About the Journal

La Tercera Orilla is a refereed publication of the Universidad Autonoma de Bucaramanga (UNAB); its first issue was published in 2007, in charge of the Literature Program. From the year 2017, it becomes the organ of scientific diffusion of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts. Its periodicity is biannual and publishes academic articles, unpublished and valued by nationally and internationally recognized peers in the following areas: Education, Social Communication, Socio-Humanistic Studies, Music, Literature, Languages, Arts and Gastronomy. The name of this magazine is a well-deserved tribute to the writer Joao Guimaraes Rosa.

Scope and approach

Objective

To promote research and discussion among specialists and professionals within the areas of education, social communication, socio-humanistic studies, music, literature, languages, arts and gastronomy. Also, to facilitate the exchange of scientific publications created by national and international universities and research institutions regarding the areas latter mentioned.  The essence of this journal is to be coherent with the College of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts’ academic and social purpose which is to create an open space for the local, national and international community.

JOURNAL SECTIONS

Peer-reviewed Section

Research results

Types of articles

La Tercera Orilla gives priority to unpublished articles that were created through scientific research and discussion. This is the only section in the journal that is peer-reviewed using the double-blind method. For that matter, the journal follows Publindex 2010 guidelines regarding articles typology:

Scientific and technological research article 

“Document that delivers, in a detailed manner, the original results of concluded research projects. The structure, that is generally used for this kind of publications, has four main sections: introduction, methodology, results and conclusions” (Publindex, 2010:7)

Reflection article (Reflective academic writing) 

“Document that provides concluded research results from an analytical, critical or interpretative standpoint proposed by the author. The analytical results must refer to a specific topic, and also quote original sources of information.” (Publindex, 2010:7)

Review Article

“This document results from a concluded research. It analyzes, systematizes, and integrates results of published or non-published research projects regarding a specific topic within the science or technology field. All of this, with the aim of accounting breakthroughs and development tendencies. This type of article characterizes because of presenting a detailed bibliography that uses at least 50 references.” (Publindex, 2010:7)

Non-peer-reviewed sections

Reflections

Types of articles

 La Tercera Orilla follows the articles topology guidelines established by Publindex 2010. This section considers academic articles that follow an essayistic style regarding a specific thematic within the humanisitic studies, art studies and social sciences. The articles might not necessarily be included in a formal research project, and for this reason, they are not peer-reviewed, but instead they reviewed by the Journal’s Drafting Committee.

Tercera Orilla

Types of Articles

La Tercera Orilla dedicates this entire section to its publication hallmark as the journal for the College of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts. As it was mentioned before, this section is not peer-reviewed, and it publishes the following types of articles:

Bibliographic Review: This document should not exceed 4 pages length, and it must include a descriptive or critical perspective.

Short Article: Short document that delivers original, preliminary or partial results of a scientific or technological related research. Generally, short articles require prompt promotion and diffusion.

Case Report: Document that presents study results regarding a particular topic, and that has as a main objective to show technical and methodological experiences used on the specific study case. Case reports include systematized literature review with comments regarding similar study cases.

Topic Review: Document that results from critical literature reviews regarding a particular topic.

Translation: Translations may include the following documents: Translations of classic or current affairs texts, historical documents transcriptions, or journal’s particular interest transcriptions regarding its publication domain.

Creative Writing: Short stories, poems, screenplays and any other unpublished fiction works.

Multimedia. Unpublished videos.

Dossier ULibro

This section only appears in the journal’s second issue, and it is an open space to review the activities performed at Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga’s Book Fair (ULibro).