About the Journal

Theme and scope

Wirapuru, Latin American Journal of Ideas Studies, was launched in 2020 as a biannual scientific publication (June and December of each year) with peer review (double-blind), published by Ariadna Ediciones (Chile). In its first five years, it was sponsored by the "Jornadas de Estudios de las Ideas" (Interinstitutional Network based in Chile), under the coordination of Eduardo Devés, who served as Honorary Director of the journal, while Andrés Kozel was in charge of executive management.

The main purpose of Wirapuru has been to articulate and project the production of theoretical and empirical research on ideas, considering a broad and pluralistic register, not limited to the historiographical perspective (history of ideas, history of intellectuals, history of concepts, literary history, cultural history, philology), but also open to contributions from political and social philosophy; from studies of culture, literature, and aesthetics; from discourse and representation analysis; from the sociology of intellectuals and ideologies; from studies on academic-intellectual institutions, from studies of myths, mentalities, and worldviews, from cognitive sciences, from applied studies of ideas, from eidetic foresight, etc.

The new era of Wirapuru, which began in 2025, aims to continue and deepen the work carried out by the journal in its first five years. Currently, the publication is based at the Institute for Human Development of the National University of General Sarmiento (province of Buenos Aires, Argentina) and is part of the activities of the Discussion and Reflection Group on Latin American Thought and University Internationalization at that university, which is made up of teachers and researchers from various institutions in the Argentine university and scientific system.

The purpose of this new stage is to build a space for reflection and dissemination of thought developed in Latin America, promoting the production of theories, concepts, categories, images, and narratives aimed at thinking not only about our region, but also about the world. Its proposal is to foster situated thinking, but not with the aim of retreating into themes that could be considered "our own" or into supposed local eccentricities; rather, the publication's objective is to contribute to a type of reflection that addresses the specific dilemmas of Latin America, knowing its capacity to explain its own problems, but also to provide tools to elucidate, with a universal meaning, the times in which we live.

In this sense, although Wirapuru is a journal dedicated to nurturing the vast and heterogeneous field of social sciences, this new era is particularly interested in reviving the Latin American tradition of the essay. It assumes that writing and reflection from the margins can forge critical and creative knowledge, while also drawing on the best contributions from scientific disciplines such as sociology, political science, history, anthropology, communication sciences, and geography, among others.

The magazine's target audience is the community of specialists linked to the study of ideas in Latin America and the rest of the world. It is worth noting that a related initiative of this magazine is the book collection "Pensadores y Pensadoras de América Latina" (Thinkers of Latin America), published by Ediciones UNGS, dedicated to reconstructing the important legacy of ideas and theories found in the work of numerous thinkers in our region.

Wirapuru accepts contributions in various formats and considers the possibility of reissuing classic materials. It also allows for translations of contributions and debates on specific topics considered to be of high interest by the editorial team.

Those who submit contributions to Wirapuru must do so in accordance with the journal's general editing guidelines (see separate document). Submitting a contribution implies acceptance that it will be subject to a double-blind peer review process. Submitted contributions must not be in the process of being published in any other medium, whether print or electronic (journals, books, websites). Contributions are accepted in Spanish, Portuguese, English, or French, and will be published in their original language. Unless expressly stated otherwise, the works published in Wirapuru represent the views of the authors, without involving the positions of the journal's management or its Editorial Collective.

 

Section policy

Contributions to Wirapuru may take the form of scientific articles, critical essays, lectures, interviews with relevant figures, or reviews of books published in the last three years:

  • The Articles section considers research papers related to the study of ideas for publication. (Length: no less than 5,000 and no more than 8,000 words, including footnotes). The texts in this section are peer-reviewed.
  • The Dossier section considers for publication sets of a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 8 works with a common theme, related to the objectives of the journal, under an appropriate title and with an introduction. The texts in this section are peer-reviewed.
  • The Reviews section offers critiques of books published in the last three years that stand out for their contributions to the thematic field. (Length: no less than 1,000 and no more than 3,000 words, including footnotes). Texts submitted to this section will be evaluated by the Editorial Collective.
  • The Interviews section features dialogues with relevant figures (Length: no less than 2,000 and no more than 4,000 words, including footnotes). Texts submitted to this section will be evaluated by the Editorial Collective.
  • The Essays section allows us to capture the important tradition of Latin American thought (Length: between 6,000 and 10,000 words, including footnotes). Texts submitted to this section will be evaluated by the Editorial Collective.

Unless expressly stated otherwise, the works published in Wirapuru represent the views of the authors, without involving the positions of the magazine's management or its Editorial Collective.

 

Peer review process

Free articles and dossier works are evaluated by external reviewers, selected by the Editorial Collective following the guidelines of the double-blind arbitration system, keeping the identity of the authors and reviewers confidential during the evaluation process to ensure the quality of the content. The Editorial Collective 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 two external referees to evaluate their quality. If the result of these evaluations is one approval and one rejection, the Editorial Collective reserves the right to request a third evaluation. Based on the evaluators' opinion, the Editorial Collective may accept the contribution, request modifications, or reject it.

 

Open access policy and article processing charges (APC)

Wirapuru 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 can read, download, copy, distribute, print, add links to their full texts, track them for indexing, incorporate them as data in 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 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 4.0 International License (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 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 is reviewed by the editorial team in order to detect plagiarism or non-compliance with the ethical standards of scientific production. If plagiarism is detected in any instance, the evaluation process is interrupted and the contribution is rejected. Authors are notified of the reason for rejection.

 

Research data

Wirapuru 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 must 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 the deposit of all versions of the article in repositories, institutional pages, or others.