ISSN 1853-001X
online version
ISSN 0328-8773
printed version

Instructions to authors

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

Mora (Buenos Aires) is the expression of the Interdisciplinary Institute of Gender Studies of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the University of Buenos Aires. It is an academic journal open to debate and the production of papers and ideas in the development of women's, gender and feminism studies. Its purpose is to offer a discussion space for the incorporation of methodologies and concepts elaborated from different disciplinary perspectives.

Mora publishes unpublished translations, reviews, and original articles from academic and non-academic fields, both nationally and internationally.

Section policy

The magazine has a permanent open call. The collaborations presented must be original and unpublished and may not be simultaneously in the evaluation process in another publication.

• The Articles section considers for its publication original and unpublished research works in gender studies, feminisms, women's history, interdisciplinary proposals that address the intersections between the gender perspective and anthropology, philosophy, literature, the arts, educational sciences, economics, geography, sociology, among others. (Up to 20 pages)

• The Dossier section considers for its publication groups of up to 8 papers with a common theme, related to the objectives of the journal under an appropriate title and with an introduction. (Up to 20 pages each article)

• The Debates section proposes a sharing of views of the academic and non-academic world, from activism and social movements, around a theme that will be defined annually by the Editorial Committee. (Up to 10 pages)

• The La Caja Feminista section is an invitation to colleagues and researchers to share a reflection on a source or set of sources, highlighting how the questions crossed by the gender perspective made their approach more complex. (Up to 10 pages)

• The Reviews section offers reviews of recently published books that stand out for their contributions to the thematic nuclei of interest to the magazine. (Up to 5 pages)

Peer review process

The articles, both in the Articles section and in the Dossier section, will be evaluated by external reviewers selected by the Editorial Committee following the guidelines of the double-blind arbitration system, keeping the identity of the author and the reviewers confidential during the review process. evaluation to guarantee the quality of the contents. The Editorial Committee will make a first review of the originals to ensure proper compliance with the journal's publishing standards. After this stage, the articles will be sent to external referees to evaluate their quality. If the evaluations do not coincide and have discrepancies, the Editorial Committee reserves the right to request a third evaluation. Depending on the judgment expressed by those who evaluate, the Editorial Committee may accept, request modifications or reject the contribution.

Plagiarism detection policy:

All papers received are checked with two or more free programs available to detect plagiarism (for example: Paper Rater, Plagiarisma or CopioNIC, among others). The following situations may be considered as "plagiarism": a) the adoption of ideas or words of other authors as one's own in the article, without proper authority citations; b) the lack of quotation marks or acknowledgement of another's production, in a literal transcription of sentences; c) providing incorrect information about the true source of a quotation; d) abusive paraphrasing or without mentioning the source; e) self-plagiarism, as a specific form of plagiarism.

Code of ethics and good practices

The journal is based on the guidelines of COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) adapted according to the uses and requirements of our disciplinary field. In compliance with this code, the journal will ensure the scientific quality of the publications and the adequate response to the needs of the readers and the authors. The code is addressed to the editorial team, authors and reviewers. Entries that do not meet these ethical standards will be discarded.

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

• The submission has not been previously published or submitted for consideration by any other journal (or an explanation has been provided in the Comments to the Editor).

• The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF or WordPerfect format.

• Wherever possible, URLs are provided for references.

• The text has single spacing, a 12-point font size, italics are used instead of underlining (except in URLs), and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed in the appropriate places in the text, rather than in the end.

• The text meets the stylistic and bibliographic conditions included in Guidelines for the author, in About the journal.

• In the case of sending the text to the peer evaluation section, follow the instructions included in Ensure an anonymous evaluation .

Author Guidelines

Original contributions are accepted.

• Articles / Dossier: up to 12,000 words / 20 pages

• Reviews: between 1000 and 2000 words / 5 pages

All collaborations must have a title, abstract, keywords in Spanish and English and a bibliographic list at the end.

Papers will be presented in Times New Roman 12 pt. font, 1.5 spacing, with justified paragraphs, without indentation or additional spaces. Paragraphs will also not have hyphens to separate words at the end of sentences.

Words in a different language from the main text are in italics.

Please avoid any use of underlining or bold.

The stripes (–) for clarifications must go –pasted– to the first and last word of the sentence that they separate. Not to be confused with hyphens (-) whose use and spelling are different.

The authors are encouraged to opt for one of the forms of inclusive language (x, e, @, *, os/as/es) understanding that it is one among other possible ways to dismantle androcentric, misogynist or trans-hate views in our academic publications.

Bibliographic standards

The citations and bibliographic references will be made in accordance with APA standards :

Citations in the text: (surname, year, p. page/s)

            (Perez, 1989, pp. 35-36)

a) books (printed and digital)

Author's last name, First name initial (year). Title in italics. City: publisher.

Agamben, G., Zizek S, Nancy, JL, Berardi, F., López Petit, S., Butler, J., Badiou, A., Harvey D., Han, B., Zibechi, R., Galindo, M. ., Gabriel, M., Yañez González, G., Manrique, P. and Preciado, P. (2020). Wuhan soup . ASPO.

b) book chapters

Author's last name, First name initial (year). Chapter title. In Author last name, First name initial (ed. / comp. / etc.), Book title . City: editorial, initial page-final page.

Lopez, L. (2001). Theater criticism (1976-1998). In Pellettieri O. (comp.), History of the Argentine Theater in Buenos Aires (pp. 559-573). Buenos Aires: Galerna.

c) periodical articles

Author's last name, First name initial (year). Article title. Name of the publication , year of the volume (number), initial page-final page. url doi (full)

Biville, F. (2003). La syntax aux confines de la semantic et de la phonologie: les interjections vues par les grammairiens latines. Syntax in Antiquity 23, 227-239. https://doi.org/prefix/xxxxxx

d) newspaper articles

Author's last name, first name initial (year, day and month of publication). Article title. Publication name , initial page-final page. URL (if applicable)

Halfon, M. (2014, March 30). The legend of the indomitable. Page 12 , 15-16.

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