1. Presentation and editorial scope
POSTULADOS REVISTA SOCIOJURÍDICA, is an electronic - scientific publication, published every six months, edited by the Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander Seccional Ocaña which aims to promote the dissemination of theoretical, critical and reflective studies in the areas of Social Sciences and Humanities, in the disciplines of Law: Public Law, Labor Law, Criminal Law, Human Rights and Private and Socio-legal Law, according to the documentary typologies. From the social sciences, legal sciences and humanities at the national, Latin American and international level for possible publication of original articles, research, review and/or reflection, which may be submitted in Spanish and English, without processing or publication costs.
The journal is addressed to all graduate students, researchers and professionals of Law and Social Sciences. Each issue of the journal has a diverse character, without prejudice to edit when deemed appropriate single-thematic issues. The submission of a manuscript does not imply its publication, which should be subject to the guidelines for authors of the journal and the policies of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), for subsequent evaluation by peer reviewers under the double-blind refereeing system.
2. Typology of articles
POSTULATES revista sociojurídica publishes articles that correspond to one of the following typologies:
3. Acceptance Criteria
3.1.Originality
All manuscripts submitted for evaluation must be original and unpublished and meet the necessary conditions of coherence, cohesion, clarity, concreteness, relevance and centrality that make them communicable (the process of verification of similarity idioms through Turnitin Antiplagiarism Software). Articles will be submitted in Spanish and English (preferably), taking into account that it increases the visibility that will be reflected in the citation of the article.
It is required that the origin of the results or findings of its scientific specimens must be obtained from a research project, following a rigorous process to promote the relevance and thoroughness of the new contributions to science.
3.2 Writing and Extension
The writing should be impersonal, concise and technical; avoid the use of redundant terms. Also, written in two columns, single-spaced, leaving a line each time you want to start a paragraph, including summary, references, tables and figures.
Maximum length of 25 pages and minimum 15 pages including the list of references.
3.3 Formatting and margins Guidelines
Files should be sent in Microsoft Word format.
For the preparation of the document, the article should be in letter size (21.59 x 27.94), adjust the 4 margins to 2.54 cm. Line spacing (2.0) should be used. The body of the paper should be in one column.
Paragraphs should be justified, the first paragraph after each section or subsection should not be indented; subsequent paragraphs should be indented by 0.5 cm. The distance between paragraphs is one line.
3.4 Font type and size
Section title: Times New Roma font, size 12, bold. It should be spaced one line before the paragraph and without space after the section heading. The title should not contain a period.
Section subtitle: Times New Roman font, size 12, not bold. It should be spaced one line before the paragraph and without space after the section heading.
Sub-subtitle: Times New Roman font, size 12, no bold and italics. It must end with a period (period) and run in the text of the paragraph.
3.5 Section numbering
Sections should be numbered with a period following the number and then separated by a single space. Ex:
Title: 1. Postulates
3.6 Equations
Equations within an article must be numbered in order of appearance. The equation number is enclosed in parentheses and adjusted to the right side of the column while the equation is centered.
Equations should be cited within the text of the paper and their location should be close to the citation. The equation should be written using the MathType equation editor, without bold, size 12 and in italics.
3.7 Figures
All illustrations, graphs, drawings, images, photographs, etc., should be cited as figures. Figures are numbered in order of appearance in the text of the article with Arabic numerals. All figures should be cited in the text and their location should be close to the citation.
Figure caption. All figures must have a caption. The caption should be short and should not appear as a title. The caption should be adjusted to the width of the figure, for wider figures, centered on the width of the figure, or, for narrow figures with wider captions, should extend beyond the width of the figure. The word Figure, the consecutive number (both in bold) and the caption should be below the figure by a distance of 6 points, in Times New Roman font size 10. If the figure has parts, include identifying labels in the assembly. The identifiers will be (a), (b). Figures must be embedded in the document with a resolution of 300 dpi, they should not be attached separately. If the figure is taken from another source, the corresponding information should be included at the bottom, with the phrase Source: xxxxxx. In this version of the APA standard, like tables, figures may contain 3 types of notes if general, specific and probability notes are required.
It is important to emphasize that the figure must be inserted inside a table, without visible borders. Example:
Figure 2
Additional poverty attributable to Covid-19 in 2020.
Note: The graph shows the projected increase for 2020 based on two scenarios (base and aggravated) (Soler Lecha, 2020).
Figures must be embedded in the document with a resolution of 300 dpi and must not be sent separately.
3.8 Tables
Place tables and figures at the top or bottom of columns; avoid placing them in the middle of columns.
Tables should be referenced within the document as (Table 1), numbered consecutively using Arabic numerals and should always have a title that concisely but completely indicates the contents of the table. The title and content of the table should be in Times New Roman font size 10, aligned to the left. The title should be placed before the inclusion of the table.
The word Table, the consecutive number (both in bold), the content of the table should not be in bold. All tables must be cited in the text and their location must be close to the citation. Images should not be attached as tables, they should all be done in Word (see table 1). If the table is taken from another source, the corresponding information should be included at the bottom, with the phrase Source: xxxxxxx.
The tables should have only horizontal and not vertical rules, i.e. only horizontal lines will be used at the top or bottom of the table as shown in the example in figure 1, only if necessary intermediate lines can be added, taking into account the organization of the information and its readability.
Tables must be embedded in the document with a resolution of 300 dpi and must not be sent separately.
Example of table presentation
As can be seen in the previous example, the tables under the APA STANDARD model do not have vertical margins.
Sometimes the tables must be accompanied by explanatory texts defined as notes, these are classified as: general note, specific note and probability note, when the table contains general note, at the end of the same is located a period followed by the source, if it also contains specific or probability notes are located after a full stop on different lines.
3.9 Notation and Symbols
When defining terms, variables, constants, parameters, symbols, use those that have a generalized or standardized use. This allows the reader to have a more agile approach to the topics covered in the article. Indeed, when working with general variables it is common to use the letters x, y or z to identify them as they appear, in italics.
3.10 Acronyms or abbreviations
Articles may use acronyms or abbreviations but they must be defined the first time they are mentioned in the text, even if they have already been defined in the abstract.
Some examples might be "... unidentified flying object or UFO...", "... CPI or Consumer Price Index", "... the OAS (Organization of American States)...". Given the nature of the articles, some acronyms or abbreviations come from English; in this case the acronym must be defined in both Spanish and English. For example, the acronym HTML is an acronym of English words and could be defined as "... text markup language or HTML (hypertextmarkup language)...". Do not translate widely used acronyms. For example, use CPU (Central Processing Unit) and not CPU (Central Processing Unit). Acronyms containing periods should be written without spaces, i.e. "C.N.T." and not "C. N. T.".
3.11 Footers
Footnotes should be kept to a minimum and their use is recommended to clarify concepts, not terms, remembering that the reader has knowledge of the subject, they should generally not be used. Use superscript numbers in the text to indicate reference to a particular footnote.
4. Structure of the article
Title in Spanish (Maximum number of words 150 characters, only the initial letter must be capitalized, except for proper names, acronyms or abbreviations. It should not contain names of places or specific dates. The types of titles are indicative or informative).
Author data:
First Names Last Name1, First Names Last Name2
Abstract. The abstract should have a maximum length of 200 words. It must comply with the structure of an analytical abstract (Background, objective, methodology, results and conclusions) stating what was done, how it was done, the main results and their significance. It should not contain abbreviations, bibliographic references or unknown characters. If acronyms or abbreviations appear in the abstract, they must be defined. State what was done, how it was done, the main results and their significance. The abstract should be understandable without the need to refer to the rest of the text, figures or tables of the article. Remember that the summary or abstract is what an interested reader reads first to learn about the content of the article. The font is Times New Roman in 10 point size and should be in Spanish and English.
Keywords: Write the keywords separated by commas. Maximum eight (8) words, minimum four (4), in alphabetical order. The font is Times New Roman in 10 point size. Keywords in Spanish and English should be included.
Introduction: It should contextualize the reader on the topics covered in the article, including background, justification and fundamental concepts.
Methodology: It should begin by describing the complete experimental design and the theoretical procedures used. The premises and assumptions made must be explicitly stated and it is necessary to justify the choice of methods in those situations where other reasonable alternatives exist. The description of the methods must be sufficiently detailed to allow any
experienced researcher to reproduce it, this description must follow a logical order so that the reader can understand how the described manipulation fits the experimental design. The information should describe the following:
Results: They will include only data and information related to the topic. They will be presented in a sequence that supports the hypothesis or answers the question posed in the introduction. Frequently the results are presented through tables and figures. The information to be included is:
Discussion: In some cases, according to the type of article, discussions are presented with the results or in a different section, where the implications of the results presented are evaluated and interpreted, making special reference to the initial hypothesis. This section should begin with a clear sentence indicating whether the initial hypothesis can be maintained or not.
Conclusions: This section mentions the conclusions of the research very succinctly, as a reminder of the most important ideas. The conclusions do not include citations of bibliographical references.
Acknowledgments: In this section, the author expresses gratitude to some institution, in addition to the name of the project that originates the research.
References: References should be cited within the text of the article. The minimum number of references should be 12 references with a maximum of 5 years prior. References should be in APA STANDARD, the author should be cited in the text and additionally added in the list of references. Each reference usually contains the following elements: author, year of publication, title and publication data.
References should be placed with French indentation, i.e., the first line should be aligned with the left margin and the following ones at 1.27 cm and the line spacing should be double (2.0).
The table below describes the elements of a complete reference for a scientific journal, in the case of a non-electronic journal you should omit the URL information.
Elements of a scientific journal reference
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Basic information |
Source information |
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Author |
Date |
Article title |
Title of the magazine |
Volume (number) |
Page number(s) |
DOI or URL |
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Iñaki, J. A |
(2014) |
University, citizenship and ICT |
Analysis |
46(85) |
345-365 |
https://www.redalyc .org... |
Example:
Iñaki, J. A (2014). University, citizenship and ICT. Analysis, 46(85), 345-365. https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=515551536009
Many newspapers publish articles without page or article numbers. Omit these elements from the reference if they are not present in the cited work. For a printed version, no URL is included.
Elements of a newspaper reference
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Basic information |
Source information |
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Author |
Date |
Article title |
Newspaper title |
Number of page(s) or section |
DOI or URL |
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Prats, J. A |
(2014, 28th October ) |
Women and University |
The vanguard |
36-53 |
m/opinion... |
Example online version
Prats, J. (2012, October 28). Mujer y universitaria. La vanguardía. https://www.lavanguardia.com/opinion/temas-de-debate/20121028/54353571405/mujer- y- universitaria.html?page=1
Example printed version
Prats, J. (2012, October 28). Mujer y universitaria. The vanguard.C1
Books
The table below describes the elements of a complete reference for a book, in the case of a printed book you should omit the URL information.
Elements of a book reference
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Basic information |
Source information |
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Author |
Date |
Book title |
Edition |
Editorial |
DOI or URL |
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Hernandez Sampieri, R |
(2014) |
Methodology of Research |
(6th ed.) |
Mac Graw Hill |
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Example
Hernández Sampieri , R. (2014).
Research Methodology (6th ed.). Mac Graw Hill. http://observatorio.epacartagena.gov.co/wp- content/uploads/2017/08/metodologia-de-la- investigacion-sexta-edicion.compressed.pdf.
This type of reference is only used when the book consists of several chapters that are written by different authors, if the book is written in its entirety by the same author or group of authors, a normal book reference is used, in the case of a printed book, the URL information should be omitted.
Elements of a book chapter reference
Example:
García Lizano , N. (2009). LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND LEARNING. In N. Guardia de
Viggiano, Language and communication (pp. 7-37). Central American Educational and Cultural Coordination. https://ceccsica.info/sites/default/files/content/Volumen_25.pdf.
The following table presents the information for referencing a paper in a congress. If you need to reference symposia, please take into account the data presented here and consult the publications manual in the seventh edition to complement the fields.
Elements of a book chapter reference
Example:
Muellbauer, J. (2014, October 23-28). Housing, credit, and consumer expenditure. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, New Orleans, LA, United States. https://asa.con-fex.com/....
Dissertations and theses can be retrieved from subscription databases, institutional archives and personal web pages.
This type of references applies to any type of thesis, locate within the square brackets the type as appropriate, example 1 shows a master's thesis and example 2 shows an undergraduate thesis.
Dissertation, undergraduate and graduate thesis reference elements
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Basic information |
Source information |
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Author |
Date |
Dissertation title/ thesis |
Name of institution |
Name of the database or file |
DOI or URL |
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Adams, R.J |
(2020) |
Housing, credit, and consumer expenditure |
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City |
New Orleans, LA, United States |
https://asa.con- fex.com/... |
Example 1:
Adams, R.J. (2020). Bulding a foundation for evaluation of education and continuing education. [Master's thesis, University of Virginia]. New Orleans, LA, United States http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/
Example 2:
Lobo Díaz, O.I. (2016). Design of an architecture based on "SDN" (Software Defined Networking) technology for the networking and telecommunications laboratory of the Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander Ocaña. [Undergraduate thesis, Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander Ocaña].Repositorio Institucional UFPSO. http://repositorio.ufpso.edu.co/handle/123456789/1002
Audiovisual media can have both visual and audio components. Table 11, in its first column, shows the media categories to be taken into account in this type of references.
Type of author by media type
Note. Adapted from the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association 7th Edition, Header Levels, p.347 (2021)
Table X should be consulted to identify what information to include in the parenthesis after the author to establish the type of author that corresponds.
In the first example, an online video is referenced for this type of media, this information is omitted (it is the only one where it is omitted) in the second example, which corresponds to a television series, the author type information is executive producer, this information is placed before the parenthesis with the date and separated with a period.
Type of author by media type
Example:
Paulo Freire Educational Center (2016). Virtual Education, Myths and Realities [Online video]. Freire Institute. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-trAQNpjEI
Cardona, M. (Executive producer) (2020). Quien mató a Sara [Television series]. 1111films.tv. HBO. https://www.seriestv/watch?v=A-trAQN
Use the pages and websites source type if there is no other type of reference that fits and the work has no parent or global publication e.g. a scientific journal other than the website itself. If you cite multiple pages from a website, create a reference for each. (American Psychological Association, 2021).
Type of author by media type
Example
Ministry of Education (2020, May 21). Sistema Educativo Colombiano.https://www.mineducacion.gov.co
In the previous example, since the author is the same name of the site, the latter was omitted in the reference.
The structure of the legal references was determined based on a review of the document 'Guide for the citation of legal sources in Colombia based on the criteria of APA style 7th edition'.
The basic structure is presented below, adjust the referencing according to your needs depending on the type of legal source, based on the examples shown below.
Examples:
National Constituent Assembly (1991). Political Constitution of Colombia of 1991.
Constitutional Gazette 116 of July 20, 1991. http://www.secretariasenado.gov.co/senado/basedoc/constitucion_politica_1991.html
Congress of the Republic of Colombia (2006). Law 1098 of 2006. Whereby the Code for Children and Adolescents is enacted. Diario Oficial 46.446 de 8 de noviembre de 2006. http://www.secretariasenado.gov.co/senado/basedoc/ley_1098_2006.htm
Constitutional Court of Colombia. Plenary Chamber (1993). Decision C-411. Judge Carlos Gaviria Díaz. http://www.corteconstitucional.gov.co/relatoria/1993/C-411.htm
Presidency of the Republic of Colombia (1991). Decree 2700 of 1991. By which the rules of criminal procedure are issued. Diario Oficial 40.190 of November 30, 1991. https://normativa.colpensiones.gov.co/colpens/docs/codigo_procedimiento_penal_1991.htm
Ministry of Health of the Republic of Colombia (1993). Resolution 8430 of October 04, 1993. By which the scientific, technical and administrative norms for health research are established. https://www.minsalud.gov.co/sites/rid/Lists/BibliotecaDigital/RIDE/DE/DIJ/RESOLUCION8430- DE-1993.PDF
National Penitentiary and Prison Institute (1995). Agreement 0011 of October 31, 1995. By which the General Regulations to which the internal regulations of the Penitentiary and Prison Establishments shall be subject are issued. http://www.inpec.gov.co/documents/20143/44983/ACU ERDO++11+de+1995+y+ACUERDO+11+AGT06+Mdfca+Acdo+11OCT9.pdf/c46039b6- c163-7197-ef74-83db3da8568d
Office of the Attorney General of the Nation (2017). Directive 002. Whereby general guidelines are established on the investigation of crimes committed against human rights defenders in Colombia.
https://www.fiscalia.gov.co/colombia/wpcontent/uploads/Directiva-002-2017.pdf
The author should send the manuscript in Word format via the journal's e-mail address.
Cover letter and originality:
This letter contemplates the following aspects: that the work is original and unpublished and has not been published in other journals or media, contribution of the work to be presented, confirmation of authorship of all authors and their intellectual contribution and approval of the final version of the article. If it is in the authors' interest, they can recommend three experts as possible referees, indicating their contact details. The proposed referees must meet the following requirements: minimum academic degree of doctorate and recent scientific productivity in accordance with the subject matter of the article submitted.
Act of assignment of rights:
The journal will request the authors to grant it the ownership of their copyrights, so that their article and related materials may be published in any form or medium. Through this document they grant the rights to the journal.
Author Data Update Form: Where authors are asked for their personal data, academic background and scientific productivity.
Supplementary files:
If figures, photographs, graphs, drawings, diagrams or any other visual material, other than tables, are used that are typed in the text, the originals must be attached, duly marked, as well as the magnetic files indicating the software used for their elaboration. In case of using a figure taken from another author and, therefore, protected by reproduction rights, all the data for the respective credit must be attached, together with the written authorization of the author or editor of the original publication.
