Submissions

Author Guidelines

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Submitted articles must be original and unpublished. The journal considers manuscripts in Spanish or any other language (preferably English).

Submitted articles must follow the guidelines specified in this section and also include the following files:

1. For submission and review:

• A pdf file (the author must convert the “original” file into a pdf file). This file must not contain references to the identity of the author or authors within the text (the file will be sent to the external reviewers for a blind peer-review). This file INCLUDES images and tables, along with their accompanying captions. Note that this file must follow the instructions to ensure blind review by experts. The author will, however, provide his/her details (name, academic affiliation, e-mail and postal address) when registering on the website.

2. For possible publication:

• A file (called “original” hereafter) containing the article edited with a word processor (preferably Ms Word or compatible) adhering to the guidelines below. The “original” file would not include images or tables.   
• Figures and Tables must be sent in a separate file indicating the number of the figure/table and their place within the text.
• A separate caption file.
• This files have to be uploaded in the fourth step of the sign up process.

THE “ORIGINAL” DOC FILE MUST FOLLOW THE GUIDLINES BELOW:

Title page: The title page will indicate the title of the paper in its original language and its translation into Spanish (in case the original language is English, otherwise the title should be translate into English). The author’s name, his academic affiliation and email address specified in a footnote. An abstract of the paper in both English and Spanish of no more than 1.000 characters (with spaces). The abstract should outline the article’s aims, method, results and conclusions. Keywords, in English and Spanish, must also be included to facilitate indexing the paper in scholarly databases. Keywords must be between four and eight. If the original text is not written in English or Spanish, the abstract and keywords must be presented in the text’s original language, along with the translation to Spanish and English. Images must be sent separately in a different file, together with a third file containing the titles of the images with their corresponding captions.

Text:

Manuscripts in Latin type must use Times New Roman or some other Unicode font. The text must be numbered and should not exceed 50.000 characters (with spaces), not including bibliography.

Headings preceding different sections of the article must be clearly distinguished. Quotations are enclosed in quotation marks; names and quotations in foreign languages are set in italics. Avoid using bold where possible.

A complete bibliographical list is to be included at the end of the text, in alphabetical order according to the footnotes guidelines below.

Illustrations: References to illustrations must be inserted in the place they will occupy within the text. A maximum of 15 figures can be included. Illustrations (prints, drawings or photographs) will be referred to as “Figures” (e.g., Figure 1, Figure 2). Charts and tables will be referred to as “Table”.

The author is obliged to cite the source of all graphic material, regardless of the type of material. Where appropriate, authors must secure permissions for the reproduction of documents protected by copyright and forward copies thereof to the editors. The journal declines all liability for the infringement of intellectual or commercial property rights.

Style: Acronyms and abbreviations can be used provided they are widely accepted in the discipline. Do not use decimal points when referring to years (e.g. 1980), Latin terms and quotations are set in italics: et alii, in situ. If the author uses a type of script that is not based on the Latin alphabet, the typographic font must be included with the paper in the event it is required by the publisher.

Footnotes:

Bibliographic references cited in notes will follow the guidelines and sequence specified below:

Books: Last name followed by the author’s first name: title of the book in italics. Place published, publisher, year, and, when appropriate, page numbers.

Example: Blunt, Anthony: Artistic theory in Italy, 1450-1600. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1940, pp. 56-60.

If the book is an edited volume, this will be indicated in parenthesis after the editor or compiler’s name (ed. / comp.).

If the book is authored by two or three authors, list all names. Where there are more than three authors, list the first followed by et al.

When citing book chapters, list the author’s name, title of the book section in quotation marks, the word “in”, and the details of the book as specified above.

Example: Wood, Paul: “Modernism and the Idea of the Avant-Garde”, in Smith, Paul; Wilde, Carolyn (eds.): A Companion to Art Theory. Oxford, Blackwell, 2002, pp. 215-228.

When referencing seminar and conference papers, list the author’s name, the title of the paper in quotation marks, the name of the conference or seminar, the conference location and date in italics, followed by the editors names (where appropriate), place published, publisher, and page numbers.

Example: Fontaine, Jacques: “Fuentes y tradiciones paleocristianas en el método espiritual de Beato”, Actas del Simposio para el estudio de los códices del “Comentario al Apocalipsis” de Beato de Liébana. Madrid, Joyas Bibliográficas, 1978, pp. 75-101.

When citing unpublished doctoral theses, list the author’s name, the title in italics, the university and the year.

Example: Arce Sáinz, Mª. Marcelina: Vicente Rojo, (Unpublished doctoral thesis), UNED, 2003.

For journal articles, the author’s last name, followed by the author’s name: the title of the article in quotation marks, the journal’s name in italics, volume and/or issue, the year in parenthesis, page numbers.

Example: Kantowowicz, Ernst. H: “The archer in the Ruthwell cross”, The Art Bulletin, 42 (1960), pp. 57-59.

Archival sources: The first citation must include the complete name of the repository or source followed by its acronym in parenthesis, which will be used in subsequent citations. The document must be referenced as follows: series, section or collection name, box or file, folder and/or folio. If the document is authored, capitalize the author’s last name and name in lowercase, followed by the title or the document extract in quotation marks, and the date.

Example: Archivo Regional de la Comunidad de Madrid (ARCM), Fondos Diputación, Inclusa, box 28, folder 13, fol. 2. ARROYO, Fernando: "Cuenta de los gastos de mayordomía", July 1812.

Subsequent footnotes: When referencing an author previously cited, capitalize the author’s last name, name in lowercase, the abbreviation op. cit., and the page numbers referred to.

Example: Pollock, Griselda: Op. cit., pp. 26-28.

If more than one work by the same author is cited, the author’s last name followed by the first name, a short title containing the work’s key words in italics, followed by three dots, and the page numbers.

Example: Pollock, Griselda: Old Mistresses…, pp. 26-28.

Where two consecutive notes refer to the same author and source, publication details are given in the first note. Idem, followed by the corresponding page numbers, is used in the second note.

When referring to the same author, source or document, and page number, use Ibidem.

To cite online documents the following model will be followed:

Surname, Name (year): “Title”. In: <http://www.[complete URL]> [retrieval date].

    “Title”. In: <http://www.[complete URL]> [retrieval date].

PRINT PROOFS CORRECTIONS
Manuscripts should be submitted in pdf format (hereinafter: «file»), without any reference to authorship inside the text. Any reference that can suggest the authorship of the text, such as the name of the project or the institution funding the research, should be carefully deleted. Self-citation of published works should be masked as well, both in in-text citation and reference entries. To do so, the name of the author(s) should be replaced for «Author», and title and pages should be deleted, leaving only the year of publication. This is the file that will be submitted to the blind peer reviewers, and authors are responsible for strictly following the instructions for ensuring a blind review. Low-resolution figures and tables should be included inside the text, or at least clear indications of the placement of the figures in the text should be made. Notwithstanding, authors must attach separately high-quality figures and tables in Step 4. The file should be named after its title: TITLE_OF_THE_ARTICLE.pdf. Guidelines for copyediting the manuscripts can be found below. Please, read them carefully.