Focus and scope

Differenz. Revista internacional de estudios heideggerianos y sus derivas contemporáneas is published by the Centro de Estudios Heideggerianos and the Archivo Heidegger of the University of Seville (Delegation of the M. Heidegger-Archiv in Meßkirch) in collaboration with the University of Seville. It was founded in 2014 and is published annually (July), alternating monographic issues (in which specific topics of Heidegger's work predominate) and miscellaneous issues, which provide the reader with a representative overview of the course of research on Heidegger in Europe and America. The journal also devotes a great deal of attention to the review and criticism of new bibliographical developments concerning the figure and work of Heidegger, as well as to philosophical creation and the publication of specialised bibliographical lists. The journal has the following sections:

Studies: Research articles.

Derivatives: Specialised, informative and creative philosophical articles, reports, debates, translations....

Book reviews.

Quality is sought by means of a double anonymous evaluation of all articles. Contributions are welcome in the different languages widely used in the West: Spanish, English, French, Portuguese, German, Italian and Portuguese.

Differenz is a long compendium of the variety of philosophical views that coexist on Heidegger's work and its derivations. All the ideas and opinions published are those of their authors, and therefore Differenz only acts as a loudspeaker. In this function, it is pleased to open its pages to both renowned scholars and university professors as well as to the most recent and/or youngest philosophers.

Dissemination: In addition to Spanish universities, its dissemination reaches most of the Ibero-American university area and various university and research centres in Europe and the USA.

 

Peer review process

Evaluation of originals

All sections are evaluated, i.e. the editorial board initially decides whether the article is appropriate for the journal. In the case of research articles (Studies), if not rejected, the editorial board chooses reviewers with expertise in the subject matter of the article. The article then undergoes a more thorough evaluation process as follows:

Peer review

The review of each article will be carried out by two expert reviewers who will advise on its publication.

Blind review

To ensure transparency, the reviewers do not know each other, nor do they know the identity of the author being reviewed.

External reviewers

More than 80% of the reviewers are external to the journal and to the University of Seville, they are PhD professors belonging to international research institutions, as well as all those authors who have published more than two articles in the journal and hold a degree or doctorate in the speciality. If they wish, authors may propose external reviewers who are experts in the field. 

 

Open access policy

This journal provides open access to its content, based on the principle that providing the public with free access to research helps to increase the global exchange of knowledge.

Differenz. Revista internacional de estudios heideggerianos y sus derivas contemporáneas follows a policy of dissemination of its contents under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivativeWorks 4.0 International License.

The journal aims to give the widest possible dissemination to any work of sufficient quality, published in any medium of more limited distribution. In this way, researchers and institutions that would otherwise be marginalised are integrated into an open, universal scientific dialogue.

Differenz. Revista internacional de estudios heideggerianos y sus derivas contemporáneas will not charge authors any submission or submission fees, nor will it charge publication fees.

Archiving policy

Differenz. Revista internacional de estudios heideggerianos y sus derivas contemporáneas adheres to the LOCKSS, CLOCKSS and PKN (PN) licenses of Archival Politics.

 

Periodicity

The sequence of publication is annual (July), alternating between monographic issues (in which specific themes of Heidegger's work predominate) and miscellaneous issues, which provide the reader with a representative overview of the course of research on Heidegger in Europe and America. The journal also devotes a great deal of attention to the review and criticism of new bibliographical developments concerning the figure and work of Heidegger, as well as to philosophical creation and the publication of specialised bibliographical lists.

Languages of publication

The languages in which the journal accepts manuscripts, edits contributions and maintains correspondence are Spanish, Portuguese, English, French, Italian, German and French.

Privacy statement

Names and e-mail addresses entered in this journal will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available to any other purpose or person.

 

Ethical guidelines and good practice

1. Differenz. International Journal of Heideggerian Studies and its Contemporary Derivations, with this guide to good practice aims to constitute a code of conduct aimed at the parties involved in the management and dissemination of the scientific results presented in this journal: editorial team, authors and reviewers of the papers.

2. The editorial board and the scientific committee of Differenz. Revista Internacional de Estudios Heideggerianos y sus Derivas Contemporáneas, together with the Management and the Secretariat (hereinafter referred to as the Editorial Team), are responsible for the published contents, and must therefore ensure their scientific quality, avoid malpractice in the publication of research results and manage the publication of the works received in a reasonable time.

3. The Editorial Team must be impartial in the management of the works proposed for publication in Differenz. International Journal of Heideggerian Studies and its Contemporary Derivations and shall respect the intellectual independence of the authors, and shall not exclude papers that present negative research results.

4. The Editorial Team is obliged to maintain the confidentiality of the texts received and their content until they have been accepted for publication. Only then may their title and authorship be made public. Likewise, no member of the Editorial Team may use arguments contained in unpublished works submitted to Differenz for his or her own research. International Journal of Heideggerian Studies and its Contemporary Derivations, except with the express consent of the authors.

5. The Editorial Team must ensure that the published research papers have been evaluated by at least two specialists in the field, and that the review process has been fair and impartial, and the method used in the anonymous peer review ("double blind") must be made public. Authors submitting a paper for evaluation may propose specialists for this task, giving reasons and explaining their involvement in the subject, and may also express their refusal to be evaluated by certain specialists, also in a reasoned manner. The Editorial Team shall analyse and evaluate these proposals, reserving the right to decide whether or not to accept them without any obligation to communicate the decision to the author.

6. The Editorial Team must ensure the originality and unpublished nature of the works received, guaranteeing that these aspects are monitored during the evaluation process and that plagiarism and redundant or duplicate publication, understood as the total, partial or altered copying of a work published by the same author to make it appear different, as well as falsified or manipulated data, are detected, using the tools provided by the US.

7. The Editorial Team must value, thank and certify the contribution of those who have collaborated in the evaluations of the works submitted to Differenz. International Journal of Heideggerian Studies and its Contemporary Derivations, encouraging the academic authorities to recognise the review activities and disregarding those who carry out low quality, incorrect, disrespectful or disrespectful evaluations or those submitted after the established deadline.

8. The reviewer plays an essential role in the process of ensuring the quality of the publication by assisting the Differenz Editorial Team. International Journal of Heideggerian Studies and its Contemporary Derivations in the decision-making process, helping to improve published works by providing guarantees of scientific accreditation. Reviewers must consider the work they have to review as a confidential document until its publication, both during and after the review process, and may not disseminate or use the information, details, arguments or interpretations contained in the text under review for their own benefit or that of others, or to the detriment of third parties. Only in special cases may he/she seek the advice of other specialists in the field, a circumstance of which the Director of Differenz must be informed. International Journal of Heideggerian Studies and its Contemporary Offshoots.

9. The evaluators must judge objectively the quality of the complete work, that is to say, including the information on which the working hypothesis is based, the theoretical and experimental data and their interpretation, without neglecting the presentation and writing of the text. Likewise, they must specify their criticisms, and be objective and constructive in their comments, adequately arguing their judgements, without adopting hostile positions and respecting the intellectual independence of the author of the work. Evaluators must point out any relevant similarities between the work submitted for evaluation and any other published text or any other text under evaluation of which they are aware. They must also draw attention to plagiarism or to the suspicion or well-founded certainty that it is falsified, invented or manipulated. Evaluators should check that relevant published work on the subject is cited, reviewing bibliographies and suggesting the elimination of superfluous or redundant references or the incorporation of others that have not been cited. Evaluators must act promptly and deliver their report within the agreed time, notifying the management of any delays. If an evaluator is not considered capable of judging the work commissioned, or considers that he/she is unable to complete the task in time, he/she must inform the management as soon as possible.

10. Reviewers should refuse to review texts if they suspect or know that they are involved in a conflict of interest. Conflicts of interest may also arise when the work submitted for review is closely related to the work the reviewer is currently working on or has already published. In such cases, when in doubt, the reviewer must resign from the assignment and return the work to the Editorial Team, stating the reasons for this decision.

11. The Editorial Team assumes responsibility for accepting or rejecting a paper for publication in accordance with the reports received from the reviewers. Such reports should state the reasons for the judgement on the quality of the papers in terms of relevance, originality and clarity of exposition. The Editorial Team may directly reject the papers received without resorting to external consultation if it considers them inappropriate for lacking the required level of quality, for not being appropriate to the scientific objectives of the journal or for presenting evidence of fraud.

12. The Editorial Team reserves the right to disavow already published works whose unreliability is subsequently determined as a result of both unintentional errors and scientific fraud or malpractice: fabrication, manipulation or copying of data, plagiarism of texts and redundant or duplicate publication, omission of references to the sources consulted, use of content without permission or without justification. The objective guiding the disavowal is to correct the scientific production already published, ensuring its integrity. The conflict of duplicity, caused by the simultaneous publication of the same work, must be resolved by determining the date of receipt of the work in each of the publications involved. If only a part of the article contains an error, it can be rectified later by means of an editorial note or an erratum. In case of conflict, Differenz. International Journal of Heideggerian Studies and Contemporary Derivations will ask the author for explanations and evidence for clarification and will then make a final decision. Differenz. International Journal of Heideggerian Studies and its Contemporary Derivations will publish the news about the disavowal mentioning the reasons for such a measure, in order to distinguish malpractice from an unintentional error, notifying also those responsible for the institution to which the author of the disavowed work belongs. The decision to disavow a text must be taken as soon as possible so that the erroneous work is not cited, and communicated by means of an editorial or a communication attached to the printed and digital editions. De-authorised work shall be retained with a clear and unequivocal warning that it has been de-authorised, in order to distinguish it from other corrections and/or comments. Prior to final deauthorisation, the journal may issue a notice of irregularity, providing the necessary information in the same terms as in the case of deauthorisation.

13. The Editor of Differenz. International Journal of Heideggerian Studies and its Contemporary Derivations is responsible for the correct application of the Rule that regulates the functioning of the editorial team and must ensure that its members are aware of it. Such functions are: to promote and represent the journal in different forums; to suggest and support possible improvements; to seek the contributions of specialists of reference in the field; to review, in a first evaluation, the works received; to write editorials, reviews, comments, news, reviews, etc.; to attend the meetings of the Editorial Team.

14. The rules for the submission of manuscripts, regarding the characteristics of the work, the format and resolution of images, the bibliographical reference system, is public and must be found in Differenz. International Journal of Heideggerian Studies and its Contemporary Derivations, both in the printed journal and on the web platform.

15. The Editorial Team will refrain from handling an original when there is a conflict of interest when there are direct personal or professional relationships or who is closely related to the member's past or present research. Likewise, he/she shall also abstain in the selection of evaluators who are also subject to conflicts of interest. When the evaluation is carried out using the blind method, maintaining only the anonymity of the evaluator, the Editorial Team shall include the reasons for abstention in the evaluation form, so that the evaluator may be aware of them and, if necessary, abstain.

16. The authors of the texts submitted for publication are primarily responsible for their content, and are therefore obliged to apply an ethical standard that ensures originality and due attribution of authorship, among other aspects. Inappropriate behaviour may result in the disavowal of published content. In addition to its ethical assessment, improper conduct may lead to the infringement of own or third parties' rights, so the management of Differenz. International Journal of Heideggerian Studies and its Contemporary Derivations reserves the right to take legal action.

17. The texts submitted for publication must be the fruit of original and unpublished research and must include the data obtained and used, as well as an objective discussion of the results. It must provide sufficient information to enable any specialist to reproduce the research carried out and to confirm or refute it. Authors must adequately mention the origin of ideas or literal phrases taken from other published works in the manner indicated in the Differenz regulations. International Journal of Heideggerian Studies and its Contemporary Derivations. When images are included as part of the research, it must be explained how they were created or obtained. In the case of total or partial reproduction of previously published graphic material (figures, photos, maps, etc.), the source must be cited, providing the relevant permissions for reproduction.

18. Unnecessary fragmentation of studies should be avoided. In the case of a very large study, it may be published in several parts, with each part developing a particular aspect of the overall study. The publication of a study in several parts should be published in consecutive issues and in an orderly fashion as the research progresses, in order to facilitate its interpretation by readers.

19. Authors must ensure that the data and results presented in the paper are original and have not been copied, invented, distorted or manipulated. Plagiarism in all its forms, self-plagiarism, multiple or redundant publication, as well as invention or manipulation of data are serious misconduct and are considered fraud. Authors shall not submit studies that have been previously submitted for consideration by another editor, nor shall they send such an original to another editor until they have received notification of rejection or voluntary withdrawal. However, it is permissible to publish a study that expands on another study that has already appeared as a short note, communication or abstract in the proceedings of a conference, provided that the text on which it is based is properly cited and that the modifications represent a substantial improvement on what has already been published.

20. In the case of multiple authorship, the person responsible for the work must ensure that those who have contributed significantly to the conception, planning, design, execution, data collection, interpretation and discussion of the results of the study are acknowledged. In any case, the signatories share responsibility for the text presented. Likewise, the person responsible and the contact person must ensure that all signatories have reviewed and approved the final version. The responsible person must ensure that none of the signatures responsible for the study are omitted, nor are others added that are not, and that they meet the criteria for authorship, avoiding fictitious or "gifted" authorship, which constitutes scientific malpractice. Appropriate acknowledgement should also be made, by way of thanks, of the contribution of others who are neither listed as signatories nor responsible for the final version of the work.

21. Publications that have influenced the research should be acknowledged in the text of the paper, and the original sources on which the information contained in the research is based should be identified and cited in the bibliography. However, irrelevant citations or citations referring to similar examples should not be included, and references to research already established in the body of scientific knowledge should not be abused. Authors should not use information obtained privately through conversation, correspondence or discussion with colleagues in the field, unless they have explicit written permission from their source of information and such information has been received in the context of scientific advice. The publication shall state clearly and concisely the sources of funding provided for the study, including the private or public entity responsible for such funding, and the code number of such funding where it exists, in a clear and concise manner. This information shall be included in the published study.

22. When an author discovers a serious error in his or her work, he or she is obliged to inform those responsible for the journal as soon as possible, in order to modify his or her work, withdraw it, retract it or publish a correction or erratum. If the possible error is detected by the Editorial Team, authors are obliged to demonstrate that their work is correct in accordance with the conflict resolution process described above.

23. Where there are any commercial, financial or personal links that may affect the results of a study, the text of the work must be accompanied by a declaration stating these circumstances, which will appear in the published version of the work.

24. Differenz. International Journal of Heideggerian Studies and Contemporary Derivations is committed to research that is precise, unbiased and intersectional, i.e. sensitive to the complexity and breadth of cultural, biological, economic and social contexts. To this end, it is essential that the studies it publishes use inclusive language free of biases associated with race, functional diversity, gender, sexual orientation, beliefs, ideology or socio-economic status. Thus, it is inappropriate to provide information about individuals that is irrelevant to the research, just as it is inappropriate to ignore subject-specific differences and characteristics when they exist. The use of labels to designate a group of people, as if they were a group outside society, is also inappropriate as it contributes to perpetuating stereotypes. Expressions that stigmatise or discriminate against groups of people should therefore be avoided. The negative meaning of expressions and condescending terminology is, in the specific case of people with functional diversity, a tendency that should be avoided. With regard to race, comparisons between groups, essentialisms or reference to "minorities" are discouraged and inappropriate.

25. Differenz. International Journal of Heideggerian Studies and Contemporary Derivations recommends the use of non-sexist language in texts submitted for publication. Aware that not all texts are equally viable for adapting certain linguistic forms to the demands of an egalitarian language, it relies on the care of the content in favour of equality beyond merely morphological aspects. Although the Royal Spanish Academy recognises the masculine as the unmarked gender for collective mentions, there is an increasing demand for formulas that make the role of women and non-binary people visible. This does not mean that the use of the generic masculine is inappropriate or always discriminatory. Its use is perfectly valid and avoids a sexist interpretation if, for example, the person or persons referred to by this term are also named. Differenz. International Journal of Heideggerian Studies and its Contemporary Derivations is committed to inclusive linguistic formulas, which can be used as long as they do not modify the meaning of the expression.

 

History of the journal

We have been reading, commenting, debating and criticising the work of M. Heidegger for some years now. I would say that, between one thing and another, one life and another, one and another, and one and another, we have been doing so for more than 14 years. Friends and students of yesterday and now others of today (because Heidegger's paths and drifts have eroticised them little) we have been meeting around this enormous and disproportionate work, in the permanent seminar dedicated to that interminable tell-me-how-it-happened that is the Gesamtausgabe.

Differenz. Revista internacional de estudios heideggerianos y sus derivas contemporáneas, as well as the Centre for Heideggerian Studies, are two projects that emerged from this permanent seminar. The aim of both is none other than to stimulate, develop and publicise work and research related to the work and figure of the ambushed man from Todtnauberg.

Differenz. Revista internacional de estudios heideggerianos y sus derivas contemporáneas is born with the vocation of becoming an international benchmark in terms of quality, rigour and plurality in the coming years. To this end, we will comply with the quality items considered by the bodies responsible for awarding these mentions.