About the Journal

Anti-plagiarism Policy

VISUAL REVIEW uses Turnitin to guarantee the originality of manuscripts, detecting plagiarism and self-plagiarism, and ensuring that sources are correctly cited. Authors must explicitly cite all sources of data, figures and information. Failure to comply in the initial evaluation phase will lead to automatic rejection of the submission, and if detected after publication, a retraction will be issued.

Peer Review Process

Prisma Social features a rigorous peer-review process in order to guarantee the absolute scientific quality of the publications. The arbitration system is carried out through external reviewers and only original texts are accepted.

Peer review is double-blind, that is to say, the reviewers' indentities are not revealed to the author and viceversa. This way it is guaranteed that the reviewers do not have any conflict of interests.

As a rule, we send received papers to two reviewers. In case of doubts, we reserve the right to send it to a third reviewer, or as many additional reviewers as we may consider necessary to ensure the high quality of the publication.

To evaluate the articles, the reviewers will attend to 7 criteria that have been clearly defined by the journal. The reviewers will complete a form that will be sent (anonymously) to the authors. Each criterion scores from 0 to 5. Based on these scores (quantitative evaluation) and the comments and arguments of the reviewers (qualitative evaluation), the journal's editorial board decides whether to accept or reject the paper, whether to request a re-submission, or whether to suggest submission of the paper to another journal of Eagora Science editorial group.

Prisma Social is peer-reviewed and inspired by the Ethical Code of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). https://publicationethics.org/

Appeals and Complaints

Authors may submit appeals or complaints regarding the evaluation process or outcome via email at:
administracion@prismasocialediciones.es,
or through the contact functions available within the manuscript submission and tracking system.

Editors will respond through the system, ensuring full traceability of the process. The final resolution issued by the journal is binding and marks the end of the appeals procedure.

Editorial policy on gender equality

Prisma Social is committed to proposals for greater visibility of the presence of women in scientific production and its dissemination in order to contribute, from the objectives of a journal, to greater visibility of the management and research responsibilities of the women. This commitment of the Prisma Social journal is specified in the following measures:

      1. Participation in the Editorial Team

At this time, the Editorial Team of Prisma Social is made up of 46 members with a presence of 41,3% women.

      2. Use of inclusive language

Prisma Social reviews the originals sent, ensuring that an adequate use of inclusive language is complied with according to the Report of the Royal Spanish Academy on inclusive language.

        3. Research, reviews and publications

3.1 Prisma Social reviews the originals sent to check if they are adequately informed about whether the source data of the research takes gender into account, in order to allow the identification of possible differences according to the proposals of the European Commission in Gender on the research.

3.2 Prisma Social includes the full name of the author on the first page of the article, on the journal's website and in the table of contents of the complete issue.

Evaluation time

To ensure efficiency and quality in the editorial process, we have established a maximum evaluation time of 40 days for each manuscript. This deadline allows reviewers to perform an exhaustive evaluation, maintaining a constant flow in the publication of articles. We appreciate the understanding and collaboration of our authors and reviewers to meet this deadline.

Publication Frequency

Prisma Social is part of the scientific dissemination and editorial production activities developed by the company Prisma Social Ediciones SL, the legal owner and publisher of the journal. It is a digital publication in the field of Social Sciences and social research, issued on a quarterly basis.

 Editorial Scheduling

The Editorial Team reserves the right to schedule accepted manuscripts in the issue considered most appropriate, based on thematic alignment and the chronological order of accepted submissions.

The maximum time between acceptance and publication will not exceed six months.

Open Access Policy

Prisma Social is published entirely online and provides immediate, free, and open access to all its content to promote scientific dissemination and foster a reflective culture directed at understanding social behaviour from a global perspective.

Unless otherwise indicated, all contents of the electronic edition are distributed under a license of use and distribution “Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License" (CC BY-ND 4.0). Access the informative version and legal text of the license.

Licencia Creative Commons

Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial–NoDerivatives 3.0 Spain (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 ES)

This licence permits:

  • Reproduction and distribution for educational or research purposes, without commercial use.

  • Citation of material with acknowledgment of the journal (Prisma Social) and the authorship.

It does not permit:

  • Commercial use.

  • Modifying, adapting, or creating derivative works.

Authors are encouraged to maximise the visibility and impact of their work through self-archiving in:

  1. Personal academic or professional sites (websites, blogs, social media, scientific forums).

  2. Institutional open repositories (university repositories, Hispana, Europeana, etc.).

  3. Academic and scientific networks (ResearchGate, Academia.edu, GetCited.org).

Full bibliographic details of the publication must be included in all repostings.

 Editing, Final Layout, DOI Management, and Publication

To ensure consistency, quality, and formal coherence, the final layout of accepted manuscripts is carried out by the technical team of Prisma Social Ediciones SL.

The journal is also responsible for the assignment, management, and long-term maintenance of DOIs (Digital Object Identifiers) for all published articles, ensuring their traceability, citability, and preservation in accordance with the standards of recognised registration agencies.

The Article Processing Charge (APC), covering editing, layout, and DOI management, is €700 (VAT included) per article, regardless of the number of contributing authors. The fee may be paid by authors, their institutions, funded projects, or sponsoring entities.

This APC supports the improvement, development, and long-term sustainability of Prisma Social.