In addition to the manuscript, to submit a paper, the following information must be completed on the web platform:
Tab 1: Start
- Submission language: You must select the language (Spanish or English) in which the submitted work is written.
- Section policy: If there is no open monograph, the platform, by default, will include your work in the non-specific section (Articles-miscellany) without you having to do anything. If there is an open monograph, a drop-down will appear where you must choose the corresponding monograph (with its title) or, where appropriate, the general section (Articles-miscellany).
- Comments for the editor: The authors can include some comments to the editor in which they describe their work and send any other indication they consider appropriate. In the event that there is any conflict of interest, it must necessarily be indicated in this section. It can also be used, optionally, to suggest reviewers or oppose them, in this case, justifying the reasons.
Tab 2: Upload Submission. You must upload here all the necessary files (manuscript, figures, additional material, etc.).
Tab 3. Enter Metadata.
- Title/subtitle/prefix: Title must be included in both English and Spanish. To add the two languages, when clicking on the text box, the two languages will be displayed (when one of the two languages is not complete, the globe icon will be red; if the two languages are complete, the icon will appear in green). The subtitle is optional, and if it is included, it is not necessary to include a colon (“:”) at the end of the title. The prefix is also optional and can be incorporated into the title. If added, subtitles and prefixes must be also typed in both languages (Spanish and English).
- Abstract: as in the title, it must be included in English and Spanish.
- List of contributors: the information of the authors must be included (full name, affiliation —name of the institution and country—, email address, and ORCID identifier), for each one of them. Use the "Add Contributor" button to include new people.
- In the Additional Refinements section:
- In Languages you must identify the language in which the original manuscript is written (English or Spanish).
- Disciplines is an optional field, although it allows the article to be better indexed in certain databases.
- Keywords (3, 4, or 5): entered one by one (type enter or intro after each keyword for the system to incorporate it), both in English and Spanish (pay attention to the globe icon: it must be in green color).
- Supporting Agencies is the optional field to incorporate financing, this information may be added later to the article if it is accepted.It allows better identification of the sources of financing in the databases.
- References section: the references must be included, in alphabetical order, each one on a line. Since the reviewers do not have access to this information, authors' references can be kept without anonymization (this exclusively affects the data entered on the platform: in the manuscript, the own references must be blinded). All references must include the DOI in the format https://doi.org/xxx (it is recommended to locate it in the original source or by using the CrossRef metadata search tool). This information is crucial for bibliometric indicators, so maximum collaboration is requested. It is necessary to take into account that if during the review process, the references are changed, they must be modified both in the manuscript and on the website.