Focus and Scope
Norteamérica is a semiannual peer-reviewed journal that publishes multi and interdisciplinary academic studies about the North America region (Mexico, United States and Canada) which consider the region itself as an object of study, along with its evolution, its individual processes and internal dynamics. An analysis of the reality of each of the three nations is thematically linked with the rest of the region.
1.- Norteamérica will publish exclusively multi- and interdisciplinary academic studies focused on the North American region (Mexico, the United States and Canada) that:
- a) address the region as an object of analysis: specifically, its evolution, particular processes, and internal dynamics;
- b) analyze the reality in each of the three nations, linking them thematically with the rest of the region;
- c) carry out comparative studies of the nations of North America;
- d) address the region and its insertion in the international context; and
- e) expand upon international processes and their impact within the region.
2.- Through these research perspectives, the journal will disseminate articles addressing a wide variety of general and specific issues:
- a) politics, economics, society, and culture.
- b) foreign policy, trade, political systems, security, comparative politics, political philosophy and history; and
- c) migration, electoral processes, borders, science and technology, minorities, the environment and natural resources, education, human rights, gender, and others.
Peer Review Process
Norteamérica is a double-blind, peer-reviewed journal that guarantees the publication of rigorously evaluated articles in its three sections titled “Essays”, “Contemporary Issues", and "Dossier."
For the “Essays” and “Contemporary Issues”, and "Dossier" sections, collaborations that meet the criteria stablished by the “Editorial guidelines and Norms” will be accepted for review only after an internal revision regarding form and content has been conducted. The journal will not proceed with the review process otherwise.
Norteamérica uses a double peer-review process that is strictly anonymous for both parties (author and reviewer). The reviewers are outstanding researchers that all together form a multi-institutional and multinational Board of Reviewers. The reviews will be specialized and documented, specifically referring to the quality and originality of the article, its timeliness and contribution to the corresponding field of study.
Reviews can have only the following results:
_____ APPROVED FOR PUBLICATION AS IT IS
_____ APPROVED FOR PUBLICATION WITH MINOR CORRECTIONS
_____ POSSIBLY ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION WITH SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
_____ REJECTED
Approval by two referees is an indispensable requirement for publication. If one of the reviews is negative, a third reviewer will decide.
Articles that receive a conditional approval will only be published if authors incorporate the modifications indicated and these are also approved by the Editorial Board.
The content of the reviews is strictly for internal use of the journal and the author.
Texts will be evaluated, in accordance with the “Guidelines and Norms” of the journal, both formally and thematically by the Direction of the journal and the Editorial Board. These two committees hold the right to decide whether articles suit the interests of the journal or not.
The review process will be strictly anonymous for both parties (author and referees). The author will receive a copy of the two reviews.
The proposed deadline for reviewers will be between 4 and 6 weeks.
Ethical Guidelines
1.- Journal Editor Duties
1.1 The journal editors are responsible for performing a first revision of the received manuscripts and deciding on their thematic pertinency and appropriate presentation of the formal aspects before proceeding with the peer review process. They are also responsible for starting and managing the double-blind peer-review process by assigning reviewers based on academic qualifications and thematic and methodological pertinency, notifying authors on a timely manner of the results of the review process, and publishing manuscripts which have received favorable results in accordance with the journal guidelines.
1.2 Norteamérica will timely inform authors on each phase of the publishing process: (1) Reception; (2) First revision; (3) Double-blind peer-review results; (4) Editorial Board decision on publication and programming; (5) Publication Notice.
1.3 The Journal Editor is responsible for deciding which papers will be submitted to the peer-review process, but it is the Editorial Board who will decide on publication.
1.4 Publishing decisions will not depend in any way on nationality, ethnicity, political views, institution, or gender.
1.5 The Journal is committed to preserving confidentiality of all participants in the double-blind peer-review process.
2.- Authors Duties
2.1 Authors are committed to submitting only original and unpublished manuscripts. No previously published texts will be considered for publication on Norteamérica.
2.2 A manuscript is considered previously published when (1) the full text has been published in another journal or academic publication; (2) large fragments of previously published papers appear in the submitted manuscript; (3) the submitted manuscript has been published in congress memoirs. These criteria apply for printed and electronic publications and for any language.
2.3. Authors must declare and appropriately cite any fragment taken from another work; this applies to sources, tables or any other content.
2.4. The author who submits a manuscript for publication accepts the responsibility for including all the appropriate names of his or her co-authors.
2.5 Authors are responsible for avoiding any reference to their identity in the manuscript.
2.6 Authors should not submit their manuscript simultaneously to other journals.
2.7 Authors must accept the norms, criteria and publishing processes of the journal.
3.- Reviewers duties
3.1 Reviewers should only accept to review manuscripts for which they consider themselves to have enough competence, expertise, and the specific knowledge for performing the task expected from them.
3.2 The reviewer’s task is to decide if a manuscript is worthy of publication. If not, they must provide sufficient reasons to sustain their rejection. In any case, they should strive to help authors improve their manuscripts by offering constructive criticism whenever possible.
3.3 Reviewers must avoid any conflict of interest that they may recognize in relation to their proposed reviews. They should notify the editors of any non-ethical conduct detected in the manuscripts and point out any other motive that may lead to the rejection of the manuscript under review.
3.4 Reviewers should notify the editors if they are qualified to review a manuscript according to the time and form proposed by the journal.
Directory
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Enrique Graue Wiechers
Rector/President
Dra. Guadalupe Valencia García
Coordinador de Humanidades/Coordinator of Humanities
Dra. Graciela Mártinez Zalce-Sánchez
Directora del CISAN/CISAN Director
José Luis Valdés-Ugalde
Founder
José Luis Valdés-Ugalde
Editor in Chief
Silvia Maldonado Rivera
Assistant Editor
Juan Carlos Tarriba
Assistant Editor
Astríd Velasco Montante
Managing Editor
Teresita Cortés Díaz
Associate Managing Editor
Teresita Cortés Díaz, Hugo Espinoza
Copy Editing
María Elena Álvarez Sotelo
Typesetting and Lay-out
Heather Dashner Monk
English Copy Editor
Patricia Pérez
Graphic Design
Indexing
Norteamérica, Revista Académica del CISAN-UNAM, is ranked as a Q3 Journal by CONACYT; it is also included in the following data bases and catalogues:
Editorial Bodies
The Editorial Board is responsible for the editorial and academic policies of the journal as well as the application of its norms, promoting the journal and evaluating the published issues. It will also decide on any controversial matter unforeseen by the Guidelines of the journal.
The International Advisory Board is a consulting body; its members will actively participate in the academic evaluation of the articles received. They can also serve as reviewers when needed and participate in assigning the reviews, while periodically evaluating the reviewers’ directory, according to thematic areas of expertise.
The Editor in Chief is responsible for managing the peer-review process as well as the other management areas of the journal, such as editing, communicating with authors and reviewers, and indexing.
Editorial Board
Roger Bartra, Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales, UNAM, México
Jorge Basave Kunhardt, Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas, UNAM, México
Marianne Braig, Lateinamerika-Institut, Freie Universität Berlin, Alemania
Daniel Drache, Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies and Department of Political Science, York University, Canadá
Luis Maira, Embajador, Chile
Juan Carlos Moreno Brid, Facultad de Economía, UNAM, México
Patricia Eugenia de los Ríos Lozano, Departamento de Ciencias Sociales y Políticas, Universidad Iberoamericana, México
Mónica Verea Campos, Centro de Investigaciones sobre América del Norte, unam, México
Scott Whiteford, Center for Latin American Studies, University of Arizona, Estados Unidos
International Advisory Board
Carlos Alba Vega, Centro de Estudios Internacionales, El Colegio de México, México
Enrique Cabrero Mendoza, Center for Economic Research and Teaching (CIDE) , México
Leonardo Curzio Gutiérrez, Centro de Investigaciones sobre América del Norte, UNAM, México
James Dunkerley, School of Politics and International Relations Queen Mary University of London, Inglaterra
María Teresa Gutiérrez Haces, Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas, UNAM, México
Christopher Hill, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Estados Unidos
Laura López Morales, Colegio de Letras Modernas, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, UNAM, México
Laura MacDonald, Department of Political Science and the Institute of Political Economy,Carleton University, Canadá
Alejandro Mercado Celis, Centro de Investigaciones sobre América del Norte, UNAM, México
Olga Pellicer Silva, Departamento Académico de Estudios Internacionales, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, México
Ricardo Pozas Horcasitas, Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales, UNAM, México
Guillermo Pulido González, Centro de Estudios Mexicanos UNAM /China, México
Pablo Ruiz Nápoles, Facultad de Economía, UNAM, México
Jorge A. Schiavon, División de Estudios Internacionales, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, México
Johanne Sloan, Department of Art History, Faculty of Fine Arts, Concordia University, Canadá
William Straw, Department of Art History and Communication Studies, McGill University, Canadá
Marcela Terrazas y Bazante, Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas, UNAM, México
Blanca Torres Ramírez, Centro de Estudios Internacionales, El Colegio de México, México
Diego Valadés Ríos, Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas, UNAM, México
Jesús Velasco Grajales, Social Science Department, Tarleton State University, Estados Unidos
Juan Villoro, escritor y crítico literario, México
Donatella M. Viola, Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali, Università della Calabria, Italia
Laura Zamudio González, Departamento de Estudios Internacionales, Universidad Iberoamericana, México
Paz Consuelo Márquez Padilla, Centro de Investigaciones sobre América del Norte, UNAM, México
Sponsors
Journal History
Norteamérica is the first publication of its kind dedicated to a systematic review of North America. For the past two decades, Canada, the United States and Mexico have taken down some of the barriers that divided them and we dare to assert that “North America” is, as of today, more than a mere geographic denomination. However, our understanding of the biggest free trade region in the world is still inadecuate, in terms of its economy and territory, and the differences that tell these countries apart seem monumental in contrast to the features they share. This is the reason, among others, why we decided to undertake the publishing of this journal.
