Tips for authors
Before submitting your article
It is very important to acknowledge whether your draft fits within the editorial focus and guidelines of each publication.
If you are unsure about the suitability of the journal for your investigation, please remember that you could write to the Editorial Team asking upon the relevance of your draft.
Talk to your colleagues and ask them about revising your article.
Pay attention to the times upon which you should submit your article to the Journal.
Mindfully read and follow instructions to submit your research to the Scholar One Platform.
Do not send your full Resume (Curriculum Vitae). Only submit the information requested by the Journal: a) full name; b) institutional membership; c) academic information; d) research lines or groups and e) two recent publications.
While writing your article
Title
Write a concise suggestive title relaying the matter of your investigation. Please remember that it will enable the reader to find the problems discussed within the text.
A good title should: a) predict the content, b) catch the reader’s attention, c) reflect the tone of the written piece, d) contain key words to be easily found upon searching engines.
Abstract
The summary might be the first and the only subject that any reader sees of your article (peer reviewers and readers). The abstract sets the tone of the article and it should be representative of the whole draft.
A summary should contain: a) problems/topics/questions/ or researching matters; b) employed methodology; c) conclusions/main results.
Please remember no to exceed the established number of words.
Keywords
Keywords allow your article to be easily recognizable by searching engines. Do not use words which are not highlighted within the text.
Keywords should: a) refer to the problem, matter and place of the research; b) be contained within the abstract and some should be mentioned in the title of the article.
Please remember not to exceed the established number of keywords.
Body text
Your text should fit within the normal parameters of H-ART; these may be consulted within the following link (link).
Be sure to be explicit about the contribution of your article in the introduction.
Be sure that your research thesis/question is strategically set within the two first pages; this usually comes at the end of a paragraph. The thesis most be succinct (to fit within the space of the article), unified (focused upon the selected matter) and precise (avoiding generic language).
Each one of its paragraphs should be nicely developed. It means that each one should contain a central self-developed highlight, generating a coherent transition toward the next one.
Avoid verbatim extracts within the paragraphs with no explanation. Do not assume that the highlights are obvious for the reader and that the linkage between the extract and your highlight is quite evident.
Conclusions should allow for new research agendas and questions as a logical consequence of the research itself. It should not address matters that were not discussed within the text body.
Images
Be sure to have all images, charts and graphs with good quality and with the appropriate licenses.
All tables, charts, tables or images must be delivered in high quality digital format (JPG or TIFF 300 and 240 DPI).
The footnote of the images must follow the norms established by the Chicago Manual of Style:
Images reproduced in a book:
Artist or creator, year. Title: subtitle. Medium. Reproduced in: full details of the book.
Image of a database:
Artist or creator, year. Title: subtitle. Reproduction site. Medium. Duration (if appropriate (eg videos). Name of the database.
Image or artwork online:
Artist or creator, year. Title: subtitle. Place of publication: URL.
Original image or work of art (view in a museum, gallery or collection)
Artist or creator, year. Title: subtitle. Place of exhibition: Name of gallery, museum or collection.
Image Permissions
When you are going to publish a text with images you must take into account that:
1. The author must have the reproduction rights of the images to be published. These rights may belong to the author of the image, the author's family, a museum, archive or institution. In all cases, the authorization format for the reproduction of images (see Annex 1 (Spanish) and 2 (English)) must be completed by the beneficiary or legal representative of the institution. In most cases the legal representative must certify that he has this power with a document that establishes the Existence and Legal Representation of the institution.
2. The term of extinction of the patrimonial rights in Colombia is of 80 years after the death of the author.
In most cases the rights to the images are expensive but there are several ways in which these costs can be circumvented.
a) Explain to the beneficiary that it is an academic publication with a small print run (usually H-ART prints 300 copies) for educational purposes sometimes helps.
b) Offering copies of the publication in exchange for the rights is another strategy that works well.
c) There is a new mode of publication when you do not have the rights to the images and it is too expensive to buy them that is to reference the url where the image can be found. Eg This mode works especially well when it is a digital publication.
d) Some museums such as the National Gallery of London have a "scholarly waiver" which consists of an authorization to use the images without paying only for academic publications with a print run of less than 1,500 copies and that are not divulged as e-book.
Revision of the article
Revise the article. Identify generalities or opinions: do you have evidence for your ideas? have you provided enough reasons for the reader to accept that perspective? If that is not clear, use a more precise type of language justifying your arguments with sources.
H-ART has an international readership. Therefore, please remember to contextualize your research, concepts, places, amongst others that might not be understood by a wider audience.
Revise and answer all comments from the peer reviewers and from the Editorial Team.
Revise if the peer reviewers coincide in one or more topics (items) and address those in a join manner.
If you disagree with one or more of the peer reviewer’s comments, justify your points in an appropriate and sufficient manner. Please remember that not including the changes without the right reason may lead to the article not been published.
Rewrite the title and summary after fully revising the article with amendments.