PROCEDURE

  NORMS OF PRESENTATION OF PROPOSALS

 

 Contributions must be original and unpubished, and they must not be submitted for evaluation in the other forums while the Sintagma team has still not answered.

 

 Papers can be written in: Catalan, English, French or Spanish.

 

 Papers should not exceed 5,000 words (including references, but excluding the abstract and the keywords). If appendices were necessary, they should not exceed 2 pages. 

 

 Direct references that may help identify the author should be omitted from the text. Name and affiliation of authors will be indicated int a separate file.

 

 When manuscripts are submitted for review, they don't need to strictly comply with Sintagma Style Sheet, but they should at least be written in a format easy to read and following standard conventions. Once a manuscript is accepted, the author(s) will be required to submit the article following Sintagma Style Sheet, as well as the recommendation about the use of inclusive and non-sexist language that the journal gives.

 

 Authors should send the originals in electronic format by email to revista.sintagma@udl.cat.


 Once the manuscript has been submitted, authors will receive a message confirming reception and informing that the manuscript is under review. If authors do not receive this message  within a maximum period of five days, they should contact the journal as there may have been a problem in the reception of the manuscript and this has not been processed for review.

 

 The ordinary period for the submission of manuscripts is from January 10th to March 31st. However, extraordinarily, it may occur that no submissions are admitted, if the surplus of accepted manuscripts in the previous year is sufficient to complete the current volume (see 'next issue' for updated deadlines).

 The deadline for the presentation of proposals is approximate. If there is a sufficient number of articles accepted before the deadline for one specific issue, authors will be notified before the review process that their article, if accepted, will be published in the following issue of Sintagma.

 

 The Journal does not accept non-invited reviews by the editor.

 

 Sintagma does not publish contributions that are simply compiling previously published research. State-of-the-art articles are accepted only if they include a critical vision and an original contribution to the field.

 

 

In the case of joint authorship:

All individuals listed as authors of the submitted work must have made a substantial contribution to the preparation of the article and are solely responsible for the ideas, opinions, and data contained in the document. See the section Authorship and Contribution Policy.

✔ At the end of the article, before the references, the specific contributions of each author must be clearly stated in a note entitled Authorship Contribution Statement, in accordance with the provisions outlined in the Authorship and Contribution Policy.

The author who submits the work, in the case of joint authorship, is responsible for ensuring that all co-authors are aware of the submission for evaluation, agree with the order of authorship, and consent to the contributions stated in the aforementioned declaration.

  REVIEW PROCESS

 

 The journal is made up of a body of specialised reviewers specific to each article submitted for evaluation. They are contacted specially for the review of each piece of work. Ideally, they are chosen from the bibliographic references included in the work submitted to evaluation.

 

 The reviewers do not know the authors of the works. They are invited to discontinue the review process if they suspect they know who the author could be in case this could influence their decision.

 

 The evaluation criteria followed by the reviewers can be found here.

 

 Authors can ask for the exclusion of some reviewers because of conflict of interests.

 

 Authors will be informed of the result of the anonymous peer review process within approximately four months after reception of the original manuscripts.

 

 

  PROCESS OF PUBLICATION

Final acceptance will require the following commitments by the authors:

 

 The inclusion of any modifications suggested y the reviewers in the period indicated.

 

 The adoption of the norms of publication of the journal, following these instructions in the period indicated.

 

 The final proofreading in the period indicated.

 

 The authorization to electronically reproduce the works to be included on the Internet with the aim of users being able to use them privately or for study or research.

 

Preservation Policy:


All articles published in UdL journals are deposited in the institutional repository, whose preservation policy ensures the following processes:

  1. The content will be regularly checked to preserve its integrity, security, and durability.

  2. The content will be converted into new formats when deemed necessary (based on the same criteria of security and durability).

  3. When possible, software emulations will be provided to access formats that cannot be migrated.

  4. Regular backups of the complete content, including data and metadata, are performed.

 

  Authorship and Contribution Policy

 

When determining the order in which authors’ names appear, it is recommended to follow one of the following three models:

First-Last-Author-Emphasis (FLAE): the individuals listed in the first and last positions are considered the primary authors, and the intermediate order reflects a decreasing level of contribution.
Sequence-Determines-Credit (SDC): the order of authorship proportionally reflects each contributor’s level of involvement.
Equal Contribution (EC) rule: alphabetical order is used when contributions are equivalent or to avoid conflicts in large teams.

 

In accordance with the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), this journal requires that, for an individual to be listed as an author of an article, they must simultaneously meet the following three criteria:

• Have contributed to the conception and design of the study, to data collection, or to data analysis and interpretation.
• Have contributed to drafting the manuscript or to its critical revision with substantial intellectual input.
• Have approved the final version of the text submitted for publication.

 

Those whose contributions do not meet all three criteria may only be mentioned in the acknowledgements section.

 

The specific contribution of each author must be indicated at the end of the article in a note titled “Authorship Contribution Statement”, specifying the roles of each contributor. Example:

Juan Jiménez: Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Data curation, Resources, Validation, Visualization.
Dolors Pallejà: Conceptualization, Writing – review and editing, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Project administration.

 

The categories used in the example are drawn from the CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy), which includes the following roles:

Conceptualization: formulation of the research goals and objectives.
Data curation: management, annotation, cleaning, and preservation of research data and associated code, if applicable.
Formal analysis: application of statistical, computational, or mathematical techniques to analyze data.
Funding acquisition: securing financial support for the research.
Investigation: carrying out the research and data collection, including experiments.
Methodology: design of methodologies, models, and analytic strategies.
Project administration: planning, coordination, and oversight of the research project.
Resources: provision of materials, tools, infrastructure, or essential technical support.
Software: development, programming, and implementation of software solutions, including testing.
Supervision: scientific leadership and guidance of the research, including mentoring.
Validation: verification of the reproducibility and reliability of the results.
Visualization: creation of graphical and visual representations of the research content.
Writing – original draft: initial drafting of the manuscript, including technical writing and translation.
Writing – review & editing: editing and improving the manuscript at various stages, including critical review.