Author guidelines

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, nor is it before another journal for consideration.
  • The submission file is in MS Word, has fewer than 8000 words and complies with the rules indicated in the Author Guidelines.
  • Diagrams, tables, figures, graphics, photos are numbered, have a heading and source. Pictures, figures, and diagrams have a minimal resolution of 300 dpi.
  • The autor understands submissions are reviewed by blind peer reviewers, whose evaluations decide the submission publication or rejection.

Author Guidelines

Debates en Sociología accepts research articles, essays, and book reviews. Submissions must be original works, not currently in evaluation by other publications. Submissions will be preliminarily evaluated by the journal’s Director, then, they will be sent to peer reviewers. These reviewers will evaluate the submission using the following criteria: originality, argument theoretical basis, quality of methodology, and use of information, clarity, and coherence. Reviewers may reject the article, accept it with or without minor alterations, and accept it with major alterations. The revised version of the submission must include improvement based on reviewers’ commentaries and suggestions. For essays and book reviews, evaluations will be based upon clarity of argumentation and idea foundations.

Authors must have read Author Guidelines before submitting their work to Debates en Sociología. Authors must agree with submission evaluation procedures and adjust their works to submission guidelines.

 

Submissions

Authors must sign up in our OJS platform and follow the submission instructions. Submissions can also be made to our e-mail: revistadebates@pucp.edu.pe

Submissions must be in MS Word (.docx) format.

Debates en Sociología works with blind peer reviews; thus, authors must delete from their submissions any information that may reveal their identities. This includes their names, e-mail, acknowledgements, and similar data.

 

Guidelines for the reception of research articles and essays

Submissions adhering to Author Guidelines will be received and author’s will then be notified of their evaluation process beginning. Submissions not adhering to Author Guidelines will be given back.

Document extension: Research articles and essays must not surpass 8000 words. This includes the manuscript’s body, footnotes, tables, appendixes, and references.

Document formatting: Text must be justified, with Times New Roman 12-point Font, 1.5 spacing, 2.5 cm superior, inferior and side margins.

Abstract and keywords: The first page must feature a title, an abstract of no more than 200 words, and 3 to 5 keywords, all in English and Spanish. 

Diagrams, Tables, Figures, Graphics, Photos: These elements must be numbered differentially, according to the category each belongs to (i.e., Diagram 1, Table 1, Photo 1) and each must have its own title. They must be placed at the end of the manuscript, with a corresponding indication to their placement in the manuscript as follows, “[Table 1 here]”, “[Diagram 1 here]”. Every element must have its original source and elaboration authorship indicated.
and are displayed in black and white. Pictures, figures, and diagrams have a minimal resolution of 300 dpi.

Tables must keep a simple and monochromatic format. They must be editable, in an MS Word or Excel format (.jpg, .gif and other image formats are not allowed).

Diagrams, figures, or pictures must be displayed in black and white and have a minimal resolution of 300dpi.

For photos and figures, it is the authors responsibility to possess the proper permissions or rights for use and publication.

We suggest that authors elaborate simple tables or figures, containing only the strictly necessary information.

Numbers: Throughout texts, commas must be used for decimals, with a maximum of three decimals (i.e., 0,048). For numbers above 4 digits, these will be grouped in threesomes, separating each group with a single space (i.e., 56 917).

Subtitles: Subtitles must be numerated following the format 1.1, 1.2, 1.3. We suggest no more than three hierarchy levels (1., 1.2, 1.1.3).

Citing and references: Debates en Sociología uses APA style 7th edition citing. Every in-text citation must be accordingly listed as a reference at the end of the document, and vice versa. Abbreviations such as “loc. cit.,” “op. cit.,” “idem,” “ibid.” must not be used. For the first citation of a single source, “et. al.”  should be used for sources with six or more authors. The following table displays examples for two methods of in-text citations.

Method 1

Method 2

Dubet and Martuccelli (1998)

(Dubet and Martuccelli, 1998)

Dubet and Martuccelli (1998, p. 121)

Dubet and Martuccelli (1998, pp. 52-54)

(Dubet and Martuccelli, 1998, p. 121)

(Dubet and Martuccelli, 1998, pp. 52-54)

Lareau (2002, 2003), Montero (1995)

(Lareau, 2002, 2003; Montero, 1995)

Please consult the APA 7th edition manual for further information on citation style. For basic aspects pertaining this citation style, please follow the link: https://apastyle.apa.org/6th-edition-resources/basics-tutorial

Bibliography: Authors must include a complete reference list, arranging alphabetically the authors last names. Every reference must contain the last name and initials of every author cited throughout the manuscript. Every cited source must be in the reference list and vice versa. You can find examples below.

Book:

Dubet, F. and Martuccelli, D. (1998). En la escuela. Sociología de la experiencia escolar. Buenos Aires: Losada Editores.

Book chapter:

Montero, C. (1995). Ciclos de vida y tiempos de escuela: el caso de las mujeres en el Perú. In S. Bourque, C. Montero, and T. Tovar (Eds.), ¿Todos igualitos? Género y educación (pp. 43-66). Lima: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.

Article in a journal:

Beck, A., Epstein, N., Brown, G., and Steer, R. (1988). Un inventario para medir la ansiedad clínica: propiedades psicométricas. Revista de Psicología Clínica, 56, 893-950.

Lareau, A. (2002). Invisible inequality: Social class and childbearing in black families and white families. American Sociological Review, 67, 747-776.

Document found online:

Tremblay, R., Nagin, D. and Petitclerc, A. (2008). Prevenir la violencia a través del aprendizaje de la primera infancia. Obtained from http://www.excellence-earlychildhood.ca/documents/ tremblay05.pdf

 

Research ethics: Research methods and content ethics are the authors explicit responsibility. Source citation rigor is an essential requirement for eligibility in the manuscript selection process.

Guidelinse for book reviews

Book reviews must include complete bibliographical information for the reviewed book: author, title, year of publication, city, publisher, page numbers.

Reviews must have no more than 1 500 words, including title, footnotes and other text elements.

The same conventions used for manuscripts of articles or essays should be used.

 

Privacy notice

The names and e-mail addresses inserted in this Journal will only be used for the ends declared by the Journal and will not be shared or used with any other purpose or third parties.

 

On the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Debates en Sociología acknowledges the use of tools based on large language models (LLMs) and generative artificial intelligence (AI) as support for some research processes and scientific writing. This use must be governed by ethical principles that guarantee the originality, rigor, and academic transparency of the works published in the journal.

For this reason, the following guidelines are established to promote the responsible use of these tools by authors:

  • The intellectual responsibility for the work rests exclusively and entirely with the human person in charge of the research. Therefore, the AI tools used cannot have any level of authorship assigned.

  • Any use of AI tools during the preparation of the article must be explicitly declared and mentioned. The name of each AI tool must be indicated, as well as the process in which it was used. An example is provided below:

    "This article was written entirely by the author, with the help of AI tools. Jenni AI was used to expand the search for bibliographic sources. Grammarly was also used for text correction. After using the mentioned tools, the author has reviewed and verified the validity of the data presented and assumes full responsibility for the published content."

  • The mentioned text must be included as a separate section at the end of the manuscript.

  • The use of images generated and/or manipulated by any type of AI tools is not permitted.