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Author Guidelines

Author Guidelines

The goal of the Forum Journal is to present its readers with previously unpublished articles, both in Spanish, English, and  Portuguese showing research results in political science, law, international relations and other disciplines related with the local and national political reality. The journal aims to articulate the academic debate with diverse social and political problems and dynamics.The Forum journal is aimed at academics interested in empirical and theoretical studies of political sciences, law, international relations and other disciplines related. Forum was founded in 2011 by the Political Science Department of the Faculty of Human and Economic Sciences at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Sede Medellín). Its publication is bi-annual (January-June and July-December). The Forum journal is aimed at academics interested in empirical and theoretical studies of political sciences, law, international relations and other disciplines related.

Open submission dates and deadlines for “dossier” and “open subject” papers are published on the journal’s website and are indicated in the information about submissions that the journal distributes. Articles are submitted online in the following link: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/forum/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions. The Forum Journal doesn’t charge authors for editorial processes. The decision is then communicated to the authors within a maximum period of six months, counted from the submission date of the article.

The Forum Journal subjects all articles to plagiarism detection tools Turnitin. Whenever total or partial plagiarism is detected, the article is rejected and the author notified.

Parameters for Article Submission

Contents must be submitted in the following format: Microsoft Word; font: Times New Roman size 12; line spacing: 1 ½; paper size: letter; margins: 2,5cm. Pages must be numbered. Footnotes must be in Times New Roman size 10 with single line spacing.    

Articles must have between 7,000 and 10,000 words, including bibliographical references.

Submitted articles must indicate: title, author(s)’s name, institutional affiliation, ORCID and email —maximum 4 authors by article accepted.

The origin of the article must be included as a footnote, signaled with an asterisk (*) after the title, specifying whether the article is a product of research, a thesis, or something else, and whether it was financially sponsored.

Each article must include an analytical abstract (objective, theoretical framework, methodology and conclusions) of 120 words, maximum, and 5 keywords (registered in Thesaurus-Unesco), both in Spanish, English and Portuguese.

Articles may include figure and tables. Image files must be submitted in jpg or tiff of 300 dpi and 240 pixels, in high resolution. Tables and graphs must include a title on top. Places, dates and the source of the information must be indicated below.

Words in different languages must be in italic.

The first time that initials are used for an abbreviation, full names must be written followed by the initials in parenthesis. Thereafter, only the initials should be used. Example: United Nations (UN).

The bibliography at the end of the article must be organized in strict alphabetical order.

If technical terms, initials or acronyms are included, they must be defined when used for the first time.

If the cited contents have a DOI identification number, this must be included in the list of references.

In-text bibliographical citations must be in APA style, latest edition. The use of reference management tools is advised.

Below are examples of in-text (T) and reference list (R) citations.

 

Book with one author:

T: (Gibson, 2012, p. 56)

R: Gibson, E. L. (2012). Boundary Control: Subnational Authoritarianism in Federal Democracies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

 

Classic book:

T: (Shakespeare, 1609/2004, p. 35)

R: Shakespeare, W. (2004). Hamlet (J. M. Valverde, ed. & trad.). Planeta; Paidós.

(Original work published 1609).

In classic books where the publisher /translator appears alongside the author, credit must be given to the publisher and translators as shown in the example.

 

Book with two or three authors:

T: (Levitsky & Way, 2010, p. 67)

R: Levitsky, S. & Way L. (2010). Competitive Authoritarianism: Hybrid Regimes after the Cold War. Cambridge University Press.

 

Four or more authors:

T: (O’Donnell et al., 2013, p. 35)

R: O’Donnell, G., Schmitter, P. C., Arnson, C. J. & Lowenthal, A. F. (2013). Transitions from Authoritarian Rule: Tentative Conclusions about Uncertain Democracies. Johns Hopkins University Press.

 

Book chapter:

T: (Sánchez, Vargas & Vásquez, 2011, p. 81)

R: Sánchez, L. C., Vargas, A. R. & Vásquez, T. (2011). Las diversas trayectorias de la guerra: un análisis subregional. In J. A. Restrepo, A. R. Vargas & T. Vásquez (Eds.), Una vieja guerra en un nuevo contexto. Conflicto y territorio en el sur de Colombia (pp.81-83). Pontificia Universidad Javeriana.

Journal article:

T: (Albertus, 2015, p. 1668)

R: Albertus, M. (2015). The Role of Subnational Politicians in Distributive Politics: Political Bias in Venezuela's Land Reform under Chávez. Comparative Political Studies, 48(13), 1667-1710. https://doi.org/10.1177/0010414015600457

 

Newspaper article (with and without author):

T: (Bassets, 2017)

R: Bassets, M. (2017, September 13). El presidente francés viaja a las Antillas en plena la jornada de protesta. El País. https://elpais.com/internacional/2017/09/13/actualidad/1505254601_827185.html   

 

T: (El presidente francés viaja a las Antillas en plena la jornada de protesta, 2017)

R: El presidente francés viaja a las Antillas en plena la jornada de protesta. (2017, September 13). El País, p. 12.

 

Thesis published online:

T: (Velásquez Rodríguez, 2014, p. 78)

R: Velásquez Rodríguez, D. A. (2014). Procesos de configuración del territorio colombiano: la relación entre intervención estatal y el desarrollo de la violencia armada en áreas de frontera agrícola [Master’s thesis, Universidad Nacional de Colombia]. Digital Archive. URL

 

Unpublished thesis:

T: (Velásquez Rodríguez, 2014, p. 78)

R: Velásquez Rodríguez, D. A. (2014). Procesos de configuración del territorio colombiano: la relación entre intervención estatal y el desarrollo de la violencia armada en áreas de frontera agrícola [Unpublished doctoral thesis]. Universidad Nacional de Colombia.

 

Paper presented at a meeting or conference:

T: (Lodola & Ciocci, 2015)

R: Lodola, G. & Ciocci T. (2015, March 30-April 2). The Individual and Contextual Determinants of Subnational Vote in Argentina [Paper presentation]. 68 Conferencia Annual Wapor, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

 

Corporate author, government report:

T: (Ministerio de la Protección Social, 1994)

R: Ministerio de la Protección Social. (1994). Informe científico de casos de fiebra amarilla en el departamento del Meta. http://www.minproteccionsocial.gov.co/

 

Legal Reference

T: (Ley 84, 1873)

R: Congreso de los Estados Unidos de Colombia. (1873, May 26). Ley 84 de 1873. Código civil de los Estados Unidos de Colombia. Diario Oficial No. 2867. 

 

T: (Sentencia C-593/14, 2014)

R: Corte Suprema de Justicia (2014, August 20). Sentencia C-593/14 [M. P. Jorge Ignacio Pretelt Chaljub]. 

 

Films

T: (Guerra, 2005)

R: Guerra, C. (director). (2005). La sombra del caminate [Films]. Ciudad Lunar Producciones.

 

Video 

T: (University of Oxford, 2018)

R: University of Oxford. (2018, 6 de diciembre). How do geckos walk on water? [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm1xGfOZJc8

 

Personal communications are cited within the text but are not included in the reference list.

T: (P. Ramírez, personal communications, 2020 August 4)

 

Note: neither op. cit., ibid. nor ibidem. should be used under any circumstances.

 

Book Reviews

Reviews (of books published within the past two years) must have a clear and analytic perspective. The style presentation must be in Word format, in Times New Roman size 12 font, with line spacing of 1 ½ and using page numbering. The review must be between 1,500 and 2,000 pages long. It must include the complete information of the reviewed book: author, date, full title, city, editorial and total number of pages, as well as information about the author: academic titles, institutional affiliation, country and email.

 

Section Policies

Editorial

Document written by the editor, a member of the editorial committee or a guest researcher on guidelines in the thematic domain of the journal

Dossier

In this section, Forum magazine publishes articles on specific topics:

1) Research article: content that presents in detail the original results of research projects. it is suggested that the structure contain sections: introduction, conceptual framework, methodology and conclusions.

2) Reflection article: contents that present research results from an analytical, interpretive or critical perspective of the author, on a specific topic, using original sources.

3) Review article: contents resulting from finished research where published or unpublished research results are analyzed, systematized and integrated, in order to account for progress and development trends. It is characterized by presenting a careful bibliographic review of at least 50 references.

Tema abierto

In this section, Forum magazine publishes free-topic articles:

1) Research article: content that presents in detail the original results of research projects. it is suggested that the structure contain sections: introduction, conceptual framework, methodology and conclusions.

2) Reflection article: contents that present research results from an analytical, interpretive or critical perspective of the author, on a specific topic, using original sources.

3) Review article: contents resulting from finished research where published or unpublished research results are analyzed, systematized and integrated, in order to account for progress and development trends. It is characterized by presenting a careful bibliographic review of at least 50 references.

Documentos

Interviews and reflective documents on various topics of political science and related disciplines.

Reseñas

Reviews must have a critical and analytical perspective, of books published in the last two years.

Personal Data Processing Policy

Los nombres y direcciones de correo-e introducidos en esta revista se usarán exclusivamente para los fines declarados por esta revista y no estarán disponibles para ningún otro propósito u otra persona.