Submissions

Author Guidelines

1. ACCEPTED FORMATS

Following the standards of scientific journals in our field and related ones, but also the formal specificity of arts research, each monograph will be open to receive: articles, visual essays, projects, interviews and reviews (editorial, exhibition, musical, performance, and film).

 

2. STRUCTURE OF THE JOURNAL

Each issue is divided into two content blocks:

• Monographic: edited by one or more people invited by the coordination of the Research Laboratories that compose the CIA on a rotating basis, with a high level of specialisation in their corresponding research line. This will deal with their topics or interest areas, and will constitute the thematic priority of their call for papers for the different possible types of contributions (articles, visual essays, projects, interviews and reviews). This block will account for 70-80 % of the issue.
• Assemblage: transversal to the five CÍA Research Laboratories, which, based on the correlation we propose between the multidisciplinary and Deleuze's theory (At their most basic, assemblages could thus be thought of as a collection of relations between heterogeneous entities to work together for some time’, Gilles Deleuze and Claire Parnet 1987, 69 [1977]), we have called ASSEMBLAGE. This space will be open each issue to the reception of articles, visual essays and projects related to the five priority lines of CIA - UMH research that exceed the thematic specificity of the call for papers. This block will account for 20-30% of the issue.

 

3. ACCEPTED FORMATS TYPOLOGIES AND CHARACTERISTICS

All types of papers must focus on the areas of interest or topics of the call for papers (Monograph Block), or on the five CÍA priority research lines (Assemblage  block).

 

3.1. Articles

Presentation of scientific research works that provide reflection, discussion and original results, where text is the main language.

LENGTH: between 4.000 and 6.000 words (excluding abstract, keywords, list of bibliographical references and footnotes).

STYLE STANDARDS: Article Template.

MATERIAL FOR SUBMISSION:

• Article in editable text document (preferably .txt) with the images and/or tables integrated in the text, if any.
• Images and/or tables numbered in order of appearance at 300 dpi (.jpg), if any.

 

3.2. Visual essays

Exhibition of scientific research works that provide reflection, discussion and original results, where the main language is the image (these may be completely visual contributions or a combination of text and image). As a guideline, visual essays can be composed of elements such as drawings, sketches, designs, photographs, photomontages, collages, video frames, images of three-dimensional artistic works, images generated by AI, graphics, diagrams or any other type of image.

EXTENSION:

- IMAGES: between 5 and 15 full-page images (A4)

- SUPPLEMENTARY TEXT: maximum 2,500 words (excluding abstract, keywords, list of bibliographical references and footnotes)

STYLE STANDARDS: Visual Essay Template

MATERIAL FOR SUBMISSION:

• Between 5-15 images numbered in order of appearance in A4 portrait format at 300 dpi (.jpg). Each of these images will be published in full-bleed, so their exact size must be: 29.7 x 21 cm.
• Visual essay mock-up in A4 vertical without facing pages (.pdf)
• Complementary text in an editable document (preferably .txt)

 

3.3. Projects

Exhibition of scientific research works that provide reflection, discussion and original results, where image is the main language, and whose axis of discussion revolves around the phases of a project (pre-production, production and post-production) and/or its results. As a guideline, projects may include graphic documentation of: A) pre-production (sketches, models, mock-ups, visualisations, etc.); B) of reasoned, experimental production processes, etc.; or C) of visually documented post-production results. They may be composed of elements such as drawings, sketches, designs, photographs, photomontages, collages, video frames, images of three-dimensional artistic works, AI-generated images, graphics, diagrams or any other image typology.

EXTENSION:

- IMAGES: between 5 and 15 full-page images (A4)

- SUPPLEMENTARY TEXT: maximum 2,500 words (excluding abstract, keywords, list of bibliographical references and footnotes)

STYLE STANDARDS: Project Template.

MATERIAL FOR SUBMISSION:

• Between 5-15 images numbered in order of appearance in A4 portrait format at 300 dpi (.jpg). Each of these images will be published in full-bleed, so their exact size must be: 29.7 x 21 cm.
• Project mock-up in A4 vertical without facing pages (.pdf)
• Complementary text in an editable document (preferably .txt)

3.4. Interviews

Discussion between two or more people, articulated or open, according to a problem, methodology/s used and/or research results.

LENGTH: between 4.000 and 6.000 words (not including summary, key words, list of bibliographical references or footnotes).

STYLE STANDARDS: Interview Template

MATERIAL FOR SUBMISSION:

• Article in editable text document (preferably .txt) with the images and/or tables integrated into the text, if any.
• Images and/or tables numbered in order of appearance at 300 dpi (.jpg), if any.

 

3.5. Reviews

Reviews of books, catalogues or any kind of publication, as well as exhibitions, cycles, cultural projects, performing, musical or sound pieces, film and/or audio-visual works, etc.

LENGTH: between 1.000 and 2.500 words (not including a list of bibliographical references or footnotes).

STYLE STANDARDS: Reviews Template

MATERIAL FOR SUBMISSION:

• Article in editable text document (preferably .txt) with the images integrated into the text, if any.
• Images numbered in order of appearance at 300 dpi (.jpg), if any.

4. GENERAL GUIDELINES

The Editorial Policies of the journal and the Checklist requirements must be observed.

The style guidelines provided in the templates for each type of paper must be followed.

Papers are accepted in Spanish, English and Valencian.

The use of language must be inclusive and non-sexist.

 

4.1. Anonymisation of the work

The file must be anonymised both in the text and in the metadata of the document. Authors must omit their name, as well as the university or centre to which they are attached, in order to ensure blind peer review. The text must not contain any mention that would reveal their identity. References will be included once the paper has been accepted for publication. Self-references should be indicated in the text as “Author 1 (year)”.

 

4.2. Taxonomy of authorship roles

It is recommended to use the criteria established by the CRediT taxonomy (Contributor Roles Taxonomy) to specify the contribution of each author:

• Conceptualisation - Ideas; formulation or evolution of overarching research goals and aims.
• Data curation - Management activities to annotate (produce metadata), scrub data, and maintain research data (including software code, where it is necessary for interpreting the data itself) for initial use and later reuse.
• Formal analysis - Application of statistical, mathematical, computational or other formal techniques to analyse or synthesise research data.
• Acquisition of funding - Acquisition of financial support for the project leading to this publication.
• Research - Conducting a research and investigation process, specifically performing the experiments, or data/evidence collection.
• Methodology - Methodology development or design; creation of models.
• Project management - Management and coordination responsibility for the research activity planning and execution.
• Resources - Provision of study materials, reagents, materials, patients, laboratory specimens, animals, instrumentation, computing resources or other analytical tools.
• Software - Programming, software development; designing computer programmes; implementation of the computer code and supporting algorithms; testing of existing code components.
• Supervision - Oversight and leadership responsibility for the research activity planning and execution, including mentorship external to the core team.
• Validation - Verification, whether as a part of the activity or separate, of the overall replication/reproducibility of results/experiments and other research outputs.
• Visualisation - Preparation, creation, and/or presentation of the published work, specifically visualization/data presentation.
• Writing (original draft) - Preparation, creation and/or presentation of the published work, specifically the writing of the initial draft (including substantive translation).
• Writing (reviewing and editing) - Preparation, creation and/or presentation of the published work by members of the original research group, specifically critical review, commentary or revision (including pre- or post-publication stages).

The contribution of each of the authorships will be recorded anonymously at the end of the submitted work in a note entitled ‘Taxonomy of authorship contribution’ (e.g. ‘Authorship 1: Conceptualisation’, ‘Authorship 2: Research’, ‘Authorship 3: Writing - reviewing and editing’).

Within the Customised Access Submission section, in the section for the completion of the authorship metadata (called ‘3. Contributors’), the authors must be included through the ‘add contributor’ button and ordered in the same way as the authorship contribution taxonomy is described in the proposal document (e.g. ‘Authorship 1: Conceptualisation’ will be the first contributor listed in the ‘3. Contributors’ section).

 

4.3. Relevance of sex and gender in the subject of study

As indicated in section 1 of the Editorial Policies (‘Gender and Non-discrimination Policies’), ReCIA encourages unbiased scientific development, promotes equal opportunities for women and men in the research career, as well as for groups traditionally excluded or not very visible in it, and guarantees equal presence in positions of responsibility and decision-making, through specific actions.

One of these actions is the positive assessment of the principle of equality and inclusion applied to bibliographical references and documentary sources (list of references), where in order to score in this aspect, in the evaluation criteria, there must be a minimum of 50% of women and members of historically invisible groups in the academic field. 

The other is the inclusion of data disaggregated by sex and gender, including non-binary or non-conforming people, as well as the analysis of their interaction with other relevant variables, in the case of studies where sex and gender are relevant. For this to be effective, at the time of submitting the contribution, it is recommended to fill in a self-assessment form, the questions of which are set out below. The purpose of this is to ensure that these questions are asked and answered during the planning and development of the work, or, where appropriate, corrected if they have not been considered, as these indicators, if they form part of the work, will be considered in the evaluation criteria.

* SELF-ASSESSMENT FORM - Relevance of sex and gender to the topic of study

In general, the following recommendations for sex and gender disaggregation can be followed, according to SAGER and The Lancet:

* "Sex and Gender Equity in Research Guidelines Checklist" (Van Epps, Astudillo, Del Pozo et al.)

* "Equidad según sexo y de género en la investigación: justificación de las guías SAGER y recomendaciones para su uso" (Heidari, Babor, De Castro et al., 2018)

* Information for authors (The Lancet)

To encourage gender disaggregation in authorship, it is recommended to provide the pronoun with which the authors wish to be named. This can be done by indicating ‘she’, ‘he’, ‘they-them’ or any other pronoun for each of the authors of the contribution when submitting in the text field ‘Comments for the editor’ (e.g. Author 1: them, Author 2: she).

 

5. REQUIRED DATA

All papers must be accompanied by the following anonymised data:

• Title (in Spanish)
• Abstract (in Spanish): between 150 - 250 words in a single compact paragraph; except in the case of reviews, which do not require an abstract.
• Keywords (in Spanish): between 5 - 10 words
• Title (in English)
• Abstract (in English): between 150 - 250 words in a single compact paragraph (except for reviews that do not require an abstract)
• Keywords (in English): between 5 - 10 words
• Target block: indicate ‘Monograph’ or ‘Assemblage’ when submitting in the text field ‘Comments to the editor’.
• Suggested reviewers (OPTIONAL): It is possible to suggest up to two reviewers (name, surnames, affiliation and e-mail) who are specialists in the topic addressed, for the evaluation of the work. They must not have any conflict of interest with the authorship, and may not be assigned to the review.
• Source of funding (OPTIONAL). If applicable, the source of funding that has made the work possible must be indicated, including the funding institution and project code.

The following personal, biographical and curricular data must also be attached:

• Personal details of the authorship.
• A brief biography of each author: 150 words maximum.
• ORCID (optional)

 

6. CESSION OF RIGHTS AND CESSION OF REPRODUCTION OF IMAGES

When submitting papers, together with the required metadata, the following signed documents must be attached:

• Assignment of proprietary rights and Declaration of authorship, good practice and conflict of interest.
• Assignment of rights to reproduction of images.

 

7. CITATION FORMAT AND LIST OF REFERENCES

According to APA 7th edition.

 

8. EVALUATION CRITERIA

To ensure the selection of proposals that meet the standards of research quality and integrity of blind peer review, a six-step evaluation process will be carried out (as described in section ‘11. BLIND PEER REVIEW POLICY’ in Editorial Policies).

In step ‘I. Selection of proposals', the Editorial Team and Guest Editors will consider the following evaluation criteria:

• Appropriateness to the journal's and the monograph's thematic area.
• Interest, relevance and novelty with respect to the status quo
• Relevance and contribution to the scientific field
• Methodological quality, as well as presentation and writing quality.

In step ‘III. Blind peer review’, the reviewers will consider the following evaluation criteria with the help of a questionnaire:

• Expository clarity of the title, abstract, approach and objectives.
• Design and appropriateness of the methodology to the subject of study
• Adequacy and clarity of the structure
• Interest and relevance of data and results
• Relevance and endorsement of conclusions.
• Relevance of the sources used in the study
• Inclusion of women and identities historically invisibles in the scientific field in the bibliographical references and documentary sources.
• Formal correctness in length, writing and images presentation

The reviewers will issue an opinion based on the following four possible options:

1. Acceptance (as the submission stands at the stage of review)
2. Acceptance conditional on rectifications (revise and accept the submission)
3. Review and reconsideration (the proposal requires numerous modifications and it is uncertain whether it will be accepted, even if these are made)
4. Declination (rejection of the contribution because it is not suitable for publication or rejection to recommend submission to another publication)
5. Declination (rejection of the contribution because it is not appropriate for publication or refusal to recommend it for submission to a different publication)