ISSN 0121-8530
printed version

ISSN 2346-3864
online version

INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

• Scope and policy
• Form and preparation of manuscripts
• Publication ethics and publication malpractice statement
• Sending of manuscripts

The journal staff is constituted by an editor, an editorial assistant, an editorial committee, and a scientific committee, in charge of endorsing the editorial and scientific quality of the journal. Each one of the members is assessed yearly, taking into account the visibility of his/her academic production in journals of related areas.

Classification of articles:

The articles received by the journal are classified as research articles, reflection articles, literature review papers and case studies, as defined by Publindex in the official archiving document:

1. Research articles: present finished research projects in detail. The structure of the paper generally contains four sections: introduction, methodology, results and conclusions.

2. Reflection articles: clarify the results of a finished research study, from an analytic, interpretive or critical perspective, about a specific topic, using original sources.

3. Literature review articles: analyze, systemize and integrate the results of published or unpublished research studies about an area of knowledge, in order to describe advances and trends. They present a detailed literature review of state of the art composed of at least fifty references.

4. Short articles: show the preliminary or partial results of a research study.

5. Case study: present the results of the study of a particular situation, aiming at showing the technical and methodological experiences considered in a specific case. They include a systematic, commented revision of literature related to similar cases.

6. Topic revision: show the critical revision of a particular topic.

7. Literary reviews: present a summary of the main proposals of a recently published work, or of any work of research or particular interest.

8. Translations

Given the fact that La Palabra journal belongs to the area of literature, it also receives and publishes works of creative writing in any genre or type of literary writing, and includes them in a special supplement dedicated to literary creation.

Formal standards for the presentation of articles

The article must meet the following formal standards (does not apply for reviews and translations or literary):

1. Author’s Data: the name of the author is right margin justified, in bold, followed by the institutional affiliation and the email in Arial 12 font. The author’s titles and positions must be included in a footnote marked with an asterisk, (not with numbers).
2. Abstract and key words: The article must include a summary of maximum 150 and minimum 100 words in which the author succinctly describes the contents of the paper. It must also include a minimum of 5 and maximum of 8 key words, that account for the central issues, authors, and topics of the article. Both the abstract and key words must be presented in Spanish as well as in a different language, which may be English, French, German or Portuguese.
3. Titles and subtitles: No title will be numbered. In order to identify subordinate titles, the paper title must be centered, in lowercase and bold type, followed by a footnote marked by an asterisk which indicates the type of paper and the research project it emerges from. Second level headings or subtitles are justified at the left margin, written in lowercase and bold type, and third level headings are left justified and written in lowercase, bold and italic type. The use of capital letters in titles must be follow the norms of Real Academia de la Lengua Española.
4. Bulleted lists: are a typographic form of specified listing and numbering, and must only be employed for these reasons. The approved bullet mark is the bulletpoint.
5. Italic, bold type and underlining: Important words and ideas in the text can be highlighted using italics, without quotations. Bold type is exclusively for titles. Underlining must be omitted.
6. Quotation marks: Double quotation marks will be used for quotations or textual ideas or to emphasize a given word or phrase. Guillemets (<<>>) quotes and single quotes (‘’) will be used for quotations enclosed within longer quotations. 
7. Spacing: The text will use 1.5 interline spacing in paragraphs. For quotations longer than 3 lines the spacing is reduced to 1.0 point interline spacing. Between titles 1.5 point paragraph spacing is maintained, with a double line break (press the Enter key twice).
8. Font:  The paper will be submitted in Arial font, size 12. Long textual quotations (longer than 3 lines) are 5-point indented as an entire paragraph and written using 1.0 interline spacing and Arial font, size 10.
9. Footnotes:  These are exclusively used for clarifications or extensions of the material that the author considers must be placed outside of the text. The font is Arial, size 10. Footnotes using asterisks (*, **) will be used for author’s data and type of article. Explanatory footnotes at the bottom margin of the paper will be numbered starting from 1 onwards.
10. Citation and reference norms The technical norms adopted by the journal for citation and referencing of sources of information are those of the American Psychological Association. The author may consult a tutorial on automatic APA citation, when using an Office 2007 or higher level word processor.

Book

Author, A. A. (year of publication). Book title. (Edition –if pertinent-). Place of publication: Editorial.

Buber, M. (1995). ¿Qué es el hombre? México: Fondo de Cultura Económica.

Book chapter

Author, A. A. and Author, B. B. (year of publication). Chapter title. In: A. Editor and B. Editor. Book title(chapter pages). Place of publication: Editorial.

Iser, W. (1997). La ficcionalización: dimensiones antropológicas de las ficciones literarias. En: A. Garrido.Teorías de la ficción literaria (pp. 42-65). Madrid: Arcos.

Translated book

Author, A. A. (translation year). Title. (Translator A., trad.). Place of publication: Editorial (year of publication of original work – if known).

Bhabha, H. K. (2002). El lugar de la cultura (C. Aira, trad.). Buenos Aires: Manantial.

Magazine or newspaper

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., and Author, C. C. (year of publication, include month and day of publication for daily, weekly and monthly publications). Title of article. Name of magazine or newspaper, Volume, (number), pages.

Green, A. (2007). La lucha de los siete hermanos y su hermana Olowalli en defensa de la Madre Tierra: hacia la pervivencia cultural del pueblo Kuna Tule. Revista Educación y Pedagogía, 19 (49), 227-237.

Internet document

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., and Author, C. C.  (year of publication –if found-). Name of document. City: Entity. Date of recovery (day, month, year) from URL.

Guerra, W. y Múnera, J. (2001). Los Apaalanchi: una visión del mar entre los Wayuu. Riohacha: Banco de la República. Recuperado el 13 de octubre de 2008 dehttp://www.lablaa.org/blaavirtual/antropologia/apaalanchi/indice.htm.

Undated internet document

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., and Author, C. C.  (s.f.). Name of document. City: Entity. Date of recovery (day, month, year) from URL. 

Nielsen, M. (s.f.). La sociocrítica del lenguaje. Bogotá. Universidad Nacional. Recuperado de 5 de junio de 2011 de http://www.psywww.com/psyrelig.htm.

Internet documento with no author or date
Title of document. (s.f.). Date of recovery (day, month, year) from URL. 

Género y sociedad. (s.f.). Recuperado el 13 de marzo de 2010 de http://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl.html.

Articles obtained from an electronic database

Author, A.A. and Author, B.B. (year). Title of article. Title of journal, volume, (number), pages. Date of recovery (day, month, year) from name of database.

García, K., y Duarte, D. (1990). Lo dicho y lo no dicho. Periódico Voces y Visos (20), 168-172. Recuperado el 17 de diciembre de 2011 de la base de datos PsycINFO.

Article published in a web journal

Author, A. A. and Author, B. B. (year – if found.). Title of article. Title of magazine, volume –if found-, (number if found). Date of recovery (day, month, year) from URL.

Sánchez, J. y Durán, D. (1996). La vida es mejor vivirla. Periódico El Tiempo, 2 (16). Recuperado el 7 de octubre de 2010 de http://www.rcgp.org.uk/bjgp.aspx

Academic thesis consulted in a library or newspaper library

Author, A.A. (date). Title. Academic thesis for degree title obtained, unpublished. University, Country, City.

Sánchez, A. (2011). Los inicios de la Bioética. Tesis de la Licenciatura en Filosofía, no publicada. Universidad Pedagógica Nacional, Colombia, Bogotá.

Short textual quotations of less than 40 words are enclosed in quotation marks; long textual quotations of more than 40 words must use a 1,2 cm left indent for the whole paragraph, and be written in size 10 font with 1.0 interline spacing. In both cases, the source is cited at the end of the quotation in the following way: (Author, year, page).

(Sánchez, 1996, p. 45).

In-text citations, paraphrase or commentary is referenced in the following way:  Author (year) or quote (Author, año).
Sánchez (1996).

(Sánchez, 1996). 

All of the above style recommendations are subject to editorial variations, and are designed with the purpose of standardizing the evaluation process and allowing uniformity in the design and printing of the journal.

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- In the editorial process for each issue, the editorial committee will keep strict vigil over each step of the process, from the reception of articles until the publication of the issue.

- La Palabra journal commits to safeguarding the ethics of a scientific publication and the persons implied therein: readers, authors, committee members and peer reviewers.

- If any ethical publication parameter is violated, La Palabra journal will inform the implied person and the community in general of the reasons for the violation, in written form.

- The archive, data bases, and complete academic file of the journal will be kept in reserve, and its integrity will be guaranteed.

- The journal commits to complying with the intellectual and ethical standards of a scientific publication, placing the publication's entitlement to open access over any business transaction.

- La Palabra journal, its committees and editor commit to publishing corrections, clarifications, recantations and excuses whenever necessary.

- The journal commits to promoting the absence of plagiarism and fraudulent information in its issues. Although the legal responsibility falls upon the author, the journal promotes transparent and honest information management, by means of its ethical and editorial policies.

- The author must register as user of La Palabra's Open Journal System platform (OJS) in the following link: http://virtual.uptc.edu.co/revistas/index.php/la_palabra; from this platform, within the dates set for each call for papers, the author may submit his article. The author may also submit his article through the journal's e-mail address: lapalabra@uptc.edu.co . The journal offers a set of guidelines for authors, that may be consulted in the printed or electronic version of the journal.

- The author accepts his/her article to be subject to evaluation by external and internal peer reviewers, in order for it to be approved or declined, and accepts responsibility for the contents of the text; additionally, he/she agrees with the suggestions made by the peer reviewers and/or editorial committee in order to adjust the article to the academic, scientific and editorial criteria suggested. The author may be consulted during the evaluation and editing process in order to clarify form and content aspects of his/her article.

- To the same extent, the author commits to respecting third party copyrights, given that any copyright violation is under his/her own responsibility. The author is obliged to ask permission for the use, reproduction and publication of bibliographical information, pictures, graphics, diagrams, tables, drawings, etc., used in the article. The journal, editor, editorial committee and Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia will hold the sender of the article responsible for violations in the case of a copyright lawsuit.

- If an article is declined, the editorial committee will inform the author(s) in written form of the reasons for non-approval: likewise, it will request the authors of approved articles to assign rights to La Palabra, by completing a copyright release form, in which the author authorizes La Palabra journal and Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia the use of his/her patrimonial rights (of reproduction, public communication, transformation and distribution). Having completed this authorization, the journal and university are able to publish the text of the article in printed and electronic form. As soon as the author signs over the rights of his/her article to La Palabra, the journal possesses the legal attributes to use and disseminate it, according to determinations of the editorial committee.