About the Journal

Focus and scope

Microtextualidades. Short Short Story and Flash Fiction International Journal is an online journal of biannual periodicity that publishes scientific collaborations of national and foreign specialists about flash fiction and microfiction. It aims to contribute to the progress of scientific knowledge in the field of philological studies (Literature, History of Literature, Theory of Literature and Comparative Literature, Literary Criticism, Rhetoric and Poetics: studies of authors and works; Linguistics, Cultural Studies; Digital Humanities, etc.) and of communication from diverse perspectives. The journal accepts scientific papers, written in Spanish or English, that are the result of original and unpublished research, that are not being considered by other journals and have not been published or will be published in another publication, regardless of the language in which it is edited, both partially and completely. Likewise, the journal will take into account the topicality and interest of the topics addressed and will adopt a code of good practices to ensure compliance with the guidelines established by the reference scientific publications in the dissemination of research and the quality standards of Scientific Publications. The research papers presented can combine theoretical approaches with practical analysis and intertwine theoretical-literary and rhetorical-communicative approaches with the projection of results to the analysis and interpretation of a fixed corpus. The journal is open to the international scientific community.

Peer Evaluation Process

Editorial review

The originals received are valued by one or two members of the editorial team of the journal, who, after carrying out an editorial review of the manuscripts received, must decide on the adequacy of the thematic line and verify compliance with the quality criteria of the journal for the submission of manuscripts and the rules set for the presentation of originals. Later, the decision adopted will be communicated to the authors in order to proceed to the phase of scientific arbitration and peer review.
The editors will ensure the anonymity of the collaborations received before they are sent to the external evaluators. The editorial team reserves the right to reject the contributions received, without resorting to the external consultation process, either because they do not conform to the editorial line of the journal or because they are inappropriate due to lack of quality or lack of adaptation to the scientific objectives of the journal or because of evidence of scientific fraud.

The interval between receipt and final acceptance of the reviewed article will be less than 120 days.

Peer Evaluation Process

All articles, studies and monographs, without the name of the author, will be submitted to the anonymous evaluation of two specialists external to the journal's publishing entity with the objective of guaranteeing impartiality and scientific quality. The evaluation will be by the double-blind peer review system, maintaining the anonymity of those who have done the work and the evaluation.

The reports must reason their opinion on the quality of the work with regard to its relevance, originality, methodology and clarity of exposure.

In case of disagreement and discrepancy between the two evaluators, the editors will proceed to request a third report. On these opinions, the editorial team will decide to reject, accept or request modifications to the authors and will communicate the editorial decision through a motivated notification, which includes the reasons for the acceptance, revision or rejection of the manuscript in its relevance, originality and clarity, as well as the opinions issued by external experts. 

 

Frequency of publication

The journal is open to receiving articles all year.

We indicate the maximum times to guarantee the publication in the nearest number. The deadlines open on January 1 and July 1 and close on May 1 and November 1, respectively; the collaborations received after those dates could be included in a later issue.

Interviews and reviews will be accepted until June 30 and November 30.

Open Access Policy

The contents of Microtextualidades. Short Story and Flash Fiction International Journal are published under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Creative Commons License

Open, universal, and cost free access policy

Microtextualidades. Short Story and Flash Fiction International Journal is an open access journal under the Budapest Open Access Initiative. Microtextualidades does not charge any fees for the submission, nor for the processing, publication or reading of the articles it publishes. Its contents are accessible from the moment of publication and no prior registration is required to access them. 

Microtextualidades. Shor Story and Flash Fiction International Journal is dedicated to the principles of Open Science and adheres to the FAIR principles—making research data Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable.

In this context, we recommend the following:

  • Deposit supplementary materials and research data in trusted repositories. This can include institutional repositories, such as the CEU Institutional Repository (CEU ReI), which is part of the RECOLECTA platform managed by the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT), as well as thematic or generalist repositories.
  • If authors choose to deposit research data in any of these repositories, they should mention it at the end of the article, just before the bibliography. This section should be titled “Availability of Deposited Data” and include a brief description of the type of data collected, the name and URI of the chosen repository, the identifier code, and the licensing information for use and distribution.
  • Authors are encouraged to publish all content as Open Access. While exceptions may be made to protect intellectual property rights and comply with current data protection and security regulations, it is essential to take appropriate measures to safeguard any personal or sensitive information.
  • Select a Creative Commons license for the publication of the content, allowing for free consultation and non-commercial reuse.
  • Assign persistent identifiers to all publications and supplementary materials.

By following these guidelines, we aim to promote transparency, open access, interoperability, and the reuse of research data generated from scientific work.

 

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Copyright Notice

All of its content is available free of charge, at no cost to the user or their institution. The works are published under a Creative Commons Atribución-NoComercial-4.0 Internacional (CC BY-NC-4.0).

Creative Commons License

You can copy, use, distribute, transmit and display publicly, providing that: a) the authorship and the original source of publication (journal, editorial and URL of the work); b) it will not be used for commercial purposes; c) the existence and specifications of this license must be mentioned .

NOTE: The journal changed license type on May 1, 2022. All articles published prior to May 1, 2022, are under the Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). 

Disclaimer 

The content of articles is the sole responsibility of the authors. In no event shall the Universidad CEU San Pablo be responsible for the credibility and authenticity of articles. Authors wishing to include images, figures, tables, or text passages that have already been published elsewhere are required to obtain permission from the copyright owner(s) for the online format and to include evidence that such permission has been granted when submitting their papers. Any material received without such evidence will be assumed to originate from the authors.

 

Sponsors

This journal is part of the R&D Project "MiRed. Microrrelato. Desafíos digitales de las microformas narrativas literarias de la modernidad. Consolidación de un género entre la imprenta y la red” (MiRed. Short short Fiction. Digital challenges of the literary narrative microforms of modernity. Consolidation of a genre between the printing press and the network" (Reference: FFI2015-70768-R)

IP: Ana Calvo Revilla

Entidad Financiadora: Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. Call 2015. R + D + I Projects. State Research, Development and Innovation Program Oriented to the Challenges of Society.