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Academic information required in manuscripts

Those who submit a paper for publication must unconditionally provide the following information. The information should be entered directly, without using previous headings. For example, "Paulo Freire" instead of "name: Paulo Freire". The required information is as follows:

• Name: As used in all your publications, but it should be presented as "Last name or surnames, First name or names."
• Highest degree obtained: You must indicate the complete degree, for example, "Doctorate in History."
• Academic status: For example, "faculty member in the Department of Philosophy" or "Ph.D. student in...". It is strictly prohibited to use abbreviations.
• Current academic affiliation: For example, "University of Concepción" or "Research Group on Critical Pedagogies." It is strictly prohibited to use abbreviations. For instance, it is incorrect to write "UBA" instead of "University of Buenos Aires."
• City and country: You should write both references to the place where the study you are presenting was conducted. For example, "Porto Alegre, Brazil." It is strictly prohibited to use abbreviations.
• ORCID ID: The ORCID academic ID can be linked to the OJS platform used by the journal, which allows those submitting their work to track their publications. If the person does not have an ORCID account, they must create one at LINK https://orcid.org/signin
• Email address: You must provide an email address that will be publicly available and through which anyone reading your article can contact you. This email will also be used for communication during the editorial process.

 

 

Graphic, Content, and Citation Specifications

Papers should be presented following the guidelines provided below:

 

 

Graphic and Content Specifications

No text, whether it is a title or normal text, should be written entirely in uppercase letters. For example, writing "LA FILOSOFÍA DE AMÉRICA" is incorrect. It should be written as "La filosofía de América" to be correct.

The only accepted file formats are ".doc" and ".docx".

Papers that include concepts in titles, abstracts, or keywords but do not elaborate on them in the body of the paper will be objected.

Titles should be explicit, without subtitles, concise, and without rhetorical questions. They should be approximately ten words long.

Abstracts of social science research should indicate the problem studied, its relevance, and the objective of the study. Mention the study design, the studied population, the variables, and the methodology used (you may add relevant additional information). Refer only to the most significant finding(s), such as the relationship between variables (if applicable) or an important statistic. Comment only on the most important aspect your study reached.

In the case of a theoretical documentary manuscript, the abstract should state the research objective, the criteria for source selection, and the most relevant aspect derived from the research.

For review articles, the abstract should mention the studied problem, justify why the review article is of interest, present the criteria for source selection, and highlight the most relevant aspect of the analysis.

The length of the abstract can vary between one hundred fifty (150) and two hundred (200) words.

Keywords should consist of four to five terms, preferably not compound words. It is prohibited to include phrases as keywords. Keywords should not be a dissection of the title. The name of an author should not be used as a keyword. Keywords should reflect the object of study, the problem, and the methodology.

The paper size should be "Letter," with dimensions of 21.59 cm x 27.94 cm.

The margins should be "narrow," meaning 1.27 cm on all sides.

The text should be justified.

The body of the manuscript should use "Poppins Light" font, size 11. The spacing before should be "0 pt," after should be "6 pt," and the line spacing should be "single." The entire text should be justified.

Footnotes should use "Poppins Light" font, size 7. The spacing before and after should be "0 pt," the line spacing should be "single," and the text should be justified.

In-text citations should be placed in quotation marks and italicized—preferably using angular quotation marks, but this is not a requirement. The font, spacing, and line spacing should be the same as for the body of the text.

Block quotations should not be placed in quotation marks or italicized. They should have a left indentation of "2 cm."

The length of the manuscript should be a minimum of ten (10) and a maximum of twenty-five (25) pages, not including the reference table. The space occupied by images will not be considered as part of the manuscript length.

 

This journal does not intervene in the writing style of the authors, but it does require the demonstration and visualization of a structure in the contents. This structure allows for subsequent analysis for improvement purposes by the journal.

The content of research articles in social sciences, excluding the title page, abstract, and keywords, as well as the reference table and biographical data pages, should follow the structure presented below. Additional sections may be added, but please do not remove the indicated section names as they will be used for analysis by the journal.

• Introduction: Present the problem studied, the object of study, and justify its relevance. State the objective of your study. In this introduction, present the reviewed literature. Mention previous research on the topic, the theoretical foundation of your study, general theoretical approaches, and any relevant background information for your article. You may organize this section by incorporating necessary subsections.
• Methodology: Explain how the study was conducted, providing details on the research design, population and sample, instruments used, and other relevant characteristics. Provide a detailed explanation of all the procedures. If an instrument was used to measure or collect data, explain how it was developed, applied, and the criteria used. For review articles, explain the criteria for selecting information.
• Findings: Present all the findings of your research.
• Discussion: Present all the considerations based on your findings, relying on the previously presented theoretical foundations. Discuss the implications of your study's findings. Provide projections regarding the problem under investigation.

 

The content of theoretical articles or documentary research, excluding the title page, abstract, and keywords, as well as the reference table and biographical data pages, should follow the structure presented below. Additional sections may be added, but please do not delete the indicated section names as they will be used for analysis by the journal.

• Introduction: Present the problem you studied, the object of study, justify its relevance, and state the objective of your study. In this introduction, present all the theoretical background and relevant precedents for the analysis of your study. You may organize this section by incorporating necessary subsections.
• Analysis and Discussion: Present all considerations based on your theoretical foundation and the provided precedents. You may add any necessary subsections.
• Conclusions: Indicate the most relevant aspects reached through your analysis. State how the research objective was achieved. Optionally, you may provide projections for future studies.

 

The content of review articles, excluding the title page, abstract, and keywords, as well as the reference table and biographical data pages, should follow the structure presented below. Additional sections may be added, but please do not delete the indicated section names as they will be used for analysis by the journal.

• Introduction: Present the problem you studied, the object of study, and justify its relevance. State the objective of your study. In this introduction, present the reviewed literature. Address the need to address the research questions. Characterize the population and include information about the intervention, exposure, outcomes, and emphasize the research questions. The research questions or objectives should be explicitly stated at the end of the introduction.
• Methodology: Explain how the study was approached, disclosing characteristics such as research type, what was specifically done in the study (e.g., design, population, sample, instruments). Provide detailed explanations of all procedures. Generally, the methodology refers to how the search for the used works was conducted. Remember that a review article works based on the study of research articles, so the methodology should also specify the criteria for selecting the articles.
• Discussion or Analysis: Present the most relevant findings from the reviewed articles and synthesize their discussions. Establish a systematic framework among the studied articles. Review how the articles align and diverge, what conceptualizations and methods are used. Create a synthesis that combines the results of the analyzed studies.
• Conclusions: If applicable, draw conclusions in coherence with what has been discussed. This is done if there is a weighing of evidence during the analysis. If the review article is authored by an expert in the field, the conclusion may propose guidelines to address a detected problem or suggest exploring an aspect that has not yet been studied, which would contribute to knowledge in the field.

 

Citation and Reference Style:

The journal exclusively works with reference tables and not with bibliographies. Only what has been explicitly cited in the body of the article can be referenced. The reference table should be included after the last section of the research body—usually called "Conclusions"—and titled "References."

The reference should always include the full name of the reference. Indicating only the initial of the name is prohibited. For example, "Ellacuría, I." cannot be used; it should be written as "Ellacuría, Ignacio." The font should be "Poppins Light," size 11, with equal spacing before and after (0pt), single line spacing, and justified alignment. A space should be added manually after each reference by pressing the "Enter" key. No work that has not been explicitly cited in the article should be included in the reference table.

The use of automated citations in Word is allowed, in which case the Chicago style should be selected. The default option is usually the Chicago style for the Humanities, but the journal will make the necessary corrections.

The author's name should be written as many times as the works have been used and should not be replaced with a dash "______." For example, if you have used five books or articles by Enrique Dussel, his name should be written five times in the reference table.

The journal uses the Chicago author-date citation style (not to be confused with the Chicago notes and bibliography style).

Citations should follow the style: (Author year, page); (Author year, pages); (Author year; Author year); (Author year; Author year); (Author and Author year).

To construct the references, consult the Chicago Manual of Style at this LINK: https://nuestramerica.cl/ojs/index.php/nuestramerica/chicago

References should be classified into separate groups based on their typology and origin. The journal will combine them all in the final version of the article, but you should classify them before submission. You only need to include the groups you have used, and it is not necessary to include all the groups described here. For example, if you have only used scientific journals and books, then you should have two groups in the reference table: Scientific Journals and Books or Book Chapters, respectively.

 

Groups will be:

• Scientific Journals: Include exclusively references to scientific-academic journals dedicated to original research.
• Books or Book Chapters: As the name suggests, include references published in a book.
• Conference Proceedings: Any type of conference proceedings or publications published in any format.
• Newspapers: Any press publication, whether print or electronic.
• Popular Science Magazines: Any magazine whose purpose is not original research but the dissemination of various topics of social interest. Usually, their review is only editorial, although they may undergo peer review by academics. Their articles defend or promote ideas and perspectives of a particular group.
• Preprints: Only in cases where the use of a preprint is justified, it can be included in the reference table. If the preprint has already been published by a journal, cite the journal and not the preprint. The format for referencing a preprint should be: Last Name, First Name. Year. "Title." Preprint. Link.
• Others: Include anything not covered by the previous groups.

Legal norms and jurisprudence, interviews, personal communications, and videos should be referenced in footnotes and not in the reference table.

 

After the reference table, include the heading "Biodata" following the following template:

Biodata

Name: Provide a brief description of yourself, including your academic degrees. Specify your academic affiliation, including any affiliations with centers, faculties, universities, among others. You can add information about other published works, as well as links to be shared. You may include personal websites or blogs. The biodata should not exceed ten lines.