Submissions

Author Guidelines

Instructions for submitting originals:

There are no fees or charges for manuscript processing and/or publishing materials in transfer.

Articles, reviews and translations that do not respect the Publishing Rules will be rejected without going to the "peer review" phase. The writing of the texts must fully follow, in addition to the journal's own Guidelines, the Criteria of the University of Barcelona (https://www.ub.edu/cub/criteris.php).

Authors should submit their contributions through this platform by May 26th. of each year. These must be UNPUBLISHED, not to exceed 10,000 words (if it is an article or translation), and 3,000 words (if it is a review).

They may be written in one of the following languages: Spanish or English; occasionally in Catalan, Italian, French or Portuguese. They should always be accompanied by two brief abstracts of 300-500 words both in English and Spanish. They should also include the key words (maximum 5) in both languages (with initial capital letters and separated by semicolons), the "References" section (only with the works cited), and a brief bionote 100 words, including the contact details). ORCID is mandatory for all contributors (regardless of the section of the journal). Authors should indicate the sources of funding for their ressearch (if any) in a footnote at the beginning of their articles. 

The submission of translations and reviews is not subject to the requirements of anonymity. In that case, the summaries and key words are not necessary, but ORCID, af is still mandatory, as well as the affiliation and the email.

In the evaluation of received manuscripts, consideration will be given to following the journal's editing standards, as well as its originality, scientific rigor, and the quality of the writing of the same.

Authors will receive no later than October 1st. of each year an e-mail with  a motivated communication from the editorial staff about the editorial decision and acceptance of the submitted manuscripts, and will be urged to review the appropriate corrections (if necessary) and send the definitive version of the article within a maximum of 15 days. Said version will already include the name of the author, the ORCID, their affiliation and their email. There will be proofreading.

The journal admits projects of edition of special issues by external editors, who must present a structured and detailed proposal in order to facilitate its evaluation by the Editorial Board and the external evaluators. These may be submitted in Spanish, Catalan or English. These projects must be sent to cret@ub.edu before May 26th. of each year.

PUBLICATION GUIDELINES

Contributions should be UNPUBLISHED, and must be submitted in Word.

At the beginning of the communication, the Title of the communication will be stated (Lucida Bright, size 12, in small caps and bold, justified to the left); two lines below, the author's full name (Lucida Bright, size 10, bold, left justified), followed by the ORCID in parentheses (Lucida Bright, size 9); on the next line the name of the institution or center to which the author belongs (Lucida Bright, size 10, in italics); on the next line the email.

All text (including quotes and notes) will be in Lucida Bright. In the case of not having this font, please indicate it and deliver the text in Times New Roman, with the same size.

The alignment will always be justified. The indentation at the beginning of the paragraph of 1.25 (except for notes or citations). The space before and inside between paragraphs is 0. Even and odd pages are the same. The page number is always at the bottom right.

The margins will be: top 6; bottom 7.5; left 5; right 4.5; header 5; footer 5.25; no space for binding.

The work WILL NOT EXCEED IN ANY CASE 20 PAGES, including notes and bibliography (abstracts and keywords are excluded).

If it is necessary to divide the body of the text into sections, the following example should be followed:

1. Introduction

2. Evolution of the concept

2.1. Background

2.2. State of affairs

2.2.1. Example I

2.2.2. Example II

3. Conclusions

The presentation language will be one of the following: Spanish or English. Exceptionally, the editorial board may consider publishing works in Catalan, Italian, French or Portuguese.

Bold will not be used in any case. Italics will only be used to refer to the title of a work, or to highlight words in another language.

The hyphen (–) will always be used for explanations in the text, and the em dash for dialogue (but NEVER the double double hyphen (--).

Brief quotes (less than 3 lines) will always go in the body of the text, between double quotation marks (“ ”). Single quotes (' ') will only be used if they appear inside double quotes.

Quotes longer than 3 lines will be between two line breaks, as a separate paragraph, in Lucida Bright 9, without quotation marks, preceded by a double indentation on the left side and justified on the right. In the case of not having this font, please submit the text in Times New Roman, with the same size. All citations must include the bibliographical reference (Author 2012: 23).

When words or phrases are omitted from the text, it should be indicated by means of three points between square brackets [...].

The author-date system will be followed for the citation. That is, the bibliographic references will always be placed in parentheses, after the citation, specifying the author, year of publication and page (Author 2000: 88), and will always appear in the final bibliography, arranged in alphabetical order (with French indentation) , with the full names and surnames of the authors.

The notes will always go at the bottom of the page, numbered consecutively. The footnote number will always be placed after the corresponding punctuation mark, if any. The font used for the footnotes will be Lucida Bright 8 (if this font is not available, please submit the text in Times New Roman, size 8), justified paragraph, single line spacing. The footnote will be used ONLY for clarifications to the main text.

The text will always be accompanied by the corresponding "Bibliographical References", placed at the end of the text, presented in alphabetical order. The date of last consultation will always be included in online references.

The "MLA Citation" system will be followed as much as possible. The following examples are suggested for citing the references. Kindly follow them before submitting:

• Book:

BRIOSCHI, Franco. (2002). Critica della ragion poetica e altri saggi di letteratura e filosofia. Torino: Bollati Boringhieri (Nuova Cultura; 89).

GIAZOTTO, Remo & CLEMENTI, Muzio. (Eds.). (2002). Muzio Clementi: epistolario 1781-1831. Milano: Skira.

• Book Chapter:

BELL, Ian A. (1995). “Introduction: the Politics of Place and Writing”. In: Bell, Ian A. (ed.). Peripherical Visions: Images of Nationhood in Contemporary British Fiction. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1-5.

• Article in a Journal:

ASHCROFT, W.D. (1987). “The function of criticism in a pluralistic world”. New Literature Review, 3(2): 67-85.