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Advisory Board

The Scientific Committee is the collegial body responsible for drawing up the publishing policy of the Linguistics and Communication Collection and ensuring compliance with that policy. It will be made up by the following:

 

  1. One or two Chairs.
  2. Members, made up by researchers of recognised standing nationally and internationally.
  3. Secretary, appointed from among the members.

 

Chair

The Chair will hold the following powers:

 

  1. To lead, coordinate and promote publishing activity by the collection and to propose the general content of its publishing policy, which must be approved by the Editorial Board of Ediciones Complutense.
  2. To propose the appointment of members, as well as the individual to hold the post of Secretary of the Scientific Committee, for approval at the Editorial Board of Ediciones Complutense.
  3. To call meetings of the Scientific Committee, preside over such meetings and coordinate its activity.
  4. To select and present publication projects to the Scientific Committee for approval, requesting external evaluation reports whenever necessary.
  5. To propose external reviewers to the Chair and technical staff of Ediciones Complutense for reviewing the works according to the double-blind system. The contact details of three individuals must be provided for each work to be reviewed.
  6. To notify the Chair and the technical staff of Ediciones Complutense about the decisions reached by the Scientific Committee of the collection, together with the preliminary and final review reports on publication proposals.
  7. To ensure that authors include the considerations provided by the external reviewers in the work.
  8. To propose all those actions as may be necessary to improve management of the collection.

 

Advisors

The members will hold the following powers:

  1. To establish the general content of the publishing policy of the collection following a proposal from the Chair, which must be approved by the Editorial Board of Ediciones Complutense.
  2. To ensure compliance with the scientific standardisation and quality guidelines applicable to publication projects.
  3. To decide on the publication of those publication projects submitted according to the criteria of the publishing policy and, where appropriate, the results of any review reports requested.
  4. To propose external reviewers to the Chair of the collection for reviewing the works according to the double-blind system.
  5. To propose all those actions as may be necessary to improve management of the collection.

 

Secretary

  1. To call meetings of the Scientific Committee when requested to do so by the Chair of the collection.
  2. To keep minutes of the meetings held by the Scientific Committee.
  3. To propose external reviewers to the Chair of the collection for reviewing the works according to the double-blind system.
  4. To draw up the preliminary and final review reports on publication proposals as a prior step before submission to the Editorial Committee of Ediciones Complutense for a final decision.
  5. To participate in all those actions as may be necessary to improve management of the collection.

Operating regime

  1. The Scientific Committee will meet at least twice per year.
  2. Meetings will be called by e-mail at least seven calendar days in advance and notifications will include the agenda and corresponding documentation.
  3. A valid session of the Scientific Committee for deliberations and agreements to be reached will require attendance by the Chair, the Secretary and at least one-third of the members.
  4. Agreements will be reached and considered valid when a simple majority of the votes cast by the attending members is achieved, with a vote by the Chair being the casting vote in the event of a tie.
  5. Minutes will be kept of all meetings of the Scientific Committee, which will contain a list of the topics discussed and the agreements reached. These minutes will be signed by the Secretary of the collection and will be made available to the Scientific Committee of the collection and the Editorial Board of Ediciones Complutense.

 


Advisory Board

Chairs
Joaquín César Garrido Medina
Complutense University of Madrid, Spain

Raquel Ángela Hidalgo Downing
Complutense University of Madrid, Spain

Secretary
Teresa Rodríguez Ramalle
Complutense University of Madrid, Spain

Advisors
Carmen Caffarel Serra
Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain

Maria Vittoria Calvi
University of Milan, Italy

Emma Dafouz Milne
Complutense University of Madrid, Spain

Beatriz Gallardo Paúls
University of Valencia, Spain

Marta García Negroni
University of San Andrés, Argentina

Uta Helfrich
University of Gotinga, Germany

Silvia Iglesias Recuero
Complutense University of Madrid, Spain

Manel Lacorte
University of Maryland, United States

Eugenio Ramón Luján Martínez
Complutense University of Madrid, Spain

Rosina Márquez Reiter
Open University, United Kingdom

Luisa Martín Rojo
Complutense University of Madrid, Spain

Shen Qi
University of Tongji, Shanghai, China

Augusto Soares Da Silva
University of Braga, Portugal

Francisco Yus Ramos
University of Alicante, Spain