Tips for authors
Before submitting your article
Find the “right” journal before submitting your article. It is very important to acknowledge whether the drat fits within the editorial focus and guidelines of each journal. This will avoid your article been rejected at first revision of the Editorial Team.
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 reviewing your article.
Pay attention to the times upon which you should submit your article to the journal.
Read and follow instructions to submit your paper on the Platform OJS.
Do not send your full Resume. (Curriculum Vitae). Only submit the information requested by the journal: a) full name; b) institutional membership; c) academic training; d) research lines or groups; e) two recent publications; and f) ORCID number.
While writing your article
Title
Write a concise suggestive title relaying the matter of your investigation.
A good title should: a) prefigure 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 abstract might be the first and the only subject that any reader sees of your article. For most of the readers, an article does not go beyond its submitted abstract. The abstract sets the tone for the remainder of the article; it should describe its full text.
An abstract 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. The journal can suggest and select key works for papers submitted.
Key words
Key words make your article to be easy to recognize by searching engines. Do not use words that are not highlighted within the text.
Key words should: a) refer to the problem, matter and place of the research; b) be contained within the summary and some should be mentioned in the title of the article.
Please remember not to exceed the established number of key words.
Body text
Your text should fit within the normal parameters of the journal; these may be consulted here.
The article should be clearly organized: a) introduction: b) development: c) discussion and d) conclusions.
Be sure to be explicit about the contribution and the originality of your article in the introduction.
Be sure that your research of the 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 the paper’s paragraphs should be fully developed. It means that each one should contain a central highlight, generating a coherent transition towards the next one.
Avoid verbatim extracts within the paragraphs. 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 are not a summary of the article. The latter should allow for new research agendas. It should not address matters that were not discussed within the paper. Try writing different conclusions and choose the best fit for the article.
Be sure to have all images, charts and graphs in a good resolution and with the relevant licences.
Review the article. Identify generalities or opinions: do you have evidence for your arguments? 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.
The journal has an international readership. Therefore, please remember to contextualize your research, concepts, and location among others that might not be understood by a wide readership.
An academic article should not be the short version of a graduate thesis. Rewrite it following the parameters of an academic article.
Your article’s revision
Revise and answer all comments from the reviewers and from the Editorial Team. Organize those according to the level of complexity and provide an answer.
Revise if the reviewers coincide in one or more topics (items) and address the reviewers’ points together.
If you disagree with one or more of the reviewers’ comments, justify your points in an appropriate and sufficient manner. Please remember that not including the changes may lead to the article not been published.
Rewrite the title and abstract after fully revising the article with amendments.