Author Guidelines

 

General Provisions

  • Manuscripts must be uploaded to the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform and sent to the journal's institutional email: revista.academica@ftcs.gob.ec.
  • Manuscripts with a maximum of three authors will be accepted.
  • Manuscripts must be submitted in Spanish.
  • Authors must attach the databases and other documents or materials that support the research results.
  • At the time of submission, authors must indicate the journal section to which they are submitting their manuscript: Dossier, Themes, or Interviews.
  • Each manuscript must include the following information for each author: full name, position, faculty, university or institutional affiliation, email address, and ORCID code.
  • Authors must attach the cover letter required by the journal for manuscript submission.
  • If the research received funding or institutional support, authors must disclose this in a footnote on the first page of the manuscript.
  • Bibliographic references used for the literature review, case studies, or updated information should preferably correspond to publications from the last five years, except those that are part of the theoretical framework.
  • Each manuscript must include at least twenty bibliographic references.
  • When the manuscript cites content from media outlets, it must be included in a separate section titled "News Sources," distinct from the bibliographic references.
  • When the manuscript cites regulations, laws, or legal instruments, these must be included in a separate section titled "Legal Sources," distinct from the bibliographic references.
  • If Artificial Intelligence (AI) was used in the preparation of the manuscript, authors must attach the corresponding AI use declaration, in accordance with the journal's editorial policies.

Manuscript Format

  • For the Dossier section, manuscripts with a length of 7,000 to 9,000 words will be accepted.
  • For the Themes section, manuscripts with a length of 5,000 to 8,000 words will be accepted.
  • For the Interviews section, documents with a length of 2,000 to 3,000 words will be accepted.
  • The manuscript title must not exceed 15 words.
  • The abstract must contain up to 200 words and include its English version (Abstract).
  • Up to five keywords must be included, along with their corresponding English translation (Keywords).
  • The manuscript must be submitted in Microsoft Word format (.doc or .docx), using Times New Roman font, size 12 points, 1.15 line spacing, and justified text.
  • Page numbers must be placed in the bottom right margin.
  • The citation and bibliographic reference system will be the Chicago-Deusto format, available at: http://bit.ly/3RXFa87.
  • All figures and tables must be correctly numbered, titled, and accompanied by the corresponding source of information.
  • Each figure and table must include the captions "Source:" and "Prepared by:", as applicable.
  • Maps, databases, codebooks, and other materials used for the analysis (STATA, SPSS, R, Python, Excel, or other tools, including AI) must be attached as appendices in editable format.
  • Bibliographic references, news sources, and legal sources must be organized alphabetically and presented with a hanging indent.