Submissions

Author Guidelines

Authors wishing to submit their contributions to the journal Perseitas should take into account the following aspects:

1. Academic background and affiliation of the authors.

2. Types of articles

3. Formal requirements

4. Organization of the text

5. Structure of citations and references

6. Publication and dissemination

7. Receipt of contributions

1. Academic background and affiliation of authors

Articles will be received from authors with an academic level of master's degree, doctorate, post-doctorate (equivalent foreign degrees). 

The journal will not have more than one article from the same author per volume; it is also clarified that, in order to submit a new original manuscript, the author will have to wait for a minimum period of one year.

In order to ensure institutional exogamy, the publication of texts by authors external to the Universidad Católica Luis Amigó will prevail, without this taking precedence over the quality of the content.

2. Types of papers

Perseitas Journal accepts the following types of papers:

• Articles of scientific and technological research: presents in detail the original results of completed research projects. Its structure contains four fundamental sections: introduction, methodology, results and conclusions.
• Reflection articles:shows the findings of a completed research from an analytical, interpretative or critical perspective of the author, on a specific topic, using original sources.
• Review article:product of a completed research in which the results of published or unpublished research are analyzed, systematized and integrated, in a field of science or technology, in order to account for the advances and development techniques. It is characterized by presenting a bibliographic review of at least 50 references.
• Reflective article, not based on research (essay): a paper that presents a topic in a clear and organized fashion, with arguments and conclusions.

3. Manuscript requirements 

All articles must be original and should have a minimum of 9 pages and a maximum of 25 excluding the list of references. Citation, reference, tables and graphics must follow APA (6^th edition in English, 3^rd in Spanish). The manuscript must be presented in Word, letter-sized page, using a 1.5-line spacing, Arial, 12 pt. If the paper uses fragments or words in Greek or Hebrew, the typography must be included. 

Text organization 

Structure

• The title should be in Spanish and English.
• Authors: include bibliographical name and surname, that is, the one used in scientific papers. This information allows the journal to identify the author´s papers.
• The summary must be analytical written in both English and Spanish using 250 words maximum and include the main topic, objectives, conclusion and method for research articles.
• Keywords should be between six and eight, in English and Spanish. All key words must be from a discipline thesaurus. Key words should be separated by a semicolon (;)
• Author's note: indicate at the footer the last level of education, institution to which it belongs (without abbreviations), city, country, research group (if it belongs to one), ORCID, email. Development: the text should contain in-depth development of different sections according to the type of text.
• Conflict of interests: the author declares that there is no potential conflict of interest related to this paper.
• Financing: the paper should provide the institutions that financially supported the research project from which this paper originates.
• References. The manuscript should have at least 30 references for all types of articles. Additionally, a considerable percentage of these sources should correspond to documents no older than 5 years. We recommend our collaborators to retrieve material from databases such as Scopus, EBSCO, Web of Science, Scimago, Sage Journals, ScienceDirect, Springer, Taylor and Francis, among others. 

 Citation and references^*

Universidad Católica Luis Amigó will not be held responsible for the way authors handle issues related to copyright, authors will be held responsible for the veracity and completeness of citation and references.

1. Handling citations

The textual or paraphrased material from other sources must always include the references.

• If the quote is under 40 words use quotation marks followed by a parenthesis (author´s or authors´ surname, year and page). 
• Citations of more than 40 words are placed in a paragraph. Use indention.  Once the quotation is finished, there is a period before the reference in the parenthesis.
• Use et. Al for a work with several authors.

Specific cases:

• If there are from three to five authors, all names should be included the first they are mentioned. Other citations of the same text should only use the surname of the first author and finish with et al.

In the reference include the surnames and the first letter of the name of each author and other elements required.

If there are six or more authors use only the surname of the first author and finish with et al.

In the reference include the surnames and the first letter of the name up to seven authors. If there are eight or more authors, include the surnames and the first letter of the name of the first six authors followed by three periods, add the surnames and first letter of the last author and other elements required.

2. Book citation and reference

• For book citation include:

(Author´s surname, year, page).

 For example: (Granada Giraldo, 2014, p. 12).

• For book reference include:

Author´s surname, first letter of the author´s first and middle name. (year). Title of the book. City: Publisher.

For example: Granada Giraldo, F. J. (2014). Amo lo que soy amo lo que hago. Medellín: Funlam.

• If the citation is taken from a chapter or a reference book, the citation maintains the same structure but the reference must be as follows:

Press serial publication: Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (year). Name of the chapter. In A. Editor, B. Editor & C. Editor (Eds.), Book (Vol. #, pp. #-#). city: Editorial.

Digital serial publication: Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (year). Name of the chapter. In A. Editor, B. Editor & C. Editor (Eds.), Book (Vol. #, pp. #-#). Retrieved from: http:/www.dirrecciónurl

Press book chapter:

Name of the chapter. (year). In A. Editor (ed.), book (Vol. 3, pp. 9-16). City: Editorial.

Name of the chapter. (year), In Reference book (Vol. 3, pp. 9-16). City : Editorial.

Digital book chapter:

Name of the chapter. (year). In A. Editor (ed.), Reference book (Vol. 3). Retrieved from: http:/www.dirrecciónurl

3. Indirect citation:

it refers to citing another citing or secondary sources, it should be limited, only when the original work is no longer available.

• Citing secondary sources:

Title of original work (as was cited by the secondary source, year, page).

• Referencing secondary sources:

Author´s surname, first letter of first and middle name. (year). Title. City: Editorial.

The original work is not included in the references; the secondary source is to be referenced.

When citing classics, keep in mind:

• Important classic Works (such as the Bible, Greek and Roman Works) are not to be included in the references only in the text.
• If the original date of the publication is available, it must be included in the citation.
• Point out in the first citation of the text the version of classic work that was used.
• When referencing a specific section or fragment, instead of using the page number, cite the book, chapter, verse or hymn, since they maintain the same number in different editions.
• If there are questions regarding the publication date, cite the year of the translation that was used using the abbreviation trans., or the year of the version that was used.
• When citing the bible, use: (name of the book, name of the chapter, colon, the number of verse and the translation that is used). For example: (Mathew 13: 1-9 Holy Bible).

For example:

- (Plato, trans. in 1989).

- William Shakespeare (2007 version).

- Genesis 1:28-31 (Bible of Jerusalem).

References are ordered according to the following APA guidelines:

• Alphabetical Names:

The entries should appear in alphabetical order by the surname of the first author, followed by the initials of the name.

• Works with the same first author:

• When several works by the same author must be included in the references, write down the surname and initials of one’s name; and apply the following rules:

- Order the works of a single author for the year of publication starting with the oldest.

- The references of a single author precede those of multiple authors, regardless of their publication date.

- The references with the same first author and second or third different author are ordered alphabetically by the surname of the second. In case the first and the second are the same, it will be ordered by the surname of the third party, and so on.

- The references that have the same authors are ordered by the year of publication with the oldest the first place.

- References with the same author or authors and the same year of publication are ordered by the title of the book, article, etc. (excluding the articles: a, a, the, the, etc.).

If it is possible to identify that they are articles in a series, the reference should be organized in the order of the series and not alphabetically by the title.

• Works by different first authors with the same surname:

• This type of work is ordered alphabetically by the first initial of the name of each one.

• Works by corporate authors or without authors:

• Alphabetize the corporate authors from the first significant word of the name taking into account that a main entity precedes a subdivision. Use the official and complete names.

• If there is no author, the reference is ordered by the title of the publication (which happens to occupy the position of the author).

Notes:

• In order to differentiate publications edited by the same author or authors and with the same year, the letters a, b, c (located after the year) are used in lowercase letters.

• If the work has an "Anonymous" author, the reference is alphabetized as if anonymous was a real name.

• Legal materials should be handled as references without an author, so their literacy will begin with the first significant element of the entry.

Submitting the article

The contribution must be sent only through the following means:

Email:

perseitas@funlam.edu.co

Or through Open Journal Systems:

https://revistas.ucatolicaluisamigo.edu.co/index.php/perseitas/about/submissions

* This section is taken from the APA Capsule, publication of the Luis Amigó Catholic University Editorial Fund, which, as an academic tool, is intended to exemplify and clarify the use of this standard in the work written by researchers, teachers, administrators and students. This initiative arises from the flaws found during the preliminary reviews, in the citation and reference of sources in articles, papers and institutional books. The capsules are written in accordance with the provisions of the American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. [Sixth version]. Mexico: Editorial El Manual Moderno.