About the Journal
Theme and scope
Ensambles is an academic social sciences journal published by the Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento (UNGS), committed to publishing studies on society, politics, economics, and culture. Our goal is to open a space for the discussion of ideas that contribute to a more complex and diverse understanding of society through interdisciplinary dialogue and the integration of diverse voices and perspectives.
Published twice a year, Ensambles promotes a critical and interdisciplinary approach that integrates academia and artistic expressions such as literature, music, film, theater, and photography. The journal is open to receiving original articles in Spanish and Portuguese for its thematic dossiers, as well as for its permanent sections, all of which are evaluated through a peer review process. In addition to academic articles, reviews, translations, and other ways of exploring the social through art and culture are also published.
At Ensambles, we believe that knowledge cannot be built without criticism, so every text, comment, or analysis is open to debate by those who wish to learn, exchange ideas, and contribute to social transformation. Although rooted in the academic sphere, the journal seeks to challenge the traditional rules of social analysis, opening up dialogue to different actors and perspectives, always in search of continuous reflection and drafts on a complex and constantly changing reality.
The publication is structured into several sections. The “Dossier” addresses current debates at the national, Latin American, and global levels, while “Assembled Texts” receives contributions outside the dossier's theme. “Research Drafts” reflects on the methodologies used in social analysis, and “Other Textures” focuses on interaction with art, photography, chronicles, and other forms of understanding the social. The “Reviews and Passwords” section offers critical readings of recent works, while “NdeT” presents translations of texts that inspire new perspectives.
All Ensambles publications are open access, and the journal does not charge authors any fees. In this way, we seek to be more than a collection of articles; we want to be a space for the integration and assembly of voices, perspectives, and knowledge that reconfigure the complexity of the social. Our commitment is to create a continuous dialogue with our readers and social actors to contribute, from the social sciences, to the understanding and transformation of our societies.
Section Policy
Ensambles publishes each issue with a main thematic call for submissions in dossier format, accompanied by complementary sections that broaden the view of social issues from different perspectives and languages.
The journal maintains an open and permanent call for submissions for all its sections. Contributions must be original and unpublished and must not be under simultaneous review by other publications.
Dossier
Each issue is organized around a thematic dossier, which brings together up to five articles linked by a common issue, accompanied by an introduction that articulates them. The topics must be in line with the magazine's objectives, addressing relevant debates in the social sciences from a critical and situated approach.
Assembled Texts
This section includes works that are not part of the issue's dossier but that address, from different perspectives, social, economic, political, and cultural debates and issues in Argentina, Latin America, or the world. These are original and unpublished texts that enrich the issue outside of the central thematic focus.
Draft research
A space for sharing progress, reflections, and problematizations on ongoing research processes. The section seeks to highlight the paths, obstacles, detours, and findings that are part of the “kitchen” of knowledge production.
Other textures
Section dedicated to the exploration of the social through artistic and expressive languages: literature, chronicles, photography, painting, cinema, among others. It proposes sensitive and heterogeneous ways of intervening in contemporary discussions.
Reviews and passwords
This section publishes short texts that offer a situated, critical, or personal reading of relevant works in the field of social sciences and humanities. Contributions may take an essayistic, interpretive, or dialogical tone.
NdeT – Translation notes
This section presents translations of articles, essays, or other significant texts that allow for the incorporation of new perspectives or the updating of discussions from other theoretical geographies.
Peer review process
Articles submitted to the Dossier, Assembled Texts, and Draft Research sections will be evaluated by external reviewers selected by the Editorial Committee following the guidelines of the double-blind arbitration system, keeping the identity of the author and reviewers confidential during the evaluation process to ensure the quality of the content. The Editorial Committee will conduct an initial review of the originals to ensure compliance with the journal's editing standards. After this stage, the articles will be sent to external reviewers to evaluate their quality. If the evaluations do not coincide and there are discrepancies, the Editorial Committee reserves the right to request a third evaluation. Based on the judgment of the reviewers, the Editorial Committee may accept, request modifications, or reject the contribution.
Open Access Policy and Article Processing Charges (APC)
Ensambles maintains its commitment to Open Access policies for scientific information, considering that both scientific publications and publicly funded research should be freely available on the Internet, free of charge and without restrictions. It adheres to the Open Access model of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) declaration, providing free, immediate access to its online content without establishing temporary embargoes.
Readers and users in general have immediate access to the materials published in the journal and may read, download, copy, distribute, print, add links to their full texts, track them for indexing, incorporate them as data into software, or use them for any other legal purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers, apart from those that are inseparable from Internet access itself, and with the sole requirement of acknowledging the corresponding credits to the authors and the journal as the first publication.
This journal does not charge any fees for the receipt and/or processing of articles (APC).
The journal adheres to the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA).
The content published in this journal is distributed under a Creative Commons License 4.0 International (CC-BY-NC): sharing is permitted—that is, copying and redistributing the material in any medium or format—as well as adapting—remixing, transforming, and building upon the material. These permissions cannot be revoked as long as the terms of the license are respected. These terms stipulate that appropriate credit must be given, a link to the license must be included, and any modifications must be indicated, all in a reasonable manner and without suggesting endorsement by the rights holder. The use of the material for commercial purposes is not permitted.
Copyright
Those who publish in this journal accept the following conditions:
- Authors and translators retain copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication, with the work registered under a Creative Commons 4.0 International License (CC-BY-NC), which allows third parties to use the published work provided they mention the authorship of the work and its first publication in this journal.
- Authors may enter into other independent and additional contractual agreements for the non-exclusive distribution of the version of the article published in this journal (e.g., including it in an institutional repository or publishing it in a book) provided that they clearly indicate that the work was first published in this journal.
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to publish their work on the Internet (e.g., on institutional or personal websites), preferably linking to the first publication.
Code of ethics and good practices
The journal is based on the guidelines of COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics), adapted to the practices and requirements of our disciplinary field. In compliance with this code, the journal will ensure the scientific quality of publications and an adequate response to the needs of readers and authors. The code is intended for the editorial team, authors, and reviewers. Works that do not comply with these ethical standards will be rejected.
Anti-plagiarism policy
Each article submitted to Ensambles is reviewed by the editorial team in order to detect plagiarism or non-compliance with the ethical standards of scientific production. To this end, specific tools available on the web are used to detect plagiarism, such as Plagiarismchecker: http://www.dustball.com/cs/verificador.plagio/ and Plagiarisma: http://plagiarisma.net/. If plagiarism is detected in any of the instances, the evaluation process is interrupted and the contribution is rejected. The author is notified of the reason for the rejection.
Research data
Ensambles adheres to open research data policies (Law 26.899). Where applicable, the data supporting the research results that gave rise to the article should be archived in a public repository. Authors should report the availability of data by citing it at the end of the bibliographic references.
Digital preservation
This journal uses the PKP Preservation Network system to create a distributed archive among participating libraries, allowing those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for preservation and restoration purposes.
Self-archiving policy
This journal allows all versions of the article to be deposited in repositories, institutional websites, or other sites.
