The editorial team of Esfera Pública. Journal on Governance and Society reaffirms its commitment to the principles of open access, open science, public circulation of knowledge and free dissemination of scientific research.

All academic contents published by the journal are made available through immediate open access, without embargo periods, economic barriers, subscription requirements or prior registration for consultation. Any person may access, read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, link to and reuse the published contents under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0), unless expressly stated otherwise.

Esfera Pública. Journal on Governance and Society adopts a diamond open access model. This means that the journal does not charge authors any fees for submission, evaluation, editing, correction, layout or publication of their texts. It also does not charge readers, institutions or libraries for access, download, consultation or reuse of its contents.

The journal does not apply article processing charges (APCs), submission fees, peer-review fees, page charges, colour charges, withdrawal charges or publication fees. The editorial funding of the journal is provided by its publishing institution, El Colegio de Jalisco A. C., in accordance with its commitment to research, scholarly dissemination and public access to knowledge.

 

Principles of open access

Esfera Pública. Journal on Governance and Society adhere to and adopt the following landmark declarations in the Open Access movement:

1. Budapest Open Access Initiative (2002)

The journal shares the principle that scientific knowledge should circulate freely as a public good. In accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative, Esfera Pública. Journal on Governance and Society guarantees the open and free availability of the scientific information disseminated through its platform, without economic, legal or technical barriers that prevent reading, downloading, copying, distributing, printing, searching or linking to its contents.

2. Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities (2003)

The journal adopts open access as a means to expand the visibility, accessibility, circulation, preservation and social usefulness of scientific research. Published contents are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0), which allows users to share, adapt, transform and build upon the published material, including for commercial purposes, provided that appropriate credit is given to the authors, the original source of publication is cited and any changes made are indicated.

3. Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing (2003)

The journal recognises that open access must be supported by rigorous, transparent and academically responsible editorial processes. Open publication of research results does not replace or weaken academic review; on the contrary, it requires clear standards of evaluation, integrity, traceability, preservation and editorial quality.

4. San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA, 2012)

The journal recognises that the quality, relevance and impact of research should not be assessed exclusively through aggregate metrics, such as journal impact factors. Esfera Pública. Journal on Governance and Society supports academic assessment based on the intrinsic quality of contributions, their relevance, methodological rigour, argumentative soundness, social significance and contribution to knowledge.

 

Copyright and licence

Authors retain copyright over their works and grant Esfera Pública. Journal on Governance and Society the right of first publication.

Published contents are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0), unless expressly stated otherwise. This licence allows users to copy, redistribute, remix, transform and build upon the material in any medium or format, including for commercial purposes, provided that appropriate credit is given to the authors, the original source of publication is cited and any changes made are indicated.

The official version of the licence is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

 

Self-archiving and circulation of contents

Authors may deposit, share and disseminate the published version of their articles in institutional repositories, subject repositories, personal websites, academic networks, curriculum platforms and other spaces of scholarly circulation, provided that the original publication in Esfera Pública. Journal on Governance and Society is cited and the corresponding licence is maintained.

The journal promotes the broad circulation of its contents as part of its commitment to open access, academic visibility, digital preservation, interoperability and the democratisation of knowledge.

Preservation, metadata and interoperability

Esfera Pública. Journal on Governance and Society preserves its published contents, final files and editorial metadata through the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform, digital preservation mechanisms enabled in the journal and institutional backup procedures.

LOCKSS and CLOCKSS are enabled in the journal’s editorial platform to support the distributed preservation of published contents and their metadata. The journal also promotes the use of persistent identifiers, complete metadata, DOI, ORCID, interoperable formats and editorial practices compatible with indexing systems, academic repositories and open access platforms.

 

Institutional commitment

With this statement, Esfera Pública. Journal on Governance and Society reaffirms its commitment to diamond open access, editorial transparency, equity in scholarly communication, digital preservation and the public dissemination of knowledge.

The journal eliminates all fees for submitters, authors, readers and institutions, and ensures that its contents are available for consultation, download and reuse without economic restrictions.

All published contents may be consulted free of charge on the journal’s website: https://esferapublica.mx