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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.
Author Guidelines
Submissions
The
journal receives manuscripts all year round, submissions must be made online,
through the OJS platform. Since 2024, preprints are accepted. Manuscript format
All
contributions must be in editable digital format (preferably .doc or .docx), A4
size, margins: top and bottom: 2.5 cm; left and right: 3 cm, in Times New Roman
font, size 12 and 1.5 point line spacing, justified alignment and indentation
on the first line of 0.7 cm. As of 2020
the Revista de Derecho publishes its articles following the APA
(American Psychological Association) Standards. Papers should follow in all
sections the guidelines of the APA Publication Manual, 7th edition (see synthesis). In all
cases, the author should present his/her paper with a title (no more than 40
words in length, including the subtitle), an abstract (no more than 150 words
in length, summarizing purpose, method and main results or conclusions) and 5
key words. The title, abstract and keywords should be presented in Spanish,
English and Portuguese. Each
manuscript must respect the length that corresponds to the section to which it
applies. In case of exceeding this length, authors should send a letter to the
scientific editor justifying the length of the text. Admission will be at the
discretion of the editor. In addition,
each paper should be accompanied by a brief CV of the authors, indicating
academic affiliation, ORCID code, area of specialization/research and e-mail.
The Declaration of Authorship, signed by all authors, must also be attached. Anonymous version
Authors
applying to peer-reviewed sections in the double-blind system must attach an
anonymous version of the paper, i.e., a file that does not contain any
information that could reveal their identity to potential reviewers. Authors
should consider the following aspects:
Data availability
In
articles resulting from original research, authors should include, below the
bibliographic references, a section called " Data availability" in
which they report whether the dataset used in their research is available and,
if so, where to access it. In case
the authors have their data on any server, they should state this within the
article as follows: "The dataset supporting the results of this study are
available at [name and link to repository]". Otherwise,
they should include a sentence within the article stating the following:
"The dataset supporting the results of this study is not
available". More
information here. Information for authors
Authors
agree to comply with the stages of the editorial process and the editorial
policies detailed in the "About the journal" tab. During the
external review process, referees follow the guidelines of the evaluation form and may make contributions, suggestions and
recommendations in the manuscript itself, in review format. The entire review
process takes a media of 8 months from the receipt of the paper to its eventual
publication. The
journal's rejection rate for 2022 was 52 %. Sections of publication
Doctrine
Original and unpublished articles submitted to
double-blind peer review. These articles should have a minimum length of 3000
words and a maximum of 10000 words (excluding references). Make a new submission to the Doctrine section. Jurisprudence
Judgments with their respective commentary submitted
to double-blind peer review. All jurisprudence commentaries must be accompanied
by the complete text of the corresponding sentence. These articles should have
a minimum length of 2000 words and a maximum of 8000 words (excluding
references). Make a new submission to the Jurisprudence section. Brief communication
Scientific communication submitted to peer review,
double-blind system. Its objective is to present the development of a study
that can be a field or intervention study, with a minimum length of 2000 words
and a maximum of 4000 words (excluding references). Make a new submission to the Brief communication section. Essay and research
This section receives bibliographic reviews, and
research advances and results, between 2000 and 6000 words (excluding
references). Articles submitted to this section are evaluated by the journal
team. Make a new submission to the Essay and research section. Review
This section receives reviews of legal books, national
or foreign, published in the year of the review or one year before, between
1000 and 3000 words (excluding references). Articles submitted to this section
are evaluated by the journal team. Make a new submission to the Review section. Copyright
Notice
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dissemination and non-profit purposes, with the author remaining responsible
for the contents and opinions expressed therein. The author agrees to cede the reproduction rights of
the article under the Creative Commons Attribution
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