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Instructions to authors

• Scope and policy
• Form and preparation of manuscripts
• Sending of manuscripts

Section Policies

Scientific Articles

In this section it will be published undertaken articles according to the achieved results on investigations of grade, post -grade, grants, investigations projects, etc.

The investigation report is an exposure of a scientific investigation that has already been done. This generic denomination indicates the result obtained on a certain phase from an ongoing investigation, the final result of it or the product of a team project. 

Checked Open Submissions Yes ; Checked Indexed Yes; Checked Peer Reviewed Yes

Essays

This section is for the publication of Scientific Essays that could be or not a result of empirical investigations, but because of its writing, arguments, intention and communicability deserves this denomination. The Essay is an argumentative discussion where the writer exposes a topic of disciplinary interest, approaching to the facts and its knowledge. 

Checked Open Submissions Yes ; Checked Indexed Yes; Checked Peer Reviewed Yes

Dissemination Articles

In this section it will be publish articles where authors exposes their educational/professional experiences. Dissemination Articles must raise new topics referred to classrooms innovation or new professional challenges. 

Checked Open Submissions Yes ; Checked Indexed Yes; Checked Peer Reviewed Yes

Reviews/Critiques

In this section Reviews or Critiques from books, magazines, papers, thesis, etc. can be included. The Review “is a brief manuscript that tries to give an overview and critique from a work. This will be requested by the EXECUTIVE BOARD.

Checked Open Submissions Yes ; Checked Indexed Yes; Checked Peer Reviewed Yes

The criteria that the reviewers follow during the review process are the following:

1. Originality and Clarity in the preparation and submission of the ideas

2. Title, Keywords and Objectives

3. Methodological Rigor

4. Development of the article and conclusions

5. Bibliographic References, Footnotes, Tables, Figures and Graphics

The possible results of the review are: 1) Publishable 2) Review Required 3) Not Publishable

When the paper requires a new revision (Review Required), authors are asked to modify their manuscript according to comments/suggestions from the assigned referee. Therefore, authors must submit a new version for consideration. The reviewers are responsible for the final decision.

After final checking, acceptance is confirmed and authors will be informed in which number the paper will be published. The publishers will be responsible for the syntax process and formal aspects. The Institutional Communication Unit of the Faculty of Economic Sciences of the National University of La Plata is in charge of drawing up the papers into PDF documents in order to publish them on the website of the magazine http://revistas.unlp.edu.ar/CADM 

Articles Rejection rate, year 2022 (period between January and December), Journal Ciencias Administrativas: 47%. Two issues have been published (numbers 19 and 20), each one containing 8 articles. In the whole year, 46 articles have been rejected. There are 12 articles in the editing queue that will be published in the numbers corresponding to the year 2023. As of December there are 13 articles in progress.

Estimated time for the publishing and evaluation process

The estimated time for the evaluation process is between two and four months, since usually there are needed at least 1 or 2 evaluation rounds before the proposal is SUITABLE for publication. Both the reviewer and the author will have a 30 days long interval to do their work (this interval is estimated, since it depends on each author and reviewer for each proposal).

Once the article is SUITABLE to be published, the editorial process (copyediting, translating, layout and galley) requires about one to two months.

From July 2021 onwards, Ciencias Administrativas operates under a continuous publication model, with the aim of shortening manuscript publication periods.

The Journal retains its biannual frequency, with closing dates on January 1st and July 1st, respectively.

Instructions for reviewers

Once the revision of each article has been completed, the reviewer must complete a Revision Form, available here. In that form, reviewers must qualify each article under different evaluation parameters, and they will be able to justify each decision they made. In order to unify the evaluating criteria, we have created a document with instructions to complete the Revision Form. Such document is available here.

Plagiarism Policy

The journal's policy is to share original works not published before; this means that the pieces submitted must be written by those who declare their authorship and must not have been previously published elsewhere.

Given the limitations of text-matching softwares available for the Spanish language to detect plagiarism and in order to address other practices that may be considered plagiarism (including translations, salami slicing or result fragmentation, and duplication, among others) the journal implements specific procedures to avoid it, namely:

1. At the time of submission of a manuscript, authors are asked to declare that the piece has not been previously published or sent to other journals for evaluation. In addition, they are asked to declare that they are following the “Guidelines for Authors,” where it is established that the articles submitted should be original.

2. Upon receiving it and prior to starting the evaluation process, Internet search tools are used in order to corroborate originality and avoid plagiarism practices. That initial search involves tracking other works by the authors and collating the title and excerpts from the summary, methodological section and results with those of the article submitted for review.

3. When sending the work to evaluation by peer reviewers, the evaluators are asked to pay attention to possible plagiarism indicators, given that they are the ones more familiarized with the sources and the literature on the subject.

 The journal considers plagiarism all the practices listed and explained below.

1. Direct plagiarism occurs when:

   1. There is omission of the authorship and quotation marks are not used to indicate what was taken from another text.

   2. Minimal changes are made in the text of another author (modifying the structure of sentences, changing lowercase to uppercase or vice versa, replacing terms with synonyms, etc.) and it is presented as original.

2. Plagiarism from improper use of paraphrase occurs when:

   1. Although authorship is acknowledged, the original text is reproduced with few changes that do not constitute actual paraphrase.

3. Complex plagiarism when using a reference occurs when:

   1. Original authorship is acknowledged, but the source pages are indicated imprecisely.

   2. Paraphrasing in which extensive texts are summarized, but with little or no indication that they correspond to paraphrasing.

   3. No quotation marks in words and phrases from the original text that are reproduced verbatim.

4. Plagiarism with loose quotation marks occurs when:

   1. Text is reproduced verbatim even after quotation marks have been closed or when the indication that the preceding phrases correspond to the same quotation is omitted.

5. Paraphrasing as plagiarism occurs when:

   1. There is paraphrasing and the reference to the original source is not acknowledged.

   2. Paraphrasing is extensive and continuous, no additions interacting or enriching the original are made, even if the source is indicated.

   3. Academic works–which demand original thoughts and critical reflections upon other people’s points of view–become mere repetitions of other academic texts.

   4. There is no clear identification of paraphrased parts.

Paraphrasing will not be considered plagiarism when:

1. It does not dominates the work of the author.

2. It allows the author to critically interact with the viewpoints of the other person.

3. The argument of the original text is re-written using different words.

6. Self-plagiarism or recycling fraud occurs when:

   1. The layout of a work is changed and is submitted as if it were a different one.

   2. There is no indication that the work is being recycled, that is, that the work had been previously published but new corrections or additions were made.

It will not be considered self-plagiarism when:

1. The previous work is the base for a new contribution and key parts of the first work need to be repeated to explain and defend new arguments.

2. The author considers that what was previoulsy said cannot be improved in the new publication.

3. The repetition does not exceed 30% of the original work.

Ethical aspects and conflicts of interest

 The publication of the journal is the result of the collective work and effort of authors, editors and evaluators who are interested in the development of science for its social and cultural contribution. Because of this, and within the open access policy of the Universidad Nacional de La Plata (National University of La Plata), the journal will not charge the authors for the publication of their works, making all the articles readily accessible to everyone.

The journal’s editors are committed to avoid any possible conflict of interest between the different participants of the production. All text submitted will be evaluated based on its intelectual content; the authors’ ethnic origin, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs or political philosophy will not interfere in the evaluation process. At the same time, all external evaluations where personal positions prevail over the quality of the work will be dismissed.

Authors and evaluators are asked to disclose beforehand all possible conflicts of interest they may have, so these are taken into account when evaluations are assigned. If any such conflict arose after the publication of the manuscript, either a retractation or acknowledgement of the fact will be produced, if needed.

A “conflict of interest” is a situation in which a person faces a divergence between his/her personal interest and his/her responsibilities towards the scientific activities involved as an author, reviewer or member of the editorial board; such divergence can influence his/her critical jusdgement and the integrity of his/her actions. For example:

• Economical: When the participant (author, reviewer, editor) has received or is expected to receive money for the activities related to the investigation and its diffusion.

• Academic: When the reviewers or editors adhere to a certain methodological or ideological tendency in a way that can bring partiality when evaluating other people’s works. This is why they are asked to manifest such position in advance.

• Work or personal relations: When the participants (author, reviewer, editor) have some sort of bond (friendship, feud, work relationship.) To avoid this, editors must take into account the authors’ funding and affiliation and ensure to choose evaluators that do not belong to the same circles.

  International guidelines

After analyzing the specific problems faced while editing scientific content, different international entities have taken the task of agreeing on criteria and generating guidelines and documents that support the task of editor and authors, namely:

• COPE | Committee on Publication Ethics

• International Committee of Medical Journal Editors

• Council of Science Editors

• Office of Research Integrity (ORI) | U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

This journal’s editors will follow recommendations and guidelines that have been agreed upon internationally to solve specific problems faced when editing scientific content. The first source that will be considered are the guidelines set forth by the COPE | Committee on Publication Ethics. Other recommendations will also be taken into account, for instance those by internationally prestigious organizations such as the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, the Council of Science Editors and the Office of Research Integrity (ORI) | U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.

Authors, investigators and reviewers are encouraged to get familiarized with international guidelines related to publication ethics, specifically the ones from the links provided below, to avoid misconduct due to ignorance.

COPE | Committee on Publication Ethics

Provides guidelines on what to do in the following cases:

1. What to do if redundant or duplicate publication is suspected

   1. Suspected redundant publication in a submitted manuscript

   2. Suspected redundant publication in a published manuscript

2. What to do if plagiarism is suspected

   1. Suspected plagiarism in a submitted manuscript

   2. Suspected plagiarism in a published manuscript

3. What to do if fabricated data is suspected

   1. Suspected fabricated data in a submitted manuscript

   2. Suspected fabricated data in a published manuscript

4. Changes in authorship

   1. Corresponding author requests addition of extra author before publication

   2. Corresponding author requests removal of author before publication

   3. Request for addition of extra author after publication

   4. Request for removal of author after publication

5. What to do if ghost, guest or gift authorship is suspected

6. How to spot authorship problems

7. What to do if a reviewer suspects undisclosed conflict of interest in a submitted manuscript

8. What to do if a reader suspects undisclosed conflict of interest in a published article

9. What to do if an ethical problem in a submitted manuscript is suspected

10. What to do if it is suspected that a reviewer has appropriated an author’s idea or data

11. Handling by COPE of complaints against editors

International Committee of Medical Journal Editors

Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Writing and Editing for Biomedical Publications

Last updated: December 2018

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 petition has not been previously published, nor has it been submitted to another journal (or an explanation provided in Comments to the Editor).

• Manuscripts must be prepared with a Word, Open Word or compatible word processor.

• Web addresses have been added for references where possible.

• The text complies with the bibliographic and style requirements indicated in Author Guidelines, which can be found in “About the Journal”, as well as with the ethical rules and conflict of interest rules.

• If you are submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, you need to ensure that the instructions available in Author Guidelines have been followed.

Author Guidelines

Authors who will participate on the magazine Ciencias Administrativas must know the following guidelines.

1. The author, who sends an article to “Ciencias Administrativas” magazine, undertakes not to submit the article simultaneously under consideration of other publications. Manuscripts must refer to subjects involved in Administration and related disciplines, must be unpublished and represent an original investigation. Decisions of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE are unquestionable.

2. Every article that does not gathers the formal requirements detailed on this “Guidelines for Authors” will be returned for its adjustment and review.

3. Articles should be submitted online at http://www.revistas.unlp.edu.ar/index.php/CADM/index

For guidance send an email to revistacadm@econo.unlp.edu.ar

4. The author must communicate the following personal information at the time of sending the work:

- Full name and surname

- Institutional Affiliation (without initials)

- Role performed (professor, researcher, doctoral student, etc.)

- Contact mail

- ORCID

- Brief Curriculum Vitae (maximum 500 characters with spaces)

5. Articles in Spanish or English will be accepted

6. Article Length

For articles to be published in the ESSAY or SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES sections: minimum length 25.000 characters (without spaces) and maximum length 40.000 characters (with spaces).

For articles to be published in the “Dissemination Articles” section: minimum length 15.000 characters (without spaces) and maximum length 20.000 characters (without spaces).

For articles to be published in the REVIEW/CRITIQUES section: minimum extension 5.000 characters (without spaces) and maximum length 10.000 characters (without spaces).

All articles must contain an Abstract, 3 Keywords and the Main Title written in Spanish and in English. Abstracts should be up to 1000 characters with spaces.

In ALL cases the number of authors may NOT exceed three.

7. Articles must not contain any personal data, if so there will be returned for corrections.

8. Articles must contain:

8.1. COVER PAGE. Should include the following information:

8.1.1. The title of the article must be, written in English and Spanish, clear and precise and it should be no more than 20 words long.  Format: CAPITAL LETTERS, BOLD AND CENTERED TEXT.

8.1.2. Publishing section (Essays, Scientific Articles, Dissemination Articles, Reviews/Critiques). It should be inserted below the Tittle with one line spacing. The sections are:

• Essays: This section is for the publication of Scientific Essays that could be or not a result of empirical investigations, but because of its writing, arguments, intention and communicability deserves this denomination. The Essay is an argumentative discussion where the writer exposes a topic of disciplinary interest, approaching to the facts and its knowledge.

• Scientific Articles: In this section it will be published undertaken articles according to the achieved results on investigations of grade, post-grade, grants, investigations projects, etc. The investigation report is an exposure of a scientific investigation that has already been done. This generic denomination indicates the result obtained on a certain phase from an ongoing investigation, the final result of it or the product of a team project.

• Dissemination articles: In this section it will be publish articles where authors exposes their educational/professional experiences. Dissemination Articles must raise new topics referred to classrooms innovation or new professional challenges.

• Reviews/ Critiques: In this section Reviews or Critiques from books, magazines, papers, thesis, etc. can be included. The Review “is a brief manuscript that tries to give an overview and critique from a work. This will be requested by the EXECUTIVE BOARD.

8.1.3. The Analytical Summary must be written in Spanish and in English. It should be no more than 200 words long and contains: work objective, methodology and the result or the most important recommendation that emerges from the work.

8.1.4. Keywords must be written in Spanish and in English (three keywords).

8.1.5. JEL Classification (can be obtained in http://www.aeaweb.org/jel/jel_class_system.php)

8.1.6. If applies, basic information from the article investigation, funding sources and acknowledgments must be attached. This should be done adding a footnote at the end of the tittle.

8.2. Body of the Article. It starts in the same page after the JEL classification with the following similar order:

1. Introduction. Presents the backgrounds and the objective of the research. Raises the central theme.

2. Development. For the “scientific articles”, the formulation of the problem and the bibliographic review; the methodology and the empirical results must be included. In the “Essays” is very important to be clear about the argumentative aspects.

3. Conclusions. Main aspects of the article, recommendations and limitations should be highlighted, but this must not represent a summary of it. Additionally future investigations lines are propound.

4. Bibliographic References will be presented at the end of the article according to the APA style.

5. Annexes.

9. Tables and Figures. In the article all tables and figures must be inserted as an image and mentioned before being submitted, making reference as Table 1, Table 2, Figure 1, etc. Each one of these categories must be numbered (according to the appearance in the text), titled and sourced at the top.

If tables and figures are copied or reproduced from other sources, it must be added the number of reference page. Tables and Figures should be designed, if possible, in gray scale, black white or with sober colors.  

10. Equations. Equations must only be done with the equations editor. Each one of the equations should be numbered in order of appearance.

11. Footnotes: Only explanatory information should be displayed, each footnote will have a consecutive numbering. The font it will be Calibri, size 10.

12. References. In the article it will be use the system Author-Date. If more than one work is referred on the article the cited authors will be in alphabetical order, always under the Author-Date style. All the quoted references must be relevant to the article theme. The excess of references makes difficult the reading and the correct comprehension of the article.

13. Textual references. It’s the original quoted material from another source. A short citation (with less than 40 words) will be written between double quotes. Citations with more than 40 words must be placed in a separate block, without quotes and with a 0.5cm margin.

In each case, always must be added the Author, Date and the specific source of the quoted text in the references list.

The citations must be accurate, this means, that modifications can´t be done, even if there are spelling mistakes. The format must not be in Italic or Underlined, only when the author wants to emphasized it could be added the Italic format and then the text must be between square brackets. The page number should only be added in the Textual References cases (Includes Tables and Figures as well).    

14. General Considerations. Technical Specifications for submitting are the following:

• Text Files: Word 97 or subsequent

• Paper Size: A4 (landscape)

• Margins: Top 2.5cm / Bottom 2.5cm / Left 3cm / Right 3cm

• No Headers and No Footers

• Do not include Page or Section Breaks. Pages unnumbered.

• Font Size: body of the text 11 and 10 for notes

• Font: Calibri

• Character Spacing: Normal Spacing and Normal Position

• Paragraphs: Simple line spacing and with a single spaced between paragraphs. First Line of the point without Indentation, for the rest of the paragraphs the Indentation must be 1,25cm. For the References it must be use Hanging Indent, Double space at the end of the point before the following title.

• Title of the Article: All the title must be written in Capital Letters, Font Garamond, Style Bold, Size 12 and Centered. The Subtitles must be written in Small Letters, Style Bold, without order number and left aligned. 

15. Acknowledgements. If necessary, acknowledgements will be included at the end of the text, before de bibliographic references and must be brief. The authors are responsible for requesting the necessary authorizations to mention the people or the organizations, which in their opinion, deserves the gratitude.

16. The Editorial Board together with the Editors are responsible for compliance with good practices to guarantee originality, internal character and that there is no plagiarism in the works received, as well as impartiality and confidentiality in their treatment.

17. Declaration of Conflict of Interest and Originality. A conflict of interests exists when an author (or its institution), editor or publisher has a financial or personal relationship that improperly affects (bias) on their actions (relationships known as double commitment, conflict of interests or loyalties). The Declaration of Originality implies that the manuscript has not been published and is not being submitted or considered for publication elsewhere.

18. Submission and Peer Review. Manuscripts may be returned to authors for review if they do not gather all submission requirements detailed on this “Guideline for Authors”. In turn, prior to assigning an evaluator, the executive committee of the journal will determine if the article is suitable to begin the evaluation process. (A previous reading is made, collecting basic aspects about the article). In response to this, the article can take its course or be rejected before being reviewed by an external evaluator.

The designated Arbitrators may be people with appropriate experience in the subject, related or not to the publishing institution. It is common to select an editor to oversee each submitted article, being able to select a second referee if necessary. The evaluation process will be anonymous for authors and editors, and it will also be supported by the evaluation guide of the journal.

The criteria that the Arbitrators follows during the review process are the following:

1. Originality and Clarity in the preparation and submission of the ideas

2. Title, Keywords and Objectives

3. Methodological Rigour

4. Development of the article and conclusions

5. Bibliographic References, Footnotes, Tables, Figures and Graphics

The possible results of the review are: 1) Publishable 2) Review Required 3) Not Publishable

When the paper requires a new revision (Review Required) authors are asked to modify their manuscript according to comments/suggestions from the assigned referee. Therefore, authors must submit a new version for consideration. The evaluators are responsible for the final decision.

After final checking, acceptance is confirmed and authors will be informed in which number the paper will be published. The responsible publishers will be responsible for the syntax process and formal aspects. The Institutional Communication Unit of the Faculty of Economic Sciences of the National University of La Plata is in charge of drawing up the papers into PDF documents in order to publish them on the website of the magazine http://revistas.unlp.edu.ar/CADM

19. Estimated time for the publishing and evaluation process. The estimated time for the evaluation process is between two and four months, since usually there are needed at least 1 or 2 evaluation rounds before the proposal is SUITABLE for publication. Both the reviewer and the author will have a 30 days long interval to do their work (this interval is estimated, since it depends on each author and reviewer for each proposal).

Once the article is SUITABLE to be published, the editorial process (copyediting, translating, layout and galley) requires about one to two months.

From July 2021 onwards, Ciencias Administrativas operates under a continuous publication model, with the aim of shortening manuscript publication periods.

The Journal retains its biannual frequency, with closing dates on January 1st and July 1st, respectively.

ANNEX A: PRESENTATION MODEL

TÍTULO (Español/Inglés)

Sección

Resumen

Este trabajo…

Palabras Claves:

Abstract

This paper…

Key Words:

Clasificación JEL:

Introducción

Formulación del Problema y revisión bibliográfica

Subtítulo

Subtítulo

Metodología

Resultados empíricos obtenidos

Conclusiones

Referencias Bibliográficas (De acuerdo a APA en su versión más actual)

ANNEX B: DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND ORIGINALITY

The following statement must be submitted with the manuscript at the time of delivery, as an additional file (one for each author) that minimally contains the following information::

Declaration of Conflict of Interest and Originality

First and Last Name:

Date and Place:

Title of the article:

I declare that does not exists any conflict of interest (economic, professional or personal) real, potential or potentially perceived that could result a bias on the publication of the article. Otherwise, each author declares after the signing of the conflict of interest.

I declare that this manuscript submitted to “Ciencias Administrativas” has not been published and is not being submitted or considered for publication elsewhere. Likewise, it fulfills ALL the criteria established in the Guidelines for Authors, among them the one of Originality.

How to submit an article?

 Ciencias Administrativas Journal, uses for edition, an online management program. It works with a software open source under license by “GNU” that allows to manage and publish scientific journals on the Internet. This software is known as OJS (Open Journal System).

Users who participate as “Authors” interact with the system in three stages:

1. Article Submission.

2. Article Review (in the event that editors suggest modifications the author should take them and resubmit the article).

3. Stage of Interaction with the syntax corrector.

Every article that does not gathers the formal requirements on the “Guidelines for Authors” will be returned for its adjustments and review.

1. ARTICLE SUBMISSION

Submissions should be done through the platform where the Author could follow the process step by step.  In the homepage users must click in the “Register” button, placed in the sidebar displayed on top of the screen. Also, this option can be found in the right sidebar, in “Guidelines for readers”.

 AUTHOR REGISTRATION PROCESS

There are two possibilities:

- NEW USERS: If it’s the first time on this website an account should be created. Registration is a simple process. New Users can register themselves as “AUTHORS” or as “READERS”. When Authors are creating the account, they must remember to select this option (Author).

 - PREVIOUS USERS: If Authors/Readers are already registered it’s not necessary to re-register. In this case, click the link that says “Log In” and then choose “Click here if you have an account with this or another journal on this site”. Next you will have to complete a new form with the User ID and password; also here we have to select de option to register as an Author.

 To start the submission process, we should click in this option. There are 5 steps to follow. To move from one step to the next one click on the “Save and Continue” button in each screen.

Step 1 – Start Submission

Sections

The first thing that we must do is to choose the section where we will submit our manuscript. The options are: Scientific Articles, Essays, Reviews/Critiques or Dissemination Articles. (For more details refer to “Guidelines for Authors). 

 Submission Checklist

Next, authors will find some mandatory fields that must be checked off. If the author does not place a check mark on each item, the system will not allow continuing the process. Each author must accept the publication terms suggested by the editors.

 Copyright Notice

Traditionally, together with the original manuscript, authors usually send a signed note where declares that the manuscript is original and has not been previously published in another journal, as well as they agree to give up the publications rights to the journal, among others things.

Nowadays, is not necessary to make this type of submission through online management systems. With the OJS system, this signed note will be replaced by the submission checklist and the copyright item.

 Privacy Policy of the Journal

The same procedure to define the privacy policy of the journal.

 Comments for the Editor

Finally, the author has the possibility to write a note with comments to the editor.

Step 2 – Upload Submission

In this step, the manuscript will be uploaded. Click “Browse” or “Choose File”, immediately a window will open, where the file can be located. After the file is placed and accepted on the hard drive, click “Upload” and wait for the process to finish.

Next to the upload box, it will be the link “Ensuring a blind Review”. If we click on it an explanation for authors will appear, this information it will be useful to make a first review and to eliminate all personal data that could compromise the evaluation. After a successful upload it should appear the file name, the file size and the uploaded date. To move to the next step click the “Save and Continue” button.

Step 3 - Enter Metadata

In this screen, information about the author is automatically pulled from the user account. The user will appear as the first author of the submission (the real author). In order to add more authors click on the “Add author” button.

The mandatory fields to complete are: first name, last name, email, a brief Conflict of Interest Declaration, title and abstract. Additionally, affiliation data is also required. When this step is completed select “Save and Continue”. The information given on this step must as complete as possible.

Step 3 – Enter Metadata in English

After clicking “Save and Continue” (in the step 3 in Spanish), authors must re-click the “Enter Metadata” button located in the top bar, in order to return to the step 3. Then the English option must be selected and complete the required information, please do not forget to fill in the title, abstract and keywords (keywords must be in the same field of the abstract). Once this step is finalized click the “Save and Continue” button. 

Step 4 – Upload Supplementary Fields

This is an optional step that allows adding supplementary files to the submission, such as images, tables, spreadsheets, multimedia or other material that contributes with the work. Click the “Upload” button. The only mandatory field that must be completed in order to continue with the process is the title (for example “figure 1”, “table 3”, etc. When this stage is completed, select the “Save and Continue” button. If there is no supplementary file to upload, just select the “Save and Continue” button.

Step 5 – Submission Confirmation

In this last step, a summary with all the uploaded files will appear. In order to finalize the process just click “Finish Submission”.

If the submission was successful, a screen will be displayed with a link in “Active Submissions” that will go back to the first step.

The system will automatically send an email to the authors. Now the status of the submission will be “Awaiting Assignment”. 

Finalization of the Submission Process

To monitor the progress of the manuscript or check its status, any user registered as an author can log in.

Note, that under the title “Enter Metadata” there is a link “Edit Metadata”. This means that the author can go back to the step 3. This action is very useful to correct uploading errors during the submission process. Therefore, there is no need to make a new submission to the journal, only the incorrect field must be edited.

For further assistance during the submission process, do not hesitate to send an email to revistacadm@econo.unlp.edu.ar