About the Journal
Focus and Scope
The proposal is to establish links with researchers at Brazilian and foreign institutions, while also seeking to disseminate academic work to a wider audience. The publication has the support of an Editorial Board consisting of authorities with international academic recognition.
It also receives financial support from the Post-Graduate Program of the Department of Spanish Language and Spanish/Spanish–American Literature, being published in printed and digital formats up to the 7th issue, and since then only in digital format.
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This publication charges no fees for the submission and processing of articles, reviews and interviews.
Peer Review Process
The articles will be sent to an ad-hoc reviewer in a double-blind assessment process. The reviewers are external to the Editorial Board of the journal.
The authors will be promptly notified of the receipt of their work. Once the period for submission of articles has ended, the Editorial Board has a period of up to four months to advise whether or not the work has been accepted for publication.
Anti-Plagiarism Policy
Authors are advised that this journal acts in accordance with the guidelines of the COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics). For more information: http://publicationethics.org/resources/code-conduct
iThenticate Crossref Similarity Check Anti-Plagiarism Tool
The texts submitted to Caracol magazine are all examined using the iThenticate Crossref Similarity Check tool. Any irregularity detected will be informed to the authors and the text will be subject to exclusion at the discretion of the editorial committee.
About the use of Artificial Intelligence
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools, such as ChatGPT or Large Language Models, in research publications is expanding rapidly. Caracol magazine unconditionally supports COPE's statement, together with organizations such as WAME and JAMA Network, among others, to state that AI tools cannot be listed as authors of an article.
AI tools cannot meet authorship requirements as they cannot take responsibility for submitted work. As non-legal entities, they cannot assert the presence or absence of conflicts of interest or manage copyright and licensing agreements. Authors who use AI tools in writing a manuscript, producing images or graphics of the article, or in collecting and analyzing data must be transparent when disclosing in the Materials and Methods (or similar section) of the article as the AI tool was used and which tool was used. Authors are fully responsible for the content of their manuscript, even the parts produced by an AI tool, and are therefore responsible for any violation of publication ethics.
Publication Frequency
Caracol is a biannual publication in the field of Spanish Language and Spanish/Spanish–American Literature produced by the Department of Modern Literature of the School of Philosophy, Literature and Human Sciences of the University of São Paulo.
Open Access Policy
This journal provides free and immediate access to its contents, following the principle that providing free scientific knowledge to the public promotes greater global democratization of knowledge.
Indexers
Journal History
Caracol was published in electronic and printed format from numbers 1 to 7. From this edition, it became exclusively electronic.
Since its creation in 2010, Caracol has been endorsed by an Editorial Board composed of the following members, all them international recognized researchers:
Agustín Redondo (Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle)
Ana Pizarro (Universidad Diego Portales)
Anthony Pym (Universitat Rovira i Virgili)
Antonio Briz (Universidad de Valencia)
Aurelio González (Colegio de México)
Aurora Egido (Universidad de Zaragoza)
Danielle Zaslavsky (Colegio de México)
Davi Arrigucci (Universidade de São Paulo)
Elvira Arnoux (Universidad de Buenos Aires)
Graciela Montaldo (Columbia University)
Inés Fernández Ordoñez (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
Jorge Schwartz (Universidade de São Paulo)
Juana Liceras (University of Otawa)
María de la Concepción Piñero Valverde (Universidade de São Paulo)
Marta Baralo (Universidad Antonio de Nebrija)
Marta Luján (University of Texas)
Melchora Romanos (Universidad de Buenos Aires)
Neide Therezinha Maia González (Universidade de São Paulo)
Nora Catelli (Universidad de Barcelona)
Oscar Díaz Fouces (Universidad De Vigo)
Raúl Antelo (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina)
Roberto Bein (Universidad de Buenos Aires)
Rolena Adorno (Yale University)
Silvana Serrani Infante (Universidade de Campinas)
Stella Tagnin (Universidade de São Paulo)
Valquiria Wey (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)
