Submissions

Preparation Checklist 

Pescadora de Perlas does not charge any fees for sending, evaluating or publishing contributions. As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items. Submissions that do not observe  these guidelines may be returned to authors. Submissions are accepted permanently, except submissions to Dossier, whose deadlines are restricted by the current call for proposals.

  • All submitted manuscripts must be original, unpublished works and may not be under consideration at another publication (or an explanation must be provided in the Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect format.
  • Wherever possible DOI, or failing that, URLs are provided for references.
  • The text conforms to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in "Formal shipping conditions" and "Reference system".
  • I have read and accepted the terms expressed in "Copyright Notice".
  • My submission complies with the terms and conditions of the current call for papers. 

Guidelines for authors

Peer review system

First,  manuscripts will be evaluated according to their adequacy to the formal guidelines specified for each category: Studies and Notes, Pearls / Thought Fragments and Reviews. If inadequacies are detected, they will be sent back to the authors for correction.

The manuscripts that conform to the formal guidelines will be sent to external reviewers. In the case of Studies or Notes, two anonymous reviewers will be called, in the case of Reviews, one. In the case of Pearls / Thought Fragments, the Editorial Committee will evaluate their relevance and,  if  necessary, will eventually require external reviewers.

The reviews will be in charge of academics especially summoned by the editorial committee for each work through the double-blind reference system. In this way, it is intended to maintain the anonymity of both the evaluators and the authors. Therefore, texts should avoid any explicit reference to the author. When citing your own texts, replace your name with the word "author".

The reviews can give the following results:

(a) Publishable without modifications.

(b) Publishable with modifications.

(c) Not publishable.

If two favorable reviews are obtained (a), the text will be published and the author will be informed of the expected date of publication.

If at least one of the peer reviewers considers modifications necessary (b), the work will be sent again to the author for correction or a response. The deadline for this response is 3 weeks from receipt of the reviews.  

A unanimous negative review (c) implies, without appeal, the non-publication of the work.

The Editorial Committee retains the right to summon a new evaluator in case of discrepancies between both reviews.

Before publication, the Editorial Committee or its designees will make formal corrections and adjustments.

In the case of submissions for book reviews, the process follows according to the opinion of the sole evaluator.

Formal shipping conditions

Original articles in Spanish, English and Portuguese will be accepted. The works must be sent in .doc or .docx format or compatible through the OJS system. The text sent must not contain any reference that allows to identify the authors of the work. The manuscript must include:

  • Font for all text, including footnotes: Cambria
  • Title. Bold, 16. In the case of reviews, the complete bibliographic data of the book to be reviewed must be added without bold, according to the following format: Surname, N., Title in italics, translator / editor data /etc. if appropriate. Place, Editorial, year, number of pages.
  • Summary and 4 keywords in original language and in English (in case of being the original language a summary in Spanish or Portuguese must be provided); or in original language and in Spanish (in case of being the original language a summary in Portuguese or English must be included). Cambria 12. Single line spacing. Justified. Maximum length of the abstract: 300 words.
  • Text body. Cambria 12. Line spacing 1.5, justified, first line indentation 1 cm. Subtitles: bold, 12. Subtitles: italics, 12. No space between paragraphs. Simple spacing. Do not use bold or underlining in the body of the text. Avoid double space between words and at the end of each paragraph. Foreign language words must be in italics.
  • Footnotes: Cambria 10, justified. Without double space between paragraphs. Single line spacing.
  • Quotes and footnotes. All citations must be translated into the language in which the article is presented. If it is considered necessary to also include the original language version of a quote, do so in a footnote. Citations in the body of the text that exceed four lines in length must be inserted in a separate paragraph, with a left and right margin of 1cm, font size 12, justified, without first line indentation, single line spacing, without quotation marks. The numerical index of footnotes must always follow the punctuation mark. Use brackets with three dots [...] to indicate that the quote was shortened. Use common quotes: "...". Within the common quotation marks, use the French quotation marks: "...« ... »..."
  • Bibliography. After the subtitle "Bibliography", at the end of the article, it is requested to consign only the bibliography cited in the body of the text. For more details on the referral system, see below.
  • In the case of reviews, it is requested to include a 300 dpi cover photo / s.
  • Maximum length for Studies: between 5000 and 10000 words.
  • Maximum length for Notes: 5000 words.
  • Contributions length for the Reviews section: between 1,000 and 1,400 words for reviews; between 1,500 and 2,500 words for critical reviews.
  • Maximum length of contributions for the Pearls section: 10,000 words.

Bibliographic references system

The citation system must conform to the APA 7th edition. Below we propose a set of indications taken from the APA quick guide 7th edition (Biblioteca de Educación de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, June 2020), in relation to two elements: 1) bibliographic references at the end of the text; 2) in-text citations. We then add some indications on 3) the citation of documents and specific bibliography related to Hannah Arendt.

1) Bibliographic references

Book [do not include city]

Herrán Gascón, A., Cortina Selva, M. y González Sánchez, I. (2006). La muerte y su didáctica. Manual para educación infantil, primaria y secundaria. Universitas.

Anthology or compilation

Trillo, J. (Ed.). (2001). El legado pedagógico del siglo XX para la escuela del siglo XXI. Graó.

Articles in printed review

Rodríguez, C. (2007). God's eye does not look at signs. Early development and semiotics. Infancia y

Aprendizaje, 30(3), pp. 343-374.

Articles in e-published review 

Herbst-Damn, K. L., y Kulik, J. A. (2005). Volunteer support, marital status, and the survival times of

terminally ill patients. Health Psychology, 24, pp. 225-229. http://doi.org/10.1037/0278-6133.24.2.225

Newspaper article

Aréchaga, J. (15 de septiembre de 2011). Los españoles y las revistas científicas... ¡Que editen ellos! El País, pp. 20-22.

Blog

Sánchez, C. (11 de febrero de 2020). Ejemplos de Referencias Bibliográficas APA. Normas APA (7ma edición). https://normas-apa.org/referencias/ejemplos/

Book article/Chapter

Santiago, M. (2000). Reglas de acentuación. En E. Montolío, C. Figueras, M. Garachana, y M. Santiago (Eds.). Manual práctico de escritura académica (pp. 15-43). Ariel.

Journal paper

Alonso-Vega, J., Álvarez-Iglesias, A., Ávila-Herrero, I., y Froxán-Parga, M. X. (2019, junio 18). Verbal

interaction analysis of the intervention to an adult with severe behavioral problems [Poster presentation]. XVI European Congress of Psychology, Moscú, Rusia.

Doctoral Thesis (printed)

Fernández González, A. (2010). La inteligencia emocional como variable predictora de adaptación psicosocial en estudiantes de la Comunidad de Madrid [Doctoral thesis]. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid.

Doctoral Thesis (e-published) 

Barreto, A. G. (2015). Fundarvid: una contextualización de sus neologismos en la lengua de señas colombiana [Master thesis, Universidad Nacional de Colombia]. Repositorio Institucional UN. http://bit. ly/2JHcwSV

2) Quotes in the text 

One author:

(Trueba, 2018)

Two authors:

(León y Montero, 2015)

Three or more authors: 

(Seco et al., 2020) 

Textual quotation from one page:

(Zofio, 2010, p. 14)

Textual quotation from more than one page:

(Zofio, 2010, pp. 140-141)

Textual quotation without page number:

(Zofio, 2010, párr. 3)

3) Hannah Arendt’s documents and specific bibliographie

  • Documents of The Hannah Aredt Papers at the Library of Congress

On the body of the text: last name, year y folio number instead of page number. 

(Arendt, 1965, p. 2890). 

In the Bibliography section, the complete reference must be provided. The year corresponds to the date of the writing. If it’s unknown: s/f.  Then the Folder title: type of manuscript and institutional reference and location. Finaly the series to which the document belongs and the reference to the The Hannah Arendt Papers. Ex:  

Arendt, H. (1965). “From Machiavelli to Marx”. Manuscript for the course at Cornell University, EEUU. Serie: Subject File, 1949-1975, n.d. Hannah Arendt Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington DC. 

Arendt, H. (1965). “Correspondence: Fuss, Peter, 1964-1975”. Intercambio epistolar. Serie: Correspondence File, 1938-1976, n. d. Hannah Arendt Papers, Manuscript Division, Liberaría del Congreso, EEUU, Washington DC. 

  • Quote Arendt´s Thought Diary 

In the body of the text, Last Name, Year: page number, notebook number, date and fragment number between brackets. Ex:

(Arendt, 2006, p. 17, I, agosto de 1950, [21]). 

In the Bibliography section the usual information. Ex: 

Arendt, H. (2006). Diario filosófico, 1950-1973. (Trad. R. Gabás). Herder. 

  • Quote from letters :

In the body of the text, Last Name, year: page number, letter number and date. Ex: 

(Arendt y Jaspers, 1993, p. 367, carta N° 216, noviembre de 1957). 

In the Bibliography section the usual information. Ex:

Arendt, H. y Jaspers, K. (1993). Briefwechsel 1926-1969. Piper.

Tutorial to send through the OJS system

Section policy

Pescadora de Perlas publishes original papers in Spanish, Portuguese and English related to the field of Arendt studies, and the discussions and legacies that her thoughts unlock in the present. Proposed manuscripts must be original, and must not be under review in another academic journal, nor can they be sent to other journals while the evaluation process lasts. After publication, the papers may be reproduced by the authors with indication of the original publication in this journal (see Copyright notice).  

Studies and Notes: Dossier and non-thematic contributions

The Studies are long articles that should not exceed 10000 words and the Notes are short articles of up to 5000 words. Critical contributions to articles already published in the magazine are also of interest.

The papers for the sections of Studies and Notes will be submitted to a double blind reference.

The studies and notes can be submitted to the call for a thematic Dossier. In that case, they must respect the deadlines stipulated by the current call. Or they can have free themes, although relevant to Pescadora de Perlas focus and scope.  In that case, submissions are received permanently, without deadline restrictions.

Pearls / Fragments of Thought  

Elisabeth Young-Bruehl and Kurt Blumenfeld associated Arendt with pearl fishing, Perlenfischerei. Arendt referred by that name to the method that she recognizes in Walter Benjamin's work and in her own: to descent “to the bottom of the sea, not to excavate the bottom and bring it to light but to discover the rich and the strange, pearls and coral from the deep and bring them to the surface. "

Here you will find this type of rich and strange fragments: translations of classical texts on Arendt´s work; original documents or short exegetical studies on fragments of her writtings; short essays and reviews on films, exhibitions, images, events or political events; interviews and dialogues on current issues or theoretical debates on Arendt; images or fragments and marginalia that she treasured; interviews and dialogues that she had with other thinkers or cultural personalities; lectures and talks she gave throughout her life and other materials related to her life and her work.

Text proposals for this section will be submitted to the Editorial Committee for evaluation. In the case of translations of classic articles or interviews and conferences already published, original documents and images, these must be accompanied by the necessary publication permits to comply with the legality of editorial and author´s rights.

Studies and notes can be submitted for a thematic Dossier or as non-thematic contributions. If they are submitted for a Dossier, they must respect the deadlines stipulated by the current call. If they are non thematic contributions, they can have free subjects, although relevant to the focus of the magazine. In that case, submissions are received permanently, without deadline restrictions.

Book Reviews 

The Magazine seeks to promote the dissemination and critical discussion of the productions related to Hannah Arendt's work on a national and international level. This section receives critical reviews and short book reviews. Short book reviews are texts about books published in the last two years and will have a length between 1,000 and 1,400 words. Critical reviews are texts about one or more books published in the last five years and will have a length between 1,500 and 2,500 words. In both cases, they will be headed by the complete references of the reviewed text and will not have footnotes. The proposal texts for this section will be submitted to a unique instance of blind reference.

Copyright notice

Those authors who have publications with this journal, accept the following terms:

  1. The authors will retain their copyright over the text, and will guarantee the journal the right of first publication, which will be simultaneously subject to the Creative Commons Recognition License: Attribution - Non-Commercial - Share Alike (by- nc-sa): commercial use of the original work or possible derivative works is not allowed; the distribution of the original or derivative works is allowed with a license equal to that which regulates the original work, and in both cases the authorship of the original work and its first publication in this journal must be acknowledge.
  2. After publication, the works may be reproduced or published by the authors in any other way as long as the indication of the original publication in this journal is not omitted. In this sense, the authors may adopt other license agreements for the distribution of the version of the published work (for example, by depositing it in an institutional archive or publishing it in a monographic volume) provided that the initial publication  in Pescadora de Perlas is indicated. 
  3. The authors allow Pescadora de Perlas to place their works in the institutional repository of the National University of Córdoba and to distribute it through databases considered appropriate for indexing and through social networks in order to increase the visibility of the publication.

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