Submissions

Author Guidelines

Updated June 1, 2021

Authors must send their submissions through the OJS platform, following the publication structure (Downloadable), in doc or docx format. It is also suggested to attach a PDF copy of the document. 

Revista de Derecho (Coquimbo. En línea) asks authors to include the ORCID number in their identification. If you do not have one, we encourage you to obtain one at https://orcid.org

All data used in research must be declared and retrievable from the institutional repositories or from where they are stored, except for confidential data, whose declaration must be justified by the author.

Suppose the article is a derivative work from another one (e.g., doctoral thesis, master's thesis or others). In that case, the author(s) must declare it and check the original licenses' compatibility with the submitted work.

Revista de Derecho (Coquimbo. En línea), uses the APA 7th ed. standard, for the realization of Bibliographic References and Bibliographic Citations (more information at https://bit.ly/3cG1L0x)

Authors are requested to include, in the Bibliographic References, only the material that has been cited in the body of the article. The journal reserves the right to remove any references that are not included. Furthermore, it is necessary to identify in the references all laws, codes, rulings, treaties or others mentioned in the body of work.

Regarding the elements included in the body of work, we suggest using footnotes that are only used to "further information and definitions" (normasapa.com, 2020).

Under the APA regulations (6th ed.), the footnote is not used for referencing or citing. "Quotations should be made as many times as necessary within the text, textual quotation or paraphrase" (normasapa.com 2020).

As an exception, when there are more than three authors, rulings or paraphrased laws, they may be included in the footnote.

No abbreviations or acronyms of any kind will be used, neither for codes nor for national or international institutions.

We suggest that the summary be written in the present tense when it refers to results and conclusions, and in the past tense, it refers to methods and measurements. Do not use future tense. Do not use acronyms or abbreviations. The English version must be an exact translation of the Spanish version or vice versa.

Be direct and concise in your ideas, since in the words of Ligia Díez (2007): "It is the part of the article most read by most of those interested if not the only one; through its text, the reader realises the relevance of the subject dealt with in the article and then decides whether or not to consult its content".

We suggest not to start this section with words such as: "In this work...", "The work is about...", "The research is aimed at...", among others. Do not repeat or paraphrase the words already used in the title of the work.

Regarding keywords, it is suggested to consider words - used in the article - according to the professional discipline through which a user may find the article. These words MUST NOT BE in the title, as this means redundancy for queries in search engines and decreases the chances of finding the article.

These terms are used to find specific content for searches in different search engines and databases. 

In the case of the use of images, these must declare their origin (their own or extracted, with their corresponding permissions) and be correctly cited and identified.

The resolution of the images must be in PNG format and no less than 300 dpi.

To facilitate the authors' work, we make available a downloadable document in .docx with the structure of presentation of an article or commentary on jurisprudence, which includes examples of bibliographical references in APA 6a. ed.

Important: The non-fulfilment of these suggestions does not mean an immediate rejection of the submission, but it will directly impact the times related to the editorial flow. 

In case of doubts about the citation of a particular document or related to the presentation formalities, please contact rvidal@ucn.cl