Submissions

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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The author(s) have read the Rules for Authors, as well as the Ethical Guidelines and adhere(s) to these.
  • The manuscript has been prepared based on the Article Template.
  • The author(s) know the Focus and scope of the journal, as well as the Article Profiles.
  • The author(s) have completed all their required identification information in the OJS platform, including the ORCID identifier (http://orcid.org).
  • The author(s) declare themselves free of any type of conflict of interest and adhere to the journal's Ethical Guidelines.
  • The manuscript has not been published, nor is it under review in any other form for publication.
  • Citations and bibliographic references of the manuscript have been rigorously reviewed and are presented in the APA 7th edition format. Only the bibliographic references that were cited in the text have been included.
  • All figures and tables have been referenced in the manuscript, are numbered, and declare their respective Source.
  • The manuscript cities at least 5 times, articles published in the last two years that come from sources indexed in Scopus.
  • The author(s) have completed and signed the Cover Letter (according to the journal's format).
  • The author(s) have read this checklist and understand that a failure to comply with any of the above could result in the rejection of the manuscript.
  • The number of authors of the article is equal to or less than four (4).
  • No author has published in the last four (4) issues of the Journal.

Author Guidelines

RULES FOR THE SUBMISSION OF SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES 

Revista Economía y Política  is a scientific journal that publishes articles of original creation every six months corresponding to research works in Spanish, English and Portuguese and which is included in Scielo Ecuador, Latindex Catalog, Dialnet, REDIB, MIAR and in the Google Scholar global search engine.

Revista Economía y Política accepts original and unpublished articles that are not published or in the process of being evaluated by another publication. Articles must be submitted in the format specified in the following Microsoft Word® template which can be downloaded here.

Rules on presentation, structure, length, citation forms and submission process are downloadable here.

At the moment of sending the article on the OJS platform, the cover letter will be filled out and must be signed by all the authors of the article. This letter must be sent along with the article on the OJS platform. The maximum number of authors allowed is four (4). Authors who have published in the Journal must wait a period of four (4) issues or two (2) years before resubmitting their manuscript to the Journal.

Before submitting the original via the platform, it is important that authors confirm compliance with the journal's regulations with a pre-submission check, comparing the work done with the Rules for Authors and the Checklist provided by the journal.

If the work submitted is based on the author's undergraduate or graduate thesis, it is necessary to attach the Permanent Embargo Certificate issued by the Library of the institution of higher education.

Authors are informed that the average response time between receipt of an article and its acceptance for publication ranges between 120 and 150 days.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR UPLOADING AN ARTICLE TO THE SYSTEM

  1. If you don't have a username and password, go to the journal's web page http://revistaeconomiaypolitica.ucuenca.edu.ec, to “Register” (located at the top right). Fill out the form and send it; you will receive an Account Validation email and you must follow the indicated steps. Enter the platform and in “Dashboard” (located under “Register”), click “Back to New Submission” to begin the five-step process.
  2. If you are already registered, log in with your username and password in “Login” (located in the top right), and in “Dashboard” (located under “Register”), click “Back to New Submission” to begin the five-step process. If you already have made a submission to the magazine, click on “New submission”.
  3. Step 1. Start: select the language in which the manuscript is written and then select “Article” in the section of the journal to which you wish to send it. If necessary, fill out the “Comments for the editor” box and activate the indicated check boxes. Once this step is completed, click “Save and continue”.
  4. Step 2. Upload Submission: if it meets all the characteristics described in the Rules for Authors, attach the article in “Add file”, select the file, and press the “open” button. Select the type of file you are uploading and click “Save and continue.”
  5. Step 3. Enter metadata: include all the metadata of the article, especially the information of the authors and co-authors, without omitting any (this will be the information that is included in the final publication). Click “Save and continue.”
  6. Step 4. Confirmation: if all the information is complete and correct, click on the “Finish Submission” button. To confirm your submission, you will receive an automatic notification with the number assigned to the item.
  7. Step 5. Next Steps: to track the process of your article, enter the platform with the assigned username and password. You can directly access the article and verify its status. If the article has been accepted, send the requested adjustments and corrections through the same platform.

NOTE: Remember that when uploading your article to the OJS platform, you must complete and send the cover letter.

 

RULES TO PUBLISH (Content Indications)

The papers will be sent through the Open Journal System (OJS) platform, managed by the journal, in which the author will need to register with a username and password and submit their work.

Manuscripts must be original and unpublished and must not be submitted for consideration for publication in another journal, and a signed cover letter is required.

In the event that the article has been made with public or private financing, all sources of financing granted must be clearly and concisely indicated, mentioning the private or public entity responsible for such financing, and the identification code of that financing, when it exists. This information may be included in a footnote or under an acknowledgment heading before the bibliography.

Suppose the manuscript includes graphic material (tables, illustrations). In that case, it must be enclosed in the Microsoft Word document containing the article and in Excel format (preferably in attached files) numbered and with their respective titles, indicating exactly where they should appear in the text. For example: Graph (N.) ... page (#). Its site in the text must be clearly marked.

For the specific case of a map made in R, graphics in STATA or E-views, a photograph in jpg etc., it is necessary that in the manuscript is also sent in PDF and that all graphics, tables and illustrations are attached in an editable format for the printing of the University.

The citations and bibliography must be prepared under the APA citation regulations. The articles must be properly supported in a sufficient and updated bibliography. The pages should be numbered and the notes placed at the bottom of the page.

PRESENTATION RULES (Indications of form)

The article submitted for review must be written in the format IMRDC: Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusions.

The first page of the manuscript should include:

  1. Article's title in Spanish and English
  2. Abstract in Spanish and English, maximum 150 words.
  3. Keywords in Spanish and English, maximum 6.
  4. JEL code (Journal of Economic Literature)

Articles must have a minimum of 5,000 words and a maximum of 7,000 words, this amount includes titles, summaries, keywords, tables, and references.

Format

  1. Paper size: A4
  2. Margins: Top, bottom, left and right of 2.5 cm each.
  3. Font size: The titles in 14 points with bold format, and the body of the text in 12 points.
  4. Source: Times New Roman
  5. Line spacing: 5 points.
  1. Alignment:
    • Body of the text: justified
    • Title: centered
    • Keywords, subtitles in the body of the manuscript, and bibliographic list: left.

Evaluation and publication

The manuscripts received need to pass two quality filters of the journal, the first one is reviewed by the Editorial Committee of the journal and consists of an evaluation using the “Relevance Analysis” form. Once this first stage is approved, it moves on to evaluation under the “double-blind” method, maintaining the anonymity of both the author and the evaluators.

After a reviewer's first opinion, if applicable, the changes suggested by the peers will be sent to the authors, and once the changes are done, the manuscript will be sent for a second blind peer review. After the last opinion of the peers, the Editorial Committee will decide whether or not to publish it, notifying the authors within a maximum period of five months from the submission of the article. Once this process has been completed, the articles will enter the waiting list for publication, according to the criteria of the Editorial Committee.

Manuscripts that don't comply with these standards will be returned to the authors for necessary modifications.

Draft correction and copy sending

The first drafts will be sent to the authors for correction, which should be limited, fundamentally, to printing errors or grammatical changes. Variations that significantly alter the layout will not be allowed. To avoid delays in publication, we ask you to return the corrected drafts as quickly as possible, preferably by email, but in no case exceed 15 days. The correction of the second draft will be done by the Editorial Committee.

Once the publication of a manuscript, the author will be notified to review the material in its electronic version on the journal's website.

 

Publication Rules

RULES TO PUBLISH (Content Indications)

The papers will be sent through the Open Journal System (OJS) platform, managed by the journal, in which the author will need to register with a username and password and submit their work.

Manuscripts must be original and unpublished and must not be submitted for consideration for publication in another journal, and a signed cover letter is required.

In the event that the article has been made with public or private financing, all sources of financing granted must be clearly and concisely indicated, mentioning the private or public entity responsible for such financing, and the identification code of that financing, when it exists. This information may be included in a footnote or under an acknowledgment heading before the bibliography.

Suppose the manuscript includes graphic material (tables, illustrations). In that case, it must be enclosed in the Microsoft Word document containing the article and in Excel format (preferably in attached files) numbered and with their respective titles, indicating exactly where they should appear in the text. For example: Graph (N.) ... page (#). Its site in the text must be clearly marked.

For the specific case of a map made in R, graphics in STATA or E-views, a photograph in jpg etc., it is necessary that in the manuscript is also sent in PDF and that all graphics, tables and illustrations are attached in an editable format for the printing of the University.

The citations and bibliography must be prepared under the APA citation regulations. The articles must be properly supported in a sufficient and updated bibliography. The pages should be numbered and the notes placed at the bottom of the page.

PRESENTATION RULES (Indications of form)

The article submitted for review must be written in the format IMRDC: Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusions.

The first page of the manuscript should include:

  1. Article's title in Spanish and English
  2. Abstract in Spanish and English, maximum 150 words.
  3. Keywords in Spanish and English, maximum 6.
  4. JEL code (Journal of Economic Literature)

Articles must have a minimum of 5,000 words and a maximum of 7,000 words, this amount includes titles, summaries, keywords, tables, and references.

Format

  1. Paper size: A4
  2. Margins: Top, bottom, left and right of 2.5 cm each.
  3. Font size: The titles in 14 points with bold format, and the body of the text in 12 points.
  4. Source: Times New Roman
  5. Line spacing: 5 points.
  1. Alignment:
    • Body of the text: justified
    • Title: centered
    • Keywords, subtitles in the body of the manuscript, and bibliographic list: left.

Evaluation and publication

The manuscripts received need to pass two quality filters of the journal, the first one is reviewed by the Editorial Committee of the journal and consists of an evaluation using the “Relevance Analysis” form. Once this first stage is approved, it moves on to evaluation under the “double-blind” method, maintaining the anonymity of both the author and the evaluators.

After a reviewer's first opinion, if applicable, the changes suggested by the peers will be sent to the authors, and once the changes are done, the manuscript will be sent for a second blind peer review. After the last opinion of the peers, the Editorial Committee will decide whether or not to publish it, notifying the authors within a maximum period of five months from the submission of the article. Once this process has been completed, the articles will enter the waiting list for publication, according to the criteria of the Editorial Committee.

Manuscripts that don't comply with these standards will be returned to the authors for necessary modifications.

Draft correction and copy sending

The first drafts will be sent to the authors for correction, which should be limited, fundamentally, to printing errors or grammatical changes. Variations that significantly alter the layout will not be allowed. To avoid delays in publication, we ask you to return the corrected drafts as quickly as possible, preferably by email, but in no case exceed 15 days. The correction of the second draft will be done by the Editorial Committee.

Once the publication of a manuscript, the author will be notified to review the material in its electronic version on the journal's website.

Copyright Notice

Revista Economía y Política declines any responsibility for possible conflicts arising from the authorship of the articles published in it.

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