Submissions

Author Guidelines

Reception and Evaluation of Articles

Comentario Internacional receives articles within the dates established in its calls for submissions. You can check the current call on the journal’s OJS platform or on the Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Ecuador (UASB-E) website: uasb.edu.ec.

Articles must be submitted through the journal’s OJS platform. Registration and login are required to submit items online and to check the status of recent submissions. Manuscripts submitted must not be simultaneously under review in another publication.

Upon receipt of an article, an acknowledgment is immediately sent by email. The Editorial Team then reviews whether the submission meets the required formal aspects and whether it is relevant for inclusion in a scientific publication, ensuring compliance with the author guidelines. Articles that do not meet these standards will be declined at this initial stage without a peer review process.

The submission date of a manuscript will only be considered once it has been received in its correct form. Authors are encouraged to verify compliance with all requirements listed in the pre-submission checklist before submitting.

Manuscripts are evaluated under a double-blind peer review system (anonymous and confidential) by two external experts in the field who provide objective assessments and ensure there are no conflicts of interest. The anonymity of both authors and reviewers is maintained throughout the process.

External reviewers must follow the review rubric guidelines, based on which evaluation reports are prepared. Reviewers will determine whether the manuscript is:

• Publishable without changes;

• Publishable with changes; or

• Not publishable.

In case of discrepancies, the manuscript will be sent to a third reviewer, whose evaluation will determine the final decision regarding publication.

If reviewers decide to accept the article with changes, the manuscript will be returned to the authors to make the suggested modifications regarding length, structure, or style, while respecting the original content. The length of the revised version must not exceed the limits set in this policy.

The review protocol used by the journal is public. The scientific evaluation process, after the preliminary review by the Editorial Team, takes up to 100 days.

Articles positively evaluated that require modifications (minor or major) must be resubmitted within 30 days.

All authors will receive anonymous scientific evaluation reports to make the appropriate improvements or responses. The double-blind peer review process ensures objectivity, transparency, and impartiality.

Authors of accepted articles will receive proofs in PDF format via email for proofreading and typographic corrections within three days. Only minor corrections to the original evaluated manuscript are allowed.

In general, once external scientific reviews are completed, the criteria used by the Editorial Committee to justify acceptance or rejection are:

• Relevance and timeliness;

• Scientific significance and contribution to knowledge;

• Originality;

• Scientific reliability and methodological quality;

• Organization and formal presentation;

• External support and public/private funding;

• Co-authorship and internationalization of the proposal and team;

• Quality of writing.

Authors will have access to the online publication. Each author will receive two printed copies for free distribution among colleagues and institutions.

Authors commit to joining the International Council of Scientific Reviewers for three years following the publication of their article.

Printed Books

Basic book

(N) First Name, Last Name, Complete title (City: Editorial, year), page(s).

Walter Mignolo, The Idea of Latin America: The colonial wound and the anticolonial option  (Barcelona: Gedisa, 2007), 34-5.

(B) Last Name(s), First Name. Complete title. City: Editorial, year.

Mignolo, Walter. The idea of Latin America: The colonial wound and the anticolonial option. Barcelona: Gedisa, 2007.

Observation: In the final number of the referenced page range, repeated digits are not written since they are redundant. The range implies that the citation goes from page 34 to 35.

Book with two or three authors

(N) First Name Last name(s) and First Name Last Name(s), Complete Title (City: Editorial, year), page(s).

Ruth Berins Collier y David Collier, Shaping the Political Arena: Critical Junctures, the Labor Movement, and Regime Dynamics in Latin America (Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2009), 685.

(B) Last name(s) First Name and First Name Last Name(s). Complete title. City: Editorial, year.

Collier, Ruth Berins, y David Collier. Shaping the Political Arena: Critical Junctures, the Labor Movement, and Regime Dynamics in Latin America. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2009.

Observation 1: In the bibliography, only the first name of the group of authors is written with the last name first; the rest of the names are written in regular order.

Observación 2: The titles in other languages conserve special characters and writing norms unique to such a language unless it is a language with a non-Latin alphabet.

Book with four or more authors

(N) First name Last Name et al., Complete title (City: Editorial, year), page(s).

Reinhard Bunjes et al., Medicine, public health and humanitarian aid  (Bilbao: Universidad de Deusto, 2000), 75-6.

(B) Last Name(s) First Name, First Name Last Name(s),  First Name Last Name(s), First Name Last Name(s), First Name Last Name(s) and First Name Last Name(s). Complete title. City: Editorial, year.

Bunjes, Reinhard, Anja Gebler, Bärbel A. Krumme, Richard Munz, Guha-Sapir Debarati, y Benno M. Ure. Medicine, public health and humanitarian aid. Bilbao: Universidad de Deusto, 2000.

Book of editor, coordinator or other

(N) First Name Last Name, ed./coord., Complete title (City: Editorial, year), page(s). 

Javier Torres Ripa, ed., Chicago-Deusto Manual of Style  (Bilbao: Universidad de Deusto, 2013), 647.

(B) Last name(s) First Name, ed./coord. Complete title. City: Editorial, year.

Torres Ripa, Javier, ed./coord.  Chicago-Deusto Manual of Style. Bilbao: Universidad de Deusto, 2013.

Observation: Books with editors include articles or chapters that have several authors. In those cases, it is better to reference the authors of the articles or chapters, before the editor who combined them, unless we are making a reference to the publication in general.

Book section (chapters, articles, poems, tales, etc.)

(N) First Name Last Name(s), “Article title,” in Complete book title, ed. First Name Last Name(s) and First Name and Last Name(s) (City: Editorial / second Editorial, year), page(s).

Ilán Bizberg, “Business modernization and industrial relations in Mexico”, en Business modernization: Trends in Latin America and Europe, ed. Rainer Dombois y Ludger Pries (Caracas, VE: Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Colombia / Editorial Nueva Sociedad, 1993), 105.

(B) Last Name(s) First Name. “Article title,” in Complete book title, edited by First Name Last Name(s) and First Name and Last Name(s), page(s). City: Editorial/second Editorial, year.

Bizberg, Ilán. “Business modernization and industrial relations in Mexico”. In Business modernization, edited by  Rainer Dombois y Ludger Pries, 83-110. Caracas, VE: Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Colombia / Editorial Nueva Sociedad, 1993.

Observation 1: The title of the lesser work or book section is always in quotes.

Observation 2: A slash separates the different editorials that published the book.

Observation 3: The page range where the section is found (lesser work) within the book (greater work) is indicated in the bibliographical entry.

Periodical publications

Academic journal articles

(N) First Name Last Name(s), “Article title,” Journal title volume, No. (year): page(s).

Fabianna Bacil Lourenço Ferreira, “Health social security in China: Main reforms and imbalances”, Collective Health 13, n.o 1 (2017): 11-2, doi:10.18294/sc.2017.999.

(B) Last Names(s) First Name: “Article title.” Journal title volume No. (year): page(s).

Ferreira, Fabianna Bacil Lourenço. “Health social security in China: Main reforms and imbalances”. Collective Health 13, n.o 1 (2017): 5-17. doi:10.18294/ sc.2017.999.

Observation: The DOI only exists in electronic journals. The URL can also be used if there is no DOI. The DOI is written in lowercase in the notes and bibliographical entries.

Newspaper article

(N) First Name Last Name(s), “Article title,” Newspaper title, complete date, page(s).

Fernando Medina, “4 extortion networks were discovered in 10 prisons”, El Comercio, 14 April 2017, 6.

(B) Last Name(s) First Name. “Article title.” Newspaper title. Complete date.

Medina, Fernando.  “4 extortion networks were discovered in 10 prisons.” El Comercio. 14 April 2017.

Observation 1: The date in newspapers is written completely (day, month, year).

Observation 2: When there is nobody responsible for the writing, the name of the institution can be included as the author.

Electronic publications

Webpage

(N) First Name Last Name(s), “Publication title,” Webpage title, complete date, paragraph, URL.

Decio Machado, “The Political Left in Ecuador No Longer Exists”, Jacobin, 10 April 2017, párr. 12, https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/04/ecuador-presidential-election-second-round-correa-lenin/.

(B) Last name(s) First Name. “Publication title.” Webpage title, complete date, paragraph, URL.

Machado, Decio. “The Political Left in Ecuador No Longer Exists”. Jacobin, 10 April 2017. https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/04/ecuador-presidential-election- second-round-correa-lenin/.

Observation 1: Due to the fact that reading websites is vertical, and as such, there are no pages, the paragraph number should be referenced with the abbreviation “parr.”

Observation 2: The access date is only mentioned when the publication or last modification date does not exist. It should be preceded by the indication “accessed.”

Electronic books (e-books)                   

(N) First Name Last Name(s), Book title (City: Editorial, year), location or position, electronic version edition.

Luis Felipe Fabre, Cabaret provenza (Mexico city: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2007), loc. 257, Kindle edition.

(B) Last Name(s) Name. Book title. City: Editorial, year. Electronic version edition.

Fabre, Luis Felipe. Cabaret provenza. Mexico city: Fondo de Cultura Económica, Kindle edition.

Observation: Electronic books have no stable pagination (they vary according to the configured font size and device), so the location number (loc.) or position (pos.) should be referenced.

Institutional documents

(N) Country Institution, Document title, (City: Institution, year), page.

Ecuador Ministry of National Defense, Defense political agenda: 2014-2017 (Quito:Ministry of National Defense, 2014), 16.

(B) Country Institution. Document title. City: Institution, year.

Ecuador Ministry of National Defense. Defense political agenda: 2014-2017. Quito: Ministry of National Defense, 2014.

Legal sources

(N) Country, Legal document, registry, complete date, article.

Ecuador, Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador, Official Registry 449, 20 October 2008, art. 298.

(B) Country. Legal document. Registry, complete date

Ecuador. Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador. Official Registry 449, 20 October 2008.

Observation: If we are dealing with some regulation, it can also be referenced by article number (art.), paragraph (lit.), numeral (num.), etc.

International Organization Instruments

(N) Organization, Document title, complete date, universal locator.

UN General Assembly, Declaration on the fundamental principles of justice for victims of crimes and abuse of power, 29 November 1985, num. 4, A/RES/40/34.

(B) Organization. Document title. Complete date. Universal locator.

UN General Assembly. Declaration on the fundamental principles of justice for victims of crimes and abuse of power. 29 November 1985. A/RES/40/34.

Thesis

(N) First Name Last Name(s), “Thesis title” (undergraduate/masters/doctoral thesis, University, year), page(s), URL.

 Jorge Fabricio Guevara Viejo, “The institutionalization process of the National Higher Education System in Ecuador: A study from the point of view of an analysis of the resignification of institutional pressure” (doctoral thesis, Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Sede Ecuador, 2016), 141, http:// repositorio.uasb.edu.ec/handle/10644/5298.

(B) Last Names(s) First Name. “Thesis title.” Undergraduate/masters/doctoral thesis, University, year. URL.

Guevara Viejo, Jorge Fabricio. “The institutionalization process of the National Higher Education System in Ecuador: A study from the point of view of an analysis of the resignification of institutional pressure”. Doctoral thesis, Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Sede Ecuador, 2016. http://repositorio.uasb.edu.ec/ handle/10644/5298.

Presentation in Seminars and similar events

(N) First Name Last Name(s), “Report title” (report, activity name, City, complete date).

Gabriel Boero, “Social responsibility and entrepreneurship” (report, X International Entrepreneurship Forum, Quito, 19 November 2014).

(B) Last Name(s) First Name. “Report title.” Report presented in the name of the activity, City, complete date.

Boero, Gabriel. “Social responsibility and entrepreneurship”. Report presented in the X International Entrepreneurship Forum, Quito, 19 November 2014.

Observation: There is no page number or paragraph because the format of the document could vary while it circulates in distinct forms.

Guidelines for the presentation of reviews

• Reviews do not undergo a peer-review process and are not identified with a DOI.
• The manuscripts corresponding to the Review section should be 1,500 to 2,500 words in length.
• The author and the name of the reviewed work should be indicated, as well as the publication year, the name of the publishing house and the number of pages of the book.
• In the reviews, it is anticipated that the authors incorporate an analytical and critical perspective of the book’s content.