revistainclusiones.org

What it is

Revista Inclusiones is an officially recognized open access academic journal hosted by Chile-based Editorial Cuadernos de Sofía. Founded in 2014, it focuses on academic publishing in the humanities and social sciences. Built on the open-source OJS platform as an online publication venue, its core publishing positioning connects local community research with global academic dialogue.

Core Features & Pricing

Its core services cater to two types of users:

1. It accepts submissions from humanities and social science researchers worldwide, providing end-to-end academic publishing services including double-blind peer review, online publication, and DOI assignment.
2. It makes all published articles freely accessible to all users, offering downloads in PDF, HTML, and EPUB formats, with multi-language reading support.

The journal operates on an APC model: an $80 USD publication fee is charged only after an article is accepted, and all content is completely free for readers to access.

Pros and Cons

Pros:

• It holds official Chilean accreditation as a legitimate academic publication
• Its peer review process strictly adheres to academic ethics
• Its commitment to open access lowers the barrier to accessing academic research
• It centers an inclusive positioning, actively accepting research that incorporates local community data from Latin America, and supports multi-language publication
• It is already integrated into CORE, the world's largest open knowledge ecosystem, enabling strong research dissemination

Cons:

• It only supports English, Spanish, and Portuguese, with no option for Chinese submissions or a Chinese interface, making it unfriendly to Chinese researchers
• The $80 USD APC creates some cost pressure for scholars from low-income regions
• It currently only offers electronic publication, with no option for print versions
• Its academic influence is still largely concentrated in the Latin American region, and it is indexed by a limited number of top-tier international core academic databases.

Who It's For & Accessibility

This journal is a good fit for humanities and social science researchers around the globe, especially those focusing on Latin American area studies, looking to submit work. It is also suitable for students and scholars who need free access to open access humanities and social science academic literature.
Users in China can currently access the website directly, no VPN/proxy required.