The International Review 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 Raúl de las Heras Sánchez for more than 14 years, who has been in charge of directing and publishing the journal up to and including issue 27. The entire trajectory of this first phase of the journal can be consulted in RIDROM.
The aim of the journal is 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 individuals 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. For this reason, it will strive to ensure the rigour and quality of the contributions through their evaluation by researchers of accredited prestige.
RIDROM enjoys an excellent reputation in the field of Roman Law and the Roman tradition, as one of the journals with the highest scientific impact in the speciality.
In the new stage, starting with issue 28 (2022), the aim is to improve a series of formal aspects that will lead to an increase in the journal's inclusion in international databases and an improvement in the rating of existing ones, with the invaluable help of the Publications Service of the University of Oviedo, hosted on the REUNIDO platform of the University of Oviedo: RIDROM. SERIE II
RIDROM has received in 2023 the Quality Seal in the 8th edition of the FECYT Journal Evaluation process, issued by the Evaluation Commission in accordance with the participation procedure and published on 30 December 2022,renewed in 2024, certificate no.: FECYT-658/2024.
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 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 committed to the Diamond Open Access publishing system, ensuring free online access to research results with maximum visibility for published works. This means that the journal provides unrestricted access to all its content from the moment of electronic publication. The entire editorial process, from peer review to publication, is funded by the University of Oviedo and no fees are charged to authors or readers.
Works published in RIDROM are subject to the following terms:
The works are published in the electronic edition of the journal under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivativeWorks 4.0 Spain licence (legal text). They may be copied, used, disseminated, transmitted and publicly displayed, provided that: i) authorship and the original source of publication (journal, publisher and URL of the work) are cited; ii) they are not used for commercial purposes; iii) they do not constitute a derivative work; iv) the existence and specifications of this licence for use are mentioned.
Conditions for self-archiving. Authors are authorised to self-archive articles in their post-print version (publisher's version) on personal or institutional websites, including a link to the journal's website and providing the full citation of the paper. RIDROM and its url https://reunido.uniovi.es/index.php/ridrom are the only authorised sources for correctly referencing the publisher's version in all mentions of the article.
It is also declared to have respected the ethical principles of research and to be free of any conflict of interest.
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 allowed to use arguments or scientific interpretations contained in unpublished articles for their own benefit, except with the written permission of the author.
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.
ARCHIVE
RIDROM archives a copy of all copies in the repository of the University of Oviedo (RUO): https://digibuo.uniovi.es/dspace/page/visibility, and, in addition, a hard copy, and in Dialnet https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/revista?codigo=12452.
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