Instructions for authors
As part of the submission process, authors are required to confirm their article meets all the following elements . Submissions that do not meet these guidelines will be returned to the author. In accordance with editorial policies, all submissions shall be received through this platform; manuscripts that are sent directly by e-mail will not be received.
Minimum structure of the work:
• WORD format (.doc), Arial Font, 12 points and 1.5 cm spacing.
•The maximum length for articles is 8500 words, to be formatted on letter-size pages (measuring 215.9 x 279.4 mm). This word count includes tables, figures, references, and appendices.
• Articles may be written in Spanish or English and should include an abstract in both languages. In all cases, including articles in Spanish, the stylistic quality of the final version is the responsibility of the author or authors.
• Abstract of up to 180 words, which should include 5 keywords maximum and the JEL (Journal of Economic Literature) classification that can be downloaded from:
https://www.aeaweb.org/econlit/jelCodes.php?view=jel
• The title, abstract and keywords in Spanish and English should be placed at the beginning of the article.
• An introduction should be included that clearly reflects the work’s background, development and conclusions.
• Footnotes should appear on the corresponding page and should not be used for bibliographical references.
• Bibliographical references should follow APA rules. They should not be extended unnecessarily, and should be complete and on separate pages, in alphabetical order, and each author should appear chronologically from the earliest to the most recent. They should have all the information for the corresponding source, including the DOI (Digital Object Identifier), when available, and they should be inserted at the end of the article, before any appendix. Authors should ensure the names and years that appear in the text and those listed on the bibliography match exactly; that is, all the works cited in the text should appear in the bibliographical references. The following elements must be included:
The bibliographical references should follow APA rules (briefly mentioned following, for further information, visit www.apastyle.org):
a)
- Books. Author (last name and initials). Year of publication (in brackets). Title of the book (in italics), edition (in brackets and only if important). Place of publication (:), Publisher. If there is no publisher, write [s.n.], from the Latin sine nomine, which means “without name”. Example: Castel, R. (1997). Las metamorfosis de la cuestión social. Una crónica del asalariado (1st ed.). Buenos Aires: Paidós.
b)
- Books that have more than one author: Author(s) (last name and initials). Year of publication (in brackets). Title of the book (in italics). Edition (in brackets), place of publication (:), Publisher. Example: De Mattos, C. and Ducci, M.E. (2005). Santiago en la globalización: ¿una nueva ciudad? (2nd ed.). Santiago: Lom. Note that if the article or book is written by 5 authors or more, after the first author write et al., from the Latin et alia (and others): Example: Dellanegra, G. et al. (1983). Los países del Atlántico Sur: geopolítica de la Cuenca de la Plata. Buenos Aires: Pleamar.
c)
- Article in a print publication: Last name, initials. Year of publication (in brackets). “Title of the article” (in quotation marks). Name of the publication (in italics), volume, issue (in brackets): pages on which the article appears. Example: Oszlak, O. (2009). “El Estado transversal”. Encrucijadas UBA, 8 (26): 2-4.
d)
- Article published online: Last name, initials. Year of publication (in brackets). Title of the article (in quotation marks). Name of the publication (in italics). Volume, issue (in brackets). Retrieved from (followed by a colon): website. Example: Gadner, H. (1983). “La teoría de las inteligencias múltiples.” Revista Española de Investigación en Educación, 9 (2). Retrieved from: http://urlinventada.es
e)
- Any other source, such as a data base or online encyclopedia, should include detailed data about the cited text: author (if any), if there is no author, write the title of the text, year (if any, in brackets; if there is no year, n/y), and the web address. Retrieved from: website
f)
- If the text has a DOI, please be sure to include it at the end of the reference. The DOI can be searched at: www.crossref.org Example: Morey, C. C. et al. (2015). “The color-sharing bonus: Roles of perceptual organization and attentive processes in visual working memory.” Archives of Scientific Psychology, 3: 18-29. https://doi.org/10.1037/arc0000014
g)
- Article titles and journal names should be presented in their original language. However, there are exceptions. For instance, certain terms like 'number' should be abbreviated as 'num.' in Spanish, while retaining the English abbreviation in English-language articles. Similarly, when referring to seasons of the year within magazine, 'Summer' or 'Winter'.
• Illustrations, photographs, maps, diagrams and drawings must have their corresponding legends, titles, sequential numbering, and the source of the information (when created by the author, this should be indicated) and all should be free of rights. Images, illustrations or drawings should be in high resolution (300 dpi); tables and charts should be sent separately in the original file in which they were created (Excel, Power Point, etc.).
• Titles of tables and charts should be made in Word or Excel tables and their sequence should be in Arabic numbers. The heading for the table or chart should be centered and in Times New Roman. Sources should be in font size 10, at the bottom. Tables must cite their source (author and year). The format should be the following: internal and simple borders (lines), without left and right borders on the titles of each column. Charts should have a thin border, and bars and lines should have grey tones. NOTE: the sources for tables or charts that are not created by the author should also be included in the bibliographical references.
• Long mathematical proofs and highly detailed and long tables should be placed in an appendix, or left out. Authors should make an effort to explain the result of mathematical proofs.
• Equations should be presented on separate and centered lines. They should be numbered and sequenced, and the number placed in the right margin in Arabic numbers, in brackets.
• Author information : general information about the author(s) should be included on the last page: full name, center or department and/or university, zip code of the institution , e-mail address, ORCID and a summary of their academic experience (no more than 250 words).
• Manuscripts should be accompanied by a signed letter including the privacy notice, the Letter of Authorship All the authors and co-authors must sign it and provide their data and the Authorization for the public disclosure of literary work to The Anáhuac Journal.