About the Journal

Focus and Scope

The journal DORSAL publishes original research articles from different scientific disciplines that use Michel Foucault's theoretical tools or focus on the study of various aspects of his work, or on the projections of Foucaultian work in both the humanities and the social sciences.

Section Policies

Articles

DORSAL publishes original articles in Spanish, Portuguese, English, Italian, French and German. Submission of papers to DORSAL implies that they have not been previously published, and that they are not currently being evaluated by any other journal.

Toolbox

This section is dedicated to the translation of essays/articles relevant to the research on Foucault's oeuvre and his unpublished texts.

Critical notes

In this section, Dorsal publishes original critical reflections on works that address Foucaultian philosophy or develop its themes. The critical notes should focus on the analysis of a work and, also, contribute with the personal statement of its own author.

Critical notes will be evaluated by members of the Editorial Board.

Reviews

Dorsal publishes original reviews of recently published works about Michel Foucault's philosophy.

Peer Review Process

Articles received will be peer-reviewed under a "double-blind" system. This means that the evaluators are competent researchers (a PhD level is required) in the subject matter corresponding to the article. In addition, the evaluators apply a common evaluation guideline and do not know the identity, institutional affiliation or other personal data of the authors at the time of evaluating the article. The identity of the evaluators is also safeguarded.

The journal will have a minimum period of 90 days and a maximum of 180 days from the reception of the article to inform of its acceptance, rejection, or acceptance conditioned to corrections.

Reviews, materials and critical notes are evaluated by the journal's Editorial Board.

At least 50% of the evaluators will be different from the members of the editorial committee and will not belong to the publishing entities.

Open Access Policy

Dorsal provides immediate, unrestricted access to all contents published in this on-line edition. There are no processing charges.

Publication Ethics

DORSAL follows closely a set of guidelines and recommendations published by Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), and ELSEVIER Research and publishing ethics. All parties involved in the publishing process including editors, reviewers, authors and others are required to be familiar with them and especially to adhere to the publication ethics guidelines and malpractice statements described below.

Publication and authorship

- Authors are required to provide a statement about the submission describing how the manuscript fits to the journal content.

- All manuscript should be written and organized in accordance to the Authors’ guidelines:

- Manuscripts submitted to this journal must not be under simultaneous consideration by any other journal.

- Manuscripts submitted to this journal should not have been published elsewhere in identical or substantially similar form.

Author’s responsibilities

- All authors, including co-authors, are expected to have made reasonable attempts to check and validate results submitted to the journal for publication. This should be followed by the statement to the Editor that all data are real and authentic.

- Authors are expected to keep all study data for later examination even after publication.

- Authors should have no commercial or non-commercial conflict of interest.

- Authors are obliged to participate in the peer-review process and to the best of their ability to respond to the requirements of the Reviewers and Editors for the corrections and improvement of the manuscript.

Publication frequency

Dorsal is published semi-annually, so it publishes two issues a year. The first is on June and the second on December.