“Intersedes” Journal

Guidelines for the authors

InterSedes Journal receives articles in Spanish and English.

Due to the multidisciplinary nature of the Journal, it is recommended that the author indicate at least two people who can act as peer reviewers to contribute to the peer bank.

The following requirements are established according to the type of manuscript delivered to the InterSedes Journal. The Journal publishes scientific articles, technical notes, book reviews, bibliographic reviews and literary works (stories, poems, others).

The journal recommends the use of an automatic reference tool for the generation of the article's bibliographical references, some examples of this tool are Microsoft Office Word’s References tool and Mendely. Other automatic reference tools are available online.

1. The works must be original, previously unpublished, and cannot have been sent to another journal for its publication. Each author must send, along with the proposal, the Authorship, Originality, and Copyright Transfer Agreementin which he/she guarantees that the collaboration is unpublished and that it has not been sent to another journal, in addition to the Copyright Transfer Agreement. [Download here]. In the case of articles by several authors, download here.
2. The maximum length of each article is 25 letter-size pages, including graphics, tables, notes, references, and annexes. Times New Roman must be used, font 11 and line spacing of 1.5. The margins should be 2.5 cm at the top and bottom, and 3 cm on the right and left margins.
3. Captions, table titles, and graphics must not use bold or all-capital letters.
4. Tables and graphics must be incorporated into the text in image format and indicate their source. The quality of the images must be at least 300 dpi, and they must be in jpg, png or gif format. In addition, they must send the source files of the tables and graphs.
5. The use of “double tabs” between paragraphs must be avoided (do not leave a blank line between paragraphs).
6. Complete the author and institution form which contains the following data: Name, Nationality, Profession, place of work, email and their ORCID identification [Download the form]. It must be clear what the contribution of each of the authors is (financing, research design, data collection, information analysis, manuscript writing, tutor).
7. The article must include a title, abstract and keywords (at least 5 are recommended). These three items must be in Spanish and English. The translation must be prepared by an English specialist. Regarding the selection of keywords, it is recommended to use the UNESCO thesaurus: http://vocabularies.unesco.org/browser/thesaurus/es/.
8. The summary should indicate what was investigated, what methodological procedures were used and what results were achieved. It should not exceed 250 words.
9. The pages must be numbered.
10. In the articles in which photographs and images of people appear, the authors must provide a letter of approval from the subject for the use of their image. If photographs of children are used, they must provide permission from their parents or legal guardians.
11. Citations and bibliographic references must use the APA 2019 style. 7th edition.
12. The bibliographic references are composed only of the books and documents used in the content of the article.
13. The bibliographic references are arranged in alphabetical order. They are not numbered or capitalized.
14. The author(s) must respect the use of citation. If plagiarism is detected, the article will be immediately withdrawn from the journal.
15. If citations derived from web sources are used, the reference must be active. This implies that the link must be current or "active". If the link inserted in the text or in the bibliographic references is “broken”, the reference will be eliminated by the editor of the journal.
16. InterSedes magazine only publishes scientific articles. No presentations, research reports, abstracts, or correspondence are published.
17. Must use inclusive language.
18. Errata and retractions: the publication of errata is allowed and the authors are responsible for the retraction of articles.