Author Guidelines

All the publications should be sent through the Electronic platform where the Journal is based (Open Journal System). Submitted work must be original and unpublished, and should not be under consideration for publication in other journals. SIR will not publish more than one article of the same authorship or co-authorship within 24 months period. SIR does not charge Article Processing Charges (APCs) to its authors for publication.

The following pieces of work will be reviewed for publication: articles and book reviews.

1. Guidelines for submission of articles

Articles in English should be original; they can be accepted for publication if they have not been published before, nor submitted for review to other scientific journals. In order to ensure the originality of the received articles, we recommend the authors to use programs of plagiarism detection. You can visit the following information on iThenticate: http://www.ithenticate.com/

The authors that send an article to SIR, they are invited, including their professional data, to add their ORCID Id (If they have it). Regarding those authors who have not this ID, we invite you to register in ORCID in the following web: http://orcid.org

The articles will have to:

- Address a relevant topic with social impact in research from a multidisciplinary approach;

- Suitably include the most relevant and current literature;

- Contribute and expand our understanding of macro and micro-processes.

Writing style: Submissions have to follow the APA style (Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th edition, 2009). The following are some citation examples:

[Book] Lareau, A. (2004). Unequal childhoods: Class, race, and family life. Berkeley, CA: University of California.

[Edited book] Burley, J., & Harris, J. (Eds.). (2002). A companion to genethics. Malden, MA: Blackwell

[Book chapter] Lawrence, J. A., & Dodds, A. E. (2003). Goal-directed activities and life-span development. In J. Valsiner & K. Connolly (Eds.), Handbook of developmental psychology (pp. 517-533). London, England: Sage Publications.

[Journal article] Lareau, A., & Lopes Muñoz, V. (2012)."You're Not Going to Call the Shots": Structural Conflicts between the Principal and the PTO at a Suburban Public Elementary School. Sociology of Education, 85, 201-208. doi:10.1177/0038040711435855

Format:

- The submissions should be presented in the format MS Word, WordPerfect or RTF.

- The article’s writing style will be Times New Roman, size 11, spacing 13, full justification and without tabulations. Return will only be used to separate sections. Pages will have to be configured with the following margins: 1,41 cm (right), 1,41 cm (left), 1,41 cm (top), 1,41 cm (bottom).

Structure: The first page should contain the title of the article. In the second page should include an abstract and keywords. From the third page, the article should include the title of the article and the text with the notes (if necessary) and references. The title, abstract and keywords should appear at least in English and Spanish.

Title of the page headline: It should be included also in the first page a title of less than 25 characters. The title should be informative and specific to explain the meaning and aims of the work.

Abstract and keywords: All submissions should include an abstract explaining concisely the reasons and object, the methodology used and the main results and conclusions. It is also necessary to include keywords that define the article and serve to identify the content of the work.

Notes: These should be avoided when possible. Notes will be at the end of the text and not footnotes to avoid distractions while reading.

Abbreviation: The only abbreviations that can be used are those universally accepted.

Author identification: The authors should avoid disclosing their identity, especially in the first pages of the article. The name of the author(s) must not appear on any page of the article. This information will be included in the electronic platform and it should not appear in the article sent for review. In the platform has to be stated the name and last name of each of the authors (in order of preference), full name of the workplace of each of the authors and postal address and electronic address of the responsible or first author as the responsible of the correspondence.

Language: Articles should be written in English. Articles submitted should be grammatically correct independently of the language used. It is the responsibility of the authors to ensure that the submitted document follows the language standards required by the publication of the scientific journal. If English is not the first language, authors are invited to use the author’s services of language edition.

Hipatia Press requires to future authors to send their work with an excellent language edition. If the manuscript is written in a second or third language, it is recommended to first contact a language reviewing service to avoid grammar and style mistakes.

Changes to authorship:

Authors are strongly advised to ensure the correct author group, and the order of authors at submission. Changes of authorship by adding or deleting authors, and/or changes in Corresponding Author, and/or changes in the sequence of authors are not accepted after acceptance of a manuscript.

Review procedure: When an article is submitted, the editors screen it to make sure that all the files have no identifying information on the authors and that the article has not been published elsewhere. Then, in a time period of 15 days maximum from the date of reception of the article, the journal editor will assign it to two external evaluators that will carry out a blind review of the article (double blind peer review). Over the review period of the article, both the names of the authors as well as the evaluators’ will be anonymous.

Peer reviewers are identified by editors of the journal, who are experienced researchers in their fields. The most suitable reviewers are selected according to the submission received and the reviewer’s expertise; also a network of scholars can collaborate as reviewers in our journal.

The Editors are in charge of exploring the reviewer’s reports and exchange opinions with some members of the editorial board in order to make a proper decision whether an article could be publishable or not. The decision is reached through the reviewers’ reports.

Editors check all the reviews done and contrast the reviewers’ notes with the content of the article before sending decisions and reviewers comment to authors. If reviewers do not carry out their duty correctly, editors will delete them from the list and send the article to another reviewer or to a member of the editorial board to carry out a fast-track review of the manuscript.

In cases where Editors have doubts after the process of review, they double-check the evaluation with some members of the Editorial board, according to their field of specialization, in order to reach an agreement and a decision on the article.

The result of the evaluation will be sent to the authors in a maximum period of 3 months from the date of reception.

2. Guidelines for submission of book reviews

Preferably book reviews of relevant publications related to social impact of research in different disciplines will be accepted, no more than two years old in the moment of submitting the book review. Selection criteria that will be taken into account are:

- Specialization and prestige of the book’s author, as well as the publishing house of the book.

- Current topic and publication date.

- Book reviews of textbooks or educational materials and general knowledge books are excluded.

- Use of scientific criteria by the publishing house.

With regards to the review, the quality of the text will be valued, as well as the scientific specialty of the author in the book review.

Structure: The book review will start with the technical data of the book (name and last name of the author, year of publication, the title of the book, place and publishing house). The name of the book review author will be at the end of the text.

All parties involved in the publishing process (editors, reviewers, authors, and others) must adhere to the publication ethics and malpractice statement.

Suggestions for books to be reviewed or nominations to review books should be submitted to:

Ramón Flecha,

University of Barcelona, Department of Sociological Theory

Diagonal Nord, Facultat d'Economia i Empresa. Av. Diagonal 690, 08034, Barcelona. Spain

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The opinions and contents of the published articles in SIR are the exclusive responsibility of the authors. In addition, it is their responsibility to obtain the corresponding permits to include published material in other journals or books as well as to reproduce images, texts, tables or figures from other authors.