ISSN 1852-0499
online version
ISSN 1666-1508
printed version

Instructions to authors

• Scope and policy
• Form and preparation of manuscripts
• Address for receipt of manuscripts

The section “Articles” contains unpublished work sent to the journal Prismas for publication. Selection for publication passes through the following steps: first, the articles are reviewed by the members of the Consejo de dirección (Editorial Board) of the journal, in order to ascertain that they are pertinent to the thematic content of Prismas –intellectual history in general and especially the intellectual history of Latin America- and that they comply with the journal’s norms concerning format. Once approved by the Editorial Board they are then submitted for evaluation to expert peers designated ad hoc by the Secretaría de Redacción (Secretariat) of the journal. In order to guarantee fairness the authorship of the article in question remains anonymous when received by the expert peers. Each article is reviewed by two peers, who can approve its publication, approve its publication with changes, or reject publication. When there is a stark discrepancy of opinion between the two peers, the article shall then be submitted to a third expert for judgment. As soon as the process of review has concluded, the journal informs the authors of its result.

The section “Readings” is made up of works which analyze two or more texts relevant to the field of intellectual history, and centering on a specific issue or problematic pertinent to said field. The evaluation of texts submitted to the journal is carried out, in this case, by the Editorial Board.

“Articles” must comply with the following editorial norms:

- They must not exceed 70,000 characters with spaces, including any footnotes, illustrations, tables or appendices.
- They must be accompanied by an abstract in Spanish and in English of not more than 200 words; by a list of 3 to 5 keywords; and by the institutional references of the author, including a postal address, telephone and e-mail address. (For the norms concerning citation in footnotes, please consult the Spanish version of these instructions.)

“Readings” must observe the following editorial norms:

- They must not exceed a length of 35,000 characters with spaces.
- They may include footnotes, but these must follow the norms of citation indicated in reference to “Articles”.
- The manuscript must be accompanied by the institutional references of the author, her or his postal address, telephone number, and e-mail address.

“Bookreviews” must comply with the following editorial norms:

- The heading must consist of the complete information referring to the book discussed, in the following order: Author, Title, Place of Publication, Publisher, Year of Publication, and the number of pages.
- Reviews must not exceed a length of 15,000 characters with spaces.
- They may include footnotes, which must follow the same format indicated with reference to the other two sections of the journal.
- They must be accompanied by the institutional references of the author, and by her or his postal address, telephone number, and e-mail address.

The journal Prismas receives manuscripts submitted for publication at the following e-mail address: revistaprismas@gmail.com, or, alternatively at the following postal address:
Roque Sáenz Peña 352 (B1876BXD) Bernal, Provincia de Buenos Aires.
Tel.: (5411) 4365 7100 int. 5807. Fax: (5411) 4365 7100 int. 4182.