Author Guidelines
The journal accepts three types of research submissions: research articles and analytical essays between 30,000 and 60,000 characters with spaces, not counting metadata and references; and analytical book review up to 20,000 characters with spaces, not counting metadata and references.
Type of the article:
- Research article is a detailed presentation of the results of a completed scientific research.
- Analytical essay is a free-form writing that provides an original articulation and coverage of the problem and presents a well-argued position of the author.
- Book review is a critical analysis of a newly published monograph.
The journal accepts submissions in Russian, English, Spanish and Portuguese.
I. Before Submission
By submitting an article to the journal, the author assures that:
- the article has not been previously published in another journal;
- the article is not being considered for publication in another journal;
- all authors consent to the publication of the current version of the article.
Before submitting an article, make sure that the file (or files) contains all the necessary information in Russian, Spanish (Portuguese) and English, that all sources of information contained in the figures and in tables are indicated, and that all quotations are correct.
We kindly ask the authors to carefully study the format of articles and use this template when preparing research materials.
RULES FOR THE LIST OF REFERENCES
The list includes the cited scientific literature with DOI, if available. It is given in alphabetical order without numbering. Sources that are not analytical materials, as well as notes and comments to the text are indicated in a page footnote and are made directly in Word editor through the menu of references with continuous numbering.
Rules for footnotes
A footnote must include the author (if available), the title of the material, the name of the source (or official website from which the document was taken, etc.), the date (if not stated in the reference title), the URL and the date of reference in the format (accessed: date.month.year). When primary and repeated references are placed consecutively, the text of the repeated reference is replaced by «Ibid.». Repeated references in which bibliographic information previously cited are given in abbreviated form. They contain elements allowing to identify the document as well as elements which differ from the information in the primary reference.
Examples of footnotes
Ocampo M. Don Primoroso. Sainete (Enero 1º de 1840). Obras completas. México. Ciudad de México. Vázquez Editor. 1901. P. 255.
Ocampo M. Don Primoroso...
Ibid. P. 111.
Conoce la historia detrás de los sombreros típicos de Bolivia que usan las cholitas. Univisión noticias. 02.10.2017. URL: https://www.univision.com/explora/conoce-la-historia-detras-de-los-sombreros-tipicos-de-bolivia-que-usan-las-cholitas (accessed: 23.01.2023).
Conoce la historia...
Rules for in-text references
When citing scientific publications in the text of the article it is necessary to indicate in square brackets the name of the author or in case of absence the name of the scientific organization, year of publication and page number in the format – [Author, year: page number], for two authors [Author, Author, year: page number], for more than two authors [Author и др., year: page number] or [Author et al., year: page number]. References to more than one publication are separated by a semicolon [Author, year: page number; Author, year: page number]. If one author has two or more papers published in the same year, a letter of the Latin alphabet (a, b, c, d etc.) is added to the year [Author, yeara: page number; Author, yearb: page number].
Examples of in-text references
Las palabras son signos de esas experiencias, emociones y recuerdos, y elementos compartidos por todos, que nos permiten comunicarnos; son ellas las transmisoras primordiales de la cultura [Lara, 2016a: 7-10; Lara, 2016b; Pellerin et al., 2003;].
References
Rules for the «References» section:
References are given in Latin alphabet (foreign language sources in original). For translated editions the author's surname and the title of the book are indicated as in original. All book titles are translated into English and are indicated in square brackets [...]. The number of pages and the language of the publication are indicated at the end (In Spanish/In Portuguese). Commas are used to separate elements of the record. For periodicals and international conferences that have official English-language titles, only the latter should be given. The place of publication is given in full.
Books
Surname, initials. (year) Title in italics [Translation of the title into English], Place of publication (city), Publisher, number of pages
Levin H. (1969) The Myth of the Golden Age in the Renaissance, Indiana, Indiana University Press, 231 p.
Buesa Oliver T., Enguita Utrilla J.M. (1992) Léxico del español de América. Su elemento patrimonial e indígena [Lexicon of American Spanish. Its patrimonial and indigenous element], Madrid, Editorial Mapfre, 321 p. (In Spanish)
Books edited by
Surname, initials. (ed.) (year) Title in italics [Translation of the title into English], Place of publication (city), Publisher, number of pages
Werner Yv.M. (ed.) (2011) Christian Masculinity: Men and Religion in Northern Europe in the 19th and 20th Centuries, Leuven, University Press, 322 p.
Colorado Castellary A. (ed.) (2010) Patrimonio, Guerra Civil y Posguerra [Heritage, Civil War and Post-War], Madrid, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 514 p. (In Spanish)
Chapters from books, collections of articles and conferences masterials
Surname, initials. (year) Title of the chapter [Translation of the title into English], in Surname, initials. (ed.) Title of the book in italics [Translation of the title into English], Place of publication (city), Publisher, page range of the chapter.
Adorno T.W., Horkheimer M. (1950) Democratic Leadership and Mass Manipulation, in Gouldner A. (ed.) Studies in Leadership: Leadership and Democratic Action, New York, Russell & Russell, pp. 418–438.
Cabana Iglesia A. (2018) Una mirada fugaz ante el espejo. El estudio de las actitudes sociales durante el franquismo [A fleeting glance in front of the mirror. The study of social attitudes during Franco's regime], in Ortiz Heras M. (ed.) ¿Qué sabemos del franquismo? Estudios para comprender la España de Franco [What do we know about Franco's regime? Studies to understand Franco's Spain], Granada, Comares, pp. 69–94. (In Spanish)
Articles in journals
Surname, initials. (year) Article title [Translation of the title into English], Journal Title in italics, volume, (Issue) no., page range of the article.
Brown S.T. (2005) Richard Scheringer, the KPD and the Politics of Class and Nation in Germany, 1922–1969, Contemporary European History, no. 14, pp. 317–347.
Ponce Marrero J. (2007) La política exterior española de 1907 a 1920: entre el regeneracionismo de intenciones y la neutralidad condicionada [Spanish foreign policy from 1907 to 1920: between regenerationism of intentions and conditioned neutrality], Historia Contemporánea, no. 34, pp. 93–116. (In Spanish)
Dissertations, theses and abstracts
Surname, initials. (year) Thesis title in italics [Translation of the title into English], PhD Thesis, Place of publication (city), number of pages.
Kowal M.S. (2016) The Social Corporation: Firms, Networks, and Politics, PhD Thesis, Amherst, 133 p. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7275/8420819.0
Alvarez J. (2009) La ciudad difusa en territorios discontinuos: el ejemplo de Gran Canaria [The diffuse city in discontinuous territories: the example of Gran Canaria], Tesis doctoral, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 499 p. (In Spanish)
Electronic resources
Surname initials. (year) Title of the article or post [Translation of the title into English], Title of web page in italics, date of publication. URL: (accessed: day.month.year.)
Díaz R., Parreño J.M. (2006) La política económica, la construcción de vivienda y la producción de la ciudad en España (1939-1975) [Economic policy, housing construction and the production of the city in Spain (1939-1975)], Scripta Nova: revista electrónica de geografía y ciencias sociales. URL: https://raco.cat/index.php/ScriptaNova/article/view/5824 (accessed: 31/12/2023). (In Spanish)
II. Submitting an Article
You can submit your article for consideration via the online form or email it to: submissions@iberpapers.org. Files must be uploaded in Microsoft Word format (*.doc, *.docx, *.rtf). Additional files are also uploaded here.
III. Journal–Author Correspondence
The journal’s editorial board keeps in contact with the corresponding author. However, any person in the list of authors can request that all correspondence be sent to their respective email address as well.
All articles submitted for consideration undergo a preliminary check for compliance with the formal requirements. At this stage, the article may be returned to the author(s) for revision with a request that errors be corrected or missing data be added. It is also at this stage that the article may also be rejected as not fitting the journal’s objectives or because it lacks originality or academic value (desk-reject).
After the preliminary check, the article is forwarded to reviewers, who are set a deadline for submitting their opinions. If the reviews are favorable, the article is sent to the editor to be prepared for publication.
If it is determined that the article need revision, the reviewers’ remarks and comments are forwarded to the author. The author will have up to one month to amend the article in accordance with the remarks and comments. If the author fails to notify the editorial board of their planned actions within this time period, the article is removed from the publication queue.
Authors are notified about the editorial board’s decision to not publish their article.
The final version of the article accepted for publication is forwarded to the corresponding author who must check it. Authors are expected to respond within three days. In the absence of a response from the author, the article’s galleys are considered approved.
IV. Grievance procedure
If the author disagrees with the findings of a reviewer and/or editor or with some of their remarks, he or she can challenge the decision. In order to challenge a decision, the author must:
- amend the manuscript to address the substantiated comments of reviewers and editors;
- clearly state his or her stance on the matter under consideration.
The editors welcome re-submission of manuscripts that could potentially have been accepted, but were rejected owing to the need to make substantial revisions or collect additional data, and the editors are ready to explain in detail what emendations need to be made to the article for it to be accepted for publication.
V. Editorial Actions in the Event that Plagiarism, Fabrication or Falsification of Data are Discovered
If an author is found to have acted in bad faith, or if plagiarism, fabrication or falsification of data have been identified, the editorial board is guided by the COPE’s guidelines.
“Bad faith” conduct is understood as any action on the part of a researcher that involves the improper handling of study objects or the intentional manipulation of scientific information so that it no longer reflects the observed research, or behavior that does not comply with the adopted ethical and academic standards.
The journal does not take “bad faith” conduct to mean “good faith” mistakes or “good faith” differences in the planning, implementation, interpretation or assessment of research methods or results, nor does it refer to bad faith conduct unrelated to the academic processes.
VI. Amending Errors and Retracting an Article
If an article is discovered to have errors that affect its perception, but do not distort the research findings presented, such errors can be amended by replacing the .pdf file of the article and indicating the error in the text of the article itself and on the article’s page on the journal’s website.
If the text is discovered to have errors that distort the research findings, if plagiarism is uncovered, or if the author(s) have acted in bad faith with regard to fabricating or falsifying data, then the article in question may be retracted. The retraction may be initiated by the editorial board, the author, an organization or a private person.
The retracted article is marked “retracted” and information on the reasons for the retraction is posted on the journal’s webpage. Information on the article's retraction is sent to the databases where the journal is indexed.
