Submissions

Author Guidelines

1. GENERAL CRITERIA FOR MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION

The submitted works should comply with the format and style requirements according to the nature of the journal, following the instructions below:

• Body font: Times New Roman, size 12, justified text
• Titles and subtitles: They should be justified in New Roman, size 12, in capitalized and bold, leaving a single space between them and the text. Do not use bullets or general numbering for the word processor.
• Line spacing: 1.5. Margins: 2 cm on all sides.
• If abbreviations are used, they should be explained only the first time they appear in the text.
• Tables and figures should be incorporated into the text, as close to the place where they are mentioned. Avoid putting them as annexes. They should have the necessary textual references, if applicable. A maximum of 5 tables and figures each is accepted.
• In case the figures contain texts and symbols, these should be as legible as possible.
• Figures and tables should be sent in an Excel file.
• Original photographs and drawings should be in JPG, GIF or TIFF formats (4961 x 3295 pixels or 2041 x 1356 pixels).
• Notes mentioned in the body of the paper should be included at the foot of the page. Notes are required to have Arabic numerals.
• In-text citations and bibliographic references should follow the style of the American Psychological Association (APA) standards, seventh edition ( www.apastyle.org ).

CHARACTERISTICS OF EACH TYPE OF ARTICLE

a) Original article: It is a report of original research. With a length of 3000-3500 words excluding the abstract, title, and keywords.

• The manuscript should be arranged in the following order:
• Title: It should not exceed twenty (20) words, in Spanish and English,
• Abstract: In one paragraph and up to 250 words, in Spanish and English,
• Keywords: Five descriptors in Spanish and English, describing the content of the article. It is mandatory to use descriptors from the UNESCO Macro Thesaurus (https://vocabularies.unesco.org/browser/thesaurus/es/).
• Introduction, methodology, results, discussion, and conclusion: With titles numbered with Arabic numerals. The theoretical-conceptual aspects of the introduction and results may present subtitles.
• References: It should have a minimum of 15 to 20 bibliographic references and a maximum of 50.

b) Review Articles: Bibliometric studies, systematic reviews, meta-analysis, and meta-synthesis on relevant and current topics that correspond to the disciplines covered by the journal to report on advances and development trends. It requires an unstructured abstract, keywords, an introduction, methodology, results, discussion, and conclusion. Titles and subtitles should be numbered with Arabic numerals. The text should be between 3000-5000 words in length. It is characterized by presenting a careful bibliographic review of at least 50 references to a maximum of 100.

• The manuscript should be arranged in the following order:
• Title: It should not exceed twenty (20) words, in Spanish and English,
• Abstract: In one paragraph and up to 250 words, in Spanish and English,
• Keywords: Five descriptors in Spanish and English, describing the content of the article. It is mandatory to use descriptors from the UNESCO Macro Thesaurus (https://vocabularies.unesco.org/browser/thesaurus/es/).
• Introduction, methodology, results, discussion, and conclusion: with titles numbered with Arabic numerals. The theoretical-conceptual aspects of the introduction and results may have subtitles.
• References: It should have a minimum of 50 bibliographic references and a maximum of 100.

c) Letters to the Editor: They are short communications with several objectives: 1) To stimulate the discussion of the articles published in the Revista Científica Estudios e Investigaciones. The scientific community is invited to write constructive criticism no longer than two pages and no later than two months after the article in question has been published. 2) Communication of brief scientific observations in which the author considers that the space of an original article is not required. In this case, a maximum of three pages, 1 table or figure, and 5 bibliographic references will be allowed. The number of authors should not exceed 3, with a responsible author to whom the correspondence will be sent.

d) Short communications: Communications involving preliminary results, which are not enough for a full paper publication.

These communications will be made following the items of a full publication, but in a succinct manner, so that the entire work reaches a maximum of 2000 words.

e) Current Issues: Like review articles, they should provide real scientific interest, but without the depth of critical analysis required for a review article.

It requires an unstructured abstract, an introduction, development, and conclusions. It may include no more than four tables or figures. It should consist of:

• Title in Spanish and English.
• Abstract (no more than 250 words), in Spanish and English,
• Keywords: Three descriptors in Spanish and English, describing the content of the article. It is mandatory to use descriptors from the UNESCO Macro Thesaurus (https://vocabularies.unesco.org/browser/thesaurus/es/) to describe the content of the article.
• Development of the topic, up to 3000 words. This section may present subdivisions or subtitles.
• Conclusion
• Bibliographic references written according to APA standards, seventh edition. Tables and figures. Unlike a review article, this one requires a deep and critical analysis (See Annex 1).

f) Editorial: Document written by the editor, a member of the editorial board, or an invited researcher on orientations in the thematic domain of the journal.

g) Other sections: Abstracts of scientific conferences or meetings, projects under development, and book reviews. These papers should present a title and the corresponding translation, an abstract of no more than 250 words, the development up to 2000, and references.

3. EVALUATION SYSTEM see here

4. ETHICAL ISSUES see here

5. PROOFREADING

The corresponding author will receive a PDF copy of the layout text for verification and final approval along with a Letter of Acceptance to be completed when accepting the final version and authorizing publication.

Before printing, the editors will also proofread and reserve the right to make changes.

Only works that meet all the above requirements will be accepted.