Submissions

Author Guidelines

Guidelines for Authors

The journal accepts unpublished works, preferably research results, in all subfields of political science and interdisciplinary research on politics, with a particular interest in national and regional politics, as well as methodological and theoretical aspects of political science.

Target Audience:

Política. Revista de Ciencia Política is primarily aimed at researchers, academics, professionals, and students of Political Science and its subdisciplines, as well as other areas of Social Sciences interested in the study of politics.

Originals and Dossier:

Política. Revista de Ciencia Política accepts articles for its two sections: Originals and Dossier, the latter when applicable. In both cases, articles must adhere to the style requirements available in "Guidelines for Authors" and will undergo the same evaluation process.

Scope of Política. Revista de Ciencia Política

Política. Revista de Ciencia Política prioritizes research in the main areas of Political Science. Likewise, interdisciplinary studies analyzing actors, institutions, policies, and political processes from both comparative and case study perspectives are highly valued.

Areas of Publication:

• Political Systems and Government: Studies on political regimes, governmental structures, and political processes.
• Methods and Political Analysis: Research focused on innovative methodological approaches—qualitative, quantitative, or mixed—applied to political studies.
• Political and Electoral Behavior: Studies on elections, political parties, and citizen participation.
• International Politics and International Relations: Articles addressing interactions between states and/or institutional or individual international actors.
• Political Theory and Political Philosophy: Studies on fundamental political ideas, doctrines, and concepts.
• Public Policy and Policy Analysis: Contributions focused on the formulation, implementation, and evaluation of public policies.
• Security, Defense, Peace, and Conflict Studies: Research on theoretical and empirical approaches to national and international security, defense strategies, conflict resolution, peacebuilding, and dynamics of violence and cooperation.

Manuscript Submission

Submissions

Articles must be submitted through the journal’s website. To do so, authors must register and log in, both to submit the manuscript and to later track its status.

Manuscripts should be submitted in Word format without including the author's name, references to funding projects, or any other identifying information or comments.

In a separate document, the author must provide a brief curriculum vitae, including academic degrees, institutional affiliation, city and country, ORCID, and contact email. If the article is part of a research project or has received funding, the project name, identification number, and funding agency or entity should be specified.

Style Requirements

Articles must have a maximum length of 8,000 words—including tables, figures, and references—with 1.5 line spacing, written in Times New Roman, size 12.

Tables, figures, and charts must have descriptive titles. It is recommended to limit their number to the essential minimum.

The first page must include the article’s title, an abstract of no more than 120 words, and five keywords. The title, abstract, and keywords must be provided in both Spanish and English.

Notes and their sources should be placed immediately below in Times New Roman, size 10. It is recommended to limit notes to those strictly necessary. If used, they must appear as footnotes on each page.

Acronyms and abbreviations should be written out in full the first time they appear in the text. After that, only the acronym/abbreviation should be used.

Details about the funding sources for the research must be included in an additional final section before the bibliography.

The manuscript must be submitted in Word format in Spanish, English, or Portuguese.

Starting in 2025, Política. Revista de Ciencia Política will adopt the following template, which all submissions—both originals and dossiers—must follow.

CITATIONS

For citations and bibliography formatting, Política. Revista de Ciencia Política follows the most recent edition of the American Psychological Association (APA) Manual (7th edition).

Direct quotes must accurately reflect the original source, and at the end of the quote, the author's last name, year of publication, and page number should be indicated in parentheses as follows: (Sartori, 2009:21).

Short quotes (fewer than 40 words) should be incorporated into the text and enclosed in double quotation marks (" "). For long quotes (those exceeding 40 words), the text should be placed in a separate block without quotation marks.

Tables and Figures

• The source must always be indicated at the bottom left.
• Font: Times New Roman; title size 11, content size 11, source size 10.
• Figures must be in JPG or TIF format. Photographs or digitized images are not accepted.

Bibliographic references

DOIs of bibliographic references must be included if available.

Book:

Dahl, R. (1994). After the Revolution? Authority in Advanced Societies. Barcelona: Editorial Gedisa.

Book chapter:

Raczynski, D. (1999). "Social Policies in the 1990s in Chile," in Paul Drake and Iván Jaksic (eds.), The Chilean Model: Democracy and Development in the 1990s. Santiago: Lom.

Journal articles:

Morales, M. (2009). "Corruption and Democracy: Latin America in Comparative Perspective." Revista Gestión y Política Pública, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 205-252.

Website:

Clay, R. (2000, October). Securing the workplace: Are our fears misplaced? Retrieved on November 22, 2010, from: http://www.apa.org/monitor/oct00/workplace.aspx

Note: Submission, editing, and publication processes have no cost for the author.

Authorship Declaration - CRediT

Starting in 2025, each multi-author article published must include an authorship declaration using the CRediT taxonomy.

CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy) is a high-level taxonomy composed of 14 roles that describe the common functions of contributors involved in producing a research article. These roles specify the particular contribution of each author to the final outcome. It is important to note that more than one role can be assigned to each author. The available roles can be consulted on the CRediT website.

The authorship roles declaration must be included in a note at the end of the submitted manuscript.

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