Submissions

Author Guidelines

Guidelines for authors

Ensambles welcomes original research articles, in Spanish and Portuguese, for its sections:

• • Dossier, Ensambles Texts: maximum 9000 words.
• • Research in Draft: maximum 7000 words.
• • Reviews, Passwords and Translator's Note: up to 2000 words.

In all cases the length includes bibliography and footnotes.

The journal adheres to APA (American Psychological Association, 7th edition) standards for style, citation and bibliographic references. The main criteria to be respected are detailed below:

1. Citation and bibliographical references.

The journal uses the author-date system established by APA standards (7th ed.) for citing sources in the body of the text and in the reference list.

In-text citations

• • Narrative citation: the author's last name is included in the text.
  Example: According to González (2020), participation was significant.
• • Parenthetical citation: author and date are included in parentheses.
  Example: The participation was significant (González, 2020).
• • Short textual quotation (less than 40 words): it is placed between quotation marks.
  Example: "Science is a cumulative process" (Pérez, 2018, p. 45).
• • Long textual quotation (40 words or more): it is presented in a separate paragraph, left indented 0.5", without quotation marks.
  
  

References

• • They are presented in alphabetical order by last name of the first author.
• • French indentation (hanging indent) of 0.5" is applied from the second line on.
• • Italics are used for titles of books, journals and complete works.
• • Underlining and boldface are not used.

Examples:

• • Book:
  Perez, M. (2017). Introduction to critical psychology. Editorial Alpha.
• • Journal article:
  López, R. and Méndez, A. (2022). Community participation and public policy. Revista de Ciencias Sociales, 35(2), 45-63. https://doi.org/10.1234/rcs.v35i2.123
• • Book chapter:
  Gómez, L. (2019). Urban narratives and public space. In R. Díaz (Ed.), Latin American sociocultural studies (pp. 102-125). Editorial Delta.

2. General format of the manuscript

• • Manuscripts should be submitted in an editable file (.docx).
• • The text should be written in 1.5 or double space, with standard margins (2.5 cm).
• • It is recommended to use legible font (e.g. Times New Roman 12 pt or equivalent).
• • All pages should be numbered.

3. Typographic use

A consistent and controlled use of typographic resources should be applied:

• • Bold: only for headings and subheadings according to hierarchy.
• • Italic: for titles of works, names of publications, foreign language terms and moderate emphasis.
• • Underlining and small caps are not used.
• • Avoid the combined use of bold and italics in the body of the text.

Title hierarchy

4. Other elements

• • Tables and figures should be numbered consecutively and with a clear and concise title. It is recommended to include the source below if applicable.
• • Footnotes: should be kept to a minimum.
• • Acronyms and abbreviations should be clarified the first time they are mentioned.
• • Inclusive language: the use of clear, precise and respectful language is recommended, avoiding sexist formulas.
• • A brief description, of no more than five lines, of the author's curricular trajectory is required, including his or her institutional insertion and e-mail address of current use.
• • The sections of the article should be numbered consecutively (1, 2, 3, 4....), avoiding subsections numbered as: 1.1.2.b).
• • Tables, graphs and/or tables should be sent in a separate file, in Excel format.
• • Images should be sent in a separate file in jpg or tif format of 300 dpi.
  
  

5. Presentation and submission

• • Contributions can be sent exclusively through the OJS platform of the portal revistas.ungs.edu.ar, after author's registration.
• • All the information requested in the metadata must be completed: title (up to 15 words), abstract (150 words), keywords (in the language of the article and in English), institutional affiliation and contact information.
• • The submitted file is expected to be anonymized to facilitate peer review (double-blind):
• o First sheet: title of the paper, author's name and author's curricular summary.
• o Second page: Repeats the title of the paper, abstract of the article and keywords and begins the body of the article.
• • It is recommended to previously review the guide for authors available in the journal.

These instructions are based on the citation format of the American Psychological Association (APA). For more details concerning this citation form, please consult http://www.apastyle.org/index.aspx.

Acknowledgment of authorship (CRediT)

Those who submit a contribution for publication in this journal should bear in mind that the manuscript must have been read and approved by all signatories and that each of them must agree to its submission to the journal.

Acknowledgment of authorship should be based on: 1) significant contributions to the conception and design of the study or the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; 2) drafting the article or critically revising substantial intellectual content; 3) final approval of the version to be published. In original articles, authorship and participation roles must be declared in accordance with the CRediT taxonomy:

1. Conceptualization – Ideas; formulation or evolution of the general objectives and goals of the research.
2. Data curation – Management activities to annotate (produce metadata), cleanse data, and maintain research data (including software code, when necessary to interpret the data itself) for initial use and subsequent reuse.
3. Formal analysis – Application of statistical, mathematical, computational, or other formal techniques to analyze or synthesize study data.
4. Funding acquisition – Acquisition of financial support for the project leading to this publication.
5. Research – Conducting research and the research process, specifically performing experiments or collecting data/evidence.
6. Methodology – Development or design of methodology; creation of models.
7. Project management – Responsibility for managing and coordinating the planning and execution of the research activity.
8. Resources – Provision of study materials, reagents, materials, patients, laboratory samples, animals, instrumentation, computer resources, or other analysis tools.
9. Software – Programming, software development; computer program design; implementation of computer code and supporting algorithms; testing of existing code components.
10. Supervision – Responsibility for supervision and leadership in the planning and execution of research activities, including mentoring outside the core team.
11. Validation – Verification, either as part of the activity or separately, of the general replicability/reproducibility of results/experiments and other research outputs.
12. Visualization – Preparation, creation, and/or presentation of published work, specifically the visualization/presentation of data.
13. Writing – original draft – Preparation, creation, and/or presentation of published work, specifically the writing of the initial draft (including substantive translation).
14. Writing – review and editing – Preparation, creation, and/or presentation of published work by members of the original research group, specifically critical review, commentary, or revision – including pre- and post-publication stages.

Contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be included in the acknowledgments. All academic collaboration roles are described in the CRediT taxonomy (hdlab.space/taxonomia). All authors must be listed at the time of submission.

This information is added at the end of the article under a subtitle Contribution, here is an example:

Contribution of authorship roles

Juana María (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-xxxx-xxxx) and Susana Pérez (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-xxxx-xxxx) contributed to the conception of the idea and design of the study; Nora González (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-xxxx-xxxx) participated in the research process and data collection; María Domínguez (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-xxxx-xxxx) contributed to the analysis and interpretation of the data. All authors contributed to the writing of the article, approved the final version for publication, and are able to respond to all aspects of the manuscript.