Submissions
Submission Preparation Checklist
Pre-submission Checklist
Before submitting, the author must verify:
■ The manuscript has not been previously published and is not under review by another journal.
■ The submission file is in Microsoft Word (.docx) format.
■ The author template is used, and the specifications for typography, margins, and line spacing are followed.
■ All the references follow APA 7th edition format in English or 4th edition format in Spanish and include DOI or URL when required.
■ All authors have an ORCID identifier and an institutional affiliation.
■ The manuscript had been anonymized and its metadata have been cleaned.
■ Mandatory disclosures are included (conflict of interest, funding, ethics, use of AI, authorship contributions).
■ Tables and figures are embedded in the text and include footnotes.
■ The requested Letter of Authorization for Publication and License of Use shall be sent.
■ A 15-calendar-day deadline for responding to the revisions requested by the journal is accepted.
Full-Length Articles
This section accepts original and unpublished research findings in the fields of the Social Sciences and Humanities. Manuscripts must be between 8,000 and 10,000 words in length, including the abstract and references, and must be prepared using the journal’s Author Template. Submissions are accepted in Spanish, English, and French.
The text must be set in 12-point Times New Roman font, double-spaced, on letter-size paper with 2.5 cm margins on all four sides. The title and subtitles must be in bold, 12-point Times New Roman. Footnotes must be set in 10-point Times New Roman. All pages must be numbered in the lower right corner. Tables and figures should be inserted at their appropriate locations within the text, numbered, and accompanied by their source. Citations and references should follow the APA style, 7th edition in English (4th edition in Spanish), including the DOI or URL of the works whenever possible.
Article Structure:
1. Title in Spanish (maximum 15 words).
2. Title in English.
3. Title in French.
4. Full name of each author, with a footnote containing: complete institutional affiliation (no acronyms or abbreviations), city, state, country, research areas, email address, and ORCID (required). The corresponding author must be identified.
5. Abstract in Spanish (maximum 200 words).
6. Keywords in Spanish (minimum 3, maximum 5). It is recommended to select them from the UNESCO Thesaurus: https://vocabularies.unesco.org/es/
7. Abstract in English (maximum 200 words).
8. Keywords in English, as a direct translation of the keywords in Spanish.
9. Abstract in French (maximum 200 words).
10. Mots-clés in French, as a direct translation of the keywords in Spanish.
11. Introduction.
12. Main Body (sections and subsections).
13. Conclusions.
14. References.
Empirical articles may follow the IMRyD structure (Introduction, Method, Results, Discussion, and Conclusions).
Authorship and Disclosures. A maximum of five authors per article is permitted. At the end of the manuscript, authors must include disclosures regarding conflicts of interest, funding, ethical considerations, the use of artificial intelligence, and each author’s contribution according to the CRediT taxonomy.
Literature Review Articles
This section accepts systematic reviews, critical reviews, or state-of-the-art reviews that analyze, synthesize, and discuss recent scientific research on a topic in the field of the Social Sciences and Humanities, and that provide an original assessment beyond a mere description of the sources. Manuscripts must be original and unpublished, range from a minimum of 8,000 to a maximum of 12,000 words—including the abstract and references—and must be prepared using the journal’s Author Template. Submissions are accepted in Spanish, English, and French.
The text must be written in 12-point Times New Roman font, double-spaced, on letter-size paper with 2.5 cm margins on all four sides. The title and subtitles should be in bold, 12-point Times New Roman font. Footnotes should be written in 10-point Times New Roman font. All pages must be numbered in the lower right corner. Tables and figures should be inserted at their appropriate locations within the text, numbered, and with their sources cited. Citations and references should follow the APA style, 7th edition in English (4th edition in Spanish), including the DOI or URL of the works whenever possible.
Article Structure:
1. Title in Spanish (maximum 15 words).
2. Title in English.
3. Title in French.
4. Full name of each author, with a footnote containing: complete institutional affiliation (no acronyms or abbreviations), city, state, country, research areas, email address, and ORCID (required). The corresponding author must be identified.
5. Abstract in Spanish (maximum 200 words).
6. Keywords in Spanish (minimum 3, maximum 5). It is recommended to select them from the UNESCO Thesaurus: https://vocabularies.unesco.org/es/
7. Abstract in English (maximum 200 words).
8. Keywords in English, as a direct translation of the keywords in Spanish.
9. Abstract in French (maximum 200 words).
10. Mots-clés in French, as a direct translation of the keywords in Spanish.
11. Introduction.
12. Main Body (sections and subsections).
13. Conclusions.
14. References.
Authorship and Disclosures. A maximum of five authors per article is permitted. At the end of the manuscript, authors must include disclosures regarding conflicts of interest, funding, ethical considerations, the use of artificial intelligence, and each author’s contribution according to the CRediT taxonomy.
Book Reviews
This section accepts critical reviews of academic books in the social sciences and humanities published within the last three years. The review should go beyond a mere description of the content: it should highlight the work’s contributions, evaluate its arguments and sources, and situate it within the broader scholarly debate in its field. Submissions must be original and unpublished, range from a minimum of 1,500 to a maximum of 3,000 words, and be prepared using the journal’s Author Template. Submissions are accepted in Spanish, English, and French.
The text must be written in 12-point Times New Roman font, double-spaced, on letter-size paper with 2.5 cm margins on all four sides. The title should be in bold, 12-point Times New Roman. Footnotes should be written in 10-point Times New Roman. All pages must be numbered in the lower right corner. Citations and references should follow the APA style, 7th edition in English (4th edition in Spanish); citations from the work being reviewed should be indicated only by the page number in parentheses.
Structure of the review:
· Title of the review.
· Complete bibliographic information for the work being reviewed: author, title, publisher, city, year, number of pages, and ISBN.
· Full name of the reviewer, with a footnote containing: complete institutional affiliation (no acronyms or abbreviations), city, state, country, research interests, email address, and ORCID (required).
· Body of the review (no required subsections).
· Bibliographic references (if any).
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