About the Journal

Approach and scope

The general objective of the journal is to disseminate the results, share knowledge and lessons learned from research and intervention projects carried out by the ACORDES Group at the local, regional and national levels, as well as the work of teachers, researchers and national and international experts.

The journal seeks to publish original manuscripts in Spanish and English, focused mainly on the following lines:

- Strengthening and socio-organizational culture.
- Democracy, commitment and participation.
- Social and Solidarity Economy / Social Entrepreneurship / Eco-feminism / Alternatives to Development / Educational Aspects of Development.
- Environmental Sustainability / Food Sovereignty / Climate Change.

Academic and Dissemination Journal

The editorial policy of the journal is open to anyone to publish in it.

Open access policy

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

There is no charge for any editorial management procedure. 

Publication Frequency

The journal Acordes is published biannually (twice a year). 

Anti-plagiarism policy

a) Similarity review policy

The journal Acordes uses Urkund software for the review of the percentage of similarity (plagiarism). 

b) Single submission policy

No manuscript should be submitted to the journal while under consideration in any other publication.

Authorship identification

This journal encourages authors to use the ORCID® persistent digital identifier as a system of authorship standardization.