Submissions

Author Guidelines

Norms and Formalities

1. Articles must have a minimum of 6,000 and a maximum of 8,000 words including tables, graphs, references and notes. Book reviews must not exceed 3,000 words and they must refer to a first edition (not translation) not older than two years.

Exceptionally, when their academic interest justifies it, the Editorial Committee may send for arbitration manuscripts exceeding the above-mentioned extension. 

2. Manuscripts must have the following technical characteristics:

• be processed in digital format, compatible with Word processor
• in letter size (21.5 x 28 cm)
• in Arial font, 12 points and double spaced
• with superior and inferior margins of 2.5 cm, and left and right margins of 3 cm
• keep justified margins throughout the body of the text.

3. Apart from its quality and relevance, manuscripts are expected to observe high formal standards, including spelling, syntax, style, clarity of expression and structure, and citation norms. Without consulting the author(s), the Journal may conduct minor style corrections for publication, without altering the sense of the text.

 

Information About the Authors, Abstract and Keywords

1. Every manuscript must include a cover page specifying:
2. the title of the article or review (maximum 10 words)
3. the author(s) full name(s)
4. a brief résumé (no longer than 15 lines) indicating:

• institutionaladscription
• ORCID ID (If unregistered, it may be obtained at https://orcid.org/signin)
• academic degree and issuing institution
• lines of research
• telephone number
• e-mail
• postal address
• two bibliographical references of their recent work

1. A brief declaration stating that the manuscript is original and has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere.
2. A brief abstract (maximum 140 words) in both Spanish and English must accompany the manuscript stating its intention, results, and conclusions.
3. Following the abstract, three to six keywords must be included (in both Spanish and English). We recommend consulting the thesaurus of the National Women’s Institute (http://cedoc.inmujeres.gob.mx/documentos_download/101099.pdf).

 

Footnotes, Citations and Bibliography 

1. Footnotes must observe the following norms:

• be written in Arial font 10 points, aligned with justified margins, and single spaced
• follow consecutive numbering using superscript Arabic numerals, with no space before the callout or period after it
• must be kept to the minimum possible, and be only of explanatory nature.

2. All citations belong in the body of the text. They must come between parentheses and be written according to the American Psychological Association’s (APA) style in the following order: author(s)’ surname(s), year of publication, and page number(s). For example: (Butler, 2002, p. 45), (Yagüello, 1999, pp. 117-119) or (Muñoz, Reyes, Covarrubias and Osorio, 1991, p. 29). More examples can be seen at www.apastyle.org.
3. Textual quotes of less than four lines must be kept as part of the text and use quotation marks. Those longer than four lines must be sent to a separate paragraph with a left margin of 2 cm, font of 11 points, and single spaced, without quotation marks, and end with the reference in parentheses.
4. Non-textual quotes are part of the body of the text and have no quotation marks, but they must be followed by the reference in parentheses.
5. The bibliographical list must be included at the end of the text and must contain only the cited works. It must follow an alphabetical order according to the surname of the first author. When several works of the same author(s) are included, a chronological order must be observed, from the oldest to the most recent, using the letters a, b, c, etc. after the year of publication to identify them.

Footnotes, Citations and Bibliography 

1. Footnotes must observe the following norms:

• be written in Arial font 11 points, aligned with justified margins, and single spaced
• follow consecutive numbering using superscript Arabic numerals, with no space before the callout or period after it
• must be kept to the minimum possible, and be only of explanatory nature.

2. All citations belong in the body of the text. They must come between parentheses and be written according to modified Harvard style in the following order: author(s)’ surname(s), year of publication, and page number(s). For example: (Butler, 2002, p. 45), (Yagüello, 1999, pp. 117-119) or (Muñoz, Reyes, Covarrubias and Osorio, 1991, p. 29). More examples can be seen at www.apastyle.org.
3. Textual quotes of less than four lines must be kept as part of the text and use quotation marks. Those longer than four lines must be sent to a separate paragraph with a left margin of 2 cm, font of 11 points, and single spaced, without quotation marks, and end with the reference in parentheses.
4. Non-textual quotes are part of the body of the text and have no quotation marks, but they must be followed by the reference in parentheses.
5. The bibliographical list must be included at the end of the text and must contain only the cited works. It must follow an alphabetical order according to the surname of the first author. When several works of the same author(s) are included, a chronological order must be observed, from the oldest to the most recent, using the letters a, b, c, etc. after the year of publication to identify them.
6. The list must follow the Harvard modified style with full name, as follows:

• Single author book:

Butler, Judith. 2002. Cuerpos que importan / Sobre los límites materiales y discursivos del “sexo”. Buenos Aires, Paidós. 

• Two-authors book:

Wellek, René and Austin Warren. (1996). Teoría literaria. Madrid, Gredos. 

• Book of several authors:

Fernández, Sara Yaneth, Gloria Estella Hernández and Ramón Eugenio Paniagua.2005. Violencia de género en la Universidad de Antioquia. Medellín: Universidad de Antioquia-Centro de Investigaciones Sociales y Humanas and Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios de Género. 

• Compilations:

Diamond, Larry and Marc, F. Plattner (comps.). 1996. El resurgimiento global de la democracia, Ciudad de México: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México-Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales. 

• Organism, institution or association as author:

CEPAL (Comisión Económica para América Latina) 2000. Inversión extranjera directa en América Latina. Santiago de Chile: Comisión Económica para América Latina. 

• Book chapter:

Yagüello, Marina. 1999. “Las palabras y las mujeres” in Carlos Lomas (comp.), ¿Iguales o diferentes? / Género, diferencia sexual, lenguaje y educación . Barcelona: Paidós Educador, pp. 101-112 

• Article in printed academic journal:

 Moreno Olivos, Tiburcio. 2015. “Las competencias del evaluador educativo”. Revista de la Educación Superior, no. 174, pp. 101-126. 

• Article in printed non-academic journal:

Lamas, Marta. 2014, September. “¿Prostitución, trata o trabajo?” Revista Nexos, pp. 13-16. 

• Article in printed newspaper:

Reyna Quiroz, Julio. 2015, November 24. “En México, la violencia contra mujeres es ’patrón generalizado‘” . La Jornada, p. 17. 

• Electronic book:

Moreno, Hortensia. 2021. La voz de las niñas / Reflexiones sobre la igualdad de género en la escuela, Ciudad de México, Secretaría de Educación Pública-UNESCO. Available on <https://www.conaliteg.sep.gob.mx/20/CC03.htm>

• Article in electronic journal with no printed version:

Centelles, Miquel. 2005. “Taxonomías para la categorización y la organización de la información en sitios Web”. Hipertext.net, no. 3.from <http://www.hipertext.net/web/ pag264.htm> 

• Article in a non-academic journal with printed version:

Melgar, Lucía. 2014. “Nuestra violencia, nuestra impunidad” (online). Revista Nexos. vol. 30, no. 6. 

• Article in a newspaper online with printed version:

Miranda, Juan Carlos. 2015, November 23. “La mayoría de empleos no ofrecen ingresos ni condiciones adecuadas” (online). La Jornada, Section Economía. Available on <http://www.jornada.com.mx/2015/11/23/economia/031n1eco>  

• Electronic database:

Rodríguez, José Luis. 2007. “Comunidades virtuales, práctica y aprendizaje: elementos para una problemática”. Teoría de la educación: educación y cultura en la sociedad de la información. Vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 6-22. Retrieved October 13 2008 from the IRESIE database. 

• Electronic texts:

Pritzker, Thomas J. An Early Fragment from Central Nepal. Retrieved June 8 1995 from <https://www.asianart.com/pritzker/pritzker.html> 

• Theses:

Contreras, Óscar F. 1999. “Empresas globales, actores locales. Producción flexible y aprendizaje industrial en las maquiladoras”, doctoral thesis. El Colegio de México. 

• Papers read at symposia or conferences found in publications other than proceedings:

Mummert, Gail. 1994. “Cambios en la estructura y organización familiares en un contexto de emigración masculina y trabajo asalariado femenino: estudio de caso en un valle agrícola de Michoacán”. Ponencia presentada en el Seminario Hogares, Familias, Desigualdad, Conflicto, Redes Solidarias y Parentales, Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía/Sociedad Mexicana de Demografía, Aguascalientes, june 22 and 29. 

7. The following abbreviations must be used: compiler (comp.), translator (trans.), coordinator (coord.), editor (ed.), number (no.), no date (n.d.), volume (vol.), page (p.), pages (pp.).

Tables, Graphs and Figures

1. Tables, graphs and figures must be sent separately and properly numbered (Table 1, Figure 1, etc.), indicating the space in which they are to be inserted in the body of the text.
2. In order to simplify the edition process, the corresponding original Word or Excel files must be sent.
3. Notes in graphs or tables must be avoided. If strictly necessary, they must appear at the end of the text with numeric callouts. These support elements (graphs, figures, diagrams, tables) must be self-explanatory and not dependent on the text.
4. It is advisable to keep the number of tables, graphs and figures to the minimum possible. 
5. For their elaboration, the following criteria must be followed:

• titles must be synthetic but explicit
• information sources must be indicated
• abbreviations and acronyms used in these materials must have a description below.

6. A reference in the text for these materials is mandatory, using Arabic numerals (Example: Figure 1, Graph 3, Table 5).
7. The same guidelines must be observed for any photographs and other graphics: (i.e., included at the end of the text, with a numeric reference in the body of the text: Figure 1, Figure 2, etc.). Photographs and graphics must be sent in a separate file in a .jpg format with a minimum of 300 dpi. It is the author’s responsibility to obtain the corresponding copyright licenses.