Author Guidelines

The Journal welcomes submissions for its Open Forum section, as well as for its Special Issue section.

For the Open Forum section, manuscripts can be sent at any time.

For the Special Issue section we recommend you see the Calls at: Announcements

Manuscripts should be submitted through the electronic submission system of the Journal, in Word format.

The authors’ name and affiliation must be removed from the text. The text will contain the following elements:

  • Abstract up to 150 words. The aim of the abstract is the assessment of the manuscript potential interest. It will not contain references.
  • 3 to 6 keywords to inform of the main content of the paper.
  • Paper, including the bibliographical references.
  • Figures and tables will appear at the end of the paper, each one in a different page.
  • If the manuscript is in Spanish, it must provide title, summary, and keywords in English.
  • Manuscripts should be double-spaced. They should not exceed 10000 words. Pages should be numerated. Each figure and table should indicate its position in the main text. Every formula should be written with Equation Editor. Footnotes and endnotes should be kept to a minimum and avoided in general. 
  • The text will be divided into sections. If needed, it can contain sub-sections and epigraphs. They will be numbered as follows:

           1. SECTIONS

           1.1. SUB-SECTIONS

           1.1.1. EPIGRAPHS

All manuscripts will end with a Conclusions section. This section will sum up the value of the paper and future research directions, if applicable.

In-text citations should include the author's last name and the year of publication:

  • One author: (Martín, 2020) or Martín (2020).

  • Two authors: (Brown & Berger, 2019) or Brown and Berger (2019).

  • Three or more authors: From the first mention, cite only the surname of the first author followed by et al. and the year: (Brown et al., 2021) or Brown et al. (2021).

  • Direct quotes: Include the page number preceded by "p." (or "pp." for multiple pages): (Martín, 2020, p. 45).

  • Multiple sources in a single citation: Order them alphabetically by the first author's surname and separate them with a semicolon: (Brown & Berger, 2019; Martín, 2020; Zeller et al., 2002).

  • Same author and same year: Distinguish them by adding lowercase letters after the year (2021a, 2021b) both in the in-text citation and in the reference list.

The following rules apply to the reference list:

  • Journal Articles: Author, A. A. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume(issue), page range. https://doi.org/XX.XXXXX

    Example: Wheelock, D., & Wilson, P. W. (1999). Technical progress, inefficiency, and productivity change in US banking. Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 31(2), 212–234. https://doi.org/10.2307/2601230

  • Books: Author, A. A. (Year). Title of book in italics. Publisher. https://doi.org/XX.XXXXX (if available).

    Example: Glover, F., Yo, M., & Laguna, M. (1997). Tabu Search. Kluwer Academic Publishers.

  • Book chapters: Author, A. A. (Year). Title of chapter. In B. B. Editor & C. C. Editor (Eds.), Title of book in italics (pp. xx–xx). Publisher. https://doi.org/XX.XXXXX

    Example: Zeller, M., Sharma, M., Henry, C., & Lapenu, C. (2002). An operational tool for evaluating poverty outreach of development policies and projects. In M. Zeller & R. L. Meyer (Eds.), The Triangle of Microfinance (pp. 172–195). Johns Hopkins University Press.

  • Doctoral dissertations / theses:

    Author, A. A. (Year). Title of doctoral dissertation in italics [Doctoral dissertation, Name of Institution/University]. Name of Repository. URL

    Example: Mourtos, I. (2003). Integer and constraint programming methods for mutually orthogonal latin squares [Doctoral dissertation, University of London]. Institutional Repository.

  • Webpages and online documents:

    Group or personal author. (Year, Month Day if applicable). Title of document or page in italics. Website Name. URL

    Example: Social Performance Indicators [SPI]. (2003). Social Performance Indicators for the Financial Industry. http://www.spifinance.com/SPI_Finance_2002.pdf

In APA 7, a retrieval date is not required unless the web content changes frequently without being archived.

 

Review process:

The manuscript will be evaluated, in a first stage, by the Board of Associate Editors. They will assess if the manuscript is suitable within the aims and scope of the Journal. Manuscripts meeting the aims and scope of the Journal will be sent out for external double-blind review. Reviewers can accept, reject, or suggest changes to the author.

Manuscripts must not have been published previously or simultaneously submitted to other journals. Authors should not submit papers previously published or forthcoming in books with ISBN codes. Notice that submitted manuscripts can be examined to prevent plagiarism or any other inadequate behavior.

 

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