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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  • The submission is original: it has not been previously published or sent to another journal.

    (This journal only publishes original articles. The authors guarantee the originality of their work and the absence of plagiarism in their text, including self-plagiarism or duplicate publication)

  • The submission is original: it has not been previously published nor submitted to another journal. (This journal only publishes original articles. The authors guarantee the originality of their work and the absence of plagiarism in their text, including self-plagiarism or duplicate publication).
  • The text does not contain defamatory, illegal, obscene, privacy-invasive, hateful, racially or ethically objectionable, abusive, threatening, harmful, or any unlawful statements.
  • The submitted file is in Microsoft Word, RTF, or Open Office format. Download template

  • The abstract in Spanish and English includes the following subsections: Introduction, Methodology, Results, Discussion, and Conclusions.
  • The manuscript includes the following elements:
    - Title (no more than 20 words)
    - Abstract (150-200 words).
    - Between 5 and 8 keywords.
    - High-quality images and photographs, so that the publication of the work will not be delayed for this reason.
  • The bibliography is in APA 7th edition. Where possible, the DOI for electronic references or their URL will be provided. URLs longer than one line will be shortened using any of the free programs available on the web.
  • There are no references in the References section that are not cited in the text. (This condition is added to avoid unnecessary inflation of the bibliography).
  • All co-authors of the article are included in the OJS. The journal will not be responsible for the metadata recorded in your article. You must ensure to enter the names of your co-authors correctly, according to the order of signature, including their affiliations, emails, ORCID, and biographical summary. Otherwise, the names of unregistered co-authors will not appear alongside the author's when the article is published.

Author Guidelines

General Requirements

Only editable files such as Microsoft Word or Open Office will be accepted. PDF files will not be accepted for review. Authors should ensure the accuracy of quotes, charts, tables, and maps. Spelling may vary according to national usage but should be internally consistent. Keywords are very important for search engine positioning. To achieve better dissemination of the work, ensure your keywords are clear and precise.

Format Requirements

The manuscript should be written in Book Antigua, size 11p, single-spaced. Graphics and images should be clear and easy to see. We cannot improve image quality. All images, graphics, and tables must be accompanied by a title and a source. All images, graphics, and tables should be placed where they will appear in the text. Avoid using advanced Word functions, such as:

a) Colored fonts and backgrounds. b) Drawing objects. c) Automatic tables of contents and indexes. d) Fields. e) Bookmarks. f) Highlights, reliefs, shadows, and other complex Word functions. g) Forms.

References

References in the text should follow an abbreviated format (Author, Year, pp.). The full reference list should appear at the end of the article following APA Standards 7th edition. Footnotes will be used to clarify or expand some explanations. They will be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals, 8p font size, fully justified. Efforts should be made to minimize the number of footnotes. Whenever possible, include the DOI for each article in the bibliographic list and indicate the URL if the cited work is open access. The citation style chosen by this journal is APA 7th Edition (American Psychological Association).

The reference list should appear at the end, 11p font size, single-spaced, with no blank lines between authors. References should be as follows:

Book by One Author: 

Toulmin, S. E. (1958). The Uses of Argument. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press.        

Book by Several Authors: 

Blanché, R. y Dubucs, J. (1970). La logique et son histoire. Armand Colin.        

Collective Book by Editors or Coordinators: 

Meerhoff, K. y Moisan, J. C. (eds.) (1997). Autour de Ramus: texte, théorie, commentaire. Nuit Blanche éditeur.         

Journal Article: 

Benoit, W. L. (1989). Attorney argumentation and Supreme Court opinions. Argumentation and Advocacy, 26(2), 22-38.        

Book Chapter: 

Eemeren, F. H. van y Grootendorst, R. (1993b). The history of the argumentum ad hominem since the seventeenth century. In: E. C. W. Krabbe, R. J. Dalitz y P. A. Smit (eds.), Empirical Logic and Public Debate. Essays in Honour of Else M. Barth (pp. 49-68, Ch. 4). Amsterdam/Atlanta: Rodopi.         

Several Works by One Author: 

Walton, D. N. (1991a). Begging the Question: Circular Reasoning as a Tactic of Argumentation. Nueva York: Greenwood.

Walton, D. N. (1991b). One-Sided Arguments. A Dialectical Analysis of Bias. Albany: State University of New York Press.

Walton, D. N. (2001). Enthymemes, common knowledge, and plausible inference. Philosophy and Rhetoric, 34(2), 93-112.

Editorial Quality

The peer review process is rigorous to ensure the quality of the content published in the journal. We expect authors to revise their texts following the reviewers' suggestions. If authors do not make these revisions and do not send feedback, the manuscript will be definitively rejected. Some manuscripts may be of excellent quality but poorly written in English. This may be the case for authors whose native language is not English. When we receive a negative review on communicative quality, we may ask the author to submit a new version of the article. We cannot help authors rewrite the content.

Communication

The Thematic Area of Communication explores communication in all its facets: from digital persuasion to audiovisual reality, journalism, crisis communication, organizational expressions, protocol, legalities, health and media literacy.

Education

This Area addresses teaching evolution: from new formulas and pedagogies to ICT integration, digital literacy, inclusiveness, and post-COVID adaptations in teaching.

Humanism and Social Sciences

This area covers everything from developments in tourism and sustainability to cultural expressions, ethical frameworks, gender equality, and psychosocial studies.

Innovation

Focused on innovation, from university news and social networks to emerging topics, entrepreneurship and multidisciplinary innovation lines.

Research and Artificial Intelligence

In the area of Research and artificial intelligence, we cover from cutting-edge lines in R&D&I and researcher evaluation, to studies in pure sciences, health and engineering.

MISCELLANEOUS

An open area is included, gathering transversal contributions that enrich the interdisciplinary dialogue and innovation in all our topics.

Copyright Notice

Publication Terms for Authors

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

Authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication, with the work simultaneously licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), which allows others to share the work with acknowledgment of the authorship and initial publication in this journal.

Authors may enter into additional non-exclusive contractual arrangements for the distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal.

Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

Privacy Statement

According to what has been established by the Spanish Law 15/1999, of December 13, Protection of Personal Data (Ley Orgánica 15/1999, de 13 de diciembre, de Protección de Datos de Carácter Personal), we inform you that the information you provide will be included in a file that is held by Sinnergiak Social Innovation.

This file is intended to facilitate the provision of the services offered by the OJS platform (which belongs to Sinnergiak Social Innovation) and the management of the relationship with the users. Sinnergiak Social Innovation may use this data for its own academic activities, such as evaluation, prospective studies, institutional communications, and other activities related to the dissemination and popularization of social innovation worldwide, as well as policy orientation of social innovation in Europe.

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