Submissions

Author Guidelines

Types of articles

The articles can be written in any language and may correspond in their structure with the following types of text:

Article derived from an investigation. The text presents the advances or results of a research, from an analytical, interpretative or critical perspective of the author, but using original sources. Its structure is: introduction, methodology, development, discussion, conclusions and references.
Review article or state of the art. In a systematic way, it shows the organization, the integration and the results of several investigations carried out around a specific area or problem, with the objective of exposing its current state. To fulfill this purpose, the bibliographic review will be of at least 30 titles or references, as current as possible. Its structure is: introduction, methodology, results, discussion, conclusions and references.
Theoretical article It is the meticulous analysis of a theory or several of its concepts, based on a critical review of the literature. It is elaborated for the purpose of expanding or refining theoretical constructs, of presenting a new one, or of demonstrating inconsistencies in the theory (reflexive or analytical criticism). Its structure is: Introduction, exponential development of the subject, or characteristics thereof, discussion, conclusions and references.
Case report It presents the results of a work carried out with a community or institution, in order to make known the technical and methodological experiences considered for the specific case. Its structure includes: Introduction, approach to the problem or case, methodology, case analysis, discussion, results and references.

Letters to the Editor. It is a document of no more than two pages, which expresses the thought, reflection, criticism, analysis situated about a reality or of different realities and intersubjectivities, in this space the students will be able to capture their perception, judgment and other elements that expose the processing of social, cultural, academic information among others.
Editorial. Document written by a member of the editorial committee or a guest researcher on guidelines in the thematic domain of the journal.
Test. It is a type of composition written in prose that briefly analyzes, interprets or evaluates a particular topic, the structure is as follows: Introduction, approach to a thesis, development; The author exposes and analyzes in depth the topic he has chosen. Raises your ideas, arguments, criticisms or analysis based on other sources, references.
Interviews Section. It is an interview that is made to experts in a subject, the structure includes: Introduction, development of the interview, conclusions and references.
 

Without exception, translations are not allowed in any of these types of articles; that is, versions of texts already published in other languages. This will be considered plagiarism or autoplaggio, if applicable.

 

Reception of articles

All the proponents will have to send their writings through the Open Journal System or to the e-mail journalfs@amigo.edu.co no printed articles will be received.
Partial versions of the text will not be received, that is, those that the author considers to modify and that are not structurally adjusted to one of the types of article described or documents.
The editor of the Journal of Funlam Spreading will confirm the author's immediate and automatic reception. This message is not understood as the approval of the article or its publication in the edition.
Once the article is sent, it is understood that the author authorizes the publication of their contact information and institutional affiliation.
The reception of articles does not imply an obligation to publish them.

Evaluation of articles

The Editorial Committee analyzes the relevance of the material and compliance with the presentation guidelines already described. Likewise, it checks the originality of the text through software that, by tracking different databases, allows the identification of incorrect citations and possible plagiarism.
Once the evaluation of the article begins, the authors agree not to remove it from the journal. (From the same shipment). For this purpose, they send the manifestation of transfer of economic rights in favor of the Journal of Funlam Spreading and the declaration of conflicts of interest. This document will be provided by the Editor and completed by the authors.
For the evaluation, the referees should take into account:
The relevance of the article to the current thematic.

The news and wealth of the sources.

The solidity of the information contained.

The conceptual and textual coherence.

 

Ethics of the publication

The authors are directly responsible for the ideas, judgments and opinions expressed in the articles; in such a way that the content does not compromise the thinking of the Editorial Committee or the Institution.
The Editorial Committee, in virtue of transparency in the processes, will ensure the academic quality of the journal.
They are considered grounds for rejection: plagiarism and self-plagiarism; the adulteration, invention or falsification of content and author data; and that the article is not unpublished.
In no case, the management of the journal will require the author to cite it or publish articles with a conflict of interest.
If once the article is published: 1) the publisher discovers plagiarism, adulteration, invention or falsification of data of the content and the author or errors that attempt against quality or scientificity, may request its removal or correction. 2) a third party detects the error, it is the obligation of the author to retract immediately and proceed to the public removal or correction.