About the Journal

Subject matter and purpose

Política. Revista de Ciencia Política is a semi-annual publication (July and December) of the Faculty of Government of the University of Chile, published since 1982. Its objective is to communicate the main currents of Political Science and contribute to the consolidation of this discipline in Chile. Unpublished works, preferably research results, are published in all the sub-areas of political science, with special interest in national and regional politics, as well as methodological and theoretical aspects of political science.

The editorial board receives papers in Spanish and English, which must be submitted to the journal exclusively. All works will be reviewed using the double-blind system. In the review process, factors considered include the contribution of the work to political science, the relevance and interest of the topics analyzed in the article, the quality of the work and its contribution to the scientific community in general.

Política. Revista de Ciencia Política prioritizes research in the main areas of Political Science. Likewise, interdisciplinary studies analyzing actors, institutions, policies, and political processes from both comparative and case study perspectives are highly valued. Areas of Publication:

Political Systems and Government: Studies on political regimes, governmental structures, and political processes.

Methods and Political Analysis: Research focused on innovative methodological approaches—qualitative, quantitative, or mixed—applied to political studies.

Political and Electoral Behavior: Studies on elections, political parties, and citizen participation.

International Politics and International Relations: Articles addressing interactions between states and/or institutional or individual international actors.

Political Theory and Political Philosophy: Studies on fundamental political ideas, doctrines, and concepts.

Public Policy and Policy Analysis: Contributions focused on the formulation, implementation, and evaluation of public policies.

Security, Defense, Peace, and Conflict Studies: Research on theoretical and empirical approaches to national and international security, defense strategies, conflict resolution, peacebuilding, and dynamics of violence and cooperation.

The journal does not accept manuscripts published in whole or in part in preprints or open repositories.

Target Audience

Política. Revista de Ciencia Política is primarily aimed at researchers, academics, professionals, and students of Political Science and its subdisciplines, as well as other areas of Social Sciences interested in the study of politics.

Originals and Dossier

Política. Revista de Ciencia Política accepts articles for its two sections: Originals and Dossier, the latter when applicable. In both cases, articles must adhere to the style requirements available in "Guidelines for Authors" and will undergo the same evaluation process.

The journal does NOT charge for editing, lay-out and publication of the contributions it receives.

Publication language

Política. Revista de Ciencia Política receives original works in Spanish and English.

Use of Dublin Core in metadata management

Política. Revista de Ciencia Política uses Dublin Core as a metadata structure to identify and describe information resources available on the Internet, thus facilitating their retrieval and location.

Digital Preservation Policy

Política. Revista de Ciencia Política an Institutional DOI (Digital Object Identifier), a persistent identifier managed by Crossref, which guarantees identification and prevents localization issues due to URL changes or similar.

Data Sharing and Reproducibility

Política. Revista de Ciencia Política encourages authors to make available the data that support the results published in their articles. Excluded from this are data that could compromise the privacy, security, or dignity of the individuals or institutions involved, or that for legal or ethical reasons cannot be made public. The data that we promote for public availability include, for example, quantitative data and statistical analyses collected for the research, data and processes of qualitative analysis, original images and figures, and anonymized interviews or those with informed consent for public release, among others.

For the public disposition of these data, it is recommended to use data repositories with long-term file preservation and the use of persistent identifiers. Some examples of data storage platforms include the Repositorio de Datos de Investigación de la Universidad de Chile, Zenodo, re3data.org, Open Science Framework (OSF), or other data repositories specialized in specific topics. In this regard, we encourage authors to direct, from their document, the location of the processed or raw data through a DOI or a persistent URL in the final approved version of their manuscript, after peer review. Similarly, we encourage that these data be made available under open licenses so that they can be reused.

Although data sharing is not mandatory in our journal, we reserve the right to request confidential access to any primary data necessary to verify the results.

Authors will be required to properly cite any publicly available research data in their reference list.

Scientific Dissemination

Revista Política. Revista de Ciencia Política promotes the scientific dissemination of its content through its account on X, as well as through its profiles on LinkedIn and Instagram. In addition, dissemination also takes place via the Instagram, LinkedIn, and X accounts of the Facultad de Gobierno.

Funding

Política. Revista de Ciencia Política is financed solely from the contributions of the Faculty of Government of the University of Chile. It also receives technical support from the Academic Journals Portal, of the Directorate of Information Services and Libraries (SISIB) of the University of Chile.