Ensayos: Historia y Teoría del Arte

Author Guidelines

The Journal Ensayos, Historia y Teoría del Arte  it's a science journal which  publications are available in print and web versions. Works related to the fields of knowledge of musicology, art history, analysis of visual and performing arts, ethnomusicology, antropology of arts and related, are accepted.

ARTICLE SUBMISSION AND PROCESSING COSTS

None of the stages of reception, review and publishing  of the articles incur in monetary costs for the author. To guarantee the quality of the published papers, they should be presented to the Journal meeting the following criteria:

ORCID ID:

We suggest to the author to attach with the submitted article his/her ORCID ID, a unique digital identifier for academic authors and researchers. If you don't have an ORCID ID, you can generate one for free and quickly in the following link:  https://orcid.org/register

Keep in mind that the ORCID ID is optional, not mandadory. 

IMAGES

 The photos or slides must be of excellent quality, and taken from originals to the extent possible.

Quality: If scanned, their resolution must be 300 dpi, TIFF format.

Plaques: They must contain the information in the following order: title of the piece; author’s name and surname; realization date; technique; dimensions; collection it belongs to; photographer.

RECEPTION OF ORIGINALS

Articles: documents must be presented in their final version, double-spaced, and in digital form (Word).

Languages: Contributions in Spanish, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, and German are accepted).

Other requirements: Each article must include an abstract in Spanish of 90 words maximum, as well as a translation of the abstract translation in English. It should contain maximum five (5) keywords in Spanish and English, and a brief biography (120 words maximum).

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES

All of the bibliographical references must be included in the footnotes. Lists of bibliographical references are not accepted.  It is recommended not to use automatic footnote systems.

Books

Author’s name and surname; title of the book in italics; place of publishing followed by a colon; publisher’s name followed by a coma; year of edition (Arabic numerals); page or pages quoted. If different pages are cited, each one must be followed by a coma.

The titles of works or articles must be cited completed in the first reference made of them. In the following ones, only the author’s name followed by yet page(s) cited will be used. If more than one work from one author is cited, these works will be differentiated using the first word in the title, then the reference will continue as previously specified.

In case the publishing year is missing, write: n.d , if the publishing place is missing: n.p, and if the publishing house is missing, n.e. Regarding a self-published document or a publication made by the author [author’s publication] is used.

Years: They are always written in Arabic numerals and without the period after the thousands, in this way: 1810, 1981, etc.

Abbreviations: The following ones are used: p., pp., vol., t., ts., num., nums., fasc., fascs., f., ff., sig., sigs., ed., cap., caps., art., ms., mss., col., cols., íd., ibid., loc. cit., cf., vid., passim, sic., etc.

Journal or newspaper articles: They must follow this order: author’s name and surname; title of the article; name of the journal or newspaper; place published; full date; page or pages quoted.

Textual citations: Extensive citations are written in a smaller point size, in a separate paragraph, and without quotation marks.  Brief citations are emphasized in quotation marks.

Quotation marks: Single quotation marks are used to:

• indicate the meaning of studied words;
• draw the reader’s attention about a technicism;
• use a word in a peculiar sense;

Square brackets or parentheses […]: They are used when letters or words are omitted in a citation, also when any element foreign to the same text is introduced or when there is something that need to be clarified. Only three periods are used to identify the ellipsis.

Books: They must follow this order: author’s name and surname; title of the book; edition; tome; place of publishing; publishing house; year of edition (Arabic numerals); page or pages quoted, each separated by a coma.

Footnotes: All of the bibliographical references must be included in the footnotes. Lists of bibliographical references are not accepted. 

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Other languages: bibliographical references must follow the ortographic system adopted in the language concerned.

Superindexes: They must be placed after the quotation marks and before the punctuation.

Titles:  books, journals, newspapers, articles, book chapters, and  words in a foreign language must be written in italics. Names of journals, libraries, colletions, books, etc. must be fully cited, no abbreviations or accronyms are accepted. The title of works and articles must be fully cited in the first reference made; the following ones may contain abbreviations.