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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission is original and unpublished, and it is not under review for publication by another journal.
  • The text follows the style and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines. Regarding formatting standards, it must comply with ABNT norms (Brazilian Technical Standards issued by the Brazilian Association of Technical Standards).
  • Information about authors must be provided in the submission process in an additional document to the unidentified manuscript, according to this template. In addition, all metadata must be completed, including maximum entitling, affiliation unit and institution, link to Lattes CV, Orcid and email.
  • The manuscript does not contain any form of author identification.
  • The submission file is in .doc or .docx format.
  • URLs or DOI for the references have been provided when possible.
  • All metadata has been correctly filled in, including highest degree, affiliated unit and institution, link to Curriculum, Orcid, and email of each author. We recommend that all co-authors of the manuscript have a login created on the platform to be added to the manuscript tracking by the journal's platform.

Author Guidelines

The journal receives contributions from people with different academic titles, and even people linked to collectives and organizations outside the academy. However, it is important to pay attention to the guidelines of each section. In the case of articles, only contributions from authors with a doctoral degree are accepted (undergraduates, masters and doctoral students interested in submitting articles must write in co-authorship with at least one person with a doctoral degree). Reviews can be submitted by anyone with any academic degree, including undergraduates. Essays and interviews, on the other hand, can be submitted by anyone without the obligation of an academic title. We do not accept inclusion of authorship after the submission is completed.

Information about authors must be provided in the submission process in an additional document to the unidentified manuscript, according to this template. In addition, all metadata must be completed, including maximum entitling, affiliation unit and institution, link to Lattes CV, Orcid and email. If there is more than one author, all metadata of the co-authors must be informed at the time of submission. The submission will be automatically rejected if this requirement is not met. 

Espirales will only publish one manuscript from each author each year. In addition, manuscripts of the same nature (article, essay, review or interview) can only be submitted by the same person, either as author or co-author, every 2 years. The second submission without taking these criteria into account will be automatically rejected. 

All works must be sent in doc. or docx. format, and must follow the updated ABNT standards, according to the following general specifications.

  • Manuscripts in Portuguese, Spanish, English or French are accepted;
  • Co-authored texts can have a maximum of 3 authors. 
  • Titles, abstracts and keywords must be presented in Portuguese, Spanish and English (manuscripts submitted in French must present these elements in all three languages and also in French);
  • The submitted document must not contain any type of identification of authorship, respecting the blind peer evaluation. Submissions that contain any type of identification of authorship will be summarily rejected; 
  • Size of sheet A4. Margins: top and left 3 cm; bottom and right 2 cm; 
  • All text must be in Times New Roman, respecting the following specifications;
    - Title: Font 14, capitalized, bold, centered, single spacing, with space after the paragraph (10pts);
    - Abstracts and footnotes: Font 10, justified, single spacing;
    - Main text: Font 12, justified, 1.5 spacing, without spacing between paragraphs, 1.25 cm indentation in the first line of the paragraph;
    - Long direct quote (more than 3 lines): Font 10, justified, 4cm indentation, single spacing, insert spaces before and after the paragraph (10pts).
  • Citations must respect the author/date system, in accordance with ABNT NBR 10520/2023 standards, and must be in the main text. E.g.: (Gonzalez, 2020, p. 25);
  • All citations adopted throughout the text must be listed in the bibliographic references.

The bibliographic references must be included in a proper section, and cannot be included in footnotes, and must comply with ABNT NBR 6023/2018 standards. Espirales Journal  requests to keep the mention of the city of publication of the text, in order to recover the geopolitical origin of the edition, and to keep the mention of the author's first full name, and not only his initials, in order to preserve the author's gender mark. See model and examples for references:

SURNAME, First Name. Title of the work. Issue number, vol. (if any), City: name of publisher, year of work.
GALEANO, Eduardo. Las venas abiertas de América Latina. 26th ed., Ciudad de México/Buenos Aires: Siglo XXI, 2006.
GONZALEZ, Lélia. Por um feminismo afro-latino-americano. Rio de Janeiro: Editora Schwarcz-Companhia das Letras, 2020.

See below for additional specifications for each section. 

Continuous Flow - Articles

Manuscripts submitted to the Continuous Flow must be scientific articles with a free theme, but that relate to the focus and scope of the journal. Only contributions from authors with doctoral degrees are accepted. Undergraduates, masters and doctoral students interested in submitting articles must write in co-authorship with at least one person with a PhD title (maximum 3 authors).

Manuscripts must have between 15 and 25 pages (including abstracts, notes and bibliography), follow the template for articles and the standards described above. The first page must contain, without transposing to the subsequent pages: title, abstract of up to 200 words and 3 to 5 keywords in Portuguese, Spanish and English (manuscripts submitted in French must present these elements in the three languages and also in French).

Thematic Dossier - Articles

Manuscripts submitted to thematic dossiers must be scientific articles whose theme refers to that of the open call at the time of submission. This section aims to disseminate and promote debates on specific problems concerning the integration of Latin America and the Caribbean.

Manuscripts must have between 15 and 25 pages (including abstracts, notes and bibliography), follow the template for dossiers articles and the standards described above. The first page must contain, without transposing to the subsequent pages: title, abstract of up to 200 words and 3 to 5 keywords in Portuguese, Spanish and English (manuscripts submitted in French must present these elements in the three languages and also in French).

Comunidades Epistémicas - Interviews

The Comunidades Epistémicas section publishes interviews with researchers, recognized authorities in the academic field, leaders of organized movements, artists and other personalities who contribute to the debate on Latin American and Caribbean integration. Recent interviews will be prioritized, however, sending older materials is also encouraged. Anyone can submit contributions to this section, with no academic title required (maximum of three co-authors).

Interviews must have between 8 and 15 pages (not counting the first two presentation pages), follow the template for interviews and the norms described above. To preserve anonymity and ensure double-blind evaluation, the name of the person conducting the interview should not be mentioned in the submitted manuscript; use the designation “Interviewer” instead. In addition, the first two pages must contain the following information: 

  • Cover page, containing: name(s) of the person(s) interviewed, accompanied by a presentation on their trajectory (between 100 and 250 words) and a photo;
  • Abstract (maximum 250 words), containing: presentation of the interviewee; objective of the interview; central themes addressed; relevance to the academic field; structure of the dialogue (optional);
  • 3 to 5 keywords;
  • Abstract and keywords must be in Portuguese, Spanish and English (manuscripts submitted in French must present these elements in all three languages and also in French).

It is mandatory to include the AUTHORIZATION TERM of the interviewee(s), agreeing with the publication of the material. The document template for online filling and digital signature can be accessed by clicking here. To access the document template for printing and filling with ballpoint pen click here. All authorization terms must be sent in a single document.

Entrelíneas de la Integración - Reviews

The Entrelíneas de la Integración section publishes reviews with a maximum length of 5 pages (disregarding the first page with title, abstract and keywords), according to the template and the standards described above. The first page must contain a title, an abstract of up to 200 words and 3 to 5 keywords in Portuguese, Spanish and English (manuscripts submitted in French must present these elements in all three languages and also in French). 

Reviews of academic books, literature, dissertations and theses, cinematographic products, musical albums, artistic, cultural and/or museographic exhibitions aligned with the proposal of the section are accepted. Reviews of works published more than 3 years ago can be sent to the section, provided that the author consults the Editorial Team of the journal in advance through the email revista.espirales@unila.edu.br. Reviews must have a critical character, in order to present the central ideas of the work reviewed, as well as the main considerations of the reviewer about its content and relevance.

A doctoral degree is not required to submit reviews in Entrelíneas de la Integración, however, at least a student bond in a higher education institution or an academic degree is required. The text must be unpublished, must not be under evaluation by other journals and must only have 1 author. 

Horizontes Insurgentes - Essays

The Horizontes Insurgentes section publishes essays whose thematic axis is Latin American and Caribbean integration. Essays of various forms are accepted: textual (argumentative, narrative, descriptive, explanatory, comparative, poetic-reflective and manifests), visual (photos, drawings, paintings, collages, urban art, scenic montages and other forms of artistic and/or cultural manifestation) or mixed. There is no minimum number of pages and no academic degree is required for text submission in this section. 

The texts must have up to 10 pages, follow the template for essays and the standards described above. In addition, the first page must contain a title, an abstract of up to 200 words and 3 to 5 keywords in Portuguese, Spanish and English (manuscripts submitted in French must present these elements in all three languages and also in French), and the essay must be organized in introduction, development and conclusion. 

If the material is approved for publication in the journal, the proposers of the essay must complete a cover page (1 page), according to the template, with a brief presentation of the proposing collective, the author or the authors of the text.

Specific rules for visual or mixed essays:

  • They must contain, obligatorily, supporting text contextualizing the material presented. The contextualization can be general or by work that makes up the essay;
  • The images presented must be inserted along the text itself, must be sent in .jpeg or .png format and must not exceed the limit of up to 2.5 MB per image/photo. The total size of the file submitted in this section may not exceed 7 MB.
  • It is mandatory to include the AUTHORIZATION TERM FOR IMAGE USE of the author of the work and the individuals who are exposed in it for submission of the essay. Espirales Journal suggests the following templates for the document: for online filling and digital signature click here; for ballpoint pen filling click here. All authorization terms must be sent in a single document as an additional file to the manuscript at the time of submission.

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish in this journal agree with the following terms:

  1. Authors who keep the copyrights and concede to the journal the right of publication in first hand, with the piece simultaneously  licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License that allows the sharing of the work with the recognition of authorship and initial publication in this journal.
  2. Authors have authorization to assume additional separated contracts for non-exclusive distribution of the version of the work published in this journal. (ex.: publishing in institutional repositories or as a book chapter), with the recognition of authorship and initial publication in this journal.
  3. Authors are allowed and stimulated to publish and distribute their pieces online (ex.: institutional repositories or personal pages) at anytime during and after the editorial process since it can generate productive alterations, as well increase the impact and the citation of the published text (see The Effect of Free Access).
  4.  Authors have knowledge that the works pass constantly through the technical revision of plagiarism. In any detection of plagiarism, the submission will be canceled.

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