ISSN 0121-5612
printed version

E-ISSN 1900-6004
electronic version

INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

• Scope and policy
• Form and preparation of manuscripts

Publication and Authorship

Colombia Internacional (colomb.int.) is an indexed publication of a periodical nature which adheres to international standards of quality, positioning, periodicity and availability on line. The journal publish unpublished articles in the field of Political Science and International Relations by means of the analysis of historical and present political phenomena, from the viewpoints of relevant and innovative disciplinary and interdisciplinary methodological approaches.

The journal is a quarterly publication (January-March, April-June, July-September and October-December) that comes out at the beginning of each of the periods indicated, created in 1986 and financed by the School of Social Sciences of the Universidad de los Andes (Colombia). The printed version has a cost and may be acquired at specific outlets.

The Journal publishes unpublished articles in Spanish, English and Portuguese. In exceptional cases, it includes translations of articles which have previously been published in languages other than those specified above, when their relevance to the discussions and problems it deals with are acknowledged. All of the published articles have a DOI identification number, which facilitates the drafting of bibliographical references, the search for articles on the web and the cross-referencing of citations among different repositories. The DOI should be cited by the authors who use the contents of the magazine.

The Journal counts on an Editorial Team and an Editorial Council. The Editorial Team is responsible for the operational procedures of Colombia Internacional, decisions about the contents to be published, proposing themes for monographic issues, meeting quality standards, indexing procedures and the dissemination of the magazine´s contents. The Editorial Team is also responsible for choosing and inviting the academics who make up the Editorial Council and periodically overseeing the turnover of some of its members, taking into account the time they have served on the Council, the bodies of knowledge which should be strengthened, the inclusion of new institutions and their participation in assessing Colombia Internacional.

Author Responsibilities

The authors must submit their articles using the link available on the journal's website and/or by emailing it to colombiainternacional@uniandes.edu.co during the timeframe established for the submission for articles (call for papers). The Journal has publicly available guidelines for authors, with information about the requirements for the presentation of articles as well as editorial rules and instructions. The guidelines can be found at Guidelines for Authors or at the end of the printed version of the Journal.

Although the editorial team is responsible for approving the articles based on the criteria of quality, accuracy and thoroughness of research, taking into account the reviews carried out by anonymous peers, the authors are responsible for all the ideas expressed in the articles, as well as for their suitability on an ethical level. The authors must explicitly state that the text is of their own authorship and that the intellectual property rights of third parties are respected in the article. Colombia Internacional uses a plagiarism detection tool to check the originality of the documents submitted to review; if it is discovered that the article or parts of it have been extracted from other work without the appropriate referencing, the author will be notified and the process of rejecting the document will begin. It is also the author's responsibility to ensure that they have permission to use, reproduce and print any material that is not owned or created by them (tables, graphs, maps, diagrams, photographs, etc.).

The authors agree to submit their texts to an external peer review and commit to take these observations, and those of the editorial team, into account when revising the document. These revisions should be made within the timeframe communicated to the author by the editorial team. After the Journal receives the revised article, the author will be informed regarding its definitive approval. If a text submitted to Colombia Internacional is not accepted for publication, the editorial team will send a written notice to the author explaining the reasons behind this decision. During the editing process, the editorial team may consult the authors to resolve any uncertainties. During the reviewing and editing processes, the main form of contact between the journal and the authors will be by email.

The editorial team reserves the right to have the final word regarding the publication of an article and the issue in which it will be published. The article will be published on the stated date as long as the author submits all the required documentation during the established timeframe. The Journal reserves the right to make copyediting changes to the document before publication.

The authors of the accepted texts must authorize the Universidad de los Andes to make use of the copyrights (reproduction, public communication, transformation and distribution), by signing the "Use of intellectual property rights authorization document", in order for the text to be included in Colombia Internacional (printed and electronic versions). On this same document the authors must confirm that the text is of their own authorship and that they respect the intellectual property rights of third parties.

Peer Review/Peer Reviewer Responsibilities

When an article is received, the editorial team evaluates it to see whether it complies with the basic requirements demanded by the Journal. The editorial team establishes the first filtering process; this takes into account aspects such as the format, quality and relevance of the document. After this first review, and based on the comments and suggestions of the members of the editorial and scientific committees, the selected articles will begin a further review process. In this case, the articles are submitted to a peer review by anonymous academics, as well as to the views of the editorial team. The result will be communicated to the author within six months of receiving the article. If the evaluation process lasts longer than this, the editorial team must inform the author.

All articles that pass the initial review filter will be submitted to a further judging process carried out by anonymous reviewers, who will make suggestions/comments to the author and highlight significant references that have not been included in the paper. These readers are usually external to the institution, and are chosen on the basis that they should have no conflict of interest in terms of the topics they will be reviewing. If there is any doubt in this area, another reviewer will be found.

The Journal has an evaluation form that includes questions with carefully defined criteria. The reviewers are responsible for recommending whether the article under review should be accepted, rejected or approved with changes. During the evaluation process, both the names of the authors and the names of the reviewers are kept strictly anonymous.

Editorial Responsibilities

The editorial team, along with the editorial and scientific committees, is responsible for defining the editorial policies in order for the Journal to meet the necessary standards to ensure its positioning as a renowned academic publication. The continuous revision of these parameters guarantees that the Journal will continue to improve and satisfy the expectations of the academic community. As well as publishing these editorial rules, which authors are expected to follow, the journal commits to publishing any corrections, clarifications, rectifications and justifications as the situation requires.

The editorial team is responsible for selecting the best articles for publication. This selection process is based on recommendations made during the evaluation process and the process of editing the article, taking into account the criteria of quality, relevance, originality and the contribution it makes to the author's field. Similarly, if an article is rejected, the justification given to the author must focus on these same aspects. The editorial team is responsible for overseeing the editorial process of all the articles submitted to the Journal, and must develop confidentiality mechanisms during the peer review process until the articles are published or rejected.

When the Journal receives complaints of any kind, the editorial team should respond promptly, in accordance with the rules established by the publication. If the complaint is found to be worthwhile, the editorial team must ensure that an appropriate investigation is carried out in order to rapidly resolve the problem. If a lack of accuracy or an error of published content is identified, the editorial team will be consulted and the relevant corrections and/or clarifications will be made on the Journal's website.

As soon as an issue of the Journal is published, the editorial team is responsible for disseminating and distributing that issue among its collaborators, reviewers and the entities with which exchange agreements have been established, as well as with the relevant national and international repositories and indexing systems. Additionally, the editorial team is responsible for sending the Journal to its active subscribers.

Ethical Policy

Colombia Internacional is committed to publishing content that upholds high academic standards, contributes meaningfully to knowledge, and remains accessible to all readers. To achieve these goals, our editorial processes must be public, transparent, and trustworthy. We also establish clear ethical guidelines for authors, reviewers, the editorial team, and Universidad de los Andes as the publisher. In many respects, the journal follows the ethical guidelines set forth by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM) as detailed in the document "International Ethical Principles for Scholarly Publication".

Authors

Guidelines for reporting research results

Access to research data

If requested by the journal, authors must provide the data supporting their articles for editorial review. This may include informed consent forms, image use authorizations, ethics committee approvals, and other pertinent documents.

Plagiarism

Plagiarism can manifest in several ways, including presenting another author's work as one's own, copying or paraphrasing significant portions of someone else's work without proper attribution, and misappropriating research results developed by others. Additionally, self-plagiarism, which involves reusing one's own previously published texts without appropriate citation or presenting them as new, is equally unethical. Any form of plagiarism is a serious ethical violation and is considered unacceptable.

Originality and source attribution

Authors must ensure that the work they submit to the journal is original and unpublished. All sources used must be properly cited and referenced. Authors should cite publications that have influenced their research and place the article within the context of its academic field.

For oral sources, unless explicit permission has been granted (in writing or by other means), information obtained from private conversations cannot be included in the articles.

Authors must also secure permission to include images, figures, graphics, photographs, maps, or similar items that belong to other individuals or institutions. Authors are responsible for the proper use and citation of these materials in the publication.

Submitting the same article to multiple journals

Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal simultaneously or to a journal where it already has editorial commitments is an ethical violation and, therefore, unacceptable.

Authorship

An author is defined as someone who has made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, interpretation, and writing of the article. All individuals who have made a significant contribution should be listed as co-authors. For articles with two or more authors, the specific contributions of each author must be clearly indicated.

Acknowledgment notes can be included in the articles to give credit to individuals who contributed to the preparation of the article (e.g., external reviewers, language editors, etc.).

Authors should carefully consider the inclusion and order of authors before submitting the manuscript to the journal. Only in exceptional cases will the editor allow changes to the author list. Any changes to the original list must be approved by all authors of the manuscript.

Authors collectively assume responsibility for the article. Each author must ensure that any questions regarding the validity or accuracy of the text are appropriately reviewed and resolved.

Risks and research involving humans or animals

Authors must clearly specify any risks associated with the use of equipment, procedures, or chemicals in their research.

For studies involving humans or animals, authors must state in the manuscript that all procedures were performed in compliance with relevant laws and institutional guidelines, and that these procedures received approval from the appropriate institutional review board. The manuscript must also confirm that informed consent was obtained from all human subjects. The privacy rights of individuals involved in the research must always be respected.

For research involving minors or individuals with disabilities, written informed consent must be obtained from their legal guardians.

Corrections and retractions

If authors identify a significant error or inaccuracy in their published article, they must promptly inform the journal and actively cooperate to correct or retract the article as needed.

Editorial team

Decisions on publishing content

The editorial team makes the final decision regarding the acceptance or rejection of a manuscript. This decision is based on the recommendations from the evaluation process and the editorial review, considering criteria such as quality, significance, relevance, originality, and contribution to the field.

Errata, retractions, and corrections

The editorial team promptly addresses any requests for retraction, correction, claims, or clarifications submitted to the journal.

When the editorial team has evidence of falsified or incorrect information in published content, they are responsible for making the necessary corrections or clarifications and announcing them on the Colombia Internacional website. In cases where the content has significant issues, it will be retracted, and the retraction will be publicly announced on the website.

Peer review

The editorial team must ensure that the peer review process is conducted fairly, objectively, and promptly. To achieve this:

Editorial decision-making

The editorial review of manuscripts must focus solely on the content and ideas presented, without regard to the authors' race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, citizenship, or political affiliation.

The editorial team must not use information from manuscripts under review or selection for their own research until the content has been officially published.

Journal metrics

The editorial team must not attempt to artificially boost the rankings or performance indicators of the Colombia Internacional through the manipulation of metrics. It is unethical and unacceptable to request that authors cite journal content or include it in their manuscript references without legitimate academic justification. Likewise, it is inappropriate to ask authors to reference articles by the editors in their manuscripts.

Conflict of interest

Members of the editorial team must not participate in the decision-making process for manuscripts they have authored, nor for content written by family members, colleagues or other members of the editorial team. Any such content must be submitted to all of the journal's editorial processes; likewise, the team member in question must be excluded from managing the peer review process and making decisions about publication.

Responsibility for published content

Editorial team members must not participate in decision-making for content they have authored, or content authored by family members, colleagues, or other members of the editorial team. Such content must undergo the full editorial process of the journal, and the involved team member must be excluded from managing the evaluation process and making publication decisions.

Preservation of published content

The editorial team is responsible for ensuring the conservation and preservation of all published content.

Reviewers

Contribution to Editorial Decision-Making

Reviews should provide comprehensive and constructive feedback to help the editorial team make informed decisions about manuscripts. They can also assist authors in improving their articles. Peer review is a crucial component for the dissemination of knowledge and lies at the heart of the scientific method upheld by reputable journals.

Commitment to the review process

If a specialist invited to review a manuscript feels unable to provide an evaluation due to the content being outside their area of expertise or due to time constraints, they should promptly withdraw and notify the editorial team. Upon accepting the review, the reviewer commits not to use the content of the manuscript for personal or third-party benefit until the text is published.

Standards of objectivity

Reviews must be conducted with honesty, objectivity, and without personal bias. Personal criticism of the author is always inappropriate. Reviewers should provide clear, well-reasoned arguments and respect the intellectual stance of the manuscript's author.

Conflict of interest

Reviewers must notify the editorial team if they identify any personal or professional conflict of interest that could influence their assessment of the article.

Careful treatment of the literature

Reviewers should identify relevant published works on the topic that have not been cited in the manuscript. If reviewers notice that an observation or argument in the manuscript has already been published elsewhere, they should inform the editorial team and cite the original source. Additionally, reviewers should point out any substantial similarities between the manuscript and other published works they are aware of.

Publisher

Editorial Independence

The publisher must uphold the principle of editorial independence, ensuring that the decision to publish or not publish content rests solely with the editorial team.

Published content

If the university becomes aware of credible evidence that content published by Colombia Internacional contains errors, it must coordinate with the editorial team to promptly issue a correction, retraction, or clarification as appropriate.

Institutional endorsement in publications

As the publisher, the university plays a supportive role and ensures that best editorial practices are implemented and adhered to.

Preservation of published content

The university is responsible for ensuring the conservation and preservation of its publications by providing technological support that safeguards both current and future content.

Article Submission

Colombia Internacional publishes unpublished articles which present the results of research, theoretical and/or methodological innovation and bibliographical reviews in the fields of Political Science and International Relations written in Spanish, English or Portuguese. The dates for receiving articles on open topics and/or for special editions will be communicated in the relevant calls for papers, which will be published on the Journal's website and distributed via an email mailing list created for this purpose. If you would like to know when the calls for papers will open and what the topics will be, email colombiainternacional@uniandes.edu.coto be included on the mailing list.

All the articles published have a DOI identification number which, according to international editorial policies, must be cited by the authors who use the contents, along with the abbreviated title of the journal (COLINT).

Below you will find a list of the characteristics required by manuscripts being submitted for publication. The journal's editorial team asks the authors to keep these recommendations in mind in order to facilitate the evaluation and editing process.

• The manuscript should be presented in a file compatible with Word, Letter size paper (21.59 cm x 27.54 cm), with 3 cm margins, using Times New Roman size 12, single spacing, 0 point separation between paragraphs and justified text. Footnotes should be in Times New Roman size 10, with single spacing and justified text.
• The manuscript should have a maximum word count of 10,000 words (longer articles will be considered in exceptional cases), including the title, abstract, keywords, footnotes, bibliography and appendices.
• The first page should include the title of the article, an abstract with a maximum of 100 words (the abstract should be clear and precise) and a list of four to seven key words. After the abstract, a list of three to six keywords should be attached, taken preferably from the Unesco Thesaurus (http://databases.unesco.org/thesaurus/) or, when this is unavailable, from another recognized thesaurus, the name of which should be reported to the journal. When a word does not appear as a standard form in the Thesaurus, this fact should be pointed out. If possible, you should also include the title, abstract and keywords in the Journal's other two publication languages.
• After this first presentation page, the article should begin. Remember to follow the rules of grammar and syntax of the language in which you are writing the document. Use academic language that will be accessible to different audiences.
• The author information should be included in a separate document and should include the following information: full name, nationality, email address, academic titles, current institutional affiliation, research groups, areas of research and recent publications in books and/or journals. In this document you should also indicate the origin of the article and its source of finance.
• All tables, graphs, charts and images included in the articles should be self-explanatory, clear and relevant; they should have titles, be listed in a numbered sequence and be accompanied by their respective image credit and source(s). For design purposes, we recommend that the tables, graphs and charts should be attached in a separate Excel document. The images should be submitted in digital format (.jpg o .riff 300 and 240 dpi). It is the responsibility of the author to obtain permission to publish the images required for the article and to submit this permission to the journal.
• The manuscripts should be emailed to colombiainternacional@uniandes.edu.co or sent using the "Submit article" online tool available on the Journal's website.

Editorial Guidelines

• Divisions in the body of the text (main sections) should be listed with Arabic numerals, except for the introduction and the conclusion; the subdivisions (secondary sections) should be listed with lower case letters. Remember to indent every new paragraph.
• Latin terms and foreign words should be written in italics. Avoid the excess use of italics throughout the text.
• The first time that you use an abbreviation it should be included in brackets after the full term; after this you should use only the abbreviation.
• Textual quotes longer than four lines should be written in long quote form, with single spacing, size 11 font and reduced margins.
• Footnotes should be used with Arabic numerals.
• State clearly in the text where each chart/table/image/graph should be placed.
• All the references used in the text should be presented at the end of the article. Colombia Internacional uses an adaptation of the Chicago Manual of Style to present quotes and references. You should take into account the details of required punctuation and other necessary information when writing your article. The bibliography should include all references cited in the text (it should not include any that were not referenced), listed in alphabetical order. It is essential to include the complete names of the authors and/or editors for each of the references. If available, please include the DOI number at the end of the reference. Below you will find some referencing examples (remember to keep in mind the rules of spelling in the language in which you are writing).


Books:
By a single author:
Surname(s), Name. Year. Complete title. City: Publisher.

Sáenz Rovner, Eduardo. 1992. La ofensiva empresarial. Industriales, políticos y violencia en los años 40 en Colombia. Bogotá: Tercer Mundo.

Two or more authors:
Surname(s), Name and Name Surname(s). Year. Complete title. City: Publisher.

Frieden, Jeffry, Paul Williams and David Lake. 2000. International Political Economy: Perspectives on Global Power and Wealth. Boston: Bedford.

Note: remember that when you first cite a book with three or more authors in the body of the text, you should include the surnames of all of the authors (Frieden, Williams and Lake 2000). The second time you should only write the name of the main author, followed by "et al." and the year of publication (Frieden et al. 2000).

Chapter in book
Surname(s), Name. Year. Complete title of chapter. In Complete title of book, ed(s). Name Surname(s) of editor(s), Pp. City: Publisher.

Gómez, Hernando José and Javier Gamboa. 2010. Colombia Trade Policy-Making. In Governments, Non-State Actors and Trade Policy-Making: Negotiating Preferentially or Multilaterally?, eds. Ann Capling and Patrick Low, 63-88. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Journal article
Surname(s), Name. Year. Article title. Journal title Vol (No.): Pp.

Edwards, Sebastian. 1998. Openness, Productivity and Growth: What Do We Really Know? The Economic Journal 23 (3): 383-398.

Press article
Surname(s), Name. Year. Headline. Publication, date of publication.
Publication. Year. Headline. Date of publication.

Coronell, Daniel. 2014. La versión de Jota Jota. Semana, 10 de mayo de 2014.
Semana. 2014. Así se cocinó el acuerdo Progresistas-Santos. 13 de mayo de 2014.

Online publications
Surname(s), Name. Year. Title of article/file. Additional information. [Online] URL

Oxfam. 2011. US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement a Step Back for Development. [Online] <http://www.oxfamamerica.org/press/us-colombia-free-trade-agreement-a-step-back-for-development/

Francois, Joseph, Badri Narayanan Gopalakrishnan, Hanna Norberg, Guido Porto, and Terrie Walmsley. 2012. Assessing the Economic Impact of the Trade Agreement between the European Union and Signatory Countries of the Andean Community (Columbia and Peru). Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). [Online]http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2012/september/tradoc_149939.pdf

Note: if you are unsure about how to reference any type of document, include all the information necessary for the source to be identified. Remember that when citing a reference within the text of an article you should include the name of the author, the year and the page number (in the case of textual references).