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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.
  • The manuscript has not been previously published, nor is it being submitted for parallel consideration in another journal.
  • The author has not published in Argonautas since 2020, either individually or as a co-author.
  • The text is single-spaced; 11-point Arial font for the main text and 9-point Arial font for footnotes; italics are used instead of bold or underlining (except for URLs).
  • The file format is OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF or WordPerfect. The manuscript adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the "Submissions/Guidelines" section, which appears under the "About the Journal” menu.
  • The manuscript contains a title in Spanish of up to 20 (twenty) words, an abstract in Spanish of up to 250 (two hundred fifty) words, and 5 (five) keywords. Each element must have an English translation.
  • The maximum number of authors is 4 (four). The manuscript contains the following information about each author: name(s) and last name(s), institutional affiliation up to a second institutional degree (e.g., university, faculty/department), and highest (post)graduate degree.
  • The manuscript respects the minimum and maximum extensions according to the section to which it is applying.
  • All illustrations, figures, and tables have a title, are consecutively numbered, and their source is specified. They are also placed where they are mentioned in the body of the manuscript.
  • References (documents cited in the body of the manuscript) are presented at the end, following the format required by Argonautas. The use of footnotes is limited to clarifying content.

Author Guidelines

PEER REVIEW PROCESS

The journal evaluates manuscripts through double-blind peer review (the identity of the authors and reviewers is preserved), involving an External Academic Committee and ad-hoc reviewers.

Proposed manuscripts undergo a multi-stage review process. Initially, the members of the Editorial Committee and/or the Dossier Section Coordinators will assess the thematic relevance, originality, and quality of the text. At this stage, the manuscript may be rejected without undergoing the external review process, either due to its ostensibly low quality, failure to comply with publication guidelines, evidence of conflicts of interest, or plagiarism and/or self-plagiarism.

Manuscripts evaluated positively at this initial stage are sent to two reviewers designated by the Editorial Team and/or the Dossier Coordinators, as appropriate, always respecting the "double-blind" anonymity system. Reviewers are selected based on the relevance of their expertise to the general topic of the manuscript. They will evaluate the article according to basic criteria established by Argonautas.

The average review time for articles is between four and six months, resulting in four possible types of opinions: a) Recommended for publication without modifications; b) recommended for publication with minor corrections (formatting or content issues that do not affect the overall structure of the article); c) recommended for publication with revisions (structural, information processing, or bibliographical issues); and d) not recommended for publication. If the opinions agree with options a and b (recommended for publication without modifications or recommended for publication with minor corrections), they will be forwarded to the author for text modification within the specified time, and will be finally reviewed by at least one external referee or a member of the Editorial Committee. In cases in which the opinions combine options c and d (major corrections or not recommended), the article will be rejected. If there is controversy among the opinions, the text will be sent to a third reviewer who, based on their evaluation, will determine the outcome by simple majority.

Argonautas’ Editorial Committee decides whether the article will be published based on the final opinions. This decision is informed to the authors, along with the reference to the tentative issue of the Journal in which it will appear. The results of the arbitration process are final in all cases.

The submission and/or acceptance of the manuscript by the Journal implies its originality. The manuscript cannot be submitted simultaneously to other journals or editorial bodies, with non-exclusive transfer of the patrimonial rights in favour of the editor. This will enable reuse after editing (postprint), under a License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS

Contributions will be sent exclusively to the following email addresses: revistargonautas@gmail.com or argonautas@unsl.edu.ar. In all cases, the requirements and guidelines outlined below must be met; failure to do so will result in the manuscripts’ return and even their rejection for future evaluation. Argonautas will not accept works authored by individuals who have previously published (from 2020 to the present) in this journal. Therefore, articles featuring the same author in successive or alternating issues, including co-authorships, will not be evaluated. Contributions will have a maximum of 4 (four) authors; if this number is exceeded, the effective and sufficient contribution of each person must be justified, and the journal has the right not to proceed with the evaluation. 

GENERAL SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

- Authors interested in publishing texts in Argonautas must read and comply with all the requirements stated in the journal's Editorial Policy.

- The contribution must be original and unpublished for the Thematic Dossier, Open-topic Articles, and Review sections, and must not have been previously published or assigned in parallel to another journal, book, or publication. For the first two sections (Thematic Dossier and Open-topic Articles), papers that present partial or final result of scientific research will be considered.

- The contribution must adhere to the appropriate length for the section to which it is being submitted. It must meet all of the formal, bibliographic, and stylistic criteria included in the "Guidelines”. Submissions for the Dossier section and Open-topic calls for papers must adhere to the deadlines established by the journal. Applications for the sections Open-topic Articles and Reviews can be submitted throughout the year.

- Argonautas reserves the final right to decide on the publication of articles, the issue and section in which they will appear, as well as the right to make style corrections.

1. Guidelines for submission and acceptance

Languages

Only articles in Spanish will be reviewed and published.

Document Format

The document must be submitted in Microsoft Word or a compatible version, with free editing access.  The main text must be formatted in 11-point Arial font, single-spaced; footnotes must be written in 9-point Arial font.  The page layout must be A4; side, top, and bottom margins must be set at 2.5.

Article Length

As specified below, the length of the text varies according to the section of the journal to which it is submitted. Word count is performed using the Microsoft Word word counter. The total word count includes the body of the article, its footnotes, bibliography, tables, and similar elements. The specifications for each section are as follows:

        Sections - Length

        Thematic dossier - 6,000 to 9,000 words

        Open-topic articles - 6,000 to 9,000 words

        Reviews - 4,000 to 5,000 words

Title, Abstract, and Keywords

Articles must be accompanied by a title, an abstract of up to 250 words, and 5 (five) keywords that express the content of the article. These three elements must also be presented in English.

2. General editing rules

Basic structure of the texts

  1. a) Preliminary section: Title of the article (no more than 20 words), author identification (first and last name(s), institution of belonging up to the second institutional degree, highest level of (postgraduate) degree obtained, email address), section to which authors intend to submit the paper, abstract (250 words), and keywords (five in total).
  2. b) Middle section: research, analysis, and results.
  3. c) Final section: conclusions and cited references.

Citations and bibliographical references

Textual citations must comply with the APA Sixth Edition standards, as detailed in the following link: https://bit.ly/APA-Argonautas

Images, charts, graphs, tables

- These elements will be included directly in the text. They should be numbered sequentially and referred to in the text using their corresponding numbers and descriptive titles. They must be visible in shades of grey/black and white, with legible resolution, and include the full citation to their sources at the bottom. It is the responsibility of the author to obtain written permission to use material (e.g. figures) and send said permissions to the journal.

Reception and evaluation of articles

- Articles that meet all of the requirements mentioned above will be declared "received," and the author will be notified. Those that do not meet these guidelines will be returned for review and may even be rejected. Compliance with these requirements does not guarantee the publication of the article until the peer review process has been successfully completed.

 

 JOURNAL SECTIONS

Thematic dossier

This section compiles articles on a central theme announced prior to the call for papers.  The call for papers will stipulate the topic of reference, the section coordinators, and the deadlines for receiving articles proposals for the Thematic Dossier. In all cases, the texts must be based on analysis and/or debate in the social sciences and humanities, resulting in a contribution to the specified disciplinary field or subfield. All articles must meet the requirements set forth in the call for papers and the guidelines for authors.

Open-topic articles

This section includes articles dealing with the progress and/or final results of research, theses, or projects, as well as the recording and systematization of educational practices, essays, or monographs focused on working with cases, concepts, and/or authors, among others. Open-topic articles are not determined by any particular content associated to a call for papers; thus, manuscripts intended for this section should provide a disciplinary contribution, foster analysis and/or debate in the social sciences and humanities.  Articles for this section will be received throughout the academic year, and priority will be given to those focusing on the education-society landscape.

Reviews

Reviews are texts referring to a recently published work, which express a synthesis and/or debate with the author's thinking. The text includes a descriptive and reflective statement based on the contextualization of the work, the state of the problem, the authors’ career, and related aspects. Reviews that contribute to the education-society debate will be given priority (although not exclusively). Texts intended for this section can be submitted throughout the academic year.

Privacy Statement

Argonautas promotes an open-access policy to scientific and academic literature, based on the conviction that knowledge is a common good and should be available to circulate, be discussed and used for free. For this reason, access to the content is based on the principle of free access, with no fees of any kind. Furthermore, in accordance with the open-access policy, users do not need to register to read the content, and the texts are not subject to embargo periods.

By submitting their work to Argonautas, authors agree that their work may be disseminated through databases under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, with the aim of increasing the visibility of the publication and its authors.

In accordance with these guidelines, the material may be shared in any medium or format, as well as adapted and transformed, provided that: a) both the author and the original source of publication (journal, publisher, and URL of the work) are cited; and b) the license terms are maintained.

The names and email addresses provided to this journal will be used exclusively for the stated purposes and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other person.