Author Guidelines

I. Main Guidelines

  1. Theoría. Revista del Colegio de Filosofía accepts texts written in Spanish, English, and French.
  2. Authors who wish to become reviewers must indicate so during their registration to the journal in order to be considered for upcoming publications. 
  3. Authors must guarantee that their submissions are original and have not been submitted for review in other journals or publications. Authors must fill out and sign a Commitment Letter, which they must include with their submission.
  4. If the manuscript includes any images, maps, or other graphic elements, they must be included within the body of the text—to indicate their location—and also as separate files. These files must have a resolution of at least 300 dpi.
  5. Authors must appropriately cite any text or images that do not belong to them and must possess all the permissions for their reproduction. This is particularly important for any translations submitted to the journal.
  6. The length of the articles must be no longer than 9000 words, including notes and bibliographical references. The length of the reviews must be no longer than 2500 words.
  7. Authors accept the evaluation of their manuscripts through a double-blind peer-review process, per the journal's Editorial Norms.
  8. If the submission is accepted for publication, authors must sign a letter relenting their property rights. This letter will be sent to the author along with the committees’ favorable decision.

 

 

II. Manuscript Submission and Review Process

  1. All texts must be submitted through the journal’s Open Journal System editorial manager (OJS), which can be accessed through “Submissions” in the "Information for Authors" menu. (For any issues concerning the platform, contact our tech support team at revistas.investigacion@filos.unam.mx).
  2. Authors may contact the editorial team via the following address: revista.theoria@filos.unam.mx.
  3. On average, each issue will take six months to be completed once the deadline for the corresponding call for papers is met.
  4. All submissions that adhere to these guidelines and that are approved by the editorial committee will be subjected to an external double-blind peer-review process, in which two specialists will evaluate the article, guaranteeing the anonymity of both authors and reviewers.
  5. Authors must make sure that any names or information that may reveal their identity are not included in the manuscript, in order to guarantee the anonymity of the process.
  6. During the review process, reviewers will give their opinion on the submission based on these four options:
    • Accept submission
    • Revisions required
    • Resubmit for review
    • Decline submission
  7. In case one of the reviews is positive and the other one negative, a third party will resolve the controversy.
  8. Submitting, reviewing, and publishing articles to this journal is free of charge for authors.

 

 

III. Guaranteeing an Anonymous Peer-review Process

All articles approved by the journal’s editorial committee will be subjected to an external double-blind peer-review process. Authors must ensure that no names or information that may reveal their identity is present in the manuscript to guarantee the anonymity of the process. If authors cite themselves, they must substitute their name for “Author” and not provide the bibliographical information of the source. Moreover, authors must make sure that all of the file properties containing user information be eliminated. 

 

 

IV: Manuscript Format

  1. All manuscripts must be submitted in a Word file; pages must be letter-sized, and margins must be 2.5 cm on each side.
  2. Manuscripts must include page numbers.
  3. The body of the text should be justified, double spaced, and in Times New Roman 12 points.
  4. There must be no spaces between paragraphs or sections, so all paragraphs—except for the first one and those that follow any titles or subtitles—must be indented 1.25 cm.
  5. If the article is divided into different sections, subtitles should not be numbered and must be presented in bold lettering.
  6. Epigraphs should be included only at the beginning of the article, not for every subsection of the text.
  7. Any notes should be presented as footnotes, not endnotes.
  8. Reviews must include as their title all of the bibliographical information of the works reviewed.
  9. All articles submitted that are approved by the journal’s editorial committee will be subjected to an external double-blind peer-review process. Authors must ensure that no names or any information that may reveal their identity are present in the document to guarantee the anonymity of the process (see “Guaranteeing an anonymous peer-review process” below).
  10. The first page of an article should include the article’s title, centered and in bold lettering, in Spanish and English—and in French, for articles written in this language. Under the title, authors must include the following information, in this order, exactly as it would be published. When there is more than one author, all of this information must be included for each of them and presented in the order in which it would be published.
    • Author's full name
    • ORCID iD
    • Main institutional affiliation—including the specific Department, when available (If the author is an independent researcher, indicate as such.)
    • City and Country
    • E-mail address (preferably, an institutional one)
    • A list of any institutions that sponsored the article's research when pertinent
  11. Below this information, all articles must include two abstracts—one in English and one in Spanish. These abstracts must have between 200 and 300 words each
  12. After the abstracts, authors must present from 5 to 10 keywords both in English and Spanish. Keywords need to be descriptive and capture the most important aspects of your paper. They are used for indexing in databases and as search terms for readers
  13. All in-text citations and bibliographical references should follow the journal’s citation guidelines, which are based on those of the American Psychological Association (APA) with some modifications, as detailed below

in-text citations and references

  1. Every direct or indirect citation must refer to a reference list entry at the end of the text.
  2. References must not be presented in footnotes or employ markers such as cit., op. cit., id., ibídem, etcetera. 
  3. In-text citations must follow the author-date system.
  4. Parenthetical citations must follow the following pattern: (Last name(s), year: pages). Example: 
    • This is the case because “we do not yet have experience with the adult language abilities of monkeys and apes” (Sagan, 1977: 638).
  5. Narrative citations must present the author in running text immediately followed by the date in parentheses. Example:
    • According to Sagan (1977), “we do not yet have experience with the adult language abilities of monkeys and apes” (638).
  6. When no specific page or section of a work is cited, simply present the author and date, either in parenthetical or narrative form. Examples:
    • Foucault (2004) considers the concept of parrhesia to be central to ancient Greece’s political understanding.
    • The concept of parrhesia seems to be central to ancient Greece’s political understanding (Foucault, 2004).
  7. When a source does not include numbered pages, the parenthetical reference must include “n. p.” in place of the page numbers; when there is no date, use “n. d.” in place of the year. Examples:
    • (Anderson, 2014: n. p.)
    • (López Gutiérrez, n. d.)
  8. If there are two sources by the same author published in the same year, use consecutive lower-case letters (a, b, c) after the year to differentiate these sources. The corresponding reference list entries should coincide with this nomenclature. Examples:
    • (Capek, 2007a: 15-16)
    • (Capek, 2007b: 103)
  9. When referencing a work by more than one author, list only the first author’s name followed by “et al.” in every parenthetical citation. The corresponding reference list entry must include all the authors.
  10. Quotations that are four lines or less should be included in running text between double quotation marks: “…”., followed by the parenthetical reference. If there are any quotations within other quotations, authors must respect the following hierarchy: " ' "…" ' ".
  11. Quotations longer than four lines should be indented 2.5 cm from the left margin without quotation marks.
  12. If there are any quotations within other quotations, authors must respect the following hierarchy: “ ‘ «…» ’ ”.
  13. Any change or omission made to quotations must be indicated using square brackets. Example:
    • In fact, “the [traditional] perception of modernity disregards the role that the Iberian Peninsula [...] played in its development” (Dussel, 2001: 59).
  14. When a parenthetical citation includes two or more works, order them as they appear in the reference list (viz., alphabetically), separated by a semicolon. Example: 
    • (Berkowitz et al., 2003: 39; McDuffie, 2002: 102-104)

 

reference list

  1. The reference list must be included at the end of a paper and it must provide all the information necessary to identify and retrieve every work cited in the text: author(s), date, title, and source.
  2. The full names of authors should be in the Last Name(s), First Name(s) format. Last names must be written in small capitals and first names must be spelled out, respecting how they are published in the work cited—do not present the initials only. 
  3. Reference lists must have hanging indentations of 1.25 cm from the left margin for each entry.
  4. All entries must be organized alphabetically using the authors’ last name(s). 
  5. When there is more than one work by the same author, these should be organized chronologically considering the year of publication.  The name of the author must be repeated for every entry—do not use dashes instead of a name.
  6. If there are two sources by the same author in the same year, use lower-case letters (a, b, c) after the year to order the entries in the reference list. This nomenclature should correspond with the in-text parenthetical references.
  7. If a source requires the presentation of a figure other than an author—such as an editor, compiler, translator, or director—specify their role with the corresponding abbreviations—Ed., Comp., Trans., Dir., etcetera—between parenthesis after the name. 
  8. When there is more than one author for a single entry, separate them with semicolons; all should be presented in the Last Name(s), First Name(s) format, and last names must be written in small capitals.
  9. The publication year of a work should follow the author’s last name. If there is no date of publication, write “n. d.” where the year should be.
  10. If the original publication year is different from that of the current edition, it must go between square brackets immediately after: (2011 [1998]). This rule applies only to the works cited list, not to in-text citations.
  11. The titles of books, plays, films, or other larger works should be italicized, while the titles of chapters, essays, or articles should go between double quotation marks ( “…” ).
  12. Non-specialized internet sources must include the date of access and an URL. Specialized sources must include DOIs whenever available.
  13. For further details on how to present the reference list entries, see some examples below. For information regarding how to present other types of sources, you may use the publication manual of the American Psychological Association as a guide.

 

footnotes

  1. Superscript numerals should be presented after punctuation marks.
  2. Superscript numerals should not be written between parentheses.
  3. The use of footnotes should be minimal and primarily for clarification purposes.
  4. Footnotes must be justified, in Times New Roman, 10 points, single-spaced.

 

examples

  • Books by a single author
    • Author’s Last Name(s), Fist Name(s). (year). Title. Publisher.
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  • Books by more than one author
    • First Author’s Last Name(s), First Name(s); Second Author’s Last Name(s), First Name(s); Third Author’s Last Name(s), First Name(s). (Year). Title. Publisher.
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  • Translated book
    • Author’s Last Name(s), First Name(s). (Year). Title. (Translator’s Full Name, Trans.). Publisher. (Original work published in [year])
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  • Unknown author
    • When the work does not have an individual or a group as its author, move the title of the work to the beginning of the references and follow with the publication date. Only use “Anonymous” if the author is the work is signed “Anonymous.”
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      • New Concise World Atlas. (2007). Oxford University Press.
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      • In-text citation: (New Concise, 2007)
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  • Articles in journals
    • Author’s Last Name(s), First Name(s). (Year). “Article Title.” Journal Title, volume(issue), pages. DOI or URL.
  • Print newspaper article
    • Author's Last Name(s), First Name(s). (Year, day and month). “Title.” Title of the newspaper, pages.
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      • Coll, Tatiana. (2016, 26 de mayo). “Los 24 mil 617 maestros desechables”. La Jornada, 23.
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  • Section, article, or chapter in a book
    • Author’s Last Name(s), First Name(s). (Year). “Title of the section”. In [editor’s/compiler’s full name] (Ed. / Comp.), Title of the Book (pp. xx-xx). Publisher. pages.
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      • Infantino, Lorenzo. (1989). “Marx contra la modernidad”. In Nicolás Casullo (Comp.), El debate modernidad-posmodernidad (pp. 194-217). Puntosur.
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  • Online non-specialized source
    • Author’s Last Name(s), First Name(s). (year, month day). “Title of the page/section/article” (online). Name of the Website, section. Retrieved on [access date] from [URL].
  • Thesis or dissertation from a database
    • Author’s Last Name(s), First Name(s). (Year). Title ([Type of source], [Name of Institution Awarding Degree], [Country]). Retrieved on [access date] from [URL].
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  • Online video files
    • Username. (Date of publication). Title of video [Video file]. Platform. URL.
  • Film
    • Director's Last Name(s), First Name(s) (dir.). (year). Film title in original language [Translated title] [Film]. Production company.
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      • Sciamma, Céline (dir). (2019). Portrait de la jeune fille en feu [Portrait of a Lady on Fire] [Film]. Lilies Films. 
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