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Boletín Criminológico Vol. 0 (1994) (artículos nº 1 a nº 6).

Boletín Criminológico Vol. 1 (1995) (artículos nº 7 a nº 16).

Boletín Criminológico Vol. 2 (1996) (artículos nº 17 a nº 24).

Boletín Criminológico Vol. 3 (1997) (artículos nº 25 a nº 31).

Boletín Criminológico Vol. 4 (1998) (artículos nº 32 a nº 37).

Boletín Criminológico Vol. 5 (1999) (artículos nº 38 a nº 44).

Boletín Criminológico Vol. 6 (2000) (artículos nº 45 a nº 50).

Boletín Criminológico Vol. 7 (2001) (artículos nº 51 a nº 56).

Boletín Criminológico Vol. 8 (2002) (artículos nº 57 a nº 62).

Boletín Criminológico Vol. 9 (2003) (artículos nº 63 a nº 70).

Boletín Criminológico Vol. 10 (2004) (artículos nº 71 a nº 77).

Boletín Criminológico Vol. 11 (2005) (artículos nº 78 a nº 82).

Boletín Criminológico Vol. 12 (2006) (artículos nº 83 a nº 92).

Boletín Criminológico Vol. 13 (2007) (artículos nº 93 a nº 101).

Boletín Criminológico Vol. 14 (2008) (artículos nº 102 a nº 109).

Boletín Criminológico Vol. 15 (2009) (artículos nº 110 a nº 117).

Boletín Criminológico Vol. 16 (2010) (artículos nº 118 a nº 125).

Boletín Criminológico Vol. 17 (2011) (artículos nº 126 a nº 132).

Boletín Criminológico Vol. 18 (2012) (artículos nº 133 a nº 140).

Boletín Criminológico Vol. 19 (2013) (artículos nº 141 a nº 147).

Boletín Criminológico Vol. 20 (2014) (artículos nº 148 a nº 153).

Boletín Criminológico Vol. 21 (2015) (artículos nº 154 a nº 160).

Boletín Criminológico Vol. 22 (2016) (artículos nº 161 a nº 167).

Boletín Criminológico Vol. 23 (2017) (artículos nº 168 a nº 174).

Boletín Criminológico Vol. 24 (2018) (artículos nº 175 a nº 181).

Boletín Criminológico Vol. 25 (2019) (artículos nº 182 a nº 188).

Boletín Criminológico Vol. 26 (2020) (artículos nº 189 a nº 196).

Boletín Criminológico (2020) EDICIÓN ESPECIAL. II Encuentro de Jóvenes Investigadores en Criminología (artículos nº 197 a nº 206).

Boletín Criminológico Vol. 27 (2021) (artículos nº 207 a nº 212).

Boletín Criminológico Vol. 28 (2022)  (artículos nº 213 a nº 216). 

Boletín Criminológico Vol. 29 (2023)  (artículos nº 219 a nº 222). 

Boletín Criminológico Vol. 30 (2024) Edición abierta.

Given the annual editions, the submission period for articles for evaluation and subsequent publication (or call for papers) is open all year round. Below, information is provided on the phases of the evaluation and publication process, as well as the time span that each of them covers. The deadlines are approximate and may be affected by circumstances beyond the editorial team's control (delays attributable to authors or reviewers), or by the coincidence of non-teaching periods in Spanish universities (e.g., Christmas, Easter, or the month of August). In such cases, while contributions can still be submitted, they will not be evaluated until these non-teaching periods have ended.

Once the article is published and openly accessible, it is sent by email to the subscribers of the journal. Any interested person can receive the latest issues of the Criminological Bulletin electronically by writing to boletincrimi@uma.es indicating the email address where they wish to receive the articles in digital format.

Peer Review Process

The work submitted for evaluation for potential publication must derive from original research, not have been published in the same format as presented, and not be simultaneously submitted for publication in another journal in the same format. The Criminological Bulletin, the publishing institution, and the editorial board are not responsible for potential claims resulting from the failure to meet these requirements, especially concerning the originality of the works, ultimately holding the person who submitted the work to the journal responsible.

The works, upon acceptance by the Criminological Bulletin Directorate, will be subjected to the evaluation of two members of the Review Committee, following a blind peer review procedure. The individuals assigned to perform this task will receive the form available on the platform to objectify the evaluation. Furthermore, reviewers must declare if there is any conflict of interest in evaluating the article. If such a conflict exists, they should refrain from reviewing, and a new reviewer will be appointed. The article will be published if the two evaluators' reports are favorable; they may suspend their decision until the defects observed and communicated by the Editorial Board to the author are corrected.

The Criminological Bulletin Directorate may also propose style reforms.

Disclaimer

The opinions and research results contained in each scientific manuscript are the sole responsibility of the authors. The Criminological Bulletin is not responsible, under any circumstances, for the credibility and authenticity of the works, nor for the opinions expressed by the authors.

Ethical Commitment and Good Practices

Ensuring the ethics and quality of the submitted articles is one of the main objectives that the Criminological Bulletin must fulfill. For this reason, the editorial team of this journal takes as a reference the code of conduct and good practices defined by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) for scientific journal editors.

To comply with these guidelines, manuscripts are evaluated by anonymous external peers based exclusively on the scientific relevance, originality, clarity, and pertinence of the work presented. The confidentiality of the evaluation process and the anonymity of evaluators and authors, the evaluated content, the reasoned report issued by the evaluators, and any other communication issued by the reviewers are guaranteed at all times. Likewise, confidentiality is maintained for any complaints, claims, or clarifications that an author may wish to address to the editorial or review team.

Additionally, the Criminological Bulletin subscribes to the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which contains a set of principles to improve how scientific and academic research is evaluated. Although not directed exclusively at journals, these recommendations have significant implications for them, especially in how the impact of scientific publications is measured and how the quality of research is assessed. Specifically, regarding editorial activity, the recommendations applicable to the Criminological Bulletin focus on establishing metrics not exclusively dependent on the impact factor, transparency in the peer review process, promoting comprehensive research evaluation, avoiding the impact factor as a substitute for quality criteria, promoting open access publication, or openness to new types of publications.

Anti-Plagiarism Policy

The Criminological Bulletin declares its commitment to the respect and integrity of the published works. For this reason, plagiarism is strictly prohibited, and texts identified as plagiarized or with fraudulent content will be removed from the evaluation process. By accepting the stated terms and conditions, authors must confirm that the articles and associated materials are original and do not infringe on intellectual property rights. Authors submitting their works for evaluation must confirm, in case of shared authorship, the existence of full consensus in their submission to the journal and that the proposed work has not been previously submitted or published in the same format in another medium.

Therefore, the journal uses Crossref Similarity Check, Ithenticate, and Unicheck services, both private and free access, respectively, to scan all proposals that have passed the editorial classification process and are likely to be sent for blind peer review. This procedure ensures that all works published in the Criminological Bulletin are original.

Additionally, the journal reserves the right to reject articles with an inappropriate similarity percentage.

Open Access Policy

The Criminological Bulletin provides open access to its content based on the principle that offering the public free access to research helps a greater global exchange of knowledge. Therefore, all content is available free of charge without any fees for the user or their institution. Users can read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles or use them for any other lawful purpose without prior permission from the editorial team or the authors.

Following this premise, users accessing the journal's website are allowed to cite, share, print, and distribute the material, provided that the complete bibliographic reference of the work is clearly and explicitly indicated. It should never be used for commercial purposes.

Additionally, the Criminological Bulletin recommends that authors archive their articles on their personal websites, institutional repositories of their universities, public repositories (Mendeley, Cosis…), scientific social networks (ResearchGate, Academia.edu, Kudos...), general social networks (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn…), bibliographic managers, Google Scholar, ORCID, ResearchID, ScopusID…, always including the complete bibliographic reference.

Article Processing Charges (APC)

In no case are authors obligated to pay article processing charges (APC) in this journal.