Submissions

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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is being considered for publication elsewhere (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission (in MS Word format) adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in Author Guidelines.
  • Where available, DOIs should be included at the end of references.
  • The instructions in How to ensure all files are anonymised have been followed.

Author Guidelines

Please, read this document to know how to use the website as Author.

Manuscripts must be consistent with the following instructions:

a- Manuscripts are assumed to represent original work. This implies that the manuscript has not been published, nor is being considered for publication elsewhere.

b- Manuscripts must be written in English or Spanish. In the case of English, spelling should be US English or British English, but not a mixture of both. Only manuscripts written in clear concise English or Spanish will be considered for review. A manuscript may be rejected if it contains too many grammatical errors or typing mistakes.

c- The length of the manuscripts must be between 6,000 and 8,000 words.

d- Manuscripts, which should be submitted in MS Word format, shall be written in compliance with this template. You can also download sample citations from The Chicago Manual of Style (Author-Date system).

e- Manuscripts written in Spanish should include the abstract and keywords in English and Spanish.

The author(s) should ensure that the submitted document has been anonymised. [instructions]

The publication of an article implies the transfer of copyright from the author(s) to the publisher in accordance with the terms presented in the Copyright Notice.

There is no publication fee. The journal does not charge any fees for submitting work, nor does it charge any dues for publishing articles.

Copyright Notice

The works published in this journal are subject to the following terms:

  1. The journal conserves the copyright of the works published, but it encourages and allows the reuse of the same under the license specified in the following point.
  2. The works are published under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License" (CC-by-nc-nd). The terms are as follows:
    • Attribution: You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
    • NonCommercial: You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
    • NoDerivatives: If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.
  3. The journal allows authors to spread the preprint version (version before being evaluated) of their works before publication, as it favours their circulation and earlier dissemination and, with it, a possible increase in its citation and reach among the academic community.
  4. The journal allows authors to spread the published version of their works electronically (e.g. in institutional repositories or on their own website).
  5. The authors agree with the license used by the journal, the conditions of self-archiving and the open-access policy.

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