About the Journal
Aims and Scope
Estudios Políticos is a four‑monthly publication of the Instituto de Estudios Políticos (IEP) of Universidad de Antioquia. Since 1992, the journal has been dedicated to disseminating research articles, review articles, reflections and critical reviews that provide elements for the explanation of contemporary political issues in Colombia, Latin America and other parts of the world. Estudios Políticos publishes works by both national and international authors dedicated to Political Science and Social Sciences whose object of knowledge is political phenomena.
To ensure academic and scientific rigor and quality, all articles must undergo a double‑blind peer review by national and international peers. They must also meet the criteria of pertinence, relevance, novelty, originality and responsibility, and comply with the ethical principles of research in Social and Human Sciences.
Estudios Políticos adheres to the open access movement and practices, its contents are available at https://revistas.udea.edu.co/index.php/estudiospoliticos/ under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license. Also, the journal does no article processing charges (no APC).
Types of Texts Published:
- Research articles
- Review articles
- Reflection articles
- Essays
- Traductions
- Critical book reviews
Language of Texts:
Full texts in Spanish, English or Portuguese. Titles, abstracts and keywords in Spanish and English.
Frequency of Publication
Four‑monthly publication (January, May and September).
Preliminary versions of articles are published until the articles corresponding to each edition are completed.
Type of Article Review
Preliminary review by the Editorial Committee.
Double‑blind refereeing by academic peers.
Peer Review Process
The Journal will notify authors of the receipt of articles and their acceptance for publication; however, in no case will the originals be returned. Each article will undergo a process of style and basic criteria review by the editorial team, as well as verification of originality through the anti‑plagiarism software CrossCheck. Subsequently, it will be submitted to double‑blind peer review by national and international academic peers using the Open Journal System platform.
Academic peers are selected and contacted directly by the Editorial Committee based on their academic level (master's degree, doctorate), publications in the last three years, specialty in the subject, among other criteria. Once the arbitration request is accepted, peer reviewers are expected to provide their feedback within 30 days (see Evaluation Format). Each article is reviewed by a minimum of two referees. In the event of conflicting opinions, a third arbitrator will be involved to resolve the conflict.
For the Journal, the involvement of peer reviewers is seen as a means of exchange and collaboration aimed at strengthening the academic community. Therefore, no fees are paid to the reviewers. However, their work is recognized with credits and a certificate of participation as referees, which they can present to their respective institutions.
Based on the input from the academic peers, the Editorial Committee of the Journal makes the final decision on the publication or rejection of the articles and conveys the referees' observations to the authors. In the case of acceptance, the authors are required to submit the revised article within a maximum period of two weeks. The authors should also report any changes made in the final version, which will be checked by the Editorial Committee for appropriate implementation. The Committee reserves the right to suggest formal modifications in line with the Journal's style and editorial policy. During the style modification stage, no alterations to the content of the text are allowed.
Sponsorship and Funding
Fondo de apoyo para la publicación de revistas especializadas and Fondo de apoyo para la indexación de revistas científicas, Vice‑Rectory of Research, Universidad de Antioquia.
Instituto de Estudios Políticos, Universidad de Antioquia.
