Submissions

Author Guidelines

Articles Submission

The articles reviewed by the Editorial Committee to evaluate the relevance of the text in relation to the theme of the journal. This process will last a maximum of fifteen days. The articles that pass this first review will be evaluated anonymously by at least two specialists in the field. During the evaluation and selection process, the Editorial Committee will maintain communication by email with each author about the observations and corrections that need to be included in each text. Subsequently, based on the results of this process, the editorial committee decides on the publication of articles and must inform the authors in this regard. If the article is accepted, the maximum period for publication is one year (counted from the receipt of the collaboration) .

1. Articles must be submitted in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF or WordPerfect format. Any reference that identifies the author and his academic affiliation will be omitted.

2. The articles are required to be original, refer to their own research and have a minimum length of 6000 words and a maximum of 10.000 words, including figures, tables and footnotes.

3. The text must be single-spaced and have 12 font size points; italics are used instead of underlined (except for URL addresses); and all the illustrations, figures and tables are placed in the text, instead of at the end.

4. Articles must be accompanied by an abstract (in Spanish or English) that does not exceed 250 assigned words for each one. The abstract will specify the main objectives, the argument or hypothesis and the results of the investigation. In addition, four to five keywords must be indicated in Spanish or Portuguese and in English.

5. The name of the author(s) and the institution to which they belong must be clearly specified. If the article has several authors, the main author will be in charge of obtaining the corresponding permissions from the other authors. Similarly, it should be indicated with a footnote if the text is the result of a research project funded by an institution.

6. If the article is approved, the required author or authors complete and sign the Authorship Affidavit and Transfer of Rights before publication in ProPulsión.

7. Propulsion publishes all its articles and reviews under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license. Therefore, articles can be distributed, remixed, retouched, etc., as the author deems appropriate. The only condition is that ProPulsión: Revista de Ciencias Sociales, is cited as the text editing entity.

8. Figures: Graphs, maps, photographs, drawings, diagrams and illustrations, or other non-textual representations included in the article, must be denominated with the word figure and numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals, for instance (Figure 1), and include a foot titled "note" where the source is specified. Refer to them directly in the text, for example: (see figure 1). The photographs and images must be of optimum quality and with the following technical characteristics:

· 300 DPI Resolution.
· Digital format: psd, jpg or tiff; or quality printed originals to perform the respective tracking requirements.
· Send them separately from the text in a separate file.
· Clearly indicate on which page they are located and write down a foot describing the use of the figure.
· Provide authorizations for the use of figures (photographs and illustrations) that are not owned by the author and whose authors are less than 70 years old.
· The title of the figures should be placed at the bottom.
· Some recommendations to consider in the presentation of graphics: (a) Choose two-dimensional graphics or figures; (b) order the categories from highest to lowest when they do not have a natural order, in the case of graphs of columns (bars) or lines; (c) do not overload the figure; (d) use a single graph when it has a comparative axis in common; (e) choose types of graphics with simple formats; (f) use moderate and legible labeling; (g) use histograms instead of pies; (h) avoid indirect labeling; (i) label the axes "x" and "y"; (h) in pie charts, sort the data from highest to lowest, clockwise; (j) in relation to color a single color (solid black) is recommended, if it is necessary to contrast with two colors, resort to white; If you need more colors, apply the gray scale or sobriety in the choice of other colors.

9. Tables: tables show numerical values or textual information; they are distinguished because they have rows and columns. This type of information should be called Table. They must be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals, for instance: (Table 1). Refer to them directly in the text: (see table 1), it is redundant to indicate table No. 1. The titles of the tables will take the format of the following example:

Table 1. Description of the instruments and application strategies.

· The lines used on the tables should be horizontal and moderate (no more than three stripes: in title, in headings and at the end of the table; more stripes only for clarity purposes). Vertical lines are not recommended. Thickness must be 0.75 points. The notes are written below the table, the word Note in italics and followed by a colon.

Academic Curriculum

Authors should submit a short academic curriculum, written in a paragraph that does not exceed 5 lines. In this you must indicate the current place of work (this data is important to write down the author's affiliation). The curriculum must be part of the email in which the article is sent.

Content aspects

Scientific research article: It is derived from a research, experience of social action or teaching and gives an account of it. It refers to the scope achieved and its possible scientific applications. It sets out the objectives, the method used and the results of the part chosen to share in the magazine. Similarly it is suggested to incorporate discussion.

Parts of the scientific article (6000 to 10000 words)

· Title (in Spanish/Portuguese and English; up to 20 words)

· Affiliation (name without academic degree, institution, city and country, email and ORCID)

· Keywords (in Spanish, English between 4 and 5)

· Abstract (in Spanish, English up to 250 words) It must include:
-Objective of the study
-Presents the main elements of the methodology used (design, participants, instruments, techniques for data collection, data analysis )
-Main findings, conclusions
-Presents the main applications, implications or recommendations

· Introduction

· State of the art (sometimes incorporated in the introduction)

· Theoretical framework or conceptual references

· Methodology

· Results, analysis and discussion

· Conclusions

· References (Reference only what is quoted in the text, maximum 30)
** Only meta-analyzes or systematic reviews are exempt from this restriction. **

· Tables or figures (if applicable; maximum 4 figures; maximum 4 tables)

· Appendices or complementary materials (if applicable; maximum 1)

Instructions for citations

Bibliographic citations will comply with the rules of presentation of the American Psychological Association (APA) in its 6th edition. 

Notes

Explanatory notes will be inserted at the bottom of the text and reduced to the indispensable minimum. A note is required on each author that explains their center and country of origin, work done and most important titles obtained. If it is necessary to explain, a note about some very significant detail of the article will be inserted.

References

The references are the list with the complete and exact information of the sources cited or referred to in the text that allows to identify and locate them later, if the reader has the need. There is a substantial difference between a list of bibliographic references and the bibliography. We insist that what is required for our journal is a list of bibliographic references.

Important note: All authors cited in the body of a text or work must match the list of references at the end, an author who has not been cited in the text in must not be in the references, and vice versa. The list of references is organized in alphabetical order and each of the sources must have Hanging indentation.