Author Guidelines
General formal guidelines
- Language: Spanish or Portuguese; on A4 size pages; margins: top, left and right: 2.5cm, bottom: 2cm; single space text; Arial font size 12; Notes and bibliographical references in Arial size 10.
-The inclusion of citations and bibliographic references must be carried out under the style rules elaborated by the American Psychology Association.
-The acronyms must be developed the first time they appear in the text; for example, the first time it should be written: National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET), and later: CONICET.
-Reference to Tables (tables, diagrams, etc.) and Figures (photographs, drawings, representations, etc.) must be numbered consecutively and mentioned explicitly in the text.
-The article will be presented in an electronic file in a Word processor or equivalent. Footnotes must be numbered consecutively, indicating in the text with an Arabic number in superscript.
-The file must be presented anonymised, without references within the text that allow the identification of the author(s) (all direct or indirect information that may allow the identification of the author, which implies the suppression of acknowledgments, first-person references to own texts, etc.).
Section Specific Guidelines (2021)
Research Section
Spontaneous reception section where articles are published that present in a concise and detailed way the results of scientific research or technological development. Also included are theoretical or conceptual research articles that clearly establish their epistemological and / or methodological instances of construction. From 2022: research papers with partial or incomplete results will not be accepted; Those that emanate from thesis work will be reviewed (in the preliminary reading stage) based on their consistency, and it may be recommended that they be sent to another section.
Formal features:
Maximum length: 20 pages (including notes and references)
Main title: up to 100 characters
Summary: up to 250 words
Keywords: up to five
Communications Section
Short texts where preliminary results of an investigation or short articles that recover postgraduate thesis work can be presented. This section also includes theoretically supported academic communications on teaching experiences or technological implementation.
Formal features:
Maximum length: 12 pages (including notes and references)
Main title: up to 100 characters
Summary: up to 120 words
Keywords: up to 3
Thematic Section
Section where texts are published from specific calls. Research articles, short articles and / or reflection on a specific topic, perspective or problem are included according to the provisions of the particular call.
Formal features:
Maximum length: 20 pages (including notes and references)
Main title: up to 100 characters
Summary: up to 250 words
Keywords: up to five
Documents Section
Reflection texts not necessarily derived from research, written by leading specialists, intended to argue on an important and topical issue regarding scientific research, social development or technological innovation in Argentina or Latin America. In this section texts are published commissioned by the editor, directors or members of the Advisory Council.
Formal features:
Maximum length: 12 pages (including notes and references)
Main title: up to 100 characters
Summary: up to 250 words
Keywords: up to five
Reviews Section
Short text that gives a critical account of the contents of a recently published book whose theme is inherent to scientific-technological research, social development or innovation.
Formal features:
Maximum length: 5 pages
Main title: up to 100 characters
Summary: up to 250 words
Keywords: up to five
Reception and submission process
The reception of articles is done through our Open Journal System platform. After registering as a user, you can upload the file through the five-step procedure of our web environment.
All contributions must be accompanied by the Publication Request Form, which may be included as an additional file.
1) Enter the language and the section in which you would like your article to be published. If necessary, you can make clarifications or instructions for the editor. Indicate if the text takes up previous lines of inquiry, previous presentations or lectures. Review our code of ethics to avoid double posting or self-plagiarism.
2) Upload the article file. In case of including graphic materials (Tables, maps, photographs, etc.), upload them separately as additional files with their titles.
3) Loading Metadata. The title, abstract and keywords must be uploaded in Spanish and English. Enter all authors and contributors to the publication. Load the list of Bibliographic References in the Citations box, leaving a blank space between each one.
4) Confirm the submission by clicking "Finish submission".
5) Close the platform.
