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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 has not been previously published or submitted for consideration in any other journal (or an explanation has been provided in the Comments to the Editor).
  • Wherever possible, DOIs ore URLs are provided for references.
  • The text (Word) has the following format: single spacing, 11 point font size, Times New Roman font, A4 size sheet, normal margins (default), justified text on both sides.
  • The text adheres to the citation standards used by Cálamo and which can be consulted in the editorial standards section.
  • The text complies with the standards established in the style manual.
  • The text complies with the general rules and those specific to its section (length, summary in Spanish and English, keywords in Spanish and English, etc.), established in the Editorial Policy.
  • The file corresponding to the text of the article or essay has been anonymised.

Author Guidelines

About Articles and Essays Susceptible to Evaluation for Publication

The magazine makes two calls for contributions per year proposing a central theme, and receives contributions on various topics throughout the year: essays and research articles that contribute to the knowledge and analysis of Law. It also receives interdisciplinary studies that show the connections of this discipline with the social whole, from Philosophy, Sociology, Political and Constitutional Theory, among other social sciences.

Articles and essays can be about one country in the region or several, including comparative studies. Although Cálamo especially receives texts about Latin America, it is not limited to this region.

The articles and essays must be original and unpublished, which implies that at the time of receipt of the text they will not have been delivered to another magazine or editorial body for evaluation and publication, nor will they be published in any medium, physical or digital.

Format, style and citations

Before sending their contribution, the author must verify that its format corresponds to the publication standards (see our style manual and editorial policy) and citation standards of the journal. Any item that does not comply with these standards will be returned for adjustment. 

Academic Honesty

The submission of any article or essay to be published in Cálamo presupposes acceptance of the terms included in the editorial policy and adherence to Cálamo's code of ethics. We place special emphasis on the academic honesty expected of those who submit their articles and essays. Therefore, we ask that the necessary care be taken when citing and using materials, research and publications from other authors, and when noting the authorship, co-authorship and different collaborations of the postulated texts (see criteria for authorship in editorial policy).

The magazine's editorial team will verify the content of all texts submitted for publication through a plagiarism prevention program.

Structure of Articles and Essays

Every essay or article nominated for publication must follow a clear structure and comply with the rules applicable to these forms of academic texts. They must respond to an objective and/or hypothesis formulated precisely in the introduction, indicate the methodology used and end with a conclusion section that may or may not include recommendations. The development must be composed of at least two sections and must be visibly guided by a common thread based on what was stated in the introduction.

Review and Selection Process

The publication of articles and essays requires that they successfully go through several evaluations and reviews. The details of these stages can be read in the editorial policy.

Dossier

The articles or essays in this section respond to the current call and are selected for their academic quality, their extensive bibliographic review, their solid argumentative level and, preferably, for their regional and international analysis. Reflection or argumentative essays are also collected that fall into the central theme of the issue and in which the author's position is presented based on a critical reading of academic literature or on a specific research experience. All texts in this section are submitted to the blind peer arbitration process.

Requirements

  • The article must be preceded by a summary of at least 500 characters with spaces and no longer than 800 characters with spaces, in Spanish and English.
  • Authors must provide five (5) to eight (8) keywords that reflect the content of the article and that are not repeated in the title of the article, in Spanish and English. Keywords must be separated by a semicolon and begin with a capital letter.
  • The title of the article may not contain more than ten (10) words. Its length may be expanded using a subtitle. However, if the editor suggests changes, they will be applied by mutual agreement.
  • The article must have an introduction, development (with the relevant subdivisions) and conclusions.
  • The length of the articles and essays will be 30,000 to 50,000 characters with spaces (including footnotes and boxes, and excluding bibliography).
  • The article in its entirety must comply with the CHICAGO Deusto citation standards in author-year format, according to the specifications of the Cálamo citation standards document.

Authors are encouraged to use the following checklist to ensure they meet the requirements before submitting their article or essay. 

Ensayo

The articles or essays in this section are selected for their academic quality, their extensive bibliographic review, their solid argumentative level and, preferably, for their regional and international analysis; but they do not deal with the central topic of the current call, but are part of the permanent call for open topics. Reflective or argumentative essays are also collected, in which the author's position is presented based on a critical reading of academic literature or on a specific research experience. All texts in this section are submitted to the blind peer arbitration process.

Requirements

  • The article must be preceded by a summary of at least 500 characters with spaces and no longer than 800 characters with spaces, in Spanish and English.
  • Authors must provide five (5) to eight (8) keywords that reflect the content of the article and that are not repeated in the title of the article, in Spanish and English. Keywords must be separated by a semicolon and begin with a capital letter.
  • The title of the article may not contain more than ten (10) words. Its length may be expanded using a subtitle. However, if the editor suggests changes, they will be applied by mutual agreement.
  • The article must have an introduction, development (with the relevant subdivisions) and conclusions.
  • The length of the articles and essays will be 30,000 to 50,000 characters with spaces (including footnotes and boxes, and excluding bibliography).
  • The article in its entirety must comply with the CHICAGO Deusto citation standards in author-year format, according to the specifications of the Cálamo citation standards document.

Authors are encouraged to use the following checklist to ensure they meet the requirements before submitting their article or essay. 

Reseña

Cálamo publishes critical evaluations of books that have been published in the last two years in Spanish, English, French or Portuguese. Priority is given to reviews that are related to the current call.

Requirements

  • Reviews of books published in the last two (2) years are accepted.
  • They will have an extension of between 5,000 and 20,000 characters with spaces (including footnotes and boxes, and excluding bibliography).
  • They should not contain an abstract.
  • They must present surnames and names of the author, year, title of the book, edition, publisher, place of publication. The author's training, his competence, experience, and his purpose in writing the work can be noted.
  • A cover of the publication in good resolution will be delivered.
  • They will have to indicate how the text is organized (chapters, parts, stories, etc.), its precise ordering or composition; that is, the way in which its various parts relate and articulate with each other.
  • They must have conclusions or critical judgments, in which the theoretical, social, political, educational, etc. contributions and repercussions will be discussed, and a balance will be made of personal observations, reduced to general lines.

Reviewers are encouraged to use the following checklist to ensure they meet the requirements before submitting their review. 

Inteview Section

This section includes interviews with legal professionals, public figures, members of citizen initiatives and political or academic personalities linked to the legal scene. Priority is given to interviews that are related to the current call.

Requirements

  • Interviews are received from academics, legal professionals, public figures, members of citizen initiatives and political or academic personalities linked to the legal scene.
  • They will have an area of between 15,000 and 40,000 characters with spaces.
  • They should not contain an abstract.
  • Authors must provide five (5) to eight (8) keywords that reflect the content of the interview, and that are not repeated in the title, in Spanish and English. Keywords must be separated by a semicolon and begin with a capital letter.
  • The title of the article may not contain more than ten (10) words. Its length may be expanded using a subtitle. However, if the editor suggests changes, they will be applied by mutual agreement.
  • They must explore and discuss a topic that is the specialty of the person interviewed, preferably related to the proposal of the current call, and they must follow a clear thread that leads, as far as possible, to issuing conclusions and/or recommendations.

Authors are encouraged to use the following checklist to ensure they meet the requirements before submitting their interview. 

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