Author Guidelines
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TYPOLOGY OF CONTRIBUTIONS
- Research Articles
Document that presents, in detail, the original results of research projects, following the structure generally used for this type of article, as outlined below:
Submission requirements
| Format | Microsoft Word format, Times New Roman, 12-point font, 1.5 line spacing |
| Maximum number of words | 8,000 words (including abstract, keywords, graphs, and reference list) |
Article structure
| Title | Spanish and English |
| Abstract | It must be approximately 250 words in length and must not contain figures or tables, abbreviations, or bibliographic references. It is a brief version of the article, a summary of the content of the main sections. It should indicate the problem, the main objectives and scope of the research, describe the conceptual framework and methodology used, summarize the results, and state the main conclusions and possible implications of the study. |
| Keywords | Five or more keywords in Spanish and English. They identify the main topic or subject within the field of knowledge to which the work belongs. Include, in descending order from the most general topics to the most specific, only those words considered most representative. The use of thesauri is suggested. |
| Introduction | The research problem, the justification for the topic of analysis, the research question, the general objective of the research, and the main conceptual elements are presented. At the end of the introduction, a paragraph should briefly indicate the structure of the article by sections. |
| Methodology | Refers to how the research was conducted (methodologies, methods, and techniques used). The characteristics of the collected data and information must be evidenced, and it should explain how the question has been addressed and how the research objective is expected to be achieved. |
| Results and discussion | The most important results of the work are presented and must be analyzed in light of the methodology. |
| Conclusions | They help to understand the relevance of the results obtained. They present the implications of the work and propose future lines of research. They must also explain the extent to which the research objective was achieved, including the strengths and limitations of the results. The conclusions should be framed in relation to other findings by the same author or by other authors. |
| References | Fifty or more references. |
- Reflection Articles
Document that presents research results from an analytical, interpretative, or critical perspective of the author on a specific topic, drawing on original sources and following the structure generally used for this type of article, as outlined below:
Submission requirements
| Format | Microsoft Word format, Times New Roman, 12-point font, 1.5 line spacing |
| Maximum number of words | Between 8,000 and 10,000 words (including abstract, keywords, graphs, and reference list). |
Article structure
| Title | Spanish and English |
| Abstract | It must be approximately 250 words in length and must not contain figures or tables, abbreviations, or bibliographic references. It is a brief version of the article, a summary of the content of the main sections. It should indicate the problem, the main objectives and scope of the research, describe the conceptual framework and methodology used, summarize the results, and state the main conclusions and possible implications of the study. |
| Keywords | Five or more keywords in Spanish and English. They identify the main topic or subject within the field of knowledge to which the work belongs. Include, in descending order from the most general topics to the most specific, only those words considered most representative. The use of thesauri is suggested. |
| Introduction | The research problem, the justification for the topic of analysis, the research question, the general objective of the research, and the main conceptual elements are presented. At the end of the introduction, a paragraph should briefly indicate the structure of the article by sections. |
| Theoretical framework | Guides and establishes the theoretical foundations of the research, specifying the conceptual elements of the research problem. |
| Methodology | Refers to how the research was conducted (methodologies, methods, and techniques used). The characteristics of the collected data and information must be evidenced, and it should explain how the question has been addressed and how the research objective is expected to be achieved. |
| Conclusions | They help to understand the relevance of the results obtained. They present the implications of the work and propose future lines of research. They must also explain the extent to which the research objective was achieved, including the strengths and limitations of the results. The conclusions should be framed in relation to other findings by the same author or by other authors. |
| References | Fifty or more references. |
- Review Articles
Document resulting from research in which the results of published or unpublished research in the fields of Philosophy and Literature are systematized, analyzed, and integrated in order to account for advances and trends in this area of knowledge. It is characterized by presenting a careful review of the documentation.
Submission requirements
| Format | Microsoft Word format, Times New Roman, 12-point font, 1.5 line spacing |
| Maximum number of words | 8,000 words (including abstract, keywords, graphs, and reference list). |
Article structure
| Title | Spanish and English |
| Abstract | It must be approximately 250 words in length and must not contain figures or tables, abbreviations, or bibliographic references. It is a brief version of the article, a summary of the content of the main sections. It should indicate the problem, the main objectives and scope of the research, describe the conceptual framework and methodology used, summarize the results, and state the main conclusions and possible implications of the study. |
| Keywords | Five or more keywords in Spanish and English. They identify the main topic or subject within the field of knowledge to which the work belongs. Include, in descending order from the most general topics to the most specific, only those words considered most representative. The use of thesauri is suggested. |
| Introduction | The research problem, the justification for the topic of analysis, the research question, the general objective of the research, and the main conceptual elements are presented. At the end of the introduction, a paragraph should briefly indicate the structure of the article by sections. |
| Methodology | Refers to how the research was conducted: the state of the art or the Systematic Literature Review, or another technique used for the literature review. The characteristics of the collected data and information must be evidenced, and it should explain how the question has been addressed and how the research objective is expected to be achieved. |
| Results and discussion | The most important results of the work are presented and must be analyzed in light of the methodology. |
| Conclusions | They help to understand the relevance of the results obtained. They present the implications of the work and propose future lines of research. They must also explain the extent to which the research objective was achieved, including the strengths and limitations of the results. The conclusions should be framed in relation to other findings by the same author or by other authors. |
| References | Fifty or more references. |
- Reviews
Document that presents bibliographic novelties in the research field and in academic and editorial dissemination in Philosophy and Literature. It seeks to highlight the main and significant issues addressed by the author of the reviewed work and to present a critical assessment of it.
Submission requirements
| Format | Microsoft Word format, Times New Roman, 12-point font, 1.5 line spacing |
| Maximum number of words | 1,000 words (excluding the reference list). |
Document structure
| Title | Spanish and English |
| Presentation of the review | A review of a text must contain the following elements: bibliographic information about the reviewed text, the context in which the text appears, a commentary and critical analysis of the reviewed text, and a synthesis of its content. |
| Conclusions | They help to understand the relevance, strengths, and limitations of the reviewed text. The conclusions should be framed in relation to other works by the same author or by other authors related to the same field. |
| References | Those considered necessary by the author. |
- Translations
Translations of texts
Contact the Editor if you wish to suggest the translation of a text.
CITATION GUIDELINES
The journal Escritos follows the Chicago Manual of Style, 16th edition, Notes and Bibliography system, for citations.
The following examples illustrate the notes and bibliography system. The note examples show full citations followed by shortened citations of the same sources. Bibliography entry examples follow the notes. For further details and many additional examples, see the Chicago Manual of Style.
This first system is flexible because, besides allowing room in some documents to cite certain unusual types of sources, it also permits commentary on the cited sources. Notes are numbered with superscripts in the body of the text and correspond to notes at the bottom of the page (Microsoft Word includes an option for inserting footnotes while writing the text. See the following tutorial). All references cited and included as footnotes must appear in the “Bibliography” section at the end of the text. Multiple citations of the same source, after the first mention, are referred to in shortened form.
Books by a Single Author
1.1. Full citation in a footnote
First Name Last Name, Title: Subtitle (City: Publisher, year), consulted page(s).
The abbreviations p. or pp. are not used to indicate pages; only the page number or page range is included.
Ex: Gonzalo Soto, Diez Aproximaciones al Medioevo (Medellín: Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, 2006), 165.
1.2. Shortened citation in a footnote
The purpose of shortened citations is to reduce the volume of documented material in a work. The shortened form includes sufficient information for readers to locate the full reference in the section titled “Bibliography.”
The most common structure of the shortened form consists of the author’s last name and the main title of the cited work (abbreviated if it contains more than four words).
Last Name, Shortened Title, consulted pages.
The abbreviations p. or pp. are not used to indicate pages; only the page number or page range is included.
Ex: Soto, Diez aproximaciones al Medioevo, 364.
1.3. Bibliography entry
Last Name, First Name. Title: Subtitle. City: Publisher, year.
Ex: Soto, Gonzalo. Diez Aproximaciones al Medioevo. Medellín: Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, 2006.
Books by Two or Three Authors
2.1. Full citation in a footnote
First Name Last Name and First Name Last Name, Title: Subtitle (City: Publisher, year), consulted pages.
Ex: Mario Arenas Gutiérrez and Nelly Martínez Restrepo, Las frías colinas (Mexico City: Tricolor, 2003), 25.
2.2. Shortened citation in a footnote
Last Name and Last Name, Shortened Title, consulted pages.
Ex: Arenas and Martínez, Las frías colinas, 25.
2.3. Bibliography entry
Last Name, First Name, First Name Last Name, and First Name Last Name. Title: Subtitle. City: Publisher, year.
Ex: Arenas Gutiérrez, Mario, and Nelly Martínez Restrepo. Las frías colinas. Mexico City: Tricolor, 2003.
Books by Four or More Authors
If a book has four or more authors, all of them must be listed in the corresponding bibliography entry.
The structure is the same as that used for books by two or three authors.
In the note, however, only the name of the first author should be cited, followed by et al.
3.1. Full citation in a footnote
First Name Last Name et al., Title: Subtitle (City: Publisher, year), consulted pages.
Ex: María Quijano et al., Educación de historia a finales del siglo XIX (Caracas: Cedro, 1995), 12.
3.2. Shortened citation in a footnote
Last Name et al., Shortened Title, consulted pages.
Ex: Quijano et al., Educación de historia, 364.
3.3. Bibliography entry
Last Name, First Name, First Name Last Name, First Name Last Name, and First Name Last Name. Title: Subtitle. City: Publisher, year.
Ex: Quijano, María, Susana Pérez, Julia Tuñón, Sergio Álvarez, and Sergio Villarreal. Educación de historia a finales del siglo XIX. Caracas: Cedro, 1995.
Book Chapters
4.1. Full citation in a footnote
First Name Last Name, “Chapter Title. Chapter Subtitle,” in Title: Subtitle, edited by First Name Last Name (City: Publisher, year), consulted pages.
Chapter titles are always placed within quotation marks.
The editor or editors of the book are always indicated after the book title.
Ex: Felipe Fernández, “La guerra naval en la era vikinga,” in Historia de la guerra en la Edad Media, edited by Maurice Keen (Mexico City: Océano, 2005), 297.
4.2. Shortened citation in a footnote
Last Name, “Shortened Chapter Title,” consulted pages.
No more than four words of the title.
Ex: Fernández, “Guerra naval,” 295.
4.3. Bibliography entry
Last Name, First Name. “Chapter Title: Chapter Subtitle,” in Title: Subtitle, edited by First Name Last Name, page range. City: Publisher, year.
The abbreviation pp. is not used; only page numbers are indicated.
Ex: Fernández, Felipe. “La guerra naval en la era vikinga,” in Historia de la guerra en la Edad Media, edited by Maurice Keen, 295-321. Mexico City: Océano, 2005.
Introductions, Prefaces, or Presentations
If it is a generic title —such as “Introduction,” “Preface,” or “Presentation”— and the author is the same as that of the complete document, the term is added before the book title.
5.1. Full citation in a footnote
First Name Last Name, Introduction/Preface/Presentation to Title: Subtitle (City: Publisher, year), consulted pages.
Ex: Sandra Harding, Preface to The Science Question in Feminism (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1986), 12.
5.2. Shortened citation in a footnote
Last Name, Introduction/Preface/Presentation to Shortened Title, consulted pages.
Ex: Harding, Preface to The Science Question, 12.
5.3. Bibliography entry
Last Name, First Name. Introduction/Preface/Presentation to Title: Subtitle, page range. City: Publisher, year.
Ex: Harding, Sandra. Preface to The Science Question in Feminism, 9-14. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1986.
If the author of the introduction, preface, or presentation is different from the main author of the text, the former appears before the book title and the latter after it:
5.4. Full citation in a footnote
First Name Last Name, Introduction/Preface/Presentation to Title: Subtitle, by First Name Last Name (City: Publisher, year), consulted pages.
Ex: Adolfo Meisel Roca, Introduction to El Caribe colombiano, by Gustavo Bell (Barranquilla: Universidad del Norte, 1988), 8.
5.5. Shortened citation in a footnote
Last Name, Introduction/Preface/Presentation to Shortened Title, consulted pages.
No more than four words of the title.
Ex: Meisel Roca, Preface to El Caribe colombiano, 9.
5.6. Bibliography entry
Last Name, First Name. Introduction/Preface/Presentation to Title: Subtitle, by First Name Last Name, page range. City: Publisher, year.
Ex: Meisel Roca, Adolfo. Introduction to El Caribe colombiano, by Gustavo Bell, 7-11. Barranquilla: Universidad del Norte, 1988.
Academic Journal Articles
If the journal is online, the DOI or corresponding URL must be included.
6.1. Full citation in a footnote
First Name Last Name, “Article Title: Article Subtitle,” Journal Title volume, no. number (year): consulted pages. http://dx.doi.org/XXXXXX
Neither the word “volume” nor the abbreviation “vol.” is used; when applicable, the volume must be indicated using Arabic numerals.
The abbreviations p. or pp. must not be used to indicate consulted pages.
Ex: Francisco Díez Fischer, “El tiempo según Paul Ricoeur,” Escritos 26, no. 57 (2018): 285.
6.2. Shortened citation in a footnote
Last Name, “Shortened Article Title,” consulted pages.
Ex: Díez, “El tiempo según Paul Ricoeur,” 285.
6.3. Bibliography entry
Last Name, First Name. “Article Title: Article Subtitle.” Journal Title volume, no. number (year): page range.
Neither the word “volume” nor the abbreviation “vol.” is used; when applicable, the volume must be indicated using Arabic numerals.
Ex: Díez Fischer, Francisco. “El tiempo según Paul Ricoeur.” Escritos 26, no. 57 (2018): 283-318. http://dx.doi.org/10.18566/escr.v26n57.a03
Newspaper Articles (with or without author)
Although the Chicago Manual suggests that this type of source need not be included in the bibliography, and consequently does not provide examples of shortened notes in these cases, the corresponding models are included here for those who prefer to do so.
If the author’s name is known, the citation should appear as follows:
7.1. Full citation in a footnote
First Name Last Name, “Article Title: Article Subtitle,” Periodical Title, day month year, page(s)/URL.
Ex: Ricardo Gálvez, “Obesidad: La pandemia del siglo xxi en Latinoamérica,” El Espectador, September 1, 2012, 14, http://www.elespectador.com/noticias/salud/articulo-378403-obesidad-pandemia-del-siglo-xxi.
7.2. Shortened citation in a footnote
Last Name, “Shortened Article Title,” consulted pages.
Ex: Gálvez, “Obesidad,” 14.
7.3. Bibliography entry
Last Name, First Name. “Article Title: Article Subtitle.” Periodical Title, day month year, page(s)/URL.
Ex: Gálvez, Ricardo. “Obesidad: La pandemia del siglo xxi en Latinoamérica.” El Espectador, September 1, 2012, 14, http://www.elespectador.com/noticias/salud/articulo-378403-obesidad-pandemia-del-siglo-xxi.
If the author is unknown, the citation should appear as follows:
7.4. Full citation in a footnote
“Article Title: Article Subtitle,” Periodical Title, day month year, page(s)/URL.
Ex: “Aprenda usted a vivir: nuestro enemigo cada día,” El Correo, January 22, 1966, 12.
7.5. Shortened citation in a footnote
“Shortened Article Title,” consulted pages.
Ex: “Aprenda usted a vivir,” 12.
7.6. Bibliography entry
“Article Title: Article Subtitle.” Periodical Title, day month year, page(s)/URL.
Ex: “Aprenda usted a vivir: nuestro enemigo cada día,” El Correo, January 22, 1966, 12.
Theses and Other Unpublished Documents
8.1. Full citation in a footnote
First Name Last Name, “Title of Thesis” (master’s/doctoral thesis, Institution/Event, year), consulted pages, electronic address.
The abbreviations p. or pp. must not be used to indicate consulted pages.
Ex: Hernando Montoya David, “La ontología histórica en Michel Foucault: una propuesta filosófica desde el saber, el poder y la ética” (master’s thesis, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, 2016), 56.
8.2. Shortened citation in a footnote
Last Name, “Shortened Thesis Title,” consulted pages.
Ex: Montoya, “La ontología histórica en Michel Foucault,” 20.
8.3. Bibliography entry
Last Name, First Name. “Title of Thesis,” master’s/doctoral thesis, Institution/Event, year, electronic address.
Ex: Montoya David, Hernando. “La ontología histórica en Michel Foucault: una propuesta filosófica desde el saber, el poder y la ética,” master’s thesis, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, 2016.
Web Pages
A website is a collection of documents (pages) belonging to an individual or organization, available at a specific location on the World Wide Web (WWW).
9.1. Full citation in a footnote
“Title of the Page,” Title of the Website, last modified day month year, accessed day month year, URL.
Ex: “Objetivos del Milenio,” Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo en Colombia, accessed May 21, 2015, http://www.co.undp.org/content/colombia/es/home/mdgoverview/.
9.2. Shortened citation in a footnote
“Shortened Page Title.”
No more than four words of the title.
Ex: “Objetivos del Milenio.”
9.3. Bibliography entry
“Title of the Page.” Title of the Website, last modified day month year, URL.
Ex: “Objetivos del Milenio.” Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo en Colombia, http://www.co.undp.org/content/colombia/es/home/mdgoverview/.
Editions
If a consulted edition other than the first edition of the book is used, the edition number must appear after the title, as follows:
Téllez, Hernando. Nadar contra la corriente: escritos sobre literatura. 2nd ed. Bogotá: Ariel, 1995.
Use of ibid. and op. cit.
According to the Chicago Manual of Style, references do not use these expressions, as they are considered inappropriate for referring back to a source already mentioned in the document.
Sources Consulted
Pérez, Margarita, Manuel Romero, Ella Suárez, Nicolás Vaughan. Manual de citas y referencias bibliográficas: latino, APA, Chicago, IEEE, MLA, Vancouver. 2nd ed. Bogotá: Universidad de los Andes, Ediciones Uniandes, 2015.
“Notes and Bibliography: Sample Citations.” Chicago Manual of Style, 16th edition, accessed April 14, 2020. https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org
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