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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.
  • I have read the Author Guidelines and I am aware that failure to comply with these stipulations could lead to the return/rejection of my submission, without the need for the article to be sent to external reviewers, as established in the Peer Review Process of the journal.
  • The submitted draft is in Microsoft Word format. I declare in turn, that this article has not been previously published, nor has it been presented to another journal (without prior clarification to the editors).
  • I declare that all data that could signify knowledge of authorship on the part of the reviewers has been removed, both in the text of the document and its respective properties in order to GUARANTEE AN ANONYMOUS PEER REVIEW
  • Files required in the submission:
    1. Anonymous manuscript in Word format.
    2. Agreement with the authors and declaration of originality of the article signed by the author or authors. (Download model agreement letter)
    3. Charts, maps, graphs, tables, figures and images in corresponding format, inserts in the article text (if the article requires it).
  • The citations in the text and the list of bibliographic references comply with the format of the APA style guidelines (latest edition).
  • I've read and signed the copyright and licensing agreement.
  • I've read and signed the originality declaration statement.

Author Guidelines

Article Processing Charges or APCs

There are no article processing charges involved in the submission, review or publication of manuscrits in the journal Cultura y Religion.

 

Articles: Articles must be written in Word on letter sized paper with 3 cm left and right margins and 2.5 cm upper and lower margins. Articles must be 7,000 to 8,000 words including the summary, abstract and key words. Use Verdana 11-point font. Text must be single-spaced. Articles must be anonymized, that is, they may not contain the name(s) of the author(s) or information that may identify them in the manuscript text and Word file properties.

Title and summary: All articles must include the title of the article in the original language followed by the translation into English on the first page. Both must be in uppercase and lowercase letters and bold and written in 11-point Verdana font and centered followed by a summary of the content and its English translation (abstract). This section may not exceed 200 words and the text must be justified. If articles are submitted in English, the translation must be provided in Spanish.  There must also be a list of five to ten keywords separated by comas in Spanish after the summary and in English after the abstract.

In general, the abstract must include the article objective, theoretical/conceptual approach, methodology used and results or conclusions (briefly stated).    

 

Body of the Article:  

  • Introduction: The introduction must offer a general presentation of the topic, an analytical review of the state of the art that showcases prior work on the topic and the epistemological, theoretical or theoretical holes that the article seeks to fill (research problem). In other words, it is not enough for the topic to be a new one; the introduction must state the theoretical perspective from which it will be addressed and discuss the relevance or contributions that the article will make to the discipline. The introduction ends with the objective of the article. It may include research questions.
  • Methodology: Brief description of the type of research conducted, description of the populations studied and types of analysis conducted.
  • Development of Contents: This information must be coherent with the introduction. In regard to the points addressed, the text should have no more than four or five sections (not numbered) marked with subtitles in bold (not cursive) aligned to the left. 
  • Conclusions: This should bring the topic to a close. In other words, it should not include new citations because this would indicate a new topic of discussion. Each conclusion should be clearly distinguished from the rest of the text using a subtitle.
  • Conflicts of Interest: The text must list the research project that led to the article, thesis from which it derives or any other conflict that must be stated.
  • References: This list should only include the texts cited in the body of the article and should follow APA journal standards. 
  • Footnotes: Footnotes may only be included if they improve the understanding of the text (meaning that they should be kept to a minimum). The must be numbered correlatively.  The inclusion of direct citations in the footnotes shall not be accepted. Citations must appear only in the body of the text. 
  • Appendices:The author(s) may include annexes at the end of the text after the references.
  • Tables, maps, graphics, figures and images: These must be submitted in their original formats and not inserted in the article. 
    If images are included, they must be clearly legible and in PNG or JPEG/JPG format.  The author must guarantee that they hold the rights to the visual aids displayed in the article.

Any such elements must include a mention of their source. The title must appear at the top and they must be numbered correlatively by type as follows: Table 1, Table 2...; Figure 1, Figure 2...; Image 1, Image 2.... They must also include a call-out or reference in the body of the article, such as: “according to Table 1,” “as Figure 2 shows,” “based on Table 1,” “see Image 1.”

Tables or graphics should include the data used to develop them (see Data exchange and reproducibility policy). Tables may not contain vertical lines separating the cells per APA style guidelines. Elements that do not comply with these guidelines will be returned to the author(s) as many times are required to ensure the quality of the content of the manuscript submitted, whether it is an article and/or review.

      TEXT:

  • All expressions in Latin not included in the RAE shall be included in cursive. 
  • Expressions or words in other languages go in cursive except for Abstract and Keywords and bibliographic references (book titles and/or journal titles for articles).
  • Authors must closely follow language rules for the use of upper case and lower case words: proper names of people, institutions, place names, the first part of the scientific name of a species.
  • Numbers with more than four digits must be separated with commas where required with the exception of years.
  • Centuries must be listed in Roman numerals. 
  • Numbers between zero and nine are to be written out. All other numbers with the exception of reference to ages must be listed in numerals.  
  • Military time must be used with a colon separating hours from minutes and the seconds where applicable  (such as 16:30 or 21:34:20) with no intermediary spaces.

    CITATIONS IN THE TEXT:
  • Citations of up to 40 words are included in the text, marked with double quotation marks followed by the source:  “Text cited.”  (Last name, Year, pp.).  Include the complete reference in the list of references.  
  • Citations of over 40 words should be included as a separate paragraph with 2.5 cm margin on the left and 0 on the right, 10 point Verdana font and without the use of quotation marks followed by parentheses with the author’s last name, year and page.  Include the complete reference in the list of references.  

    REFERENCES:
  • The list of references goes at the end of the text and should include all of the works cited in the article. 
  • The works should be listed alphabetically by last name and first name of the first author. 
  • Works by the same author should be listed chronologically.    The name should be repeated as many times as the number of works used require and a line should not be used.
  • Use an indentation of 1.27 cm for the reference format. 

Dossier

Ejes temáticos

  1. Diáspora, nostalgia e identidad
  2. Religiones indoafricanas, de inspiración afro y matriz africana en contextos transnacionales
  3. Experiencias de mediumnidad y trance-posesión: biografías de los espíritus en contextos de diáspora y transnacionalización
  4. Proximidades culturales e industria musical en las religiones afro
  5. Circulación de mercancías, objetos y artefactos religiosos afro
  6. Reflexiones en torno a los relacionamientos religiosos-terapéuticos
  7. Tensiones y diálogos interreligiosos, recomposiciones espirituales y afroepistemologías
  8. Contrapunteos entre los imaginarios de la naturaleza y las espiritualidades

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