Submissions

Author Guidelines

ARTICLE ACCEPTANCE, ARBITRATION AND FINAL APPROVAL SYSTEM

 I. TYPES OF ARTICLES

The magazine accepts four types of articles: scientific research, research-creation, didactic planning (class) and didactic foundation for the handling of original visual/sound/audiovisual materials in class:

• Scientific research article (up to 6000 words). The research article carried out under the quantitative epistemological paradigm is prepared with the IMRYD format (1. INTRODUCTION, 2. METHODOLOGY, 3. RESULTS and 4. DISCUSSION; without conclusions). The research article carried out under the qualitative or mixed epistemological paradigms (in any of its forms) is prepared with the INDEC format (1. INTRODUCTION, 2. DEVELOPMENT, 3. CONCLUSIONS, and eventually RECOMMENDATIONS), following the writing requirements shared more forward in this communication. In each case, the WORKS CITED and eventually ANNEXES would follow.
• Research-creation article (3000 to 3500 words). The research-creation articles are reported following the following structure: 1. PROBLEMATIZATION (the topic is presented from a problematizing position that proves both its intellectual richness and its relevance, timeliness or necessity); 2. RESEARCH-CREATION OBJECTIVE (derived from the previously mentioned problematization, and is formulated using a verbal infinitive (without any type of explanatory comment); for example: Build a contemporary visual poetics of a lyrical nature, through a transposition of the literary to the plastic, whose product contributes to the public-poetry reconnection in the current domains of Visual Culture); 3. METHODS AND REFERENCES (the investigative and creative methods and/or techniques that were used are expressed, as well as any theoretical or artistic reference taken into account (authors of specialized literature or essays; artists with practices that inspired the work or they provided reference aesthetics that would form part of a genealogy of the work); 4. PRESENTATION AND SUPPORT OF THE CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENT (it begins by presenting the work, which is equivalent to reproducing it in possible cases and offering the data of its technical sheet; To this end, the elements of a traditional ID can be considered, such as title, dating, structure, dimensions or duration, current location, date and place of release, etc., and the arguments aimed at supporting that the work is an achievement are offered below; creative, both in the immediate, which is equivalent to saying that it has been an appropriate response to the proposed research-creation objective, and in the mediate, that is, a potential contribution to the arts within its manifestation and theme; If the work has PDF files such as scores, literary or audiovisual works that are always unpublished, they are delivered separately with all the pertinent information: date, authors, filming location; They must not be texts or videos compromised by copyright, or the authorization of the person who owns the rights must be provided in order to be published in an academic journal that uses its own channel on YouTube; Therefore, they should never contain visual or sound material from YouTube with limitations for its reproduction on the same platform); 5. WORKS CITED (only the entries of the texts or other types of works that were cited throughout the work are offered in alphabetical order; always the references and entries with the APA style of Word itself); 6. ANNEXES (if relevant).
• Teaching planning article (5000 to 6000 words). Articles with didactic plans will contemplate: 1. INTRODUCTION (with problematic situation, implicit methodological conceptual problem and/or statement of the methodological conceptual problem, formulation of the methodological objective, educational context and artistic and/or teaching disciplines involved); 2. DEVELOPMENT (with research support that addresses the elements of the topic and the pedagogical and/or didactic elements considered, presentation of the general data of the class and didactic planning divided into its three moments); 3. CONCLUSIONS; 4. WORKS CITED AND 5. ANNEXES.
• Article of didactic foundation for the handling of original visual/sound/audiovisual materials in class (from 3,500 to 4,000 words). Articles with didactic foundations for the use of an artistic product (visual, audiovisual, sound, etc.) will involve the delivery of a version of the product in high technical resolution, and its report divided into 1. INTRODUCTION (with the context, problem and/or or justification; and the objective of the product provided); 2. DEVELOPMENT (with the investigative-creative support of the work carried out, a brief description and contextualization of the product provided, and a didactic sequence for its use, which at least presents the estimated duration and the script of actions); 3. CONCLUSIONS and 4. WORKS CITED. The artistic work must be able to be managed independently of the text, and must not include superimposed credits that the magazine cannot remove and change locations during editing. When possible, it could be made independent in the form of an ANNEX at the end of the article. They are only accepted in situations of original visual/sound/audiovisual materials from the author himself.

II. AUTHORSHIP REQUIREMENTS

The journal does not accept articles with more than three authors.

III. LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS

The magazine only accepts articles produced in the Spanish language.

IV. WRITING REQUIREMENTS

All articles on their first page will include the required paratexts (names and surnames of each author, with their respective work affiliations, email and link to the personal site in ORCID; title of the work in Spanish and English, abstract in Spanish and English and keywords in Spanish and English). The titles must clearly refer to the type of article in question, without leaving any room for ambiguity (a research report is not titled the same as a class or a rationale for the use of teaching material in the classroom).

Titles that exceed 20 words are not accepted.

The articles are processed in A4 format, with top and bottom indentations of 2.5 cm and left and right indentations of 3 cm, Arial 11 font, 1.5 space separation, justified alignment, Spanish indentations (first line) of 0.6 cm; and left indentations of 1.2 cm for quotes that exceed 40 words. The paratexts of the summary/abstract and keywords are processed with 10 point Arial; Likewise, any footnotes and legends at the bottom of the illustrations.

All articles are structured with a decimal system (1 for the Introduction, 2 for the Development, 3 for the Conclusions, etc.; and with a descending system for any section or subdivision; for example: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3).

The illustrations will be of high technical quality; If they have texts, they will be in an editable format (never in the form of images), for potential corrections to be made, and they will always have the legend below (with typography two points smaller than the body); For example:

                      ^{Figure 3. “Mestizaje”, 52-60. Cl.}

     ^{(Source: Score by Gerardo Guevara, in William Vergara, 2015)}

Any illustration, table, graph or annex included in the article will, at some point prior to its appearance, have its corresponding reference in parentheses: (see Figure 2), (see Graph 1), (see Table 3), etc. Table and graphs will always be in white, black and gray; never in colors. Statistical results should be condensed into as few tables and/or graphs as possible, to avoid frequent fragmentation of results and the presentation of texts with slow informative progress.

The references behind the citations, the references to authors and the bibliographic entries at the end will be made with the automatic Word system following, for this aspect only, the APA standard.

For the remaining purposes of presentation, or if you have any questions, you may consult the articles from the last published issue.

Template for the production of articles:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HOu9INqW_SksXjBSMRUumLQ2iv2_hRGF/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=105693580383021831375&rtpof=true&sd=true

1. EVALUATION AND ACCEPTANCE PROCESS

Each article is subjected to a first editorial review, which includes both the anti-plagiarism control of text and images through Turnitin/Urkund/Plagiarism and TinEye (works with similarities above 8% are rejected), as well as their suitability to the themes of the magazine, the technical standards and the corresponding format. If these requirements are not met, the article could be returned to its author with suggestions for a possible second delivery.

If the above requirements are met, the article is submitted to a double-blind arbitration process in contact between the main editor and the peers. All peers are specialists in the magazine's area of ​​knowledge. Of each article arbitration process, the peers evaluate the following aspects:

1. Adaptation of the article to the themes of the magazine.
2. Interest, novelty, contribution, relevance.
3. Theoretical-methodological level; scientific quality.
4. Relevance and timeliness of the bibliography, and justified use of citations.
5. Quality of writing in Spanish (spelling, grammar, style).

Each element is rated with a score from 1 to 3, for a total of 15 points, and the notes and suggestions for modifications that correspond in each case are indicated. Articles with a score of less than 12 points are not published.

When modifications suggested by peers are introduced, these are communicated by the main editor to the author, and a new delivery deadline is granted. Once the article is received, it is up to the main editor to check that the suggested changes have been made. In necessary cases, a specific peer is asked to verify whether the modifications introduced by the author meet their expectations, and their criteria are considered for the final approval or not, which always corresponds to the main editor of the journal. To this end, the author receives a formal notification by email. Likewise, he receives notification at the time of final online publication.

The entire process from receipt of the articles to their publication may take six months, corresponding, in principle, to the time period covered by each issue.

The journal sends publication notifications (not certificates) by email when its authors require them.

Submitting an article to the journal implies that all authors have read and accepted the journal's Terms and Conditions:

The authors retain the rights that may arise from potential reissues, recasts of content or other actions and uses of their articles, but are obliged to indicate the origin of the first publication of their article in this journal, by means of a call at the bottom of the page placed with asterisk in the title and complemented by the corresponding explanatory note, or other effective resource. Likewise, the University of Cuenca retains the rights that its regulations specify. In this regard, both parties agree:

• The publishing entity and the authors manage their rights according to the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), under which they are published. See: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• The publishing entity and the authors adhere ethically to the standards of the COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors. See: https://publicationethics.org/files/u2/Best_Practice.pdf

The journal does not pay fees for copyright or for evaluation of originals; case in which official notifications are issued so that peers can record their academic collaborations. There is no charge for the submission or publication of articles.

As a publication requirement, each author must have their researcher profile updated at https://orcid.org.