About the Journal

Ad Hoc is an Open Access peer-reviewed scientific journal published quarterly. It is edited and published by students of the Higher Institute of International Relations “Raúl Roa García”. It receives contributions in Spanish, English and French.

It is a space where students and tutors can publish the results of their research in the field of Social Sciences, especially in International Relations. It aims to contribute to the training of professionals with a broad profile in the field, as well as to the dissemination of the results of the scientific work of university students working and researching on international politics.

It publishes editorial notes, original and review articles, interviews, short contributions containing preliminary results of ongoing research, or others of interest in the opinion of the Editorial Committee, as well as articles of a historical nature that address paradigms, personalities, institutions, phenomenas, events, etc., which, due to their marked transcendence, contribute to the objectives of the Journal. It also has an extraordinary section of itinerant articles, which is permanently active between the publication of the formal issues. In this space, short articles are divulged, which may be essays, opinion articles and small analyses that respond to the thematic line of the publication. For the acceptance and publication of scientific articles related to International Relations, the Editorial Committee is responsible for enforcing its editorial policy.

This Journal does not charge any kind of fee or charge for manuscript submission, editorial processing or publication. There is no commercial or for-profit use. Each published issue is made available free of charge, in digital format, via the Internet. All content of the journal is under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial International 4.0 License (CC BY-NC 4.0). Authors are responsible for the opinions expressed in their papers.

Ad Hoc is registered in the National Registry of Serial Publications of the Republic of Cuba (RNPS: 2564) and in the International Standard Serial Number (ISSN: 3007-4592).