Approach and scope

The Cuadernos de Estudios del Siglo XVIII is an interdisciplinary scientific journal dedicated to the study of the Eighteenth Century in the scope of Spain and Hispano-America. The CESXVIII (1991-), edited by Feijoo Institute for 18th Century Studies of the University of Oviedo, are continuators of the Boletín de Estudios del Siglo XVIII, founded in 1973.

Each CESXVIII issue includes a section of works organized around a Monographic, supervised by a coordinator designated by the Editorial Board, and a thematic-open section, Varia; another section of Sources and documents, focused on critical editing of texts; and a fourth section of Reviews, devoted to broadcasting bibliographical updates in the field of eighteenth-century studies.

CESXVIII only publish original research. The papers received are submitted to an external and anonymous peer review evaluation system.

The original papers are published in Spanish (Castilian), given the journal’s area of study. However, the Editorial Committee exceptionally accepts -well-founded- originals submitted in other languages.

Blind peer review process

CESXVIII only publish original research. The papers received -except Reviews- are submitted to an external and anonymous peer review evaluation system, according to the editorial and academic quality guidelines referred by UNESCO’s Information for All Programme (IFAP). Two specialists designated by the Editorial Board will assess their authenticity, relevance and methodological rigour. Reviewers receive the journal’s evaluation form in which they will examine aspects such as the relevance of the subject addressed in the study, goal fulfilment, the suitability of the applied methodology, the use of primary sources, updated and pertinent bibliographic management, writing and structural clarity and, most importantly, the novelty of the work presented.

Both reports are sent to authors, who must accept the solicited modifications, if there are any. In the case of receiving one favourable and one unfavourable review we will resort to a third assessor’s opinion. A list of reviewers from the last three volumes is annually published on the journal’s website.

Policy of open access

This journal provides its contents in immediate open access and at full text, under the principle that allowing open access to research results in a greater exchange of knowledge at a global level.

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Periodicity

The CESXVIII is an annually published journal and volumes appear on the second semester of the year.

Journal’s history

The Cuadernos de Estudios del Siglo XVIII (1991-), edited by IFESXVIII, are continuators of the Boletín de Estudios del Siglo XVIII, a journal founded in 1973 by Professor José Miguel Caso González, and of the Cuadernos de la Cátedra Feijoo.

The complete collection of the journal’s different periods (current CESXVIII and previous Cuadernos de la Cátedra Feijoo (1955-1973), Boletín de Estudios del Siglo XVIII (1973-1983) and Anejos del Boletín de Estudios del Siglo XVIII (1978-1985) are available in the Archives section.