The International Journal of Roman Law was created in 2008 under the auspices of the Ibero-American Association of Roman Law and the University of Castilla-La Mancha, thanks to the initiative, work and selfless dedication of Professor of Roman Law Dr Gustavo Raul de las Heras Sanchez for more than 14 years.

The journal aims to disseminate the results of research in the field of Roman Law and its reception. It was born and continues with the vocation of overcoming any geographical frontiers and is open to all persons and institutions with the same aim. It will also disseminate the activities of the Ibero-American Association and any news and information of interest to the Roman community.

RIDROM is a scientific publication in electronic format and is a reference in its field. It will therefore strive to ensure the rigour and quality of the contributions using their evaluation by researchers of accredited prestige.

The journal has not received nor does it receive direct income from sales or advertising, only structural support, in its first stage, for more than 14 years, from the University of Castilla la Mancha and currently from the University of Oviedo and the Ibero-American Association of Roman Law.

FORMAT

RIDROM is a periodical scientific publication in open access electronic format (Open Access Journal) and does not have a printed edition, although the articles published will also be kept in paper format.

Authors will be able to update their articles, add a new version, and include multimedia content: photos, videos, sound, etc. On the other hand, readers will be able to interact through the magazine's e-mail address.

INTEROPERABILITY

RIDROM has enabled different interoperability protocols through the OJS publication platform via the OAI-PMH Interface (https://reunido.uniovi.es/index.php/AA/oai?verb=ListMetadataFormats) and support for Dublin Core 1.1 Metadata, MODS 3.4 and OpenURL 1.0.

In terms of digital preservation policies, the document repository is subject to a policy of backup copies in the institutional repository of the University of Oviedo (https://digibuo.uniovi.es/dspace/).

PERIODICITY

RIDROM is published every six months. The two issues of the year will be published respectively in April and October.

LANGUAGE

RIDROM's main languages are Spanish and English. However, articles may be published in any other language of wide scientific dissemination (German, French, Italian, Portuguese), with translations of the sections also available in French, Italian and Portuguese. In any case, the translation, by the author, of the article into English greatly facilitates its dissemination and impact.

COPYRIGHT AND OPEN ACCESS

RIDROM is an open access journal, available to any reader via the internet, without any pay-per-view fee.

Each author holds the copyright on each of the articles. The Editorial Board guarantees the intellectual property of each author, also during the publication process. None of the persons involved is permitted to use, for their own benefit, arguments or scientific interpretations contained in unpublished articles, except with the written authorisation of the author.

RIDROM does not charge or demand publication costs from authors during the publication procedure.

Respect for copyright is guaranteed from the moment the article is submitted, with the following qualification: the author of an article published in RIDROM authorises its free use by the journal in any publication format, always with mention of the author's name, and the obtaining of any economic benefit that may derive from it.

RIDROM allows authors to deposit articles in open access institutional or thematic repositories, once they have been accepted for publication, within a maximum period of six months.

Furthermore, the copying, presentation and distribution of articles published in RIDROM is permitted under the Creative Commons Attribution- Non Commercial- No Derivaties Public License, available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/; there is full freedom to share a copy or redistribute the journal material in any medium or format. This freedom cannot be revoked as long as the terms of the licence are met.

ARCHIVE

RIDROM archives a copy of all issues, as well as a hard copy. In this way, access to the content of the journal is guaranteed, even in the event of cessation of publication.

RIDROM uses the LOCKSS system to create a distributed storage system between participating libraries and allows the creation of permanent archives in the journal for preservation and restoration purposes.

OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT

RIDROM is owned by the Ibero-American Association of Roman Law, and the Editorial Board is responsible for the direction and management of the publications.

EDITORIAL

University of Oviedo

Publications Service

Humanities Campus

33011. Oviedo

e mail: servipub@uniovi.es