ISSN 1851-1716
online version
ISSN 0327-5566
printed version

Instructions to authors

• Scope and policy
• Form and preparation of manuscripts
• Sending of manuscripts

Ciencia, Docencia y Tecnología publishes original research articles, scientific and  theoretically sustained academic communications, book reviews and documents on Science, Technology and Society matters, in Spanish and Portuguese. The online edition is an open source publication. Content of articles do not express the opinion either of the publishing institution or the members of the Editorial and Advisory Boards.

Admission of articles: All articles that preliminary appear adjusted to the journal’s requirements will be submitted to an anonymous peer review process by experts of recognised prestige, with the exception of the reviews  submitted for publication along with Final Reports of UNER R&D projects, which have public evaluation and will be published in the Supplement Scientific and Technological Research at UNER. The referees’ decision is final. The review processes are determined by the number of articles on the waiting list and the availability of advisors. The Editorial Board will inform authors on the results of the arbitral process and on publishing, where this is the case. The Editorial Board holds the right to bring forward or postpone the inclusion of articles which, at the close of publication, have been approved without observations by at least two referees, to better organise the content of each issue. Additionally, the Board reserves the rights to make any style corrections and editorial changes to improve the quality and  to resolve any unforeseen cases.

Authors’ Rights:  The Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos (UNER) will require the authors of admitted articles to extend authorisation for printed as well as electronic publication.

General formal guidelines: Articles must be written in Spanish or Portuguese, on A4-size pages, single-spaced, Arial 12 type. Include on a separate page: Title, Abstract and Keywords (all this also in English), author(s), organization and country, details on the origin of the article and a contact e-mail. Notes should be numbered sequentially and be included at the end of the text, before the Bibliographic References. The file should be word-processed using Microsoft Word with no type of format, indents or automatic notes. Acronyms should be spelt out the first time they appear in the text (e.g.: first write: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas –CONICET- and thereafter: CONICET). Submission of reviews of UNER R&D projects will followed specific rules established by the University’s Secretary for Science and Technology.

Length: For Main articles: Up to 25 pages including notes, bibliographic references and graphic material; abstract of up to 150 words and up to 5 keywords. For Communications: up to 15 pages; abstract of up to 120 pages, and up to 3 keywords. For Book reviews: up to 5 pages included technical information about the book reviewed. Titles Lenght: up to 100 characters spaces included.

Citations and References: Criteria are different according to the  main broadest disciplinary fields.  
*) For articles on Humanities and Social Sciences: Use the Harvard system with the variations in style adopted by this journal, observing the following examples:
-When making reference to an author’s work in the text, write the author’s surname, year of publication and page number in brackets: (Gutiérrez, 2004) or in the case of two authors: (Rodríguez & Sánchez, 2004); if there are more than two authors state: (Sánchez et al., 2003).
-When the author is mentioned in the text, the year of publication should be indicated in brackets, i.e.: As seen in Rodríguez (2004).
-Quotation transcripts should go in inverted commas, adding page reference to the Author (year) citation; i.e.:
...”the series of genuinely existent relationships at a given moment” (Baranger, 1997:4).
-When quoting several works published by the same author in the same year, the first one should be stated as: (Sánchez, 2004a), the next one as: (Sánchez, 2004b) and so on.
-In Bibliographic references include only works cited in the text, with entries listed alphabetically by author and chronologically in case of various works of the same authorship. Write the author’s last name in uppercase and capitalized the initial of the first name, as well as initials in book titles and journal titles. Examples:
-For books:
GRIZE, J. (1990). Logique et langage. París: Ophrys.
DOGAN, M.; PAHRE, R. (1993). Las nuevas ciencias sociales: la marginalidad creadora. México: Grijalbo.
-For articles in journals or chapters of books:
GIMENEZ, G. (2003). El debate sobre la prospectiva de las ciencias sociales en los umbrales del nuevo milenio, en: Revista Mexicana de Sociología; 65 (2):363-489.
MORLEY, D. (1998). Debate mediático: interpretando las interpretaciones de las interpretaciones. En: CURRAN, J. et al. (Comps.). Estudios culturales y comunicación. Madrid: Paidós Comunicación. pp.447-454.
-References to personal correspondence and unpublished work should be mentioned as personal correspondence, written in parentheses.
-When the number of authors of a citation is greater than six, in Bibliographical References indicate the names of the first six followed by et al.
-For references to web sites indicate the full URL of the work and date consulted:
ROMERO, E. (2005). Estudios sociológicos contemporáneos, en Sociología general, núm. 35, México: UNAM. <http://www.iis.unam.mx/biblioteca/principal.html> [22 January 2006.]

*) For articles on Exact and Natural Sciences: Use the Vancouver system with the style variations adopted by this journal as indicated for Humanities and Social Sciences. Citations should appear in the text in Arabic numbers in square brackets, in the order of citation. In Bibliographic References documents will be arranged in that order, not in alphabetic order.

Graphic materials: In the printed version only black and white photograps and graphics in a single ink can be published. The use of colour in the same materials will only be possible in the online edition. Black and white photographs should be clear and have good contrast. Pictures, charts and graphs may be submitted as laser prints, on official size or smaller (adjusted to the journal size), accompanying the electronic file on a CD or sending it by e-mail.

Submission of articles with the request for publication should be done by e-mail attaching an electronic file or by post with the file on a CD. The signed submission note addressed to the Journal Directors should mention the title and authorship of the article, stating that the material is original and unpublished and has not been simultaneously submitted to another journal for publication. In case of public presentation or publication of previous partial versions the specific reference should be made. State also any potential conflicts of interest either in relation to financial supporters or institutions participating in the research or towards members of the Editorial Board, Advisory Board or experts eventually appointed as reviewers.