PROFILE OF AUTHORS
- Authors must have at minimum a master’s degree or be enrolled in a doctoral program.
- Contributions must be written by a maximum of a) Health, Biological and Chemical Sciences: 5 authors; b) Exact and Engineering Sciences: 5 authors; c) Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts: 4 authors. In case other authors participated in the article, the correspondence author should send a letter to the Editorial Committee to request an exception
- All authors must be recorded at the time of submission of the contribution. Without exception, any attempt to include any further authors after this point will NOT be accepted.
- The curricular profile, e-mail address, and ORCID fields need to be filled out for each author involved in the article.
- The correspondence author needs to be designated in order for him or her to be in charge of monitoring the progress of the contribution.
- Author and co-author periodicity. No author or co-author will appear more than once in the same number, and they will have to wait a full year in order to publish in Entreciencias again.
LETTER OF EXCLUSIVITY AND ORIGINALITY
The contribution submitted to the journal is original and unpublished and has been neither disseminated nor distributed either in part or in whole via other electronic or print media, nor submitted to other journals. This letter must be submitted along with the article or critical review as a separate file (download letter).
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS
The journal accepts scientific articles which must take the following considerations into account:
1. Texts are accepted in either Spanish or English. The authors of texts in English (if not native English speakers) must send them to be proofread prior to submitting them to the journal.
2. The content of the article should include: title, abstract, and key words in both Spanish and English, introduction, development of the work (literature review, methodology, results analysis, etc.), conclusions and bibliographical references (see Manual, REFERENCES INSERTED AUTOMATICALLY THROUGH ENDNOTES ARE NOT ACCEPTED, in case they are introduced in this manner, the article will be rejected in the first stage).
3. The text must be anonymous; that is, none of the authors’ personal details must appear, nor any reference that might identify them. If references from the author are included, they should be identified as: Author (year). If the contribution is accepted, this word will be substituted for the Last Name(s) and initials of the author(s).
4. Format of submissions: articles should be written in Word, font Times New Roman 12 pt., line spacing 1.5.
5. The title of the work must appear in Spanish and English. It should be informative and indicate the topic of the contribution and the scope of the study. It must be no more than 14 words long.
6. The resumen / abstract must be structured in sections with the following titles:
Resumen (150 - 250 palabras)
- Propósito
- Diseño metodológico
- Resultados
- Limitaciones de la investigación
- Hallazgos
Abstract (150 - 250 words)
- Purpose
- Methodological design
- Results
- Research limitations
- Findings
It must be concise, avoid repetition, examples, footnotes, abbreviations and use short phrases.
7. Palabras clave (4 a 5)
Keywords (4 to 5)
The use of phrases is to be avoided. These words are important for the classification of the article internet searches.
8. The length of articles is 5,000 words minimum, 10,000 words maximum.
9. Sections: sections and subsections must be clearly identified. Section titles are to be written uppercase boldface, those for subsections boldface, and those for subsubsections in italics. Below is a brief description of each of the sections.
9.1 Introduction: Provide a concise background that contextualizes the importance of the research; the problem statement should be presented through an objective and/or the research question; the hypothesis or hypothetical assumptions (in case there are any); as well as outlining succinctly the parts which make up the article.
9.2 Methodology: Written in the past tense or passive voice, this must be properly grounded, concise and supported by recognized references. It should provide sufficient detail to enable readers to know how the research was performed: type of research, instruments, object of study, research subjects, period, etc. (this will depend on the field of knowledge).
9.3 Literature review: According to the type of article, this may be placed in the introduction or in a section of its own. It should mention the principal authors on the subject to which the contribution is devoted and must contain a discussion that gives an account of the points of divergence and convergence among these authors. This is important because it serves to bolster the conclusions of the article. The use of references with less than 5 years of publication are weighted positively.
9.4 Analysis and discussion of results:: Justification of the methodology and explication of facts (data). They should be clear and concise. An interpretation of the results is given. Any concurrence with previous studies is indicated. It is based on the analysis of literature in order to avoid being descriptive.
9.5 Conclusions: This is structured on the basis of the objective and/or research question. The main research findings are presented in order to explain the contribution of the article in the furthering of knowledge; any discrepancies and coincidences with other studies in the same area are pointed out. The research limitations and any future lines of research are indicated.
10. Notes should be placed as footnotes and should only be used to clarify or provide additional information on the point under discussion. They must be numbered consecutively. References should not be included within the notes.
11. Quotations must be numbered consecutively and the textual quotation in question must open and close with quotation marks. Citations must take the following form: Author’s last name—in the case of various authors, up to three last names may be cited; if more than four are involved, the last name of the first author is to be used plus the phrase et al.—year of publication, page number.
12. Images, figures, tables and charts must be referenced and inserted into the body of the original text; they must be identified by a title, source, caption, etc.
13. Each of these must be sent separately and as an editable file. Images must have a resolution of 300 dpi, identified by a title and in TIF or JPG format. It is best to submit charts and figures in the format in which they were created: Excel, Corel Draw or Illustrator. It is important that these not be submitted in an image format. Tables must be editable, contain concise statistical information and preferably be created in Excel.
14. Bibliographical and internet citations, as well as references to webpages should be presented at the end of the document. They must be in alphabetical order and only include the references mentioned in the text and only in one section.
15. For correct citation please consult Entreciencias Criteria Manual.
16. Send an author sheet for each of them with the following:
16.1 In paragraph form include: a) academic degree and issuing institution, b) position and institutional affiliation, c) research lines, e) whether you belong to SNI (National System of Researchers in its Spanish acronym) and level as well as e-mail address.
16.2 ORCID
16.3 Last three publications cited according to Entreciencias Criteria Manual.
17. Required documents:
a) Anonymous article
b) Editable images and figures
c) Letter of exclusivity and originality
d) Author sheet
Critical Reviews:
- These must be works of criticism and include full bibliographical details: author, year, book title, location, publisher and page number. The maximum length for these works is 1,500 words.
Only those contributions that meet these requirements may enter the review process. In case it is not done so, they will be rejected.
