conflicts of interests between them and
the
authors, that is, essentially by not revealing the identity of both
parts and
avoiding designate as reviewers those who could have personal or
professional
interest in promotion of the author.
Reviewers
have to write a reasoned
report, especially in case of rejection of the manuscript, mentioning
the
scientific mistakes, faults or errors, the lack of inclusion of the
latest
bibliography, the inaccurate citation of the sources of Roman Law, or
the
inappropriate understanding or translation of Latin.
In case of disagreement between the referees’
reports, the Editorial
Council will
decide by majority of votes about the
publication or rejection of the article, and in the former case, in
which
edition.
The decision is notified to the author within
four months
after the reception of the manuscript, and both dates, of submission
and of
acceptance, are recorded. In case of rejection of the
manuscript, the
scientific reasons and explanations will be communicated as well to the
author,
who
has the right
to reply.
4. Publication Ethics and
Editorial Policies on Gender Equality:
In order to prevent research
misconduct, when
managing the articles submitted for publication, impartiality
is guaranteed
as well as the intellectual independence of the authors. Confidentiality
has to be safeguarded by all persons involved in the publication
process, until
the articles have been published or definitely rejected. The
reviewers are obliged to communicate any research misconduct they have
noticed,
especially plagiarism or fake citations.
If,
in spite of these prevention measures, any of those or other research
misconduct is notified in writing, the Editorial Council may decide
about
asking the author to publish corrections, retractions or apologies, or
doing this
by itself, and can even remove an existing publication.
The
Editorial Council and the members of the Scientific Advisory Committee
are
fully committed to the observance and implementation of gender equality
policies. In the appointment of the members of the Editorial Council
and of the
Advisory Committee, as well as in the appointment of the reviewers for
each of the
articles, the parity of men and women will be respected. And the
maximum gender
parity among the authors of articles in each issue of the journal will
be
attempted.
5.
Copyright
and Access:
RIDROM
is an open access
journal, available to all readers per internet, and no pay-per-view-fee
needs
to be paid for it.
The copyright of each individual article
belongs to the
author (or authors). The Editorial Council has to safeguard the
intellectual
property of the authors, also during the publication process. None of
the
persons involved in it is allowed to use to his own advantage
scientific
arguments or interpretations contained in unpublished articles, unless
a
written consent of the author is given.
RIDROM
does not charge the authors any costs of the publishing process. The
copyright of the authors is guaranteed from the moment of the
submission of the
article, only with this single clarification: the
author of a published article in RIDROM authorizes its free use by
the journal in any format of publication, always mentioning the name of
the
author, and to obtain any economic benefits that could arise from that.
RIDROM allows the authors to
deposit in open access institutional or thematic repositories at least
the
final version of their articles, once accepted for publication, within
the
maximum term of six months.
In addition, copying, presentation and distribution of the published
articles
in RIDROM is permitted under the terms of the Creative Commons
Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivaties Public License. Following the regulation
available in creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/:
anyone is free to share
a copy
and
redistribute the material in any medium or format. The licensor cannot
revoke
these freedoms as long as the license terms are being followed.
6. Archiving:
The journal archives a backup
of every issue
and, in addition, a paper copy is archived. The access to the journal´s
content
is therefore always guaranteed, even in case the journal is no longer
published.
7. Ownership and Management:
RIDROM belongs to the area of Roman
Law of the School of Law and Sciences of the University Castilla-La
Mancha
(UCLM, Spain), a public institution, and the Editorial Council is in
charge of
the management.
8. Publishing
Schedule:
The
periodicity of the journal is twice per
annum.
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