Ricard Huerta, researcher at IUCIE, has published the book Doble ciego. Revistas de investigación en la Editorial Tirant Lo Blanch (2025)
The book Doble ciego Revistas de Investigación (Double Blind. Research Journals) offers a critical and incisive look at the situation we, those of us who research at the university, are experiencing and suffering. It addresses the problem of the harmful effects caused by the vast and unbridled scientific production of articles, especially in areas of knowledge related to the arts, education, and humanities. To focus the discussion, it emphasizes the essential role currently played by scientific publications. International editors of leading journals analyze their own experiences here, describing the work they do to manage and promote their journals: Artseduca, grafica, Culturas, Observar, Anales del Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas de la UNAM, Journal de recherche en éducations artistiques, Arte y Políticas de Identidad, Encanterias, Apotheke, Sonda, Tercio Creciente, EARI Educación Artística Revista de Investigación. The "Valencia Manifesto" is included, a proposal for the future born from a meeting of specialists who analyzed the situation of those of us who publish scientific journals at public universities, always concerned about the commercial drift caused by private multinationals in the sector.
