Author Guidelines

CRITERIA FOR PUBLICATIONS

 Publication guidelines for research papers and book reviews are the following:

Manuscripts submitted for publication will be original, previously unpublished.

The articles and reviews submitted will be anonymously peer-reviewed. Evaluators and reviewers will be selected from the Scientific Board and/or the Editorial Board.

In case the article has been approved for publication, the author will have to ask for permission to the Editorial Board for its dissemination in other media.

Relevant evaluation criteria for proposal publications:

a. Suitability for the aim and scope of the journal.
b. Originality and interest in relation to current research in the field.
c. Adequate use of concepts and accurate formulation of the title, abstract and key words.
d. Research aims, results obtained and conclusions.
e. Research methodology.
f. Logical rigor in argumentation and in the analysis of data.
g. Linguistic appropriateness, textual organization and satisfactory presentation.
h. Command of recent bibliography, either primary or secondary references.

 

GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS

1. SUBMISSIONS

-The manuscript should not exceed 9,000 words, including notes and bibliography. Book reviews should not exceed 1.500 words.

The submission should be completed according to the following:

-The template (download) including the article or review without any personal or professional references. If the document contains any detail of identification of the author, it will not be sent to referees for peer-reviewing.
-A separate file including title, author’s name, professional affiliation, post code and address of affiliation, a bio note (75 words) and ORCID number.

-The first page of the article should include an abstract both in English and Spanish not exceeding 150 words each, including 3-5 key words which define the manuscript.

2. GENERAL GUIDELINES

Manuscripts should follow the guidelines of the MLA latest edition (8th edition). Following MLA citation style, all works referring to the works of others in the text is done using parenthetical citations. The source information required in a parenthetical citation depends (1) upon the source medium (e.g. print, web, DVD) and (2) upon the source’s entry on the Works Cited page. Any source information that you provide in-text must correspond to the source information on the Works Cited page.

3. FORMAL GUIDELINES

According MLA citation style, it recommends that the regular and italics type styles contrast enough that they are each distinct from one another. Manuscripts should be sent in word format Cambria 11 and 1.5 line spacing.

4. IN-TEXT CITATION

It will conform to the following format: (Last name page number/s or pages) or Last name (title of work page number/s).  Example: (Paley 15), Paley (The Collected Stories 15).

4.1. To indicate short quotations (four typed lines or fewer of prose or three lines of verse) in your text, enclose the quotation within double quotation marks, taking the form of author-page method. This means that the author's last name and the page number(s) from which the quotation or paraphrase is taken must appear in the text, complying with a complete reference that should appear on your Works Cited page.

Here are some examples to follow:

Paley describes what Clop wanted to hear on the radio news as he was working rolling the cans: “He wanted to know if the sun would roll out, flashy as ever; if there was a chance for rain, as his brother grew tomatoes in Jersey” (105)

This is how the author explain what Clop was interested in hearing on the radio as he was working rolling the cans: “He wanted to know if the sun would roll out, flashy as ever; if there was a chance for rain, as his brother grew tomatoes in Jersey” (Paley 105)

4.2. When citing more than one work by the same author, i.e. articles of books, the author will include a shortened title for the particular work that is being quoted to distinguish it from the others. Short titles of books in italics and short titles of articles in quotation marks are used.

Follow the example:

4.2.1 Citing two articles by the same author:

According to Van Rinsveld, “Task language had a direct influence on solving complex addition problems” (“The relation between language and arithmetic in bilinguals” 11). Therefore, it is obvious as the author states that “The verbal aspects implicated in mathematics may constitute a real hurdle that should be taken into consideration for bilingual education” (“Solving arithmetic problems in first and second language” 80)

4.2.2 Citing two books by the same author:

Murray states that writing is "a process" that "varies with our thinking style" (Write to Learn 6). Additionally, Murray argues that the purpose of writing is to "carry ideas and information from the mind of one person into the mind of another" (A Writer Teaches Writing 3).

Additionally, if the author's name is not mentioned in the sentence, format your citation with the author's name followed by a comma, followed by a shortened title of the work, and, when appropriate, the page number(s): Visual studies, because it is such a new discipline, may be "too easy" (Elkins, "Visual Studies" 63).

4.3 In-text long quotes is set on a new line, indented 0.5 inches, with no quotation marks both for quotes of poetry longer than three lines and quotes of prose longer than four lines.

4.4 In text citing for book reviews, you will use the format (Author's Last Name Page Number).

4.5 Use a limited number of long explanatory notes such as endnotes/footnotes as these can be distracting to readers.

4.6 Do not include URLs in-text, but only provide partial URLs: when the name of the site includes a domain name, use for example CNN.com or Forbes.com, rather than using  http://www.cnn.com or http://www.forbes.com.

5. WORKS CITED

The title section heading will be centered and will introduce the list of the works cited. These should be added at the end of the manuscript and should conform to the following citing style:

• Double line spacing (but no extra space between entries).
• One-inch margins.
• Hanging indent on entries that run over one line.
• Alphabetized by the author’s last name.
• Two authors of the same work will cited in the same order appearing in the consulted work.

A book

For a book in the works cited, authors will use the format: Last name, Name. Title of the work. Publisher, publication date.

Example:

Paley, Grace. The Collected Stories. The Noonday Press, 1994.

Online book

To cite an online book, authors will include the same publication information as when citing a print book.  Besides, your will include the title of the database in italics, or the website where the book was retrieved as well as the URL. Also, you will include the date of access ("Accessed day/month/year").

You can use the following format:

Last name, Name. “Title of the source.” Title of container, publisher, publication date, location (pp.). Website. url.

Follow the example:

Cook, David. "Global Radical Islam and Martyrdom Operation."Understanding Jihad. U of California P, 2005. 128-61. NetLibrary. ebscohost/com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk. Accessed 14 June 2016.

Book Chapters

If the book is a compilation rather than an editor, the readers should write “compiled by” instead of “edited by”: Last Name,Name. "Title of the work." Container, edited/compiled by Author/s, publisher, date of publication, location (pp.).

Follow the example:

Irwin, John, and Donald R. Cressey. "Thieves, Convicts and the Inmate Culture." The Inmate Prison Experience, Edited by Mary K. Stohr and Craig Hemmens, Pearson, 2004, pp. 135-82.

Book reviews

For authors to cite book reviews, you will use the following format:

Last name, Name. “Title of Review.” Name of Journal, vol., no. (issue number), date of publication, location (pp.). Container(Database). Doi.

Example:

Khovanova, Tanya. “Book review: Love and Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality by Edward Frenkel". The College Mathematics Journal, vol. 45, no. 3, May 2014, pp. 230-231. JSTOR. doi: www.jstor.org/stable/10.4169/college.math.j.45.3.230.

An Essay in a Book Collection

As a guide you will use the following format:

Last name, Name. “Title of the source”. Title of container, other contributors or editors (ed./ coord./ dir.), version, number, publisher, publication date, location (pp.).

Follow the example:

Copeland, Edward. “Money.” The Cambridge Companion to Jane Austen, edited by Copeland and Juliet McMaster, Cambridge UP, 1997, pp. 131-48.

If you have cited more than one work by a particular author, order the entries alphabetically by title, and use three hyphens in place of the author's name for every entry after the first.

Follow the example:

Barker, Juliet. The Brontës. Weidenfel and Nicholson, 1994.

---.  The Brontës: A life of Letters. Harry N. Abrams, 1998.

A Journal Article from a Database

To cite a source from a database (container) use the following format:

 Last name, Name. “Title of the Source.” Title of Journal, vol. , no. , date of publication, location (pp.). Database, doi.

Follow the example: 

Puumala, Eeva, and Anitta Kynsilehto. “Does the Body Matter? Determining the Right to  Asylum and the Corporeality of Political Communication.” European Journal of Cultural Studies, vol. 19, no. 4, July 2015, pp. 352-368. Sage Journals, doi:10.1177/13675494155592898.

Online source/reference

To cite source from a website or online work/source use the following format:

Last name, Name. “Title of the article.” Title of publication. (Place and date of the conference), date/year of publication, pages. Name and last name of the editor/s, coordinator/s, abbreviation (ed./ coord./ dir.). Publisher.

Follow the example:

Rajaram, Prem. “Beyond Crisis: Rethinking the Population Movements at Europe’s Border.” Focaal Blog, 19 Oct. 2015, www.focaalblog.com/2015/10/2019prem-kumar-rajaram-beyond-crisis/.

Proceedings

Last name, Name. “Title of the article.” Title of publication. (Place and date of the conference), date/year of publication, pages. Name and last name of the editor/s, coordinator/s, abbreviation (ed./coord./dir.). Publisher.

See the following examples as a guide:

Kolda, Christopher. "Flavor Physics in the LHC era: The (Supersymmetric) Case for a SuperB Factory." Super B III: The Third Workshop on a Super Flavor Factory based on Linear Collider Technology, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, 14-16 June, 2006. Edited by David Hitlin, David MacFarlane & John Seeman. Standford Linear Accelerator Center, SPIRES-HEP.

Brewin, M.K., A.J. Paul, and M. Monita, editors. Bull Trout II Conference Proceedings: Ecology and Management of Northwest Salmonids, 17-20 Nov. 1999, Canmore, AL. Calgary, Trout, 2001.

Citing audiovisual sources (Films, tv series)

In movies or television series, whoever you want to refer to is placed as the author, be it the director, actor, actress or anyone else. If you do not want to make special mention of one of them in particular, the bibliographic entry begins with the name of the film or television series:

Example:

Balladares, Silvia Elena, actriz. Contracorriente, la serie. Puntos de encuentro, 2011-2012.

Contracorriente, la serie. Dirigida por Martha Clarisa Hernández, actuaciones de Silvia Elena Balladares e Ivonne García, Puntos de encuentro, 2011-2012.

6. For more information and specifications on the use and application of MLA citation style please consult on the following website: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_in_text_citations_the_basics.html

 

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MLA STYLE AND CITATION GUIDELINES

Manuscripts submitted to Verbeia. Revista de Estudios Filológicos. Journal of English and Spanish Studies must follow the style and citation guidelines established in the ninth edition of the MLA Handbook (MLA 9th edition).

For matters not expressly covered in these guidelines, authors should follow the MLA Handbook, 9th edition, and the MLA Style Center, the official website of the Modern Language Association for guidance on MLA style.

1. IN-TEXT CITATIONS

References to sources must be provided using parenthetical citations within the text, corresponding to the relevant entry in the Works Cited section.

The citation will normally include the author's surname and the page number:

(Paley 105)

When the author's name is incorporated into the sentence, only the page number should appear in parentheses:

Paley discusses this issue in her stories (105).

The information provided in the citation must enable readers to identify unambiguously the corresponding entry in the Works Cited list.

2. QUOTATIONS

2.1. Short Quotations

Short prose quotations should be incorporated into the body of the text and enclosed in double quotation marks.

Example:

According to the author, “quoted text” (Surname 25).

If the author's name has already been mentioned:

As Surname notes, “quoted text” (25).

The parenthetical reference should be placed after the closing quotation mark and, as a general rule, before the punctuation mark that concludes the sentence.

2.2. Long Quotations

Prose quotations exceeding four lines of the text should be presented as a separate block, without quotation marks, and indented from the left margin.

The corresponding parenthetical reference should be placed at the end of the quotation.

When quoting poetry, the line arrangement of the original should be preserved. When the length of the quotation requires block formatting, the quotation should be set off from the main text while preserving, as far as possible, the relevant typographical arrangement.

The ninth edition of the MLA Handbook provides specific guidance on quotations, paraphrases, notes, and source documentation.

3. TWO OR MORE WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR

When two or more works by the same author are cited, an abbreviated title should be included to identify the relevant work.

For books, the shortened title should appear in italics:

(Conde, Poesía completa 986)

For articles, chapters, or other works whose titles are placed within quotation marks:

(Surname, “Shortened Title” 25)

If the author's name already appears in the sentence, only the shortened title and page number should be included:

Conde addresses this issue in Poesía completa (986).

The shortened title must clearly distinguish the cited work from other works by the same author included in the Works Cited list.

4. TWO AUTHORS

When a work has two authors, the surnames of both authors should be included:

(Surname and Surname 35)

In articles written in Spanish, the conjunction established by the journal's language policy may be retained, provided that it is used consistently throughout the manuscript.

5. THREE OR MORE AUTHORS

For works by three or more authors, parenthetical references should include the surname of the first author followed by et al.:

(Surname et al. 48)

The same principle should be applied, where appropriate, in the Works Cited list.

6. SOURCES WITHOUT PAGE NUMBERS

When the source cited is not paginated, page numbers that do not exist should not be added.

The citation should include only the information necessary to direct the reader to the corresponding entry in the Works Cited list:

(Surname)

or, if the work has no identified author:

(“Shortened Title”)

7. NOTES

Footnotes or endnotes should be used sparingly and only when they provide supplementary information that cannot conveniently be incorporated into the body of the article.

They should not be used systematically as a substitute for bibliographical references.

MLA 9 provides specific guidelines for both footnotes and endnotes.

8. WORKS CITED

A section entitled Works Cited must be included at the end of the manuscript and should contain only the sources cited in the article.

Entries should be arranged alphabetically by the author's surname. Each entry should use a hanging indent.

Every work cited in the text must appear in this list, and every entry in the Works Cited list must correspond to a source cited in the manuscript.

9. CORE ELEMENTS OF REFERENCES

MLA 9 structures references according to a flexible system of core elements. The information included will depend on the type of source consulted.

The principal elements are:

1. author;
2. title of source;
3. title of container;
4. other contributors;
5. version;
6. number;
7. publisher;
8. publication date;
9. location.

Only those elements relevant to identifying and locating the source should be included. This system allows the same general structure to be applied to books, chapters, articles, editions, databases, websites, and other materials.

10. BOOKS

Book by One Author

Format:

Surname, First Name. Title of Book. Publisher, year.

Example:

Mantel, Hilary. Wolf Hall. Picador, 2010.

Edited Book

Format:

Surname, First Name, editor. Title of Book. Publisher, year.

Where appropriate, other types of intellectual responsibility, such as translation or editing, may be indicated.

Relevant contributors should be included whenever necessary to identify accurately the edition consulted.

11. CHAPTER IN AN EDITED BOOK OR ESSAY IN A COLLECTION

Format:

Surname, First Name. “Title of Chapter.” Title of Book, edited by First Name Surname, Publisher, year, pp. xx-xx.

When there is more than one editor, they should be listed according to MLA guidelines for authorship and contributors.

12. JOURNAL ARTICLES

Format:

Surname, First Name. “Title of Article.” Title of Journal, vol. x, no. x, year, pp. xx-xx.

When an article has a DOI, it should be included at the end of the reference.

Format:

Surname, First Name. “Title of Article.” Title of Journal, vol. x, no. x, year, pp. xx-xx, https://doi.org/xxxxx.

For works published online, DOI, permalink, and URL should be used in that order of preference. When a DOI is available, it should normally be preferred to an ordinary URL.

DOIs should therefore be presented in the following standard format:

https://doi.org/xxxxx

13. JOURNAL ARTICLE CONSULTED IN A DATABASE

Format:

Surname, First Name. “Title of Article.” Title of Journal, vol. x, no. x, year, pp. xx-xx. Name of Database, DOI or URL.

Example:

Goldman, Anne. “Questions of Transport: Reading Primo Levi Reading Dante.” The Georgia Review, vol. 64, no. 1, spring 2010, pp. 69-88. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/41403188.

When a DOI is available, it should normally be used instead of unnecessarily providing both a DOI and a URL.

14. CHAPTERS OR TEXTS IN DIGITAL EDITIONS

When the text forms part of an edited collection or digital container, the reference should identify, as applicable, the author, title of the contribution, title of the containing work, editors or other contributors, publisher, date of publication, and digital location.

General format:

Surname, First Name. “Title of Chapter or Contribution.” Title of Work, edited by First Name Surname, Publisher, year, pp. xx-xx. Database or Platform, DOI or URL.

The structure should be adapted to the elements actually present in the source, in accordance with MLA's system of core elements.

15. ONLINE SOURCES

Article or Text Published on a Website

Format:

Surname, First Name. “Title of Article or Page.” Name of Website, publication date, URL.

It is not necessary to include http:// or https:// in a URL when its omission does not affect the functioning or identification of the link, except in standardised DOI links using https://doi.org/.

16. DOI AND URL

When a source has a DOI, the DOI should normally be used:

https://doi.org/10.xxxx/xxxxx

If no DOI is available, a permalink or stable URL may be provided.

For online sources, the following order of preference should be observed:

DOI → permalink → URL

A DOI and URL serving the same purpose should not be unnecessarily duplicated.

17. DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS AND ACADEMIC THESES

General format:

Surname, First Name. Title of Dissertation. Year. University, PhD dissertation.

If the dissertation or thesis was consulted through a repository or database, the name of the repository and the corresponding DOI, persistent identifier, or URL should be provided.

18. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS AND PAPERS

Papers published in conference proceedings should be cited as contributions included in an edited work.

General format:

Surname, First Name. “Title of Contribution.” Title of Proceedings, edited by First Name Surname, Publisher or Institution, year, pp. xx-xx.

When the contribution is available online, the DOI, permalink, or URL may also be included.

19. AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS

Films, documentaries, television series, videos, and other audiovisual materials should be documented by identifying the elements relevant to the research.

General example:

Surname, First Name, director. Title of Film. Production Company, year.

Where relevant to the analysis, other contributors, such as screenwriters, performers, or creators, may be highlighted.

For audiovisual materials accessed through digital platforms, the platform and, where appropriate, the electronic location should also be included.

20. LITERARY WORKS IN CRITICAL EDITIONS

When a particular edition of a literary work is cited, the edition actually consulted must be identified.

General format:

Surname, First Name. Title of Work. Edited by First Name Surname, Publisher, year.

Where relevant, volume numbers, edition numbers, or other information necessary to identify the source should also be provided.

Authors must identify the specific edition consulted, rather than citing only the original publication date of the literary work.

21. MULTIVOLUME WORKS

When citing a work consisting of several volumes, sufficient information must be provided to identify the volume consulted.

When the complete work is cited, the total number of volumes may be indicated. When a specific volume is cited, that volume should be identified as appropriate.

22. MULTIPLE WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR

Multiple works by the same author should be arranged alphabetically by title.

For clarity, accessibility, and bibliographical consistency, Verbeia recommends repeating the author's name in each entry.

Example:

Conde, Carmen. Work A. Publisher, year.
Conde, Carmen. Work B. Publisher, year.

23. ACCESS DATES

An access date may be included when it is relevant to the identification of a digital source, particularly when the content may be modified, has no publication date, or is liable to change or disappear.

Format:

Accessed 8 Oct. 2026.

Access dates are not required indiscriminately for all digital references.

24. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CONSISTENCY

Before submitting a manuscript, authors must ensure that:

• all sources cited in the text appear in the Works Cited list;
• the Works Cited list does not contain sources that are not cited in the manuscript;
• authors' names are presented consistently;
• titles, publishers, volume and issue numbers, years, and page ranges are accurate;
• DOI and URL links are functional at the time of submission;
• the edition actually consulted has been cited;
• all references consistently follow MLA 9.

Source documentation using in-text citations and a Works Cited list must conform to the documentation system established in MLA 9.

Reference

Modern Language Association of America. MLA Handbook. 9th ed., Modern Language Association of America, 2021.

MLA Style Center: https://style.mla.org/

 

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