About the Journal

Aims & Scope

 

Historia Agraria de América Latina (HAAL) is a research journal specialized in the economic, social, political and cultural history of the rural societies of Latin America and the Caribbean, without restrictions of historical periods or geographic areas. The journal prioritizes the publication of research articles that analyse new topics and problems, make theoretical/methodological contributions and/or develop new interpretations that expand knowledge. HAAL aims to promote and disseminate research and interdisciplinary debate on the history of the rural societies of Latin America and the Caribbean. Manuscripts must be original and not in the process of being evaluated at another journal. HAAL also accepts manuscripts from economics, anthropology, political science, sociology and other disciplines that examine issues of rural society from a historical perspective. The journal publishes articles and book reviews in Spanish, English and Portuguese. It also publishes thematic dossiers and special editions with guest editors following the established review process. Manuscripts are evaluated by the editors and, if considered for external evaluation, subjected to double blind peer review by specialists in the disciplinary area. HAAL is published bi-annually (May and November), is open access through its website, and there is no publication fee for authors.

 

HAAL has an Editorial Committee, an Editorial Board and an Editorial Management Team. The Editors are responsible for defining the editorial policy, selecting the manuscripts that will be evaluated, guaranteeing the rigor of the evaluation process, and complying with quality standards for the purposes of journal indexation. The Editorial Board is made up of specialists in the discipline and its functions are to advise the Editors on editorial policy and content, suggest peer reviewers and evaluate manuscripts, contribute to the journal’s compliance with quality standards and disseminate the journal both nationally and internationally. The Editorial Management Team is responsible for producing the journal and communicating with collaborators on the reception, layout, publication and dissemination of the contents.

 

HAAL uses a version of the OJS platform, and all the articles and book reviews published can be downloaded free of charge in PDF format. All the manuscripts are submitted to a plagiarism detection test. Authors must state that their work is original, of their authorship, and that they have respected third parties' intellectual property rights. All the external reviewers must indicate to the editors that they do not have conflicts of interests with the authors whose work they evaluate. 

 

Indexes and Catalogues

Historia Agraria de América Latina is indexed in Scopus, the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and Latindex 2.0.