UNA REVISTA SIGNAFICATIVA PARA LOS ESTUDIOS DE SEMIÓTICA EN ESPAÑA


OPEN DIGITAL HUMANITIES 
JOURNALS:
REVISTA DE HUMANIDADES 
DIGITALES.
A framework for the construction of an 
academic field

Clara Martínez Cantón (UNED)
Gimena del Río Riande (CONICET, Argentina)

Romina De León (CONICET, Argentina)
Ernesto Priani Saisó (UNAM, México)



Why a(nother) 
Digital Humanities 
Journal?
DH, Languages and Open Access

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Open Access in DH

GOLDEN OPEN ACCESS (HYBRID JOURNALS)

• DIGITAL PHILOLOGY: A JOURNAL OF MEDIEVAL 
CULTURES

• DIGITAL SCHOLARSHIP IN THE HUMANITIES

• INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES AND 
ARTS COMPUTING (IJHAC)

• JOURNAL OF COMPUTING AND CULTURAL 
HERITAGE

• LANGUAGE RESOURCES AND EVALUATION 
(FORMERLY: COMPUTERS AND THE HUMANITIES 
(1966-2004). 

• NEW REVIEW OF HYPERMEDIA AND MULTIMEDIA 

DIAMOND OPEN ACCES (NO APC’S)

• DIGITAL HUMANITIES QUARTERLY

• DIGITAL MEDIEVALIST 

• DIGITAL STUDIES / LE CHAMP NUMÉRIQUE

• HUMANIST STUDIES AND THE DIGITAL AGE

• JOURNAL OF DATA MINING AND DIGITAL 
HUMANITIES

• JOURNAL OF OPEN HUMANITIES DATA

• JOURNAL OF THE TEXT ENCODING INITIATIVE 
(JTEI)

• ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR DIGITALE 
GEISTESWISSENSCHAFTEN (ZFDG)

• COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS

• DIGITAL CLASSICS ONLINE

• JOURNAL OF THE JAPANESE ASSOCIATION FOR 
DIGITAL HUMANITIES



Languages in DH Journals



Revista de 
Humanidades Digitales
Defining a new journal

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A Spanish Journal, 
a Language Inclusive Journal:
Revista de Humanidades Digitales

◉ Spanish

◉ English

◉ Portuguese

◉ Italian

◉ French



Editorial Team

◉ Gimena del Río Riande (CONICET, Argentina)

◉ Clara Martínez Cantón (UNED)

◉ Romina De León (CONICET, Argentina)

◉ Ernesto Priani Saisó (UNAM, México)



Editorial OA Policies

◉ Immediate and free Open Access with no commercial purposes



Editorial OA Policies

◉ Immediate and free Open Access with no commercial purposes

◉ Journal management through Open Access Journals (OJS)

◉ Open Editorial Policees

◉ Creative Commons Licenses

◉ Preservation with LOCKSS

◉ Adhered to COPE's ethical standards

◉ Authors preserve their copyright



Wide Range of Publications

RHD accepts:

◉ Academic articles 

◉ Data articles 

◉ Reviews 

◉ Publications in other experimental formats 
(interviews and other formats that include audio, 
video or interactive material, etc.)



Challenges
Open Access, Profesionalization, Continuity, Indexation

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Professionalization of the 
Researcher as an Editor

◉ Building and developing of the website

◉ Publication process of new issues

◉ Peer-review management

◉ Indixation

◉ Proofreading and editing articles

◉ Advertising (social networks, lists, etc.)



Professionalization of the 
Researcher as an Editor



Professionalization of the 
Researcher as an Editor

◉ Ensuring the continuity of the publication

◉ Bridging the gap in disciplinary and linguistic 
geographic asymmetries in the publication of 
scientific journals



Where to find us

http://revistas.uned.es/index.php/RHD/index

http://revistas.uned.es/index.php/RHD/index


Any question?

For further communications:

rhd@linhd.uned.es

¡Thank you!

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