Submissions
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Manuscripts may be submitted for publication in Spanish or English, and the language of submission will be the language of publication. However, the table of contents, abstract and keywords must be submitted in both languages. This information will appear in both languages, regardless of the language in which the manuscript is published.
During the submission process, you will be asked to provide, in the relevant section, the name of the corresponding author, their institutional affiliation and their email address. It is recommended that you also include your ORCID identifier during registration. In the case of co-authored works, the details of all authors must be provided.
Guidelines for authors
The guidelines for authors are published on the journal’s website: Publication Guidelines / Author’s Guidelines
Checklist for preparing submissions
All submissions must meet the following requirements; otherwise, they will be returned to the authors:
- The work is original and has not been previously published.
- The file is in Microsoft Word format.
- The text follows the templates (articles and reviews) of the SJLS.
- DOI references have been added where available.
- Web addresses have been added to references where possible.
- The text complies with the requirements of the author guidelines.
Privacy Statement
The names and email addresses provided to this journal will be used exclusively for the purposes set out herein and will not be disclosed to third parties or used for any other purpose.
Frequency and Sections of the Journal
Spanish Journal of Legislative Studies is an annual journal (published in December) and comprises two sections: Articles and Book Reviews.
Copyright Notice
Authors submitting their work to the Spanish Journal of Legislative Studies accept the following terms and conditions:
- They authorise its publication under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) licence. The licence can be viewed at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.es
- The author transfers the material rights, including the rights of exploitation, distribution, public communication, adaptation and dissemination, of the accepted work so that the Spanish Journal of Legislative Studies may publish it through the channels and media—whether in print or digital form—that it deems most appropriate for its dissemination.
Authors are permitted and encouraged to disseminate their work electronically (in institutional repositories, on their own websites or on social media). See The Effect of Open Access.