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Author Guidelines

Author's Guidelines

  1. Articles must be unpublished and originals. These should not have been proposed simultaneously in other publications as well.
  2. The articles –which should revolve around the historical or current events of the Central American region or of any of its particular societies– must be sent to the address of the Anuario (and its length cannot exceed 40 double-spaced pages, Times New Roman, size 12).
  3. The following short works are also accepted (maximum ten pages): conferences, essays, reviews, documents, texts of historical or legal nature, agreements, declarations and interviews carried out for research purposes. All these works must be referred to the thematic areas of the magazine.
  4. The notes must appear at the end of the article, numbered continuously, without using an automatic generator.
  5. Bibliographic references should be included at the end of the article, as established in APA style 7th edition. In this regard you can consult: Guía para la elaboración de citas y referencias bibliográficas.
  6. Articles must be accompanied by their summary, prepared in Spanish and translated in English (abstract), with a maximum length of 120 words, and five key words must be included, both in Spanish and English. Also, a translation of the title into the English language must be added. Articles written in English are accepted in certain cases.
  7. The summaries will consist of several parts, according to the type of document that is sent. If it is an essay, it will include motivation, proposition or idea to be tested, development of the proposed points and conclusion. In the case of an article, it will incorporate objectives, methodology, research results and main conclusions. In the case of essays as well as articles, the abstracts will consist of a paragraph (no more than 120 words).
  8. Articles with graphics, charts, maps and illustrations must include the reference and, if required, the reproduction permission of the author or the corresponding publisher.
  9. The articles must include the following data of the author: nationality, titles or academic degrees and the center of higher education that granted them, positions currently occupied and the most important previously occupied, email and ORCID. These data will be included at the end of the article in a paragraph not exceeding 140 words.

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • Articles must be unpublished and originals. These should not have been proposed simultaneously in other publications as well.
  • The articles –which should revolve around the historical or current events of the Central American region or of any of its particular societies– must be sent to the address of the Anuario (and its length cannot exceed 40 double-spaced pages, Times New Roman, size 12.
  • The following short works are also accepted (maximum ten pages): conferences, essays, reviews, documents, texts of historical or legal nature, agreements, declarations and interviews carried out for research purposes. All these works must be referred to the thematic areas of the magazine.
  • The notes must appear at the end of the article, numbered continuously, without using an automatic generator. 
  • Bibliographic references should be included at the end of the article, as established in APA Style (7th edition). In this regard you can consult: Guía para la elaboración de citas y referencias bibliográficas.
  • Articles must be accompanied by their summary, prepared in Spanish and translated in English (abstract), with a maximum length of 120 words, and five key words must be included, both in Spanish and English. Also, a translation of the title into the English language must be added. Articles written in English are accepted in certain cases (specialized dossiers).
  • The summaries will consist of several parts, according to the type of document that is sent. If it is an essay, it will include motivation, proposition or idea to be tested, development of the proposed points and conclusion. In the case of an article, it will incorporate objectives, methodology, research results and main conclusions. In the case of essays as well as articles, the abstracts will consist of a paragraph (no more than 120 words).
  • Articles with graphics, charts, maps and illustrations must include the reference and, if required, the reproduction permission of the author or the corresponding publisher. 
  • The articles must include the following data of the author: nationality, titles or academic degrees and the center of higher education that granted them, positions currently occupied and the most important previously occupied, email and ORCID. These data will be included at the end of the article in a paragraph not exceeding 140 words.

Artículos (Sección arbitrada)

Los artículos deben girar en torno al acontecer histórico o actual de la región centroamericana o de alguna de sus sociedades particulares (ver documento con normas para artículos). Su extensión no debe superar las 40 páginas 7000 palabras.  Los trabajos presentados serán sometidos al juicio de, al menos, dos personas  dictaminadoras (“doble ciego”), que no conocerán el nombre de la persona autora. Los nombres de las personas implicadas en el proceso serán reservados.

Documents

Se aceptan también los siguientes trabajos de corta extensión (máximo diez cuartillas): conferencias, ensayos, documentos, textos de carácter histórico, jurídico, acuerdos, declaraciones y entrevistas realizadas con fines de investigación. Todos estos trabajos deben de estar referidos a las áreas temáticas de la revista.

Book reviews

Las reseñas deben basarse en textos o actividades propias del ámbito centroamericano. Los libros reseñados pueden tratar temas del acontecer histórico y actual de Centroamérica. No deben superar las 5 páginas de extensión.

Copyright Notice

Los autores que publican en esta revista están de acuerdo con los siguientes términos:

  1. Las personas autoras conservan los derechos de autor y garantizan a la revista el derecho de ser la primera publicación del trabajo. Todos los artículos publicados están protegidos con una licencia CREATIVE COMMONS Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 4.0 Internacional (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
  2. Las personas autoras pueden establecer por separado acuerdos adicionales para la distribución no exclusiva de la versión de la obra publicada en la revista (por ejemplo, situarlo en un repositorio institucional o publicarlo en un libro), con un reconocimiento de su publicación inicial en esta revista.
  3. Se permite y se anima a las personas autoras a difundir sus trabajos electrónicamente (por ejemplo, en repositorios institucionales o en su propio sitio web) antes y durante el proceso de envío, ya que puede dar lugar a intercambios productivos, así como a una citación más temprana y mayor de los trabajos publicados (Véase The Effect of Open Access, en inglés).

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