Submissions

Author Guidelines

Publishing policies

La Tercera Orilla Journal will acknowledge original documents reception within 15 days of receipt.

The editorial committee will decide the publication of articles that belong to the peer reviewed section: Research results will take as basis two (2) evaluation reports issued by academic peers that were assigned by the journal. Referring to the publication of evaluation results, Articles publication might be conditioned to certain changes that will differ from the original document.

The articles that belong to other sections that are not peer-reviewed will be analyzed by the drafting committee.

The journal does not charge any fee to the authors for the processes related to the reception of articles, and edition of articles after their approval. This journal has been fully funded by Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga.

1. Selection: Every article must be reviewed, in order to assess its assertiveness with the publication’s thematic. Besides, feedback will be provided to those authors who are selected. Articles must be unpublished articles, and must not have been sent simultaneously to other academic journals.
2. Thematic and languages: This journal publishes articles related to the following areas: education, social communication, socio-humanistic studies, music, literature, languages, arts and gastronomy. Articles might be written in Spanish, English or Portuguese. (It applies to all sections within the journal).
3. Abstract: Each one of the articles must include an abstract written in two different languages Spanish and English. The maximum length allowed for this requirement is 250 words. Also, keywords selected for each article (5 keywords maximum) must be related to its main topic, and must reflect the project’s objective, process and conclusions. (This requirement applies to the sections of research results and reflective academic writing).
4.  Length:  The average article length should be between 10 to 15 pages and formatted in letter sized paper (including bibliographic references, and annexes if available). (This requirement applies to the sections of research results and reflective academic writing).
5. Font type and line spacing (format): Articles should be written using 12-point size, double line-spacing, and Times New Roman type. Between paragraphs other kinds of line-spacing must avoided. (This requirement applies to all sections within the journal).
6. Authors’ information: The document must include a short summary (80 words as a maximum length) that shows basic information of the author. Information that can be included might be: full name, institution, position, teaching interest areas (if available), and/or email address. (This requirement applies to all sections within the journal).
7. Edition: It is recommendable to avoid at-all-times typographical emphasis and typing ornamentation (i.e. bold type, italic type, underline type, etc.). Also, the author must avoid using tabs, indents and fixed capital letters (e.g. JOURNAL). Moreover, every section must be enumerated only to three levels (e.g. 1.1.1, this means to avoid using fourth enumeration and so forth; in case more enumeration is required it is advisable to use bullets). (This requirement applies to all sections within the journal).
8. Graphs, photographs and drawings: If the article includes drawings, photographs, graphs or diagrams, they must not be included in the text but instead they must be attached in a separate way and must be enumerated and include their title. Also, clear instructions of where should the images or graphs be included within the text must be provided (e.g. Chart (number or name of the graph) ... page (#)). It is recommended not to use pie charts. Also, photographs and pictures should be sent as an attachment using 350 dpi .jpg high-quality (HQ) format. Graphs generated with excel must include the excel document that was used to create them, so that at the time of editing and placing them in the next do not generate problems. (This requirement applies to all sections within the journal).
9. Multimedia Contents: If authors wish to include multimedia contents to its publication, they must follow APA referencing guidelines. However, if the content has not been published before and it is an original creation, La Tercera Orilla will publish it in its complete version. (This requirement applies to all sections within the journal).
10. Footnotes: Footnotes must be enumerated within the text. These referencing elements are used to add comments, digressions and further discussions. They must not be used as bibliographic references. (This requirement applies to all sections within the journal).
11. Style of reference: In-text citations must follow American Psychological Association (APA) format and reference style, which is “author’s last name, year of publication” (e.g. Zambrano, 2000). For direct quotations, authors must include page number as well (e.g. Zambrano, 2000 p. 25). If one of the referenced authors has two titles published in the same year, it is necessary to differentiate them by using letters a and b (Zambrano, 2000a, 2000 b). Full bibliographic references must be organized in alphabetic order at the end of the article. (This requirement applies to all sections within the journal).

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES TAKEN FROM SOURCES WHERE INFORMATION TRUSTWORTHINESS CANNOT BE VERIFIED WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES

12. Long quotations (In-text long quotations): Quotations which their length is up to three lines, must be included using quotation marks. Quotations that exceed the three-lines length must be included in a separate paragraph and indented 1 cm on both sides. (This requirement applies to all sections within the journal)
13. Copyrights: In order to publish the article(s), The author or authors must expressly grant distribution rights by means of a letter that authorizes the publication of the document and that states the explicit authorization for the Universidad Autonoma de Bucaramanga to publish the document. In any case, this letter of authorization shall be understood as granted, once the document is referred to the journal. (This requirement applies to all sections within the journal).

Evaluation process using peer-reviewed method

La Tercera Orilla performs a peer-reviewed evaluation using the double blind method. 

Reception and editorial assessment

Stage 1. Once the call for publications has concluded, a notification will be sent to those authors that meet all requirements for being published within the various sections of the journal. The editorial committee has full authority to decide if the receipt article might enter to a full arbitration process or if it is declined at the first stage. Likewise, the editorial committee might return the manuscript suggesting some changes and clarifications in order to proceed officially with the arbitration process. Thereupon, if authors want to return the article with the proposed adjustments applied (or with missing documentation, e.g. authors’ information sheet or authorization letter), they must send all missing features in a new version of the manuscript.

Stage 2. The editorial committee will start the academic peers assignation process for the articles that passed the first stage. This process consists on calling an expert researcher within the thematic area of the article. The called academic peer receives not only the complete manuscript of the article, but also an assessment form. This form is accessible to the public in general and might be consulted in the journal´s ethic regulation.

Note: Articles that belong to the concluded research section will be the only ones submitted for peer-review assessment. Articles that belong to the other two sections in the journal are directly approved by the editorial committee and do not depend on external evaluators.

Assesment timeline

Even though articles can always be received in the journal, there will be two main calls for submitting articles so to choose the ones that will appear in the annual issues. The first main call will take into account articles received between February and April so that they are published in the first journal issue, while the second main call will take into account those received between August and October so that they are published in the second issue. The Editorial Committee takes approximately 20 working days to fulfill the assessment of stage 1 articles and to contact academic peers for the peer-review assessment. Furthermore, the academic peers have one month to deliver their evaluation. 

Results

The result of the evaluation may be: Approved without amendments, approved with amendments or rejected. 

Amendments

Authors have two weeks to make necessary amendments to the manuscript so that the articles might definitely be published. If authors breach the time agreed with the editorial committee to deliver the amendments, the later one might finish the assessment process of the article, and thus, ruling the article out of the journal.

Editorial production

Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga has three weeks to publish a new journal’s issue. The publication process is divided in the following stages: style editing, layout and online publishing. Only the articles that meet all the requirements previously mentioned and that sign the copyrights form, will be published. (the copyright signed form justifies copyrights compliance and the publication of a research or artistic work in rigor)

Reproductions and translations

In case a complete article previously published in La Tercera Orilla journal wants to be reproduced or translated, a request must be made and intended to the directive committee of the journal. Naturally, there is no inconvenience with partial reproductions of articles for academic texts. By all means, any partial reproduction must be properly quoted and must make reference to its original information such as article’s authors, year of publication, volume and issue.

Legal Note

Points of view or perspectives that are expressed in the articles and texts that La Tercera Orilla publishes are responsibility of its authors and do not compromise the journal, the publishing house or the Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga under any measure.