Submissions

Author Guidelines

Article Processing Charges or APCs

There are no article processing charges involved in the submission, review or publication of manuscrits in the journal Protesta y Carisma.

GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS

In order to ensure that the best quality is achieved in the works presented, the processes to be met for the submission of articles are presented below.  

1.            ARTICLE SUBMISSION:

Articles and reviews may be submitted in Spanish, English or Portuguese. The articles must be original results of research projects and other original investigations that represent a contribution to the journal’s disciplines and topics. The project number or code and name of the sponsoring project and institution must be provided. Texts published previously or under consideration for publication in another journal shall not be accepted.  

2.            SELECTION/REVIEW PROCESS:

The articles must meet the basic requirements of publication standards (APA Style), which are mandatory at time of submission. Failure to meet these standards will lead to the return of the originals.

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3.            MANUSCRIPT FORMAT AND LENGTH:

3.1          Reviews: Reviews must be between 1,500 and 2,000 words written on letter-sized paper with normal margins (3 cm on the sides and 2.5 at the top) in Times New Roman 12-point font and single spaced. The book must have been published or translated within two years of the date the review is submitted.  

3.2.        Articles: Articles must be between 8,000 and 10,000 words. The number of words (including spaces, summary and abstract) does not include footnotes. The text must be written on letter-sized paper with normal margins (3 cm on the sides and 2.5 at the top) in Times New Roman 12- point font and single spaced. Each new paragraph must start with a 1.25 (tabulated) margin. Articles may not contain the name(s) of the author(s) or information that might identify them. That information must be submitted on a separate sheet as indicated below. 

3.2.1.     Title and Summary: All articles must include the title of the article in the original language followed by the translation into English on the first page. Both must be written in capital letters, bold, Times New Roman 12-point font and centered followed by a summary of the content with its English translation (abstract). The abstract must be no more than 200 words with justified text. If articles are submitted in English, the translation must be provided in Spanish. There must also be a list of three to five keywords separated by comas in Spanish and English.

In general, the abstract must include the article objective, theoretical/conceptual approach, methodology used and results or conclusions (briefly stated).  

3.2.2.     Body of the Article 

• Introduction: The introduction must offer a general presentation of the topic, an analytical review of the state of the art that showcases prior work on the topic and the epistemological, theoretical or theoretical holes that the article seeks to fill (research problem). In other words, it is not enough for the topic to be a new one; the introduction must state the theoretical perspective from which it will be addressed and discuss the relevance or contributions that the article will make to the discipline: objective and explicit methodology and brief summary of the work conducted.

• Development of Contents: This information must be coherent with the introduction. In regard to the points addressed, it should have no more than four or five sections marked with subtitles in bold.

• Conclusions: This should bring the topic to a close. In other words, it should not include new citations because this would indicate a new topic of discussion. Each conclusion should be clearly distinguished from the rest of the text using a subtitle.

• References: This list should only include the texts cited in the body of the article and should follow APA journal standards (see below). 

• Footnotes: The footnotes must be numbered correlatively and only be included if they improve the understanding of the text (meaning that they should be kept to a minimum). The inclusion of direct citations in the footnotes shall not be accepted. Citations must appear only in the body of the text.

• Annexes: The author(s) may include annexes at the end of the text after the references.

• Tables, maps, graphics, figures and images: These must be submitted in their original formats and not inserted in the article. If images are included, they must be in TIFF or JPEG format with a minimum resolution of 300 PPP in black and white or gray scale. These must include a title in the upper part and be numbered separately by type (image, table, graphic, etc.). The lower part must list the source. Tables or graphics should include the data used to develop them. 

3.3.        Author Information: When authors register with our journal, they should include their ORCID. Along with this, and in order to complete the author’s registration with our journal, they must submit a brief CV of no more than five lines including their title(s), academic degree(s) and current affiliation (position, Department or School, University, City and Country) as well as contact information (address, email and telephone number). This information must be submitted on a separate sheet of paper with the article. The sheet must be letter-sized, in Times New Roman 12-point font, single-spaced and attached in the “complementary files” section of the submission. 

4.            TEXT:

• All expressions in Latin not included in the RAE shall be included in cursive.

• Expressions or words in other languages go in cursive except for Abstract and Keywords.

• Authors must closely follow language rules for the use of upper case and lower case words: positions are always listed with lower case letters except for Head of State, President or Primer Minister. Institutions are always listed with capital letters such as the Japanese Ministry of Industry and Technology, the Ministry of Industry and Technology and the Provincial Prefecture. 

• Numbers with more than four digits must be separated with commas where required.

• Centuries must be listed in Roman numerals.

• Numbers between zero and nine are to be written out. All other numbers with the exception of reference to ages must be listed in numerals. 

• Military time must be used with a colon separating hours from minutes and the seconds where applicable (such as 16:30 or 21:34:20) with no intermediary spaces.  

4.1.        CITATIONS:

4.1.2.     Direct Citations

• Citations of up to 40 words are included in the text, marked with double quotation marks followed by the source: “Text cited.” (Last name, Year, pp.). Include the complete reference in the list of references. 

• Citations of over 40 words should be included as a separate paragraph with 1.25” margin on the left and 0 on the right, 10 point font and without the use of quotation marks followed by parentheses with the author’s last name, year and page. Include the complete reference in the list of references.  

4.1.3.     Indirect Citations

• If the author’s name is in the text, follow it with the publication year in parentheses. For example, “In another study conducted by Boss (2001)….”

• If the author’s name is not in the text, write the last name and publication year in parentheses. For example, “(Bunyan, 2003).”  

• If the author’s name is in the text and it directly cites a work or reference, Casey… (2001, p.17).  

• Include page numbers when a work is directly cited or in references to specific passages. (Colón, 2003, p.19).  

• If more than one published work from the same year by the same author is mentioned, place a lower case letter next to the year (Delumeau, 2003a, 2003b).  

• If you wish to include specific pages of published works in the same year (Delumeau, 2003a, p.20; 2003b, p.50) and wish to cite two publications from the same author but in a different year: (Duby, 1995; 2006). 

• If the reference is a work when the name of the author appears in the sentence, include only the date of the publication: “El mileniarismo de Delumeau (2001) y Duby (2006) se diferencian en…”.  

• If a text has two authors, list both last names: (Lagos & Chacón, 1987).  

• In works with three authors, all of the names are listed the first time: (Watson, Corry & Pearce, 2000), and the work is cited as follows thereafter: (Watson et al., 2000). 

• If the publication has been written by four or more authors, list it as follows: (Pérez et al. 1993). 

• If different authors are to be referenced from different years, separate the listings with a semi colon and start with the most recent publication: (Duby 2006; Delumeau 2003; Pérez et al.1993). 

• When a corporate or institutional author is cited for the first time, include the full name of the organization (Organización Mundial de la Salud [OMS], 2009). An acronym may be used thereafter (OMS, 2009). 

• If two authors with the same last name are to be listed, include the first initial of each author’s first name to differentiate them (Orellana Z., 2009; Orellana L., 2006). 

• If an edition issued many years after the original publication is to be cited, specify the latter in brackets in order to allow the reader to appreciate the chronology of publications. For example, a modern edition of the D’Epinay text may be cited as follows (D’Epinay, [1968] 2006), though this is not required. 

• The author may specify chapters, indexes or tables if he or she wishes (Ramírez, 2015, Table 1) or (Ramírez, 2015, Chapter 2).   

4.2.        REFERENCES:

• The list of references goes at the end of the text and should include all of the works cited in the article.

• The works should be listed alphabetically by last name and first name of the first author.

• Works by the same author should be listed chronologically.   

4.2.1      BOOKS:

Last name, First name. Publication year. Book title (in cursive). Editorial location (state, province or country): Editorial name. 

• One author: Andrade, S. (1990). Entre el cielo y la tierra. Religión y desarrollo en la sierra ecuatoriana. Quito Ecuador: Editorial Abya- Yala. 

• Two authors: Chacón, A. & Lagos, H. (1987). La religión en las fuerzas Armadas y de Orden. Santiago de Chile. Edition Rehue, Presor. 

• Three authors: Varas, A., Caro I. & Newes P. (1994). Democracia y mercado en el post-socialismo. Rusia y las repúblicas del Asia Central. Santiago, Flacso Ediciones. 

• Books with an editor: Last names, First name, abbreviation for editor (comp. in Spanish and ed. in English). Publication year. Book title (in cursive), Publication location: Editorial. 

Barr, Arista, (ed. 2000). Well-Written Essays. Brandon, MB: Brandon University Press.

Varas, Augusto, (comp. 1994). Medidas de confianza mutua en América Latina. Santiago: Flacso Ediciones. 

*List the edition if it is not the first edition and note whether it is a true edition (revised and modified text) or reprint of the material:

• Book chapter: Last name, First name of chapter author. Publication year in parentheses. Chapter title. (en/in) Title in cursive (pages). Edition. Publication location: Editorial.

Kumar, Krishan. (2000). “El apocalipsis, el milenio y la utopía en la actualidad.” En Teoría del Apocalipsis y los fines del Mundo (pp. 233- 260). Malcolm Bull (Comp.). México. FCE

• Books without author listed: Title (in cursive), Year, Edition. Publication location: Editorial. 

The Chicago manual of style. (2003). 15th ed. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago.  

*Organize the books in alphabetical author by first word in title.

4.2.2.     JOURNAL OR SERIAL PUBLICATION ARTICLES:

• Articles in print format: First name, Last name. Publication year. “Article Title.” Publication Name (in cursive) Volume number: Article start and end pages. 

Foerster, R. (1989). “Identidad y pentecostalismo indígena en Chile.” in Revista Creces, N° 6, junio de 1989. Volumen 10. pp. 12-18. 

Pierantoni, C. (2000). “El fin del mundo en San Agustín”. Revista Teología y Vida. Volumen 41, N°.1. Universidad Católica, Santiago, Chile, pp.42-51. 

• Articles in journals or newspapers: Last name, First name. Publication year. “Article title in quotation marks.” Name of Journal (in cursive) period number, day and month.

Álvarez, C. (2011). “La carrera que la oposición argentina nunca corrió.” El Mercurio, October 9.

Rimland, B. (2000). “El autismo en los niños.” El Mercurio, April 26. 

• Thesis: Last name, Initial of First name. Publication year in parentheses. “Thesis Title.” (in cursive) Academic degrees, Department or School, University, City, Region or State.

Mansilla, M. (2000). Pentecostalismo y pobreza. El sentido de la pobreza en el discurso pentecostal. Tesis para optar al título de licenciado en Sociología de la Universidad Arturo Prat. Iquique. Chile. 

• Unpublished conference paper or presentation: Last name, Initial of First name. Year of presentation or conference in parentheses. Title of conference paper or talk. Paper presented at name of meeting, conference, etc. Date, City and country.

Osorio, O. (2004). La iglesia de los testigos de Jehová en el fin de todos los tiempos. Discurso escatológico y milenarista en Los Altos Centrales de Morelos, México. Ponencias presentadas en el XI International summer school en religions en la comunidad de San Gimignano, Siena, August 24, 2004.Universidad Autónoma de México. Iztapalapa. México DF. 

• Published conference paper or presentation: Last name, First initial. (Conference year). Title of conference paper or presentation. Pp. (in) name of publication (in cursive), edited by Place of publication: Editorial.

Corder, A. & Ovando C. (2007). Pensamiento integracionista y las relaciones entre Bolivia y Chile en los últimos 50 Years. pp. 20-32 en VI Encuentro de historiadores, intelectuales y cientistas sociales Bolivia-Chile, editado por Ojeda. Iquique: Universidad Bolivariana.  

4.2.3.     ELECTRONIC RESOURCES:

• Electronic journal articles:  Last name, First name, Publication Year, “Article Title” (in quotations), Publication name (in cursive) Volume Number: Start page and end page of article. Date of consultation (access route). 

Martínez, G. (2007). “Paraíso perdido, paraíso inventado. La idealización del paraíso en la literatura latinoamericana: un comentario a manera de observaciones”. Ogigia. Revista electrónica de estudios hispánicos, vol. nº1, enero 2007, pp. 51 a 60, Visited January 5, 2008. (http://www.ogigia.es) 

• E-books: Last name, First name, Publication Year, Title (in cursive). Place of publishing company (state, province or country name): Publishing company name. Date of consultation (access route)

Smith, J. (2000). “Writing Tests.” Guide to University. Consulted January 23, 2004. (http://www.universityguide/tests.edu.) 

• Websites: Website name. Publication year. Section title. Location: Editors. Date consulted (access route)

Revista Cultura & Religión. (2012). “Reseñas de Libros”: Instituto de Estudios Internacionales INTE. Consultado en 27 de noviembre del 2016: http://www.revistaculturayreligion.cl 

NOTE: CITATIONS AND REFERENCES FOR WHICH NO EXAMPLE IS PROVIDED SHALL FOLLOW THE SPECIFICATIONS OF THE SIXTH EDITION OF THE APA.

SUBMISSION PREPARATION CHECKLIST

As part of the submission process, authors are required to prove that their submission meets all of the elements that are presented below. Submissions that do not follow these guidelines shall be returned to the author(s).

1. I have read the GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS and I am aware that failure to meet said rules could lead to the return of my original text without submission to external reviewers. This article has not been published previously or submitted to another journal (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor). The originality of the text will be declared in the attached document (AUTHOR AGREEMENT) in the “complementary files” submission section.

2. Any information in the file that might divulge the identity of the author(s) to the reviewers has been removed from the properties of the document in order to GUARANTEE AN ANONYMOUS PEER REVIEW PROCESS.

3. The form submitted is in Microsoft Word format and Website addresses have been added for electronic references.

4. The complementary files section includes:

   1. The Author Agreement and statement of originality of the article signed by the author(s).

   2. Word file with summarized CV.

   3. Tables, maps, graphics, figures and images in the specified format (if required for the article).

I agree that failure to do so may result in the return/rejection of my submission, without the need to be sent to external reviewers.