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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 title, abstract and keywords in the language of the article and in English.
  • Author's name, affiliation, including institution of origin, city and country; emai and ORCID code.
  • The title must be brief and concise, with a maximum length of 150 characters
  • Titles and subtitles must be differentiated, and to that end the use of the decimal system is recommended.
  • Articles must be typed in Microsoft Office Word using Times New Roman type, size 12; line separation of 1.5 for the paragraphs; maximum length of 25 pages, including bibliographical references.
  • With regard to citations, headings, footnotes, tables, figures, statistical and mathematical material, and bibliographical references, the articles are required to abide by the latest version of the American Psychological Association (APA) guidelines.
  • The bibliography must be organized in alphabetical order, not to exceed 30 references. Does not apply in the case of book reviews. All the references cited in the text must appear in the bibliography.
  • Footnotes must only be used for clarification or explanation; in other words, they shall serve to expand or underscore the statements in the body of the text, and not to indicate bibliographical sources, since the reference section and bibliography are for that purpose.
  • Three to five figures and charts are allowed at the end of the text; each should be no longer than one page.
  • Summary and abstract: 10 lines maximum indicating the objective, methodology and general results of the research work. In the case of other types of article, briefly describe the intent and content.
  • Keywords or thematic descriptors of the article's content (maximum of five words). Words in other languages appearing in the text must be written in italics. Utilize THESAURUS
  • The first time an acronym appears, its complete meaning must be stated; thereafter only the acronym should be used.
  • Book reviews must be no longer than four pages and must comply with all the other parameters specified herein.

Author Guidelines

  1. General Requirements

Articles that qualify to be published in Reflexión Política must be: a) research articles that gather scientific knowledge as the result of conducted research; b) review articles that gather findings from current research or results from unpublished research; c) literature reviews about books and other publications that are relevant to political science. The submitted articles must be unpublished and original; besides, it must be guaranteed that they have not been submitted to an arbitration process in another publication. The deadline for the reception of articles is the last day of March and the last day of September. The evaluation by arbitrators appointed by the Editorial Committee will be carried out during April and October. The article must be submitted to the Journal’s email: reflepol@unab.edu.co, addressed to the director-editor. 

  1. Authors

The authors must be professors or researchers, preferably holding a PhD or master’s degree, and they must be affiliated to an institution.

  1. Structure and Format

Articles must be in a Microsoft Office Word format, with Times New Roman font, sized 12 points, paragraphs spaced at 1,5 points, and an extension between 20 pages and 25 pages.

Regarding the articles’ citation style, headings, footnotes, charts, figures, statistical and mathematical material, and bibliographical references, the updated version of the APA (American Psychological Association) guidelines must be followed.

The article’s structure and format must resemble the following:

TITLE OF THE ARTICLE IN ENGLISH

(Times New Román font, size14, in bold type)

Overview: it must be in the original language, Times New Roman font, size 12, in italics.

Keywords: thematic descriptors of the article’s content (no more than five words) in the article’s original language. If there are keywords within the text in other languages, they must be in italics.

Abstract: summary translated into English. If the article is written in English, it is necessary to include the summary and keywords in Spanish.

Key words: the keywords translated into English.

Name of the article’s author: brief curriculum vitae of the authors with affiliation identification, including institution, city and country.

Email: the author’s email must be included. 

TITLE OF THE ARTICLE IN ITS ORIGINAL LANGUAGE

(Times New Román font, size14, in bold type)

INTRODUCTION CONTENT

The content will be presented depending on the type of article: research articles must present in detail the original results of research projects. Generally, their structure includes four important sections: introduction, methodology, results, and conclusions. Three to five figures and tables can be inserted within the text; the extension of the latter should not exceed one page. When using an abbreviation for the first time, the complete meaning must be included; afterwards, the abbreviation alone can be used. When using acronyms, the corresponding name must be written in extenso the first time, followed by the acronym in brackets.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

The bibliography must be alphabetically organized and it should not contain more than 25 references. This does not apply to book reviews.

The bibliography must be organized alphabetically and must not exceed 30 references. Does not apply in the case of book reviews.

Citation samples

Magazine article

Botero-Bernal, A. (2017). Balance de los 25 años de la Constitución de 1991: la Constitución de dioses y la de hombres. Vniversitas, 66(134), pp. 59-92. doi: 10.11144/Javeriana.vj134.bvac.

Book

Lalander, Rickard O. (ed.). (2006). Política y sociedad en la Venezuela del Chavismo. Stockholm: Institute of Latin American Studies.

Book chapter

Mainwaring, S. (2007). Deficiencias estatales, competencia entre partidos y confianza en la representación democrática en la región andina. En S. Mainwaring, E. Pizarro y A. Bejarano (Eds), La crisis de representación democrática en los países andinos. (pp.441-515). Bogotá, Colombia: Regulation

  1. Arbitration 

Process of selection and evaluation of articles

Stage 1. Reception of articles. Only those articles which meet the required criteria specified here will be accepted.

Stage 2. Preliminary review and designation of arbitrators. Then, the preliminary review is completed and a first ruling of all the articles is made by the Editorial Committee, followed by one or more subsequent rulings by experts using the double-blind method, bearing in mind their thematic relevance and their formal and academic contents.

Stage 3. Evaluation. The article evaluation form and the article itself are sent to the arbitrators, ensuring anonymity for the author, with instructions regarding the date by which it must be returned.

Stage 4. Ruling. The ruling might be positive, if the article is approved, or negative, if it is rejected. In all cases, only the concept, recommendations and ruling will be sent to the author; the arbitrator’s personal and academic information will be omitted.

Stage 5. Editing and publishing. The articles that eventually met the criteria for quality, relevance, and innovation required throughout the evaluation process are sent to be copy edited, and then to continue the process for editing virtual and print publishing.

Copyright Notice

The publication of an article in the Journal Reflexión Política requires authorization from the author through the transfer of copyrights, which authorizes the director/editor of this Journal its full or partial reproduction for academic purposes, without commercial or lucrative aims, pursuant to the Open Access philosophy on websites and on the Internet, including networks, databases, bibliographies, indices, directories or any other means of electronic reproduction, always making reference to the author and journal in mention.

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