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INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

 

Responsibility

  • Authors are exclusively responsible for the opinions and statements in their articles and they do not necessarily represent the the line of the journal or the opinion of its director.

  • Authors will be totally responsible for legal issues which can arise from the cession of materials to this journal.

  • Receiving an article will not imply that Folios Journal is obliged to publish it.
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    Exclusivity

  • All papers/essays must be original and unpublished.

  • Sending an article to be published implies that the author authorizes its reproduction whenever Folios Journal considers it convenient.
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    Evaluation

    Papers/essays received will be evaluated by the members of the editorial committee of Folios Journal and by an academic peer-group. Once it has been approved, the author will receive a printed version in order for him to revise and adjust at the appointed time.

     

    Presentation

  • Papers/essays must no exceed 25 pages and they must be sent in a magnetic medium or printed in letter-size paper, using one side of the paper only and at a single-space. The electronic version can also be sent by e-mail to:acamargo@pedagógica.edu.co

  • Papers/essays must be sent to the editorial committee of Folios Journal, School of Humanities, "Universidad Pedagógica Nacional" (National Pedagogical University). Address: Calle 72 No. 12-86 Office A-225.

  • The heading/headline of every and each paper/essay must include the title of the article, the name and surnames of the author, and the name of the institution where he/she works.

  • An abstract of no more than 10 lines in Spanish and in English must be included after the heading/headline. Then, three to five key words referring to the main topic of the article must be included after the abstract.

  • The list of bibliographic references in alphabetical order must be included at the end of the paper/essay. They must be written as follows:

    • a. Books: Author´s surname in capitals and author´s name, separated by a coma, publishing year in parentheses, the title of the book, period, place of edition, colon, publishing house. If there are two or more authors, they must be separated by a semicolon.

    b. Journals: Surname/s and initial/s of the authors´ name, separated by a coma, publishing year in parentheses, the title of the article, in, followed by the name of the journal in italics, coma, number of the journal (volume if there is one), coma, and number of pages of the paper/essay in to be published in this journal. If there are two or more authors, they must be separated by a semicolon.

  • Notes will be consecutively numbered and its text will be placed at the bottom of the corresponding page.

  • Exact quotations will be in inverted commas; those which are five or more lines will be written at a single space, in italics and"indented."

  • All quotations will be accompanied by their bibliographic references, using APA format: Author´s surname, publishing year, number of pages. Example: (López, 1999, pages 154-160).

  • Diagrams, drawings, graphs, photographs, etc. will be in black and white. In addition, the author must precisely indicate the place in the text where every and each one of them must be included.

  • The editorial committee of the Journal reserves the right to modify that which it considers appropriate, according to these regulations. Originals sent will no be returned.
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    Considerations

    Authors whose articles are published will freely receive two copies of the number in which his/her paper/essay is published.

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