Rules for authors
Editorial guidelines
General:
1.- Articles must be original and unpublished; in addition to not being submitted simultaneously to other journals. They will be submitted to refereeing for selection and publication using the double-blind peer review system, where the referees do not know the identity of the authors of the articles, and the authors do not know the identity of the referees. All reviewers and referees are external to the Journal and the Institution. Articles other than English and Spanish will be accepted.
Articles submitted to the Journal must have a maximum of three (3) contributors, including the main author. Exceptions to this rule will be submitted to the consideration of the editorial committee, based on the criteria of originality, relevance, contribution and extension of the research process developed in the article.
The journal is published every four months (ordinary issues), in the following order: January - April. May - August. September - December.
The journal may publish special issues (special editions), by agreement with groups, networks, institutions and organisations that carry out research events such as congresses, forums, conferences, lectures, among others, for which it is essential to submit articles in accordance with these editorial standards.
Contributors to both ordinary and extraordinary issues must register in the journal's OJS (Open Journal Systems). If they are already registered, it will not be necessary to register again.
Data of the authors in the article
In all the articles, according to their type and structure, each author must present on the initial page, after the title: names and surnames of the author or authors, institutional e-mail of each of the authors, in case of being an independent researcher, present a Gmail, institution to which he/she belongs (indicating city and country), ORCID identifiers.
Type and structure of the articles:
The articles will be classified as (see table 1):
a.- Research: Of the highest originality and innovation. They include the results of unpublished, theoretical, documentary or experimental, qualitative, quantitative or mixed research. The original aspects of the research must be clearly appreciated. It is structured as follows: title in Spanish and English, authors' data, summary, descriptors, abstract, keywords, introduction (including statement of the topic or problem, objectives or purposes, justification or importance, theoretical references), methodology, results, discussion, conclusion, references consulted (only those used in the citation of the article). It must contain no less than 15 references and a maximum of 25 references. Articles with non-referenced bibliography will not be accepted. The maximum length of the whole article is 6000 words.
b.- Review articles: They describe and/or compile the most recent developments or published works on a specific subject, always providing some improvement, complement or original perspective that must also be expressly highlighted. They are a theoretical synthesis and a current view of the topic addressed and, above all, highlight what may be a novel contribution to it. They must contain no less than 25 references. Articles with non-referenced bibliography will not be accepted. It is structured in title in Spanish and English, authors' data, summary, descriptors, abstract, keywords, introduction (presentation of the subject), development of the review, contributions generated from the review, references consulted (only those used in the citation of the article). The maximum length of the whole article should be 8000 words.
c.- Of reflection: Describes positive experiences in the application of current technologies, methods and knowledge with notable achievements in any field, with preference given to cases that involve contributions to improvement or original details that should also be expressly highlighted. It will reflect the "positive experiences" that have been obtained with the real application of techniques or knowledge, giving priority to considerations that present a contribution to universal knowledge. It must contain no less than 25 quotations. Articles with non-referenced bibliography will not be accepted. It is structured in title in Spanish and English, author's data, summary, descriptors, abstract, keywords, introduction (presentation of the subject), development of the reflection, contributions generated from the reflection, references consulted (only those used in the citation of the article). The maximum length of the whole article is 8000 words.
e.- Letter to the editor: Section open to all readers who send contributions that complement or discuss original articles or short original articles published and/or on any thematic area addressed by the same. In these cases, up to four authors and a maximum length of 1500 words and a number of no less than 6 reference citations are allowed.
References must come from peer-reviewed scientific journals. Grey literature will not be accepted.
Aesthetic configuration of the articles:
Articles will be written without indentation and without spaces between paragraphs, only to separate titles and subtitles up to a maximum of 5 levels. The use of bullet points should be kept to a minimum.
Articles must be in electronic format, 1.5 spaced, font size 12 (Arial), with right, left, bottom and top margins of 2.5 cm, on A4 size paper in DOC format.
The maximum length of research articles will be 25 pages (excluding title, authors and abstracts). Articles with descriptive content (review and reflection) will have a maximum length of 25 pages. The title of the article should not exceed 15 words.
Each article must present an abstract of no more than 150 words, and 5 descriptors, in English and Spanish (including title and descriptors). Descriptors should be separated by semicolons (;) and should not be capitalised and should be structured from the UNESCO Thesaurus, both in English and Spanish (http://vocabularies.unesco.org/browser/thesaurus/es/).
The abstract of the research article will be structured in an indicative - informative way, which should contain: Main objective or purpose of the research, brief description of the methodology employed, present the discussion of results and most relevant conclusions.
The summary of the articles under the typology: Review and Reflection; will be developed under the "non-structured indicative - descriptive type", where the typology of the article and the most outstanding contributions will be mentioned, which will complement what is exposed in the body of the work (not repeating information found in the body of the article).
The Editorial Committee may establish exceptions for papers that, due to their originality or contribution, require a longer length; thus respecting the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) subscribed to by this journal (https://sfdora.org/read/es/).
The APA norms, seventh edition will be used for the citation of bibliographic sources referenced in the body of the article, taking into consideration when they are shorter or longer than 40 words, as well as the number of authors, type of referenced document.
The references consulted should be placed at the end of the article in alphabetical order. It should be included, next to the title of the reference in Spanish; the title in English in square brackets.
Example:
With DOI:
Almonacid Almarza, D. (2021). Legislative teleological rationality and effectiveness as success. Un panorama de dificultades [Legislative teleological rationality and effectiveness as success. A panorama of difficulties]. Revista De Derecho, 34(1), 9-27. https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-09502021000100009
No DOI:
Sanabria-Boudri, F. M. (2021). Analysis of internal control in SMEs in Peru [Análisis del control interno en PYMES del Perú]. Revista Multidisciplinaria Perspectivas Investigativas, 1(1), 9-13.
Tables, figures or graphs should be numbered according to the order in which they appear in the text, with Arabic numerals, followed by a short title. The source should be indicated at the end of the tables, figures or graphs. Tables, charts and graphs should be presented in Microsoft Word® or Excel® format, provided they are editable, and images (figures, maps or photos) in JPG or PNG format (resolution greater than or equal to 300 dpi).
Table 1. Length of words in title, abstract, descriptors, content, figures, graphs and tables and number of references for each article:
Section
Title (words)
Abstract (words)
Descriptors
Content* (words)
Words
Figures, graphs and tables
References
Consulted
Research
15
150
Min.3/Max.5
Max. 6000 words for the whole article
Max. 5 for each category
≥ 15
From review
15
150
Min.3/Max.5
Max. 8000 words for the whole article
Max. 5 for each category
≥ 25
Of reflection
15
150
Min.3/Max.5
Max. 8000 words for the whole article
Max. 5 for each category
≥ 25
Letter to the Editor
--
--
--
Max. 1500 words for the whole article
Max. 3 for each category
≥ 6
Editorial process:
Contributors will upload the article to the Journal's OJS. At the beginning of the article, the names and surnames of the contributor(s), their (electronic) address, institution or community (indicating city and country) and their respective ORCID (https://orcid.org/) must be specified. Contributors must fill in all the requested fields when registering and uploading the article.
Write and send an affidavit of responsibility and originality of the article. See number 32 of these rules.
The article will be reviewed by the Editorial Committee, so that in a period of no more than 7 continuous days, it will issue its decision of approval or non-approval for the start of the arbitration process in the journal. Articles not approved by the Editorial Committee cannot be resubmitted for refereeing in any of the journals of the Instituto de Investigación Multidisciplinaria Perspectivas Globales (IIMPG).
All articles will be subjected to anti-plagiarism programmes as a policy of quality and ethics of publications.
If the decision of the Editorial Committee is approved, the article will be submitted for evaluation under the double blind peer review system.
Upon notification of the approval of the article to initiate the refereeing process, the author must upload the article, with the corrections made by the editorial committee, to the Journal's OJS system to initiate the refereeing process.
Articles will be evaluated on the basis of 4 main criteria:
1.- Originality / Innovation of the research.
2.- Usefulness / Social and cultural relevance.
3.- Expository clarity of the text.
4.- Scientific rigour from the paradigm or research approach assumed / Argumentation / Conclusions or final considerations.
Articles are refereed and classified in the following categories: Approved, Approved with modifications and not Approved.
Originality, relevance, style and contributions to the field will be evaluated.
For the arbitration of articles, double-blind peer review will be carried out; where the reviewers do not know the identity of the authors of the articles, and the authors do not know the identity of the reviewers.
The work of the reviewers is strictly confidential. The journal is not responsible for the performance of the reviewers, who are completely autonomous.
The articles will be submitted to external reviewers. Based on the observations and recommendations made by the reviewers, the author(s) may be asked to make changes to improve the quality of the work.
During the refereeing process, the referees and the authors will remain in mutual ignorance of each other in order to guarantee the neatness of the process. In case of discrepancies between the evaluators, the Director and/or Editor and the Editorial Committee will be responsible for the final decision, which will be informed to the interested parties within 30 working days after receiving the evaluation.
Papers published in Verdad y Derecho. Revista Arbitrada de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales, are the sole responsibility of the authors, both for their opinions, statements and methods.
The evaluators will have a period of 30 continuous days, from the reception of the article, to send the evaluation report to the Director and/or Editor. The Director and/or Editor will send this report to the author within a maximum of 5 continuous days. The projection period between receipt of the article and its publication is 8 weeks.
The final decision on the evaluation process, publication or not of the articles lies exclusively with the Director and/or Editor and the Editorial Committee, and will be made on the basis of the suggestions/observations/recommendations issued by the evaluators. All articles are subjected to an editorial evaluation process, even when they have been reviewed by experts; and if necessary, the authors will receive the appropriate recommendations to improve the quality of the articles to be published.
Conflicts of interest arising from the verdict of an article will be resolved by the Editorial Ethics Committee of the journal, which is based on the provisions of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) https://publicationethics.org/. As well as that established by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICJME). These recommendations are available at: http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/
If any breach of publication ethics is detected at the beginning, during the editorial process or after publication, the Journal will take the necessary corrective measures based on the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) (www.publicationethics.org), the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) (http://www.icmje.org/) and the Council of Science Editors (CSE) (https://www). councilscienceeditors.org/), which may include rejection or retraction of the article, prohibition of publication of future articles by all authors in the Journal, notification of other journals, as well as communication to the respective authorities (home institution, institution that funded the study, professional associations and ethics committees).
The most frequent forms of unethical principles in publication are: plagiarism, inappropriate authorship and redundant publication:
Plagiarism: All publication proposals will be subject to review by a text similarity check programme. Proposals containing a high percentage of similarity will not be accepted (more than 10%).
Inadequate authorship: Authors are responsible for the authors' participation in the authorship and the order of appearance in the article; the journal has no influence on these aspects. Authors should not make changes to the number and order of authors once the editorial process has started.
Redundant publication (duplicate publication and fragmented publication): The Journal does not accept duplicate publication, in case of incurring in this fault and proving its occurrence, authors are subject to the guidelines established by COPE.
Authors must write an affidavit of responsibility and originality of the article.
The controversies that could be generated about the published knowledge will be the responsibility of the author or authors of the article, who may be contacted via email, and who will be able to give judgement or discussion on the subject addressed, as long as this is done in an academic and scientific climate, thus developing a process of feedback that builds science and knowledge.
With the approval of the editorial committee, ordinary issues may be published before the beginning of the declared period. Approved articles will be published in the next available issue.
Anything not covered in these editorial guidelines will be submitted by the Editorial Committee of the Journal.
