About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Materiales para la Historia del Deporte was born in 2003 as a result of the coordination tasks inspired by the Andalusian Association of Sports History and thanks to the invaluable collaboration of the Andalusian Sports Institute. After its passage through the Pablo de Olavide University, since September 2019 it is included in the catalogue of journals of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, being the Research Group "Humanist and Social Studies in Physical Education and Sport" of the Faculty of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences (INEF) the responsible for its exploitation and dissemination. 

Materiales para la Historia del Deporte is a biannual, ranked, peer-reviewed journal which brings together studies and research related to the origins and evolution of physical activities, as well as the social sciences and humanities linked to sport in general, with the primary aim of promoting its diffusion in the scientific community.

Peer Review Process

1.General guidelines on peer-review process

Following COPE's guidelines, Materiales para la Historia del Deporte content is subject to peer-review. Submitted manuscripts will be anonymously reviewed by external experts.

All the original papers will be submitted to a first editorial and ethical evaluation by the Editorial Board, which will include at least the verification of:

• The adequacy of the topic to the focus and scope of the Journal.
• The originality, innovation and interest of the topic treated.
• The observation of formal requirements.
• Acceptance of the conditions of publication.
• The absence of conflicts of interest and compliance with copyright law.

All manuscripts that accomplish these requirements will be subject to review by two external reviewers using the "double-blind system" of anonymous review by referees. In case of discrepancy between the two reviewers, the Editorial Board may request the review of a third external reviewer and its evaluation will be binding for the decision making.

The authors have the possibility to suggest three possible reviewers through the metadata, indicating their institutional affiliation and their e-mail address. In no case may reviewers be suggested from the same institution as one of the authors of the manuscript. The reviewers selected will be experts in the contents and methodologies related to the topic of the text.

The journal reserves the right to choose or not any of the proposed reviewers, who will only be consulted in the event that there are no availabe experts in the subject of the study. In any case, the submission of the text to any of these reviewers will be made absolutely anonymously and after checking their institutional affiliation, that their research and publications are relevant and related to the subject of the text to be reviewed.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle of making available free research to the public in order to foster greater global exchange of knowledge.

Materiales para la historia del deporte does not charge fees for submitting papers, nor does it charge fees for the publication of the articles.

Publication ethics and malpractice statement

The Editorial Board of Materiales para la historia del deporte is committed to the scientific community in guaranteeing the ethics and quality of the articles published. The journal is fully committed to meeting and upholding standards of ethical behaviour at all stages of the publication process. Our journal adopts the code of good scientific practices approved by the CSIC in March 2010 and the best practice agreements adopted by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Published articles during the editorial process must follow the principles and ethical criteria of these codes. At the same time, it guarantees an adequate response to the needs of readers and authors, ensuring the quality of the material published, protecting and respecting the content of the articles as well as the integrity of them.

In compliance with these good practices, Materiales para la historia del deporte has published the review system used for the selection of articles as well as the evaluation criteria to be applied by external reviewers. MATERIALES PARA LA HISTORIA DEL DEPORTE keeps these criteria updated, based exclusively on the scientific relevance of the article, originality, clarity and relevance of the presented paper.

Regarding publisher responsibilities, both Asociación Andaluza de Historia del Deporte (Andalusian Association of History of Sport) and the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid on behalf of which it publishes shall ensure that good practice is maintained to the standards outlined as follows.

The editorial board's members are recognized experts in the field; the full names and affiliations of the members are provided in the journal's web site as well as contact information for the editorial office: http://polired.upm.es/index.php/materiales_historia_deporte/about/contact

All journal content is subjected to peer-review. Therefore, Materiales para la historia del deporte guarantees that all judgments and findings in the peer-review process should be objective. Prior to evaluation, reviewers are confirmed to not have conflict of interest, and they advice authors with relevant published work which is not yet cited. The process ensures that articles will be treated confidentially prior to their publication. The peer-reviewed process is described here in detail: http://polired.upm.es/index.php/materiales_historia_deporte/about/editorialPolicies#peerReviewProcess

 

1. Ethical responsibilities

The Editorial Board undertakes to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies when necessary. Our journal guarantees at any time the confidentiality of the evaluation process: the anonymity of the reviewers and the authors, the content evaluated, the review report issued by the reviewers and any other communication submitted by the editorial, advisory board and scientific committees, if applicable. In the same way, confidentiality will be maintained before any clarifications or complaints that the author wishes to send to the committees of the journal or to the reviewers of the article. Following closely the COPE's guidelines, ethical responsibilities are described as follows as regards editors, reviewers and authors:

1.1. Editors' responsibilities

• To act in a balanced, objective and fair way while carrying out their expected duties, without discrimination on grounds of gender, sexual orientation, religious or political beliefs, ethnic or geographical origin of the authors.
• To handle submissions for sponsored supplements or special issues in the same way as other submissions, so that articles are considered and accepted solely on their academic merit and without commercial influence.
• To adopt and follow reasonable procedures in the event of complaints of an ethical or conflict nature, in accordance with the policies and procedures of the Society where appropriate. To give authors a reasonable opportunity to respond to any complaints. All complaints should be investigated no matter when the original publication was approved. Documentation associated with any such complaints should be retained.                                   

1.2. Reviewers' responsibilities

• To declare any potential conflicts of interest (e.g. where the author has a competing interest (real or apparent) that could be considered or viewed as exerting an undue influence on his or her duties at any stage during the publication process).
• To confirm/assert that the manuscript as submitted is not under consideration or accepted for publication elsewhere. Where portions of the content overlap with published or submitted content, to acknowledge and cite those sources. Additionally, to provide the editor with a copy of any submitted manuscript that might contain overlapping or closely related content.
• To confirm that all the work in the submitted manuscript is original and to acknowledge and cite content reproduced from other sources. To obtain permission to reproduce any content from other sources.            

1.3. Authors' responsibilities

• To confirm/assert that the manuscript as submitted is not under consideration or accepted for publication elsewhere. Where portions of the content overlap with published or submitted content, to acknowledge and cite those sources. Additionally, to provide the editor with a copy of any submitted manuscript that might contain overlapping or closely related content.
• To confirm that all the work in the submitted manuscript is original and to acknowledge and cite content reproduced from other sources. To obtain permission to reproduce any content from other sources.
• To participate in peer review process, and they are obliged to provide retractions or corrections of mistakes; they should provide a list of references and financial support if necessary
• To declare any potential conflicts of interest (e.g. where the author has a competing interest (real or apparent) that could be considered or viewed as exerting an undue influence on his or her duties at any stage during the publication process).
• To notify promptly the journal editor or publisher if a significant error in their publication is identified. To cooperate with the editor and publisher to publish an erratum, addendum, corrigendum notice, or to retract the paper, where this is deemed necessary.

 

2. Procedures in case of unethical behaviour

Materiales para la historia del deporte declares its commitment for the respect and integrity of the articles already published. For this reason, plagiarism is strictly prohibited. By accepting the terms and agreements expressed by our journal, authors must ensure that the article and the materials associated with it are original or do not infringe copyright. The authors also have to justify that, in the case of a shared authorship, there was a full agreement of all the authors affected and that it has not been previously presented or published in another journal or other type of divulgation.

2.1. Identification of unethical behaviour

• Misconduct and unethical behaviour may be identified and brought to the attention of the editor and publisher at any time, by anyone.
• Misconduct and unethical behaviour may include, but need not be limited to, examples as outlined above.
• Whoever informs the editor or publisher of such conduct should provide sufficient information and evidence in order for an investigation to be initiated. All allegations should be taken seriously and treated in the same way, until a successful decision or conclusion is reached.

2.2. Investigation

• An initial decision should be taken by the editor, who should consult with or seek advice from the publisher, if appropriate.
• Evidence should be gathered, while avoiding spreading any allegations beyond those who need to know.
• Texts that are identified as plagiarism or its content is fraudulent, will be removed from the journal if they have already been published or will not be published. The journal will act, in these cases, as as expeditiously as possible.

2.3. Minor and serious breaches

• Minor misconduct might be dealt with without the need to consult more widely. In any event, the author should be given the opportunity to respond to any allegations.

• For serious misconduct, the employers of the accused (university or institution of affiliation) are likely to be notified.  It is for the editor, with the advice of the publisher, to decide whether or not to involve the affiliated institution; they should examine the available evidence themselves or with the help of a limited number of experts.

2.4. Outcomes (in order of severity)

• Informing or educating the author or reviewer where there appears to be a misunderstanding or misapplication of acceptable standards.
• A more strongly worded letter to the author or reviewer covering the misconduct and as a warning to future behaviour.
• Publication of a formal notice detailing the misconduct.
• Publication of an editorial detailing the misconduct.
• A formal letter to the head of the author's or reviewer's department or funding agency.
• Formal retraction or withdrawal of a publication from the journal, in conjunction with informing the head of the author or reviewer's department, Abstracting & Indexing services and the readership of the publication.
• Imposition of a formal embargo on contributions from an individual for a defined period.
• Reporting the case and outcome to a professional organisation or higher authority for further investigation and action.

Editorial Board

Director:

• Teresa González Aja. Catedrática emérita de la UPM en la Facultad de Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte (INEF).

Honorary Director:

• Juan Carlos Fernández Truán. Catedrático de Universidad de la Universidad Pablo de Olavide.

Deputy Director:

• Rodrigo Pardo García. Profesor Titular de Universidad de la UPM en la Facultad de Ciencias de la Actividad Físicia y del Deporte (INEF).

Head of Institutional Relations:

• Vicente Gómez Encinas. Profesor Titular INEF de la UPM en la Facultad de Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte (INEF).

Editor:

• Pilar Irureta-Goyena Sánchez. Directora de la Biblioteca [1986-2021] de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte (INEF).

Editorial Manager:

• Andrés García Cubillo. Jefe de Sección de la Biblioteca de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte (INEF).

Drafting Committee

• Teresa González Aja. Catedrática de la UPM en la Facultad de Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte (INEF).
• Juan Carlos Fernández Truán. Profesor Titular de Universidad de la Universidad Pablo de Olavide.
• Vicente Gómez Encinas. Profesor Titular INEF de la UPM en la Facultad de Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte (INEF).
• Rodrigo Pardo García. Profesor Titular de Universidad de la UPM en la Facultad de Ciencias de la Actividad Físicia y del Deporte (INEF).
• Pilar Irureta-Goyena Sánchez. Directora de la Biblioteca de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte (INEF).
• Andrés García Cubillo. Jefe de Sección de la Biblioteca de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte (INEF).
• Noemi García Arjona. Université Rennes 2. France.
• Yannick Hernández Bourlon-Buon. Université Bordeaux Montaigne. France.
• Maria Mercedes Palandri. Società Italiana di Storia dello Sport. Italy.

Section Editors

• Spanish section: Teresa González Aja. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Spain.
• Portuguese section: Víctor Andrade de Melo. Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Brazil.
• English section: Arnd Krüger. Universität Göttingen. Germany.
• French section: Christian Vivier. Université de Franche-Comté. France.
• Italian section: Marcello Marchioni. Scuola dello Sport CONI. Centro Studi Educazione Fisica di Firenze. Italia.

Scientific Committee

• Evangelos Albanidis. Democritus University of Thrace. Greece. 
• Gustavo Albano Abreu. Universidad Austral. Argentina.
• Víctor Andrade de Melo. Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Brazil.
• José Aquesolo Vegas. Archivo Central de Economía, Innovación y Conovimiento de Málaga. Spain.
• Eduardo Álvarez del Palacio. Universidad de León. Spain.
• Michaël Attali. Université Rennes 2. France.
• Alicia Cámara Muñoz. Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia. Spain. 
• José Antonio Cecchini Estrada. Universidad de Oviedo. Spain.
• Onofre Contreras Jordán. Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha. Spain. 
• Noé Cornago. Universidad del País Vasco. Spain
• Douglas Crispín Castellanos. Universidad de Isla de la Juventud. Cuba.
• José Devis Devis. Universidad de Valencia. Spain.
• Javier Durán González. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Spain.
• Rosella Frasca. Universita degli studi dell'Aquila. Italy.
• Julio Fuentesal García. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Spain. 
• Saúl García Blanco. Universidad de León. Spain.
• Fernando García Romero. Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Spain.
• William Gasparini. Université de Strasbourg. France.
• Carmen Gil de Arriba. Universidad de Cantabria.
• Virginia Gómez Barrios. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Spain.
• Gigliola Gori. Universita degli studi di Urbino. Italy.
• André Gounot. Université de Strasbourg. France.
• Rafael Guimãraes Botelho. Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio de Janeiro. Brazil.
• José Luis Hernández Vázquez. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Spain.
• Annette R. Hofmann. Ludwigsburg University of Education. Germany.
• Pedro Jesús Jiménez Martín. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Spain.
• Arnd Krüger. Universität Göttingen. Germany.
• Sébastien Laffage-Cosnier. Université de Franche-Comté. France.
• Olivier Le Noé. Université Paris Nanterre. France.
• Antonio Lombardo. Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata. Italy.
• Jean-Francois Loudcher. Université de Bordeaux. France.
• Marcello Marchioni. Scuola dello Sport CONI. Centro Studi Educazione Fisica di Firenze. Italy.
• Alessandro Mariani. Università degli Studi di Firenze. Italy.
• Lázaro Mediavilla Saldaña. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Spain.
• Marie Helene Orthous. Universidad de Avignon. France.
• Xavier Pujadas Martí. Universidad Ramón Llull. Spain.
• Ignacio Refoyo Román. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Spain.
• Antonio Rivero Herráiz. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Spain.
• Jean Saint-Martin. Université de Strasbourg. France.
• Mirta Elena Sánchez García. Universidad Juan Agustín Maza. Argentina.
• Pierre-Olaf Schut. Université Gustave Eiffel. France.
• Daniele Serapiglia. Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Portugal.
• Angela Teja. Società Italiana di Storia dello Sport. Italy.
• José Tierra Orta. Universidad de Huelva. Spain.
• Patrick Trabal. Université Paris Nanterre. France.
• Marianna Traversetti. Sapienza, Università di Roma  
• Jorge Uría González. Universidad de Oviedo. Spain.
• Alessandro Vaccarelli. Universita degli studi dell'Aquila. Italy.
• Conrad Vilanou. Universidad de Barcelona. Spain.
• Alejandro de la Viuda Serrano. Universidad de Alcalá de Henares. Spain.
• Christian Vivier. Université de Franche-Comté. France.
• María Luisa Zagalaz. Universidad de Jaén. Spain.

Layout and proofreading

Layout

• Esther González Castilla. Biblioteca de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte.

Reviewers

Articles published in Materiales para la Historia del Deporte (MHD) pass through a rigorous external double blind peer review process.

 The Editorial Board of MHD would like to thank all the reviewers for their contribution to the quality of the work we publish.

Reviewers

• List of reviewers 2023.

Journal History

Materiales para la Historia del Deporte was born in 2003 as a result of the coordination tasks inspired by the Andalusian Association of Sports History and thanks to the invaluable collaboration of the Andalusian Sports Institute. After its passage through the Pablo de Olavide University, since September 2019 it is included in the catalogue of journals of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, being the Research Group "Humanist and Social Studies in Physical Education and Sport" of the Faculty of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences (INEF) the responsible for its exploitation and dissemination.

The journal Materiales para la Historia del Deporte brings together studies and research related to the origins and evolution of physical activities, as well as the social sciences and humanities linked to sport in general, with the primary aim of promoting its diffusion in the scientific community.