Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

The Journal of Conflictology is an interdisciplinary and peer-reviewed open access journal on conflict resolution. Based on the conviction that non-violence is an effective means to wage conflict, it promotes non-violence both as a method of conflict resolution as well as a strategy of handling conflict.

The journal examines the application of conflict resolution theories and provides knowledge on the practice of non-violence through a realistic and scientific approach.

Contributions published at the journal share the results of original scientific research.

Edited at the Open University of Catalonia (UOC) in Barcelona by an international editorial board, Conflictology embraces a global focus on conflict and peace-making and aims to publish contributions which can be read by nonspecialists, academic experts and practitioners alike.

It encourages a wide conception of peace, while focusing on the ways and means of conflict resolution. As an interdisciplinary journal, Conflictology invites contributions from a broad range of traditions that address theories and practice of nonviolence, conflict resolution and peacebuilding; submissions may address theories of non-violence, theories regarding the development and transformation of conflicts, theories of practice, descriptions of the experience of practice, as well as the evaluation of practice. Articles can include policy briefings, review articles, comments and interviews.

The Journal offers professional copy editing and review process for all submitted articles.

Contributions are welcomed at any time.

 

Section Policies

Articles

Articles submitted to the journal should be original contributions. Please consult the Author Guidelines for details.

Contributions are welcomed at any time.

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Pioneers

This section presents significant thinkers and pioneers in the field of conflictology, their work and impact on the practice of conflict transformation and future studies.

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Interview

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Profile

The section Profile informs about the work and activities of organisations and projects in all disciplines of conflictology with the aim to display the diversity of practice and approaches in the field. Each profile answers a fixed set of questions and passes the journal's review process in order to ensure correctness of the information provided and informative quality.

Please consult the Author Guidelines for details.

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Agenda

Publication of announcements regarding conferences, publications, academic and research programmes as well as other relevant events is free provided that the announcement is related to the field of conflictology and that the announced product or service does not serve an exclusively commercial purpose.

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Peer Review Process

The Journal of Conflictology has its own reviewer data base with the following information: name, afiliation, electronic address, speciality, mother tongue, other working languages, and name of the person who recommended her/him to the editorial team.

Articles are subject to blind review by at least one reviewer who is a reckognized expert in the subject area, based on initial editor screening. A completed review form will be returned within ten weeks following submission. Manuscripts are send out anonymously for editorial evaluation.

The Journal of Conflictology provides reviewers with instructions and review forms for judging a submission's suitability for publication.

Arbitration corresponds to external reviewers, who do not belong to the this institution or editorial.

The editorial's final decision to accept, reject o review the manuscript should be motivated, including the reasons for the decision as well as the reports submitted by the external experts.

Accepted: An article is approved if the result of one or two reviews is positive.

Not accepted: An article is declined if the result of one or two reviews is negative.

Accepted (with modifications): The results of the reviews propose substantial changes to the content by authors before the article can be approved definitively.

Should the results from the two reviews differ, there is a second round of assessment by two different reviewers in the subject area, until a majority decision is reached.

Making the proposed changes to an article does not guarantee that it will be published. After authors have made the changes, articles are reviewed again.

 

Publication Frequency

The Journal of Conflictology is a biannual publication, with issues in May and November.

 

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

 

Indexing

The Journal of Conflictology has been accepted and included in the following directories, catalogues, libraries and databases:

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Journal of Conflictology is an e-journal promoted by the Campus for Peace of the UOC

Creative Commons License

The texts published in this journal are – unless indicated otherwise – covered by the Creative Commons Spain Attribution 3.0 licence. You may copy, distribute, transmit and adapt the work, provided you attribute it (authorship, journal name, publisher) in the manner specified by the author(s) or licensor(s). The full text of the licence can be consulted here: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/deed.en.