EDITORIAL POLICY_The Journal
Introduction and Objectives
Historia Agraria. Revista de agricultura e historia rural is an open-access quarterly journal specializing in the history of agriculture, economy, and rural society. It publishes in Spanish, Portuguese, and English. The journal serves as an interdisciplinary platform for scholars analyzing agrarian history in Spain, Portugal, Latin America, and other world regions.
Its goal is to disseminate research on the history of the rural world across all periods and fields of interest, for both specialists and the general public, without chronological restrictions. The only requirement is originality and theoretical, methodological, and empirical rigor. The external double-blind peer review process ensures these standards. The journal welcomes the publication of monographic issues or thematic dossiers following appropriate review procedures and includes a dedicated book review section.
Periodicity
Historia Agraria publishes three issues annually, released on the first day of April, August, and December. From issue No. 92 (2024) onward, it is published exclusively online.
Open Access and Copyright
Historia Agraria charges no APCs (Article Processing Charges) to authors. It is also completely free for readers, classifying it as a “diamond” open-access journal.
Historia Agraria supports open science policies and has been indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) since 2018. It operates under a Creative Commons license.
Historia Agraria encourages authors to deposit the data used in their research in open-access repositories to ensure transparency, reusability, and advancement of open science.
Authors retain full rights over their work and may archive it in institutional repositories and republish it, provided that Historia Agraria is duly informed.
Ownership and Governance
Historia Agraria is owned by the Sociedad de Estudios de Historia Agraria (SEHA), a non-profit, public-interest scientific and cultural association governed by Spanish law. Its statutes can be consulted at: https://seha.info/es/ASOCIACION/ESTATUTOS/.
SEHA’s members elect the Governing Board, which in turn appoints the Editor-in-Chief and ratifies the members of the Editorial Board and Scientific Committee.
The Editorial Board independently manages the editorial process, guided solely by scientific criteria and based on the peer review of submissions.
Funding
Historia Agraria is financed exclusively by SEHA without applying APCs to authors or fees to readers.
Content Dissemination
Historia Agraria publishes all articles openly and freely on the website in multiple formats (PDF, HTML, XML) to facilitate hyperlinking and automated processing. APA citation examples are provided.
Historia Agraria accepts submissions in Spanish, English, or Portuguese, depending on the authors’ preference.
The journal promotes dissemination through social media accounts on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Mastodon.
Historia Agraria also promotes articles through the podcast Tiempos agrarios, freely available on New Books Network and Spotify (https://newbooksnetwork.com/es/category/up-partners/historia-agraria-2).
Preservation and Archiving
Historia Agraria maintains a physical archive at the University of Murcia, preserving all editorial content and processes since 1991.
Historia Agraria assigns all articles a DOI and preserves them digitally via Portico.