As usual at the beginning of 2015 we publish our traditional editorial note. We present basic statistics and recent news concerning the evolution of the Journal in the past year.

The RHE-JILAEH received 57, 44, 43, 54 66 and 59 original research papers in the years from 2010 to 2015 respectively. There has been a slight fall in the number of originals received in the last year. Figure 1 presents the evolution in these figures since 2010.

The percentage of original manuscripts received last year dealing with Latin American history remains high, while there is a rising pattern for articles dealing with Global History (over 35%). The numbers of original research papers on Spanish and Portuguese history received remained stable.

Our rejection rate of manuscripts not suitable for RHE-JILAEH, either by its subject or by other problems, maintains high values (64%). As already noted in the previous year the Journal profile seems well established since researchers seem to perceive more clearly the kind of manuscripts suitable for the readers of RHE-JILAEH.

Evaluation and processing times for articles have remained at very reasonable values and our objective is to continue in this line. In the last year there has been an increase in the number of accepted articles in First View.

The greatest wealth of the Journal, jointly with the Editorial Board, is the contribution of the reviewers of the received manuscripts. The list of reviewers reflects the international dimension of the RHE-JILAEH as well as the generosity and professionalism of the scientific community. We gratefully acknowledge their contribution to the Journal.

FIGURE 1

NUMBER OF ORIGINAL ARTICLES SUBMITTED TO RHE-JILAEH, 2010-2015.

FIGURE 2

REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF TOPICS. TOTAL SUBMISSIONS IN 2015 (%).

TABLE 1

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION AND TOPICS OF ARTICLES IN 2015

TABLE 2

STATISTICS FOR EVALUATIONS PERIODS AND THE SITUATIONS OF ORIGINAL RESEARCH PAPERS DURING 2015