Submissions

Author Guidelines

Formatting Guidelines Overview

1. Manuscripts submitted for publication must be original and unpublished. 
2. Languages: Spanish is the Journal’s main language, but papers in other languages will be equally accepted. In cases where the manuscript's main language is other than Spanish or English, a translation into these languages of the title, abstract, and keywords must be included.
3. Manuscripts must comply with the minimum and maximum extension required by the specific section of the Journal. Manuscripts must comprise a title (both in Spanish and English), the name of the author(s) and a brief description of their academic background, an abstract (both in Spanish and English, no longer than 1,500 characters including spaces each), keywords in the cases required (a minimum of three and a maximum of five, in Spanish and English), the main sections of the article, and a list of references. If deemed necessary by the author, the manuscript can include footnotes, figures, schemes and tables, and acknowledgements, within the required extension.
4. Name of the author(s) and brief academic background information:

• Forename(s) (first letter uppercase);
• Middle name(s) (first letter uppercase), if applicable;
• Surname(s) (first letter uppercase);
• University or institutional affiliation;
• Country;
• E-mail address (institutional email preferred);
• ORCID registration and ID (https://orcid.org/)
• Highest academic degree and faculty position (if applicable)

5. Titles: the main title of the manuscript must be in 14-point font size (not bold or italicized), center-aligned, sentence case (the first letter of the first word capitalized), without a full stop at the end. Subtitles must be in 12-point font size, bold, without a full stop at the end, and left-aligned. Subheadings must be numbered using Arabic numerals (1, 1.1, etc.)
6. Accepted file format: Microsoft Word.
7. Page layout: A4 size, margins (top, bottom, left and rights) of 3 cm. The alignment must be justified except for the titles and the authors’ information. 
8. Text font: Times New Roman, 12-point size, in color black. 
9. Footnotes: Only allowed for clarifications or comments, and never for bibliography. They must be listed correlatively using the automatic word processor function in Times New Roman, 10-point size font. 
10. Content distribution: the first page must comprise the title of the manuscript, name(s) of the author(s), a brief curriculum vitae, mention of the institutional affiliation, and an e-mail address. The names and surnames of the author(s) should be included under the title leaving a blank space, in Times New Roman 12-point bold font, center-aligned and in small caps. In the case of more than one author, this information should be listed in accordance with the importance of the work conducted. The second page must include the title of the manuscript, the abstract in Spanish and English, and the keywords. The subsequent pages shall not include any header or the name of the author(s). The page numbers must be listed at the bottom right margin. 
11. Body text: Paragraphs shall not be indented, and the text must be justified. There must be single spacing before and after the paragraphs, with a line spacing of 1.5. Words shall not be divided into syllables. Where the author(s) wishes to highlight certain ideas, words, or expressions in another language not ordinarily incorporated into the Spanish language, these shall be italicized but not written in bolt font or capitalized. 
12. Figures and tables: Where authors wish to include figures and tables to their manuscripts, they must reference them, both in-text and in the figure or table. For example, Table N° 1; Figure N° 1.
13. Citation style: References must be in APA style 7th edition.
14. Acknowledgments: Authors may recognize the contribution of individuals and institutions that have collaborated in the research through technical assistance or financial support. This section should be included as a primary subtitle at the end of the text, prior to the References section.
15. Bibliography: The bibliography must be listed under a subtitle at the end of the main body of the manuscript. It must include all the sources referenced in the manuscript.

The submission of manuscripts and its subsequent acceptance by the Journal Editorial Board, entails the authors’ agreement upon all the conditions for publication.

Authorship and Contribution Policy

To ensure transparency in the publication of scholarly works and to comply with editorial quality standards, the Scientific Journal of the Faculty of Law and Social and Political Sciences of the UNNE requires all authors to specify their individual contributions to the published work.

Each manuscript must include, after the list of references, a section entitled Author Contributions, describing the specific responsibilities of each author. These contributions must follow the structure established by the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT):

Conceptualization (ideas; formulation or development of the overall research goals and objectives): Last name, Name.

Data curation (management activities to annotate, clean, and maintain research data for initial use and subsequent reuse, including software code where necessary for data interpretation): Last name, Name.

Formal analysis (application of statistical, mathematical, computational, or other formal techniques to analyze or synthesize study data): Last name, Name.

Funding acquisition (acquisition of financial support for the project leading to this publication): Last name, Name.

Investigation (conducting the research and investigation process, including experiments or data/evidence collection): Last name, Name.

Methodology (development or design of methodology; creation of models): Last name, Name.

Project administration (management and coordination responsibility for the research activity planning and execution): Last name, Name.

Resources (provision of study materials, instrumentation, computing resources, or other tools necessary for the research): Last name, Name.

Software (programming, software development, implementation of code, and testing of existing software components): Last name, Name.

Supervision (oversight and leadership responsibility for the research activity planning and execution, including mentoring): Last name, Name.

Validation (verification of the reproducibility and reliability of research results): Last name, Name.

Visualization (preparation and presentation of data, figures, and visual materials included in the published work): Surname, Name.

Writing – original draft (preparation and writing of the initial draft of the manuscript, including substantive translation when applicable): Last name, Name.

Writing – review & editing (preparation and critical revision of the manuscript, including commentary, corrections, and revisions before or after publication): Last name, Name.

Authors must indicate only those contribution categories that actually apply to the preparation of the manuscript, omitting those that are not relevant to the submitted work.

All authors must have read and approved the contribution statement and the final published version of the manuscript.

This statement is mandatory in all cases where the manuscript has more than one author.

Section specific guidelines

Research article: Unpublished original work that intends to communicate results or significant advances of the research process. They should supply valuable input for the development of the legal, social and political disciplines, showing methodological coherence and the use of valid interpretation criteria, as well as up to date theoretical frameworks and content of analysis. The minimum length for manuscripts in this section is 30,000 characters (with spaces), and the maximum extension is 45,000 characters (with spaces).

Short research article: Unpublished original work of a shorter extension that meets the requirements of format and content of the research article. The minimum length for manuscripts in this section is 16,000 characters (with spaces), and the maximum extension is 23,000 characters (with spaces).

Doctrinal essay: In-depth academic work conducted by researchers and advanced scholars who are well-established in their field, which addresses a specific issue in the field of law from a legal, social or political point of view. 

Critical jurisprudence review: Analysis and comments of judicial decisions deemed relevant given the novelty and significance of their insights for the juridical science. Manuscripts in this section shall not include keywords). 

Book reviews and translations: Reviews of recent and innovative bibliographic works, and translations of academic or scientific articles previously published in other languages that are relevant to law and the social and political sciences, published within the last four years. Works authored or co-authored by the reviewer may not be reviewed. Translations must be of high quality, faithful to the original, and must be accompanied by the corresponding authorization from the author or the publisher holding the rights to the original work.

For queries contact revista.cientifica.derecho@comunidad.unne.edu.ar