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Dictatorships & Democracies

Universitat Oberta de Catalunya · Spain · Est. 2013

eISSN2564-8829
✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Aims & Scope

Dictatorships & Democracies (D&D) is an open-access online journal, published in Barcelona by the Open University of Catalonia and the Carles Pi i Sunyer Foundation. Its objective is to promote and disseminate research on contemporary societies in relation to social and intellectual movements, and democratization processes from a comparative and transnational perspective. D&D is therefore a space for academic dialogue and debate between any form of historical and cultural research, including political, social, economic, international, literary, or artistic approaches.

General Information

Country / RegionSpain
Primary LanguageCatalan, English, Spanish
1st Year Published2013
FrequencyAnnual
StatusActive
Total Publications—
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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble anonymous peer review
OA LicenseCC BY
OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes
📦 Long-term Preservation
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Think.Check.Submit Compliance

10/11 · 91%
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Do you know the journal / publisher?
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
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Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
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Is the ISSN verified?
2564-8829
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Indexed in a trusted database?
DOAJ
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Peer review process documented?
Double anonymous peer review
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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
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Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
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Long-term digital preservation?
LOCKSS
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Plagiarism detection in place?
Yes
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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
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Primary language documented?
Catalan, English, Spanish

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

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Frequently asked questions about Dictatorships & Democracies

Is Dictatorships & Democracies a predatory journal?

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What is the impact factor of Dictatorships & Democracies?

Dictatorships & Democracies is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.

Is Dictatorships & Democracies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Dictatorships & Democracies is indexed in DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Dictatorships & Democracies?

Dictatorships & Democracies (D&D) is an open-access online journal, published in Barcelona by the Open University of Catalonia and the Carles Pi i Sunyer Foundation. Its objective is to promote and disseminate research on contemporary societies in relation to social and intellectual movements, and democratization processes from a comparative and transnational perspective. D&D is therefore a space for academic dialogue and debate between any form of historical and cultural research, including political, social, economic, international, literary, or artistic approaches.

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