Submissions

Author Guidelines

Author’s Guide

Manuscripts may be submitted in either Spanish or English language, register as author  in the  Journals Portal of the University of Costa Rica, through which both sending the necessary documentation, such as communication with the journal staff.

The manuscript submission must include the declaration of originality, which includes the following statements:

1. The scientific or technical relevance of the work which merits publication in CAJG.
2. The corresponding author has been authorized by all participating co-authors for the submission of the manuscript to CAJG.
3. The manuscript is original work.
4. The manuscript doesn’t contain any material that has been reproduced or copied without the proper written permission of the original authors.
5. The manuscript has not been published previously and is not currently under review for publication in other journals.

ORCID iD

ORCID iD (Open Researcher and ContributorID) is a unique numerical identifier, which solves the identification to avoid ambiguity and duplication from other researchers. The ORCID iD allows: permanent identification, better visibility and recognition, publication unification, import and export of database references and other academic information profiles associated with ORCID, save time when filling out forms, facilitates universities access to researchers data, it is a free service. 

Create your ORCID iD

Style and Format

Authors should adhere to the following guidelines:

The text must commence with the Title in both English and Spanish, followed by the authors with first name, initial of middle name, and last name. Different author’s names must be separated by commas. Affiliations of the authors must appear in the following line with the corresponding number linked to a superscript following the author’s name. The corresponding author must be indicated by an asterisk following their name and must provide the contact information. Contact information for subsequent authors is optional.

An abstract must be included in both English and Spanish, single space, with a maximum of 150 words. The authors must include 5 to 7 keywords in both English and Spanish, preferably those keywords do not appear as part of the title. The rest of the text must be presented in double space. Main section titles appear in capital letters, centered, and in bold font. Sub-sections are aligned left, written in lower case letters and bold font. Third order sections appear aligned left and with italic font.

Acknowledgements should be placed before the reference list. References and citations must follow the APA, 6^th edition format. We strongly recommend the use of open source formatting resources such as zotero.org or mendeley.com.

Research articles must have a maximum extent of 40 pages (letter size). Technical and scientific reports have a maximum extent of 6 pages. Pages should be numbered on the lower right corner.

Abbreviations and acronyms must be defined at their first use except for those of common usage.

Tables must include a reference in the text but must be included at the end of the submitted manuscript in consecutive separate pages. Font size should be kept consistent with the manuscript when possible. Font size for the tables may be reduced to fit more information but must not be smaller than size 7. Tables should not contain bordering lines except for the upper and lower edge of the first row and the lower edge of the last row. Table number and caption must appear centered on the upper part of the table.

Figures including lines, photographs, maps, and sketches should be referenced in the text but must appear at the end of the submitted manuscript in consecutive, separate pages. All figures must be numbered consecutively. Maximum figure size is of 14 cm width and 20 cm height.

Graphic scales must be used instead of numerical scales. For the final version of the manuscript we suggest *.ai, *.cdr, *.svg formats for lines, maps and sketches; and *.tiff, *.jpg, *.psd for photographs and rasters. All figures must have a minimum resolution of 300 dpi at the maximum size indicated above. For the final version of the article, figures must be provided separately and in a format that allows for typesetting as recommended above.

All units must be in accordance to the International System of Units (SI, for further detail consult: https://www.nist.gov/pml/special-publication-330). Units in text must be specified in accordance to the SI system. Units for geological time must be expressed as ka for “thousands of years” and Ma for “millions of years”. Decimals in English must be separated by points and numbers exceeding five digits must be separated in three digit groups. In Spanish, decimals are separated by commas.

Use of upper and lower case letters: geographic, geologic and stratigraphic names must be capitalized, generic reference or adjectives should not be capitalized. For example use “San Miguel Formation”, “Nicoya Complex”, “Cretaceous”, “Santa Elena”, but write “the igneous oceanic complexes” or “the fosils of the San Miguel and Coris formations”. Geographic names such as those for rivers, cities, provinces, counties, gulfs, peninsulas, mountains, volcanoes and other, should use upper case only in the proper part of the name, for example: “Barranca river”, “city of San José”, “Talamanca range”, “Poas volcano”, “Chira island”. If the geographic noun is part of the proper name, they both appear capitalizaed such as: “Salt Lake City” or “Grand Canyon”. Cardinal points may be abbreviated in upper case letters (N, S, E, W, NE, …) or use the complete word (north, south, …).

Accepted Manuscripts and Publication

Once the reviewers and Editorial Board have reviewed the manuscript, the editorial decision will be communicated to the corresponding author. Final manuscripts accepted for publication must include the figures as indicated with the proper format and resolution. The accepted manuscript will undergo typesetting, copyediting and minor language corrections. The final version will be presented to the author for confirmation and the author must approve the galley proofs in digital format or indicate corrections within 5 days of receiving them. Once published, the article will appear under: http://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/geologica.

APA (6th ed.) examples

- Journal

Pindell, J. &  Dewey, J. F. (1982). Permo-Triassic reconstitution of Westem Pangea and the evolution of the Gulf of Mexico Caribbean Region. Tectonophysics, 1, 179-211. doi: 10.1029/TC001i002p00179

- Congress

Fischer, R. (1981). El desarrollo paleo geográfico del Mioceno de Costa Rica. Presented at II Congreso Latinoamericano de Paleontología, Porto Alegre, Brazil.

- Thesis and dissertations

Marshall, J. S. (2000). Active tectonics and Quaternary landscape evolution across the western Panama block, Costa Rica, Central America (Unpublished dissertation). The Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, USA.

- Maps

Dengo, G. (1962). Mapa geológico de la provincia de Guanacaste (scale 1:250000). San Jose, Costa Rica: Instituto Geográfico Nacional.

- Unpublished manuscript (internal reports)

De La Cruz, R. (1994). Estudio de secciones estratigraficas, Sondajes CP-1 a CP-24, Proyecto Crucitas. San Jose, Costa Rica: Placer Dome Costa Rica. Unpublished manuscript.

- Book

Weyl., R. (1980). Geology of Central America (Segunda ed.). Stuttgart, Germany: Gebruder Barntraeger.

- Book chapter

Di Marco, G., Baumgartner, P. O. & Channell, J. E. T. (1995). Late Cretaceous-early Tertiary paleomagnetic data and revised tectonostratigraphy subdivision of Costa Rica and western Panama. In P. Mann (ed.), Geological and tectonic development of the Caribbean Plate Boundary in Southern Central America (Geological Society of America Special Paper 295, pp. 1-27). Boulder, Colorado: The Geological Society of America, Inc. doi: 10.1130/SPE295