Functions and responsibilities of the editorial team

AMIDI.Biblioteca has an editorial and academic curation structure aimed at ensuring the quality, relevance, integrity, traceability, and editorial consistency of the academic and research works published, co-edited, or incorporated into the platform.

The editorial structure of AMIDI.Biblioteca consists of the Editorial Curation, the Scientific Committee, the Writing and Initial Review Committee, and the process of external academic peer review. These bodies contribute to strengthening editorial review, academic evaluation, metadata integration, digital preservation, open access, interoperability, and the traceability of each work.

Editorial Curation of AMIDI.Biblioteca

The Editorial Curation coordinates the editorial identity of AMIDI.Biblioteca and follows up on the editorial, technical, and academic process of works submitted, accepted, published, co-edited, or incorporated into the platform.

Its main responsibilities are:

  • To coordinate the initial editorial review;

  • To verify the relevance of submitted works;

  • To review legal, editorial, and technical documentation;

  • To verify the correct classification of works according to AMIDI’s editorial modalities;

  • To follow up on the process of peer review, editing, layout, metadata, digital preservation, and publication;

  • To supervise consistency among the cover, legal page, public record, metadata, DOI, ISBN, license, digital file, and declared editorial modality;

  • To maintain communication with authors, coordinators, academic editors, co-publishing institutions, and reviewers;

  • To promote open access, digital preservation, interoperability through OAI-PMH, and scholarly dissemination of works;

  • To verify compliance with the editorial, ethical, open-access, licensing, originality, anti-plagiarism, and academic review policies established by AMIDI Editorial.

The Editorial Curation does not replace external academic peer review. Its role is to coordinate, document, and follow up on the editorial process of the works.

Scientific Committee

The Scientific Committee is composed of national and international academics and researchers with recognized experience in the disciplines related to the editorial lines of AMIDI.Biblioteca.

Its main responsibilities are:

  • To advise on the academic relevance of works;

  • To preliminarily and collectively review the relationship between the content of the work, its approach, its chapters, and its central theme;

  • To suggest relevant external specialists for academic peer review processes;

  • To support the scientific, methodological, humanistic, technological, or applied quality of the catalogue;

  • To propose thematic lines, collections, series, or editorial projects;

  • To contribute to the scholarly dissemination of published, co-edited, or incorporated works;

  • To strengthen links with national and international academic communities.

Participation in the Scientific Committee does not replace external academic peer review and does not guarantee acceptance of a work. Its role is to support academic relevance and suggest specialized profiles for the corresponding evaluation.

Writing and Initial Review Committee

The Writing and Initial Review Committee supports the preliminary reading of submitted works in order to verify their alignment with the editorial scope, academic structure, clarity of exposition, compliance with editorial standards, and suitability to proceed to the academic evaluation process.

Its main responsibilities are:

  • To conduct an initial review of form, structure, and academic relevance;

  • To verify that the work meets the minimum submission requirements;

  • To review the general structure, argumentative coherence, critical apparatus, references, and editorial adequacy;

  • To identify whether the work may proceed to external academic peer review;

  • To issue preliminary observations for authors, coordinators, or academic editors;

  • To support the editorial consistency of works accepted for publication, co-edition, or editorial incorporation.

The initial review is not equivalent to academic peer review. Academic and research works must undergo external peer review or provide verifiable evidence of academic evaluation, according to the corresponding editorial modality.

External Academic Peer Review

Works submitted for publication, co-edition, or editorial incorporation into AMIDI.Biblioteca may be subject to external academic peer review under a double-blind modality, according to the nature of the work, its editorial modality, and the policies of AMIDI Editorial.

Reviewers will be selected according to their academic experience, thematic relevance, disciplinary competence, institutional independence, and absence of conflicts of interest.

The Scientific Committee may suggest relevant external specialists for the academic evaluation process. The invitation, follow-up, and documentation of the process will be coordinated by the Editorial Curation and the editorial team of AMIDI.Biblioteca.

Reviewers will assess the quality, originality, relevance, methodological consistency, argumentative clarity, bibliographic currency, academic structure, contribution to the field of knowledge, and potential academic, scientific, technological, social, humanistic, or applied impact of the work.

Acceptance of a work will depend on the outcome of the corresponding editorial and academic process, compliance with the observations received, documentary validation, and the applicable editorial authorization. Participation by the Editorial Curation, the Scientific Committee, or the Writing and Initial Review Committee does not guarantee publication of a work.

Peer Review, Academic Evidence, and Traceability

All works published with the AMIDI imprint under the modality of AMIDI Editions, as well as new or previously published AMIDI Co-editions formalized for incorporation into AMIDI.Biblioteca, must have external academic peer review or verifiable evidence of academic evaluation, according to the nature of the work and the corresponding editorial modality.

In the case of AMIDI Editions and new AMIDI Co-editions, academic peer review will be part of the regular editorial process prior to publication.

In the case of previously published works incorporated with the AMIDI imprint as AMIDI Co-editions or Academic Works Associated with an AMIDI Co-edition Process, evidence of peer review, academic evaluation, institutional endorsement, or equivalent editorial evidence from the edition of origin must be provided, together with formal authorization for preservation, dissemination, interoperability, open-access availability, and use of the AMIDI imprint or logo.

The existence of a review report, letter, certificate, record, institutional endorsement, authorization, or equivalent evidence must be preserved as part of the editorial traceability of each work.

Editorial Consistency

Every work published, co-edited, or incorporated into AMIDI.Biblioteca must maintain consistency among the cover, legal page, public record, metadata, DOI, ISBN, license, digital file, declared editorial modality, and supporting documentation.

Works must be classified according to the editorial modalities recognized by AMIDI Editorial:

  • AMIDI Editions;

  • AMIDI Co-editions;

  • Academic Works Associated with an AMIDI Co-edition Process.

When a previously published work is incorporated as an AMIDI Co-edition or an Academic Work Associated with an AMIDI Co-edition Process, there must be formal authorization, rights validation, definition of editorial responsibilities, authorized use of institutional imprints when applicable, open-access license, verifiable editorial review, and an updated legal page or complementary legal note.

A work shall not be considered an AMIDI Co-edition if it is only hosted, linked, preserved, or disseminated without a formal co-edition instrument, express authorization of rights, a verifiable open license, and documented editorial participation by AMIDI Editorial.