Short title: Infor
Periodicity: biannual under continuous publication mode
Reception of originals: open all year long

Brief history of the journal

The journal Informatio has evolved from an editorial policy developed over 40 years ago, initially by the University School of Librarianship and Related Sciences (EUBCA) and currently by the Information Institute of the Faculty of Information and Communication (FIC). This editorial journey traces back to the Bulletin of the University School of Librarianship, published from the late 1960s until 1983. After a hiatus, the institutional publication format of the EUBCA was resumed in 1995 with Informatio. From 1995 to 2011, the journal published 16 printed issues. Beginning with the 2012 volume, it transitioned to an electronic journal format and has continued to be published in this format to the present day.

From 1995 to 2012, Informatio was published annually. However, starting in 2013, it transitioned to a biannual publication. In 2024, it adopted the continuous publication model while maintaining a biannual schedule with two issues per year.

The call for article submissions remains open continuously throughout the year.

Scope and approach of the journal

Informatio is published in two annual issues under continuous publication form starting in 2024, as a journal of the Information Institute of the School of Information and Communication of the Uruguayan State University (Universidad de la República).

It is intended to publish original and unpublished articles, research results, literature reviews and academic subjects of disciplinary interest, contributing to the development of Information Science, Library Science, Archival Science and related areas.

The views expressed in the articles are under the exclusive responsibility of their authors. Contributions from national and foreign specialists will be accepted, provided that they make a significant input towards the current state of the art in the disciplines of this journal.

Section policy

Articles

All articles should cover up to 25 pages, 12 point Times New Roman font with 1.5 line spacing, line spacing after 6, no indentation and justified.

Page configuration A4, left and right margins to 3.5 cm, top and bottom margins to 2.5 cm.

A template for the articles in MS Word (DOC) format can be downloaded in this link; and OpenDocument (ODT) in this link.

Experiences Reports

Accounts of experiences will also be accepted for publication. The final statement on the inclusion of a contribution in this item will be decided by the Informatio editorial board. The guidelines being on the same terms as those required for the articles. No more than two accounts of experiences will be published per issue.

Reviews

Reviews will be published by invitation only. The text should be no longer than 10 pages and will follow the presentation guidelines required for the articles.

News

This section is intended for the dissemination of news of interest related to the Faculty of Information and Communication community, as well as the journal's thematic field, highlighting advances, events, and contributions relevant to its readers. Submissions are by invitation, and their length varies, taking into account the event being covered by the news.

 Open Access policy

This journal provides open access to its content, based on the principle that offering the public free access to research helps to foster a greater global knowledge exchange.

Open access is immediate and applies to all content. The journal allows its readers to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or link the full text of its articles. The author must NOT pay any fees either for the review of the article or for publication in open access.

Informatio has signed the San Francisco Declaration on Scientific Evaluation (DORA) in which a change in the research evaluation system based on the impact factor is promoted.

We believe that other means of evaluating research and researchers are needed, emphasizing the quality of the research and not its publication, and for this reason we adhere to the aforementioned statement.

Copyright Notice

The authors who publish in this journal agree to the following conditions:

1. The authors retain the copyright and assign the right of the first publication to the journal, with their work registered under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 international license, which allows third parties to use what is published, in so far as the authorship of the work and the first publication in this journal are mentioned.
2. Authors may make other independent and additional contractual agreements for the non-exclusive distribution of the version of the article published in this journal (e.g., include it in an institutional repository or publish it in a book) provided they clearly state that the work was first published in this journal.
3. Authors are allowed and recommended to publish their work on the Internet (for example in institutional or personal sites) before and during the review and publication process, as it can lead to fruitful exchanges and a greater and faster dissemination of the work published. (see The Effect of Open Access).

Peer Review Process

Informatio is a peer-reviewed journal through a double blind system. Each article received is sent to two reviewers with recognized competence in the field, preserving the identity of the author.

The reviewers evaluate each article based on its originality, rigor, academic relevance and real contribution to the current state of the art, through a form sent by the Editorial Board.

In case of a positive opinion from both reviewers, the article is accepted; in case of a negative opinion from both, it is rejected.

In case of a negative and a positive opinion, it is sent to a third reviewer, whose opinion decides the ultimate acceptance or rejection of the article.

In the event of a positive opinion with reserves, it is forwarded to the author to make the modification indicated by the reviewer.

Publication frequency

From 1995 to 2012, Informatio was published annually. However, starting in 2013, it transitioned to a biannual publication. In 2024, it adopted the continuous publication model while maintaining a biannual schedule with two issues per year.

Statement of sponsorship

Publisher: Instituto de Información, Facultad de Información y Comunicación, Universidad de la República.

Privacy statement

The names and email addresses entered in this journal will be used exclusively for the specific purposes defined therein and will not be provided to third parties or for any other purposes.