Author Guidelines

1. Where and how to present original copies

The papers or articles sent for publication in the Asamblea Journal must be original and unpublished and not pending publication in other journals.

They will be presented in writing in either Spanish or English. The journal will use anti-plagiarism tools to guarantee the authorship and the originality of the articles.

They must be sent in Microsoft Word format.

The originals can be sent two ways: via the “Submit an article” section on the website and by email to revistaasamblea@asambleamadrid.es.

Nevertheless, authors are recommended to register on the platform to make this submission, by clicking “Register” at the top of the page.
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2. Length and format of the presentation

— Author’s data
The original works shall be headed by the name of the author(s), their academic or institutional affiliation, email address and contact number. Their ORCID code should also be included, if available.

If applicable, funding agencies and project codes must be mentioned in the acknowledgments.

The autor of a publication is defined as the sole author or as all those who have made significant intellectual contributions to the study.

If more than one author signs, this must reflect active participation in the development of the article. If contributions to the work are unbalanced, the order in which the authors sign may be justified in a footnote.

— Length and format
The length of the articles will depend on the type of section where it will appear, depending on the reviewers’ criteria or the decision of the Journal’s editorial council:

• Discussion topics: recommended length of 25 to 30 pages. 
• Articles: recommended length of 30 to 40 pages.
• Research notes: recommended length of 20 to 25 pages
• Case law (analysis): recommended length of 8 to 10 pages.
• Books reviews: recommended length of 4 to 8 pages

The format for submissions will be as follows: Times New Roman font, size 12, single line spacing and indentation in the first line.

— Title of the paper
The papers will be headed by the title (plus its corresponding translation into English), in bold Times New Roman font, larger than size 12, text in lower case with upper case only for the relevant words.

— Table of Contents
A table of contents will be included at the start of the paper, used to identify sections and subsections. The headings for the main sections will be upper case letters, numbered I, II, III, etc. and the headings for the sub-sections will be in lower case letters numbered 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, etc.

— Abstract and keywords
The papers included in the Journal Sections I. DISCUSSION TOPIC, II. ARTICLES and III. RESEARCH NOTES, must present, in addition to the title and the table of contents, three to five keywords that identify the topic to be covered and an ABSTRACT in Spanish, and in English, of between 150 and 250 words. This abstract must include the sections of the article: the state of the issue, the content and development of the research and the conclusions obtained.

3. Citation rules

The reference presentation criteria will be APA 7th edition: https://normas-apa.org/wp-content/uploads/Guia-Normas-APA-7ma-edicion.pdf

— Literal quotes 
The literal quotes included in the article text must be indicated by quotation marks (« »). If these quotes are more than three or four lines long, they shall be written in a separate paragraph, justified with double indentation and an additional one in the first line when these begin with a capital letter. For book reviews and case law, the limit will be ten lines. The font will be Times New Roman, normal style (round) in size 10.

— Bibliographic citations
These citations shall preferably appear within the body of the text. Each one must correspond to a reference in the final bibliography of the article. Auto-citations will only be used when essential. They must be written as follows: (Author, year, page):

(Santaolalla López, 2010, p. 14)

• In the case of co-authored papers, authors shall be cited exclusively by their surnames joined by the conjunction “and”:
  (Valle and Guillén, 2022, pp. 17-54)
• If the paper is co-authored by more three or more people, it is enough to cite the first author followed by et al.:
  (Sánchez Fernández, et al., 2022, p. 307)
• When it is necessary to refer to several papers by the same author, the year must be followed by a, b, c, etc.
  (Arévalo, 2019d, p. 120)
• If the surname of the author is embedded in the text, it is not necessary to repeat it. In this case only the year of the cited article and the page must be added in brackets.
  As stated by Delgado (2018, p. 62)…

— Notes
The footnotes must only comprise additional text to substantially complement or amplify information in the text and, if they include bibliographic references, they will be abbreviated according to the rules mentioned above in “Bibliographic citations”, given that the complete references must be written at the end of the article.

Their format will be as follows: Times New Roman font, size 9, and numbered correlatively.

— Bibliography
The works cited or bibliographic references will always be included at the end of the paper in a list, in alphabetical order. This heading will only include references cited in the text, with no possibility of including additional references.

• Books and monographs:

Printed book: Surname(s), N. (year). Title of the work. Publisher

On-line book: Surname(s), N. and Surname(s), N. (year). Title of the book. Publisher. DOI or URL

Book with an editor: Surname(s), N. (Ed.). (year). Title of the work. Publisher.

Chapters from monographs: Surname(s), N. (year). Chapter title followed by a full stop and the preposition “In”. Title of this work in italics, plus the volume number (if it exists) and the pages covered by the chapter in brackets. Publisher.

• Journals:

Surname, A., Surname, B. and Surname, C. (2019). Title of the specific article. Title of the Journal, Volume (journal issue number), start page number – end page number. https://doi.org/xx.xxxxxxxxxx.

Articles from journals: Author’s surnames and initials. If there is more than one paper written by the author published that same year, the number must be followed by a, b, c, etc. (year). Title of the article. Name of the journal, volume (number), pages.

• Reports:

Name of the author or institution that endorses the report (year). Title.

(If this is a paper publication, it is identified as if it were a book or monograph. When this is an electronic publication, the URL must be added when available).

— Illustrations
The illustrations, photos, graphs, maps, tables, charts, etc. must be inserted in the text in the exact place where they must be reproduced. They must be of sufficient technical quality and contain the title.

They will also be referenced when this is an adaptation or reproduction of an original publication by another author. Consequently, the title and a declaration of copyright should appear underneath it, with its corresponding bibliography entry.

• Basic format: 
  Adapted from Title of the image, by Author of the Image, year of publication.
  Source. Type of licence.
• Image from a website: 
  Adapted from Virus VIH [Photograph], by the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 2011, Flickr (https://flic.kr/p/aronSf). CC BY 2.0.
• Diagram from a book: 
  Adapted from Stocks for the Long Run (p. 120), by J. J. Siegel, 2014, McGraw Hill Education
• Diagram from an article in a journal: 
  Adapted from “Title of the article” (p. 187), by A. Surname, 2019, Title of the Journal, 3 (17)

— Inclusive and Gender-neutral Languaje

The Journal recommends that published articles use inclusive and gender-neutral language that promotes gender equality in science.

We understand that not all texts are equally suitable for adapting certain linguistic formulas to the demands of egalitarian language. We are also aware that promoting equality goes far beyond merely morphological aspects. However, we assume, as stated in the Guide for Gender-neutral Language (UAM, 2019), that language has sufficient resources and mechanisms to express what it wants to say, such that "whoever produces the message can choose between different forms to express themselves in an inclusive and gender-neutral manner, so that language can be an instrument for change".

We summarize the following points:

• Research will use inclusive language, free of biases associated with race, people with disabilities, gender, sexual orientation, beliefs, ideology, or socioeconomic status.
• All expressions that stigmatize or discriminate against groups of people will be avoided.
• Negative language and condescending terminology will be avoided in the specific case of people with disabilities.
• Regarding race, comparisons between groups, essentialisms, or references to minorities are discouraged.

We believe that a small effort in writing articles will ultimately represent a great advance for society. Scientific communication cannot remain indifferent to the changes taking place in the society that sustains it

— Printing proof

This will be sent from the layout service to correct any typos. Proofreading should preferably be done on the document sent by the journal to the author(s) by adding annotations and comments to the PDF. Alternatively, corrections can be made using handwritten revision marks in red on the layout document, by submitting a scanned PDF with sufficient resolution. Corrections must be legible and must clearly indicate the location of the text to be corrected in relation to the layout document.

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