ISSN 0123-8418
printed version

ISSN 2215-7484
online version

Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.12804/territ

INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

• Scope and policy
• Form and preparation of manuscripts
• Publication ethics and publication malpractice statement
• Sending of manuscripts

Territorios is aimed to scholars, technicians on planning, leaders and territorial functionaries, non-governmental organizations, advisers, and undergraduate and graduate students. The journal is open to the reception of original articles and bibliographic reviews that have urban and regional studies as their main focus.

Review process

Articles will go through an initial reviewing process done by the journal’s Editor. Once the article has gone through the first review, the journal proceeds to send the articles to external peer revision. The selected evaluators will be national or international researchers with no conflict of interests on the articles or authors. If any doubt arises, another peer will be sought. Names of the authors and evaluators will be anonymous during this process.

Evaluators can suggest changes to the manuscripts. In order to submit their concept they will be guided by the journal’s evaluation form. Evaluators can approve, approve with corrections, or reject the manuscripts for publication; the final decision for publication is made by the Editorial Board.

The Editorial Board of the journal Territorios accepts proposals of academic articles that go through an external revision according to the journal’s sections:

• Thematic section: This section covers any of the several forms of exposition and knowledge —academic article, essay or experiences— on the special topic defined for each number of the journal.
• General section: This section is open to two ways of exposition and knowledge: scientific researches, and essays. The journal accepts, on one hand, academic works that generate theoretical and methodological discussion and the rigorous treatment of empirical information; and on the other hand, more open contributions, where the theoretical references are essential, but the open and free reflection component is more important than in the case of researches.
• Experiences: This section accepts articles from NGO’s, base groups, public servants, and consultants that are interested in present particular cases of regional and local development, where the wealth, complexity, and particularity are above the generality and abstraction ability.
• Young researchers section: It is important to the journal to open space to the presentation of young researchers’ works. These can be thesis works from undergraduate or graduate level, or from first researches.
• Reviews: Articles or reviews about urban-regional development books, or bibliography presentations related to the journal’s theme.

Formal Prerequisites:

The files must be in Word format, font Times New Roman, size 12, 1.5 space (one space and a half). In the case of the article includes graphics, figures, or maps, these should be attached in their original format with a resolution of no less than 300 dpi in order to guarantee their quality. All maps or images used should include a short title and quote the source where it was first found. If the source is online, the complete web address will be written.

On a separate file the author must attach their updated Curriculum Vitae (CV), including the publications that they have made in the last three years.

• The maximum number of characters will vary depending on the section that the article goes to:

– Thematic section: 40.000 characters.
– General section: 60.000 characters.
– Experiences: 30.000 characters.
– Young researchers section: 30.000 characters.
– Reviews: 10.000 characters.

• Reference of the author:

– Personal information (names, surnames, email address, academic formation).
– Institution they are part of as a researcher, and their position.
– Area of study.

• Content abstract:

– It must be written by the author in both English and Spanish.
– It should not be longer than 200 words.

• Keywords: from five to seven per article.
• Footnotes should only be explanatory.
• References:

–References of authors will be indicated in the body text in this way:
Author’s last name, year of publication, and page number that is being quoted.

–References will be indicated at the end of the article in this way:

Books: Krugman, P. (1991). Geography and trade. Massachusetts: The MIT Press.

Journal articles: Malerba, F. y Orsenigo, L. (1997) Technological regimes and sectoral patterns of innovative activities. En Industrial and Corporate Change, 6(1), 83-117.

Book chapters: Boisier, S. (2001). Desarrollo local ¿De qué estamos hablando? En Vásquez y Madoery (Comp.), Transformaciones globales, instituciones y políticas de desarrollo local (pp.48-75) Rosario: Homo Sapiens Ediciones.

As a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE),     the Universidad del Rosario fully adopts the principles of transparency and best practices for scientific publications as proposed by COPE, implementing them as follows:

1. Peer review process: As part of their editorial policies, all periodicals published by the Universidad del Rosario will implement a procedure for the review of their contents by a group of expert peers who will verify the high scientific and academic quality of manuscripts submitted to be considered for publication.
2. Editorial Boards:  Each of the periodicals published by the University will have an Editorial Board. The members of this board shall be recognized experts in the area of knowledge in which the journal specializes.
3. Contact information: The periodicals published by the Universidad del Rosario will make public the names of the members of their Editorial Boards and provide contact information for the publication itself.
4. Costs: University journals will provide information on the costs that they must assume in the process of publishing articles. This information will be available to the academic community at all times, and most specifically to all authors previous to their submitting manuscripts for evaluation.
5. Copyrights: All periodicals published by the University will expressly make known their editorial policies with respect to copyrights, in such a way that there should be no doubt on the part of any author or reader about the conditions under which articles are made available to the public.
6. Procedures for the identification, monitoring, and control of poor practices in relation to publications: The Editorial Boards of all periodicals published by the University will take all reasonable measures to identify and prevent the publication of works entailing poor practices such as plagiarism, improper citation, the fabrication of data, etc. Procedures adopted by the University to guarantee integrity in this area will correspond to the flowcharts provided by COPE.
7. Ownership and management: The periodicals published by the University will visibly communicate the nature of their ownership and the form in which each of them is managed and operated.
8. Web site: The Editorial Board of each periodical published by the University will guarantee that the content on its Web site reflects the highest ethical and professional standards.  No information will be included on its Web site that may be misleading to its readers and/or authors, and no information on its Web site shall be imitative of information found in other journals or publications.
9. Journal names: The names of all journals should be included in a visible manner and should not create confusion among authors or readers. Every effort should be made to maximize the originality of journals’ names so as to avoid the confusion of journals with other publications.
10. Conflicts of interest: Periodicals published by the University should adopt clear policies for the management of possible conflicts of interest on the part of editors, authors, and peer evaluators.
11. Access: Open access to the contents of University publications shall be favored and promoted, complying with the recommendations and adhering to licenses designed to protect the rights of authors in these cases. Any modification of open access shall be specified in the editorial policies of all publications, each of which shall indicate the manner by which its contents are available to readers.
12. Sources of financing or income: Periodicals published by the University are internally financed by the University. Any other business model or alternative source of income shall be communicated on the Web site of the relevant periodical.
13. Advertising: The periodicals published by the University will include only academic announcements and/or advertising. Advertisements of any other nature are prohibited.
14. Publication calendar: All University journals must prominently display their annual publication calendars on their Web sites.
15. Archive: Periodicals published by the University will preserve a copy of their editorial contents in a manner adequately protected by a system of electronic security.
16. Direct marketing: Any direct marketing activity, including the solicitation of manuscripts in the name of the journal, should be conducted appropriately and not intrusively, with well-defined goals.

In addition to all previously-adopted principles, the University will meet the following commitments:

1. Confidentiality: All necessary measures will be taken to ensure that the contents of manuscripts are kept confidential throughout the process prior to their publication. The members of the Editorial Board will protect the confidentiality of manuscripts submitted for consideration and will not divulge any information regarding their contents to third parties.
2. Ethics committees: The editors or members of the Editorial Board of periodicals published by the University may request, based on their own judgment or based on the contents of the publication, the opinion of the Ethics Committee of the University with respect to any contents that may justify such scrutiny.
3. Independence: The members of the Editorial Board of each periodical published by the University shall divulge all possible conflicts of interest, whether political, social, intellectual, religious, personal, or of any other nature, with respect to the evaluation of new contents and any decision that that such new contents should be included in the journal. The Editorial Board, under the leadership of the journal Editor, shall determine the procedures to be followed in such cases.
4. Make known the following sets of guidelines to the general community and particularly to Editorial Boards:
• Guidelines for peer reviewers.
• Guidelines for the retraction of submissions.
• Any other procedural guidelines as established by COPE.
5. Vouch for scientific and research integrity.
6. Report on demonstrated cases of misconduct that affect the reliability of published articles.
7. Actively investigate reports of misconduct in research and/or errors that appear in the publication.

In addition to the commitments described above, the periodicals published by the University must comply with the following guidelines:

1. Publish contact information for their Editors in Chief, who shall be the contact persons for all matters relative to the integrity of research and of the publication.
2. Inform other institutions if there is any suspicion of misconduct by authors, providing evidence to support these suspicions.
3. Cooperate with investigations and respond to institutional questions regarding allegations of misconduct.
4. Be prepared to issue retractions or corrections if an investigation produces conclusive evidence of misconduct by a a researcher or author.
5. Establish policies to respond to institutions and other organizations investigating cases of misconduct.
6. Exchange information regarding cases of presumed misconduct in order to enable  journals to carry out investigations in the most efficient and effective manner, thereby protecting the integrity of the scientific record.

Periodicals published by the University will adopt and follow COPE flowcharts¹ in the case of the following concerns:

1. What should be done if it is suspected that a) a manuscript submitted to the journal contains redundant material?
2. What shouold be done if it is suspected that (b) a published article contains redundant material?
3. What should be done if it is suspected that (a) a manuscript submitted to the journal was plagiarized?
4. What should be done if it is suspected that (b) a published article was plagiarized?
5. What should be done if it is suspected that (a) a manuscript submitted to the journal contains fabricated data.
6. What should be done if it is suspected that (b) a published article contains fabricated data.
7. Changes of authorship (a) The author to whom a manuscript is attributed requests attribution to an additional author before publication.
8. Changes of authorship (b) The author to whom a manuscript is attributed requests the removal of an author before publication.
9. Changes of authorship (c) A request for attribution to an additional author after publication.
10. Changes of authorship (d) A request for removal of an author after publication.
11. What should be done if a revisor suspects that there is an undisclosed conflict of interest (COI) in a manuscript received.
12. What should be done if there is an undisclosed conflict of interest (COI) in a published article.
13. What should be done if there is an ethical problem regarding a submitted manuscript.
14. Other concerns as described by COPE.

¹ The link for online access to flowcharts is as follows: http://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts

Unedited articles arising from research activity are to be prepared in a word processing program compatible with the following formats: Microsoft Word, RTF, Open Office or WordPerfect. To present articles for consideration by the Journal it is preferable to use the Editorial Management System - available at:
http://revistas.urosario.edu.co/index.php/territorios/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions

The article and authorization may also be sent to the Universidad del Rosario, Carrera 6A No. 14-13 Edificio Santafé, oficina 217, or by email to the following email address: revistaterritorios@gmail.com