About the Journal

EMBLECAT Estudis de la Imatge, Art i Societat is a scientific journal that since its first edition in 2012 is presented in electronic open access and printed format, collects research studies from different areas of the humanities. It aims to promote, communicate and disseminate research, criticism and debate around the study of art, the emblematic and other disciplines, covering all historical periods, countries and languages. It also includes a section dedicated to reports that especially address current issues related to Catalonia.

The magazine admits research works in Catalan, Spanish and English.

EMBLECAT publishes annually original and unpublished contributions that have an adequate level and quality for publication according to the result of the evaluation by a peer-blind review and according to the criteria of the Editorial Board.

Articles are not published that express exclusively opinions, hypotheses or unfounded interpretations, nor that present ad hominem arguments, which imply discrediting scientific positions because of the person or group that defends them. It also excludes articles that present local aspects through the concrete, cumulative and inconsequential description of facts and anecdotes that are considered isolated. Investigations on "local cases" will only be published if they meet the requirement of experimentation sites of the corresponding general field and modify the general by enriching, nuancing or questioning it.

The journal has an Editorial Board, a Scientific Committee and has international reviewers, and all studies are subject to an evaluation system by peers.

Emblecat, Estudis de la Imatge, Art i Societat is edited and published by Emblecat Edicions , where you will find the editorial policy, the bases and other documentation necessary to publish a study, as well as the list of specialists who have collaborated in the blind review of the articles.