Guidelines

Content, style, and length of the article

  • The subject of the article must correspond to the scope of the journal. A detailed description of the journal’s scope is available at the following link.
  • Only previously unpublished materials are accepted.
  • Articles are published exclusively in Spanish (Castilian) and English.
  • The article must be original and authored by the submitter.
  • The article must be written in scientific style.
  • The recommended length of the materials is from 7,000 characters (including spaces) to 40,000 characters(including spaces), not counting the reference list or supplementary information. If your article is longer, it is recommended to split it into several articles. 

Article structure

- article title;

- abstract (brief description of the article’s content, its objectives, research methods, main results, and conclusions). The abstract should be at least 700 and no more than 2,500 characters with spaces;

- keywords (3 to 5 words);

- the article text must be structured. Example of a standard scientific article structure: introduction, research methods and principles, discussion, main results, conclusion (the introduction and conclusion are mandatory sections);

- reference list (at least 10 sources). 

Graphic materials

Graphic materials (tables and figures) must be informative and of high quality. 

Table format

1. The table must have a title.

2. The table must be related to the text and mentioned in it (see Table 1, etc.).

3. The header of the table must indicate the units of measurement for the data.

4. The text in the table cells must be formatted uniformly (same font, text alignment).

5. Instructions for adding tables to the editorial platform.

Figure format

1. Figures include all illustrations (for example: diagrams, photographs, charts, graphs, etc.).

2. All figures contained in the article must be of high quality and the information in them must be easily readable.

3. The figure must have a title.

4. Figures must be related to the text and mentioned in it (see Fig. 1, etc.).

5. If the figure consists of several parts and has a common subtitle, the individual parts are designated with lowercase Russian letters (а, б, в, etc.).

6. The numbers of the individual details of the figure are designated with Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3, etc.). 

7. Figures must be in color.

8. Instructions for adding figures to the editorial platform.

References within the article

In the text, in-text references are used; footnotes are not permitted.

Examples:

If pages are not mentioned:

Example: «S. Johnson in the book «Marketing Analysis» (Johnson, 2005) highlights...»

If pages are mentioned:

Example: «S. Johnson in the book «Marketing Analysis» (Johnson, 2005, p. 25-29) highlights...»  

If the reference is to an electronic resource where there are no page numbers:

Example: «According to data from the Guardia Civil (Guardia Civil, 2005)...»  

If it is necessary to reference several sources at once:

Example: «... of the aerospace industry and other sectors (Johnson, 2005), (Guardia Civil, 2005).»  

Reference list

The reference list must include at least 10 sources.

The reference list is formatted according to the APA 7th edition.

Author identifiers

To facilitate authors in managing their publication list, we recommend obtaining an ORCID (instructions).