Focus and Scope

SERIARTE is a peer-reviewed journal created with the intention of providing a space for research, theoretical, methodological and critical debate on television series and the art of new audiovisual media.

The profound transformation experienced by the environment, the diffusion and consumption of the moving image, in addition to the rapid expansion under the impact of digital technology, has led academics in the field of audiovisual studies to develop new theoretical paradigms and methodological approaches to account for the complexities of a changing panorama of convergence and hybridization. These paradigms also translate into the advancement and transfer of knowledge that is reflected in today's society. Taking into account this evolving scenario, SERIARTE provides an international space for the study of television series and new media such as cinema, video games, video clips or digital platforms, among others. In doing this, it sustains critical inquiry, scientific discussion of a theoretical nature, and analysis of work. It includes the following sections: Articles (Monographic issue and Miscellaneous), The opinion and Book Reviews.

 

Process of Peer Evaluation

SERIARTE is a peer-reviewed journal that is governed by the anonymous double-blind peer-review system.

When a paper is submitted, a first review is carried out by the editors to verify that the text complies with the requirements indicated in the publication regulations. In addition, the following criteria will be assessed:

• Originality, topicality and novelty.
• Relevance to the fields covered by the journal.
• Methodological quality and writing.

Once accepted, each article is sent to two external evaluators who are experts in the subject of the work and also outside the author's institution of origin. These will be in charge of deciding if its publication is appropriate. In the event that there is disparity of opinion between them, a third expert is used. Otherwise, it is rejected by means of a reasoned report.

The review report that the reviewers fill in can be accessed anonymously.

To ensure that the manuscripts do not lose their relevance, the management and the reviewers will respect the established average times. The following chart details the phases of the processing and publication of works.

 

 

It is the responsibility of the Editorial Team to guarantee anonymity, compliance with deadlines and inform the author. Collaborators will receive a certification at the end of the review process.

The panel of experts who participated in the evaluation of the works is published, preserving anonymity, updated every year.

 

Open Access Policy

SERIARTE. Revista científica de series televisivas y arte audiovisual is a free open access journal for readers and does not charge authors for submitting and processing articles for publication. The reader / user is allowed to quote, share, print and distribute the material as long as it is clearly and explicitly indicated that the work was published for the first time in SERIARTE. Revista científica de series televisivas y arte audiovisual. In no case should material be used for commercial purposes.

Authors are allowed to reuse published works, that is, the publisher's final version can be archived. SERIARTE. Revista científica de series televisivas y arte audiovisual recommends that authors archive their article on their personal websites, institutional repository of their University and public repositories (Mendeley, Cosis...), on scientific social networks (ResearchGate, Academia.edu, Kudos…), generalist networks (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn...), bibliographic managers, Google Scholar, ORCID, ResearchID, ScopusID...

 

Publication Frequency

The journal is published biannually in January and July.

 

Ethical Statement on Publishing

SERIARTE declares its will to comply with the code established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), addressed to editors, reviewers and authors. “Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journals Editors

 

Duties of the Editors

The editors will guarantee the selection of the most qualified and scientifically specialized reviewers to give a critical and expert appreciation of the work, with the least possible biases. Authors will not be discriminated against based on nationality, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnic origin or political opinion.

Editors will take reasonable steps to identify and prevent publication of documents where research misconduct has occurred. In no event will SERIARTE encourage such misconduct or consciously allow it to occur.

In the event that the Editors, Editorial Board, Scientific Committee, or Reviewers become aware of any allegation of research misconduct, the editors will appropriately address the allegations and correct the articles when necessary.

The editors will always be ready to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies when necessary.

The editors are fully responsible for complying with the time limits for reviews and publication of accepted works, to ensure a rapid dissemination of their results and they commit themselves to comply with the published times as they are published on the website of the journal (“Peer Review Process”). The works will not remain accepted but unpublished indeterminately beyond the right time for their inclusion in the next issue. The job board on the waiting list will be avoided at all times.

All articles are provided with DOI, digital object identifier (digital object identifier).

 

Duties of Reviewers

In compliance with these best practices, SERIARTE journal has published on its website the “Peer Review Process” that it adopts for the selection of articles, as well as the evaluation criteria that must be applied by external, anonymous and peer reviewers. The SERIARTE journal keeps these criteria updated, based exclusively on the scientific relevance of the article, originality, clarity and relevance of the article presented.

The Peer-review is defined as a procedure of expert advice on the proposed articles. The reviewers are committed to conducting a critical, honest, constructive and unbiased review of both the scientific quality and the literary quality of the writing in the field of their knowledge and skills.

Manuscripts will be considered confidential. The anonymity of authors and reviewers, the content evaluated, the reasoned report issued by the evaluators and any other communication issued by the editorial and editorial boards will be maintained. Possible clarifications, claims or complaints that an author wishes to send to the journal committees or to the article reviewers are also subject to maximum confidentiality.

The referees must be objective. The reviewers will deliver a complete critical report with appropriate references according to the SERIARTE protocol and evaluation sheet. They are required to advise editors if substantial parts of the work have already been published or are under review for another publication. Reviewers should point to relevant published work that has not been cited.

Reviewers should not have any conflict of interest and manuscript information should not be used for personal purposes.

The reviewers undertake to evaluate the works in the shortest possible time to respect the deadlines.

 

Duties of the Authors

Authors must guarantee that the article and associated materials are original, do not infringe copyright, and that the same research has not been submitted to more than one journal simultaneously. Plagiarism is strictly prohibited and texts that are identified as plagiarism or whose content is fraudulent, will not be published in the journal or will be eliminated.

All authors will confirm the veracity of the data, that they have not been altered to verify the hypotheses and that there is no conflict of interest that may have influenced the results.

The authors will ensure that all persons who have contributed significantly to the research are included. In addition, they have established a hierarchy based on their involvement.

The authors are responsible for what they have written. At the same time, they undertake to provide the journal editors with pertinent information on possible errors so that the Editorial Board can publish the pertinent corrections or retractions.

Authors must provide the sources and financial support they have received for the development of the research.

 

Digital file preservation policy

SERIARTE. Revista científica de series televisivas y arte audiovisual has an archiving system through OJS (Open Journal System) that guarantees its digital preservation.

This magazine is part of the Public Knowledge Project’s Private LOCKSS Network (PKP-PLN), which generates a decentralized archiving system, distributed among collaborating libraries, in order to create permanent archives of the magazine intended for the conservation of the original contents and its restoration if necessary. To do this, keep the PKP PN module activated (https://docs.pkp.sfu.ca/pkp-pn/en/). The updated list of journals preserved in PKP-PLN can be downloaded from the following link or by checking the archival status of the journal on the ISSN portal.

The archived issues can be consulted in the LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) editorial manifesto: https://journals.uco.es/seriarte/issue/archive

Additionally, the University of Córdoba develops various processes aimed at guaranteeing the permanent accessibility of the digital objects that it hosts on its own servers: 

• Monitoring of the technological environment to foresee possible migrations of obsolete formats or software.
• Digital preservation metadata.
• Use of persistent identifiers: DOI y ORCID.

 

Interoperability protocols

This journal provides an OAI-PMH (Open Archives Initiative - Protocol for Metadata Harvesting) interface that allows other portals and information services to access the metadata of published content.

Route for harvesters:

https://journals.uco.es/seriarte/oai

 

Anti-plagiarism Policy

SERIARTE. Revista científica de series televisivas y arte audiovisual has an anti-plagiarism policy in place to guarantee the originality of all manuscripts using specialised anti-plagiarism software Turnitin. We use the service on all documents that have passed the editorial classification process and are eligible for peer review. The journal reserves the decision to reject articles with an inappropriate percentage of similarity.

We also have specific tools for detecting plagiarism such as Unicheck, a free access platform that monitors originality. and controls plagiarism.