In order to ensure that the best quality is achieved in the works presented, the processes to be met for the submission of articles are presented below. 

 

1. ARTICLE SUBMISSION:

Articles and reviews may be submitted in Spanish, English or Portuguese.   The articles must be original results of research projects and other original investigations that represent a contribution to the journal’s disciplines and topics.  Texts published previously in a journal or monograph or under consideration for publication in another journal shall not be accepted.

The maximum number of authors permitted per article will be four.

Manuscripts and complementary files must be submitted via the journal web platform (www.revistaculturayreligion.cl) after registering as an author. All data (metadata) requested in the submission process must be provided.

 

2. SELECTION AND REVIEW PROCESS:

The articles must meet the basic requirements of publication standards (APA Style), which are mandatory at time of submission.  Failure to comply with these guidelines will result in the return of the originals.

 

3. MANUSCRIPT FORMAT AND LENGTH:

Revista Cultura y Religión receives and publishes two types of manuscripts: articles and reviews.

3.1    Articles: Articles must be written in Word on letter sized paper with 3 cm left and right margins and 2.5 cm upper and lower margins. Articles must be 7,000 to 8,000 words including the summary, abstract and key words. Use Verdana 11-point font. Text must be single-spaced. Articles must be anonymized, that is, they may not contain the name(s) of the author(s) or information that may identify them in the manuscript text and Word file properties.

Title and summary: All articles must include the title of the article in the original language followed by the translation into English on the first page. Both must be in uppercase and lowercase letters and bold and written in 11-point Verdana font and centered followed by a summary of the content and its English translation (abstract). This section may not exceed 200 words and the text must be justified. If articles are submitted in English, the translation must be provided in Spanish.  There must also be a list of five to ten keywords separated by comas in Spanish after the summary and in English after the abstract.

In general, the abstract must include the article objective, theoretical/conceptual approach, methodology used and results or conclusions (briefly stated).    

 

Body of the Article:  

• Introduction: The introduction must offer a general presentation of the topic, an analytical review of the state of the art that showcases prior work on the topic and the epistemological, theoretical or theoretical holes that the article seeks to fill (research problem). In other words, it is not enough for the topic to be a new one; the introduction must state the theoretical perspective from which it will be addressed and discuss the relevance or contributions that the article will make to the discipline. The introduction ends with the objective of the article. It may include research questions.
• Methodology: Brief description of the type of research conducted, description of the populations studied and types of analysis conducted.
• Development of Contents: This information must be coherent with the introduction. In regard to the points addressed, the text should have no more than four or five sections marked with subtitles in bold (not cursive) aligned to the left. 
• Conclusions: This should bring the topic to a close. In other words, it should not include new citations because this would indicate a new topic of discussion. Each conclusion should be clearly distinguished from the rest of the text using a subtitle.
• Conflicts of Interest: The text must list the research project that led to the article, thesis from which it derives or any other conflict that must be stated.
• References: This list should only include the texts cited in the body of the article and should follow APA journal standards. 
• Footnotes: Footnotes may only be included if they improve the understanding of the text (meaning that they should be kept to a minimum). The must be numbered correlatively.  The inclusion of direct citations in the footnotes shall not be accepted. Citations must appear only in the body of the text. 
• Appendices:The author(s) may include annexes at the end of the text after the references.
• Tables, maps, graphics, figures and images: These must be submitted in their original formats and not inserted in the article. 
  If images are included, they must be clearly legible and in PNG or JPEG/JPG format.  The author must guarantee that they hold the rights to the visual aids displayed in the article.

Any such elements must include a mention of their source. The title must appear at the top and they must be numbered correlatively by type as follows: Table 1, Table 2...; Figure 1, Figure 2...; Image 1, Image 2.... They must also include a call-out or reference in the body of the article, such as: “according to Table 1,” “as Figure 2 shows,” “based on Table 1,” “see Image 1.”

Tables or graphics should include the data used to develop them (see Data exchange and reproducibility policy). Tables may not contain vertical lines separating the cells per APA style guidelines. Elements that do not comply with these guidelines will be returned to the author(s) as many times are required to ensure the quality of the content of the manuscript submitted, whether it is an article and/or review.

 

3.2  Reviews: The journal publishes book reviews for publications dating back less than three years (from publication or translation) from the submission date of the review. The reviews must be between 1,500 and 2,000 words written on letter-sized paper with normal margins (3 cm on the sides and 2.5 cm at the top) in 11-point Verdana font and single spaced.
Any texts that do not meet these requirements will be rejected immediately. Preference will be given to reviews of books written by Latin American authors.
A maximum of one review per author per year will be accepted.

 

4. Author information:

Author information: When the author(s) register with the journal platform, they must submit all data (metadata) requested in the various fields or windows. This must be completed by each author if applicable.

The information requested is: First and last names (pen name as listed in ORCID); email address (institutional email address preferred); country (related to the affiliation); ORCID (enter as URL); university affiliation, city and country; and contact information (address, email and telephone number).

Editors will not be assigned to submissions that do not include the information requested.

 

5. TEXT:

• All expressions in Latin not included in the RAE shall be included in cursive. 
• Expressions or words in other languages go in cursive except for Abstract and Keywords and bibliographic references (book titles and/or journal titles for articles).
• Authors must closely follow language rules for the use of upper case and lower case words: proper names of people, institutions, place names, the first part of the scientific name of a species.
• Numbers with more than four digits must be separated with commas where required with the exception of years.
• Centuries must be listed in Roman numerals. 
• Numbers between zero and nine are to be written out. All other numbers with the exception of reference to ages must be listed in numerals.  
• Military time must be used with a colon separating hours from minutes and the seconds where applicable  (such as 16:30 or 21:34:20) with no intermediary spaces.

6. CITATIONS IN THE TEXT:

• Citations of up to 40 words are included in the text, marked with double quotation marks followed by the source:  “Text cited.”  (Last name, Year, pp.).  Include the complete reference in the list of references.  
• Citations of over 40 words should be included as a separate paragraph with 2.5 cm margin on the left and 0 on the right, 10 point Verdana font and without the use of quotation marks followed by parentheses with the author’s last name, year and page.  Include the complete reference in the list of references.  

7. REFERENCES:

• The list of references goes at the end of the text and should include all of the works cited in the article. 
• The works should be listed alphabetically by last name and first name of the first author. 
• Works by the same author should be listed chronologically.    The name should be repeated as many times as the number of works used require and a line should not be used.
• Use an indentation of 1.27 cm for the reference format. 

 

8. Notification of authors’ rights and agreement with the author

The journal ensures its authors that they have the full right to authorship over their articles. They are the only people responsible in cases associated with intellectual property rights disputes. As such, once the article has been selected for publication, the author(s) will only cede the rights of first publication, reproduction, edition, distribution and communication (national and international) on the respective platforms used to the journal.

Agreement with the Author: The act through which the author(s) sign the “Letter of Agreement with the Author(s)” in which they recognize and state that the article submitted to the journal for publication:

1. Was written by them and represents original work that has not been submitted to and is not under consideration by other publications (journals or books).
2. The authors hold all of the copyrights and are responsible for responding to any claim related to intellectual property rights.
3. Each author has made a substantial and relevant contribution to the research or study that led to the content of the manuscript submitted to the journal. (When there are two or more authors.)

Download the Agreement with the Authors and fill it out and sign it. Upload it as a complementary file when you submit your manuscript through the journal platform.

Revista Cultura y Religión is under License Creative Commons Reconocimiento 4.0 Internacional, which allows others to distribute, mix, adjust and build on the work, even with commercial purposes, as long as the original work is properly cited.