Publication<br>Standards

Publication Standards

Publication criteria

Acta Judicial only admits original articles that meet its own specific publication standards.

Articles that are formed by a sequence of paragraphs extracted from other publications shall not be accepted, even when that extraction or origin is indicated.

Publication frequency

LActa Judicial has a biannual periodicity, generally issuing 2 volumes per year. Each volume shall be published on July and January. Expedited review is available for articles submitted before:

  • 15th of May for the first Issue1.
  • 15th of November for the second issue.

Notwithstanding, articles may be considered after this deadline depending on availability.

Articles review

Articles received shall be submitted to a peer review process by Acta Judicial Editor. Two external evaluators will report within a maximum period of two weeks, on the following aspects:

1.- The topic issues discussed and the originality of the topic addressed.

2.- Relationship of the article with the theme of the Journal.

3.- The research work carried out, as well as the quality and legal rigor of the arguments presented.

These reports will be taken into account by the Executive Director and the Editor to decide on their publication or rejection, informing the authors of the final decision made.

Authors shall communicate the reception of the editorial review within three days, after the editor has notified said review. Author shall not exceed the time limits assigned by the Journal to deliver the article with the modifications proposed. Failure to comply with these obligations may lead to the publication being rejected.

Acta Judicial shall send preprints to author.

Articles that are not accepted for publication shall not be used for any other purpose by Acta Judicial.

Acta Judicial is not responsible for the personal opinions of the authors.

Evaluation ethical requirements

The referees will not evaluate the article, if any of the following circumstances concur:

1.- Conflict of interest. If the referee has collaborated directly or indirectly with the articles authorship or if there is has any kind of relationship, by consanguinity or affinity, friendship or manifest enmity with the authors

2.- Availability of time. If evaluation deadline cannot be accomplished.

3.- Confidentiality. Third parties´ intervention is completely forbidden.

4.- Self-citations. The evaluator will refrain from suggesting citation referring contributions from his authorship or other articles included in the Journal.

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Envío de artículos

Registration or logging is required before submitting an article (logging). Title, abstract and key words (both in Spanish and English) and bibliography, shall be included by submission.

Publication standards

Authors must send their texts in Word format (doc, docx) in any of its versions.

1. Articles content

Articles must contain between 15 and 40 pages long (except for abstracts, keywords and summary). Although, exceptionally, articles up to 50 pages may be admitted. In that case, authors may provide a brief explanation about the length extension of the article.

Acta judicial provides a proper format template (template). The use of the Journal´s template is mandatory.

Articles must contain the following elements:

  1. Title of the article, both in Spanish and English.
  2. Full name of the author or authors (maximum 4), indicating their affiliation (profession or academic activity) and an electronic contact address.
  3. An abstract of 250 words maximum (both in Spanish and English).
  4. Keywords: No more than 10 words, separated by commas, are allowed for each language, with a maximum of 2 lines.
  5. Summary, consisting of the headings and sub-headings of the article.
  6. The text of the article including the tables and figures (if any).
  7. A complete list of the bibliographic references shall be included at the end of article. The bibliographic references will be arranged in alphabetical order. In case of multiple citation of the same author chronological order of the publication date shall be used.
  8. Authors may incorporate appropriate hyperlinks, blue style and avoiding underlined.
  9. Authors shall indicate, if there is any type of conflict of interest at the end of the article, and if there is any kind of financing, public or private, supporting the research.

2. Articles format

The use of the Journal´'s template is mandatory. The editorial board shall ask authors to fulfill this requirement. Not following this instruction may lead to articles refusal.

The template format standards as follow:

  1. Sheet size. Articles must be written on the following premises: Paper size A4, with 3 cm margins on each side (top, bottom, left and right), with Palatino Linotype base font, 12 point size and single spacing, without any line spacing. In a single column. “Special indentation” in “first line” of 1.25 cm (click here to see how to do it in Word).
  2. Title of the article in Spanish. It must be in Capital Letter, Palatino Linotype 14, centered in bold (Style “Título 1” of the template).
  3. Title of the article in English. It must be in Lowercase, Palatino Linotype 12, centered in bold (Style “Title in English” of the template).
  4. Authors. The name and surname of the authors must appear, in Palatino Linotype 12 font, centered (Style “Título 2” of the template).
  5. Authors affiliation, such as profession, academic activity, etc., in Palatino Linotype 10, centered (Style “Filiación” of the template).
  6. Author email: The author's contact email must be included in Palatino Linotype 10, (Style “Filiación” of the template).
  7. Abstracts. They must have a maximum length of 250 words, in Palatino Linotype 10, justified (Style “Normal” of the template).
  8. Keywords. There must be between five and ten words, both in Spanish and English, separated by commas in Palatino Linotype 10 justified (Style “Normal” of the template).
  9. Article body. With Palatino Linotype base font, 12 point size and single spacing, paragraph justified, without spacing before and after. In a single column. Only “Special indentation” in “first line” of 1.25 cm (click here to see how to do it in Word).
  10. Headings and sub-headings (epigraph and sub epigraph). The titles of the different sections (epigraph and sub epigraph) must appear in lowercase and bold, preceded by the corresponding non – automatic numbering, considering the following structure:

                     1.

                     1.1.

                     1.1.1.

                     1.1.1.a.

                 Please leave a space between epigraph and the next paragraph.

                 Headings and sub-headings (epigraph and sub epigraph) must be activated "Widows/Orphan control" and "Keep with next" (in "Pagination" of "Lines and page breaks" of the "Paragraph" section of Word (click here to see how to do it in Word)

  1. Footnotes. Footnotes will be numbered consecutively at the end of each page in Palatino Linotype 10 justified, single spacing, paragraph justified, without spacing before and after. Click here for footnotes consultation.
  2.  Page numbering. The page numbers will be aligned to the right in Palatino Linotype 10.13. Bibliography. A complete list of the bibliographic references shall be included at the end of article. The bibliographic references will be arranged in alphabetical order. In case of multiple citation of the same author chronological order of the publication date shall be used.
  1. Hyperlinks. Authors may incorporate appropriate hyperlinks, blue style and avoiding underline, unless it states a citation or legal reference. In that case the citation standards must be complied.

 

3. Citation format

Citation format shall follow ISO 690:2010 Standard, whose equivalent is the UNE-ISO 690: 2013 standard at the Spanish framework (translated by AENOR).

As prescribed by the abovementioned standard, Acta Judicial encourages authors to follow the continuous citation system.

Citation: Numbers shall be inserted in each citation consecutively. If there are several citations of the same resource, a note number will be used for each mention.

Reference: References shall be presented in numerical order. If it refers to a resource already mentioned (resource cited as a previous note), either the full reference may be repeated, or the number of the previous citation may be settle, adding the prior page number that contain that reference. (Example: 34 ESPAÑA PEREZ, M.D., referencia 8, p 556.)

- Data sources: Data managed to comply each reference shall be included as appears at the original source (whenever possible). In order of preference, firstly shall be considered the information contained at the cover page (or home page of a website, audiovisual labels, etc.). Other parts of the publication may be considered if necessary (title page verso, masthead, etc.; cover or label permanently associated with the document).

You can add elements that do not appear in the source document (book, journal), in order to complete the location. These elements must be enclosed in square brackets [ ]

Authors may add elements that do not appear in the source document, in order to complete the information. These elements must be enclosed in square brackets.

 

3.1. Some examples of bibliographic references that comply with the UNE-ISO 690: 2013 standard.

Printed books and similar monographic publication

AUTOR NAME. Book Title (italic). Edition (if it is not the first editon). Place of pubication: Editor, Date of publication. Range of pages,  (ISBN, ...) (if possible)

Example: ESPAÑA PEREZ, M.D. La división de poderes en la constitución española. Pamplona: Anagrama, 2004. pp. 25-26. ISBN 55-557960-37-5

Printed books and similar monographic publications with two or more authors

NOMBRE DEL (DE LOS) CREADOR (ES). Título del libro (cursiva). Edición (si no es la primera edición). Lugar: Editor, Fecha de publicación. Rango de páginas (de la contribución). Identificador normalizado (ISBN,...) (si está disponible)

Para las obras con más de tres autores, se recomienda dar todos los nombres. Si se elige no mencionar a todos los autores, se dará el nombre del primer autor seguido de "y otros" o "et al."

Example: THOMPSON, J., BERBANK-GREEN, B. y CUSWORTH, N. Introducción a la historia del derecho. Madrid: Taurus, 1988. p. 30.

Online e-books and monographic publications

Example 1: PASTOR PRIETO, S. Análisis Económico de la Justicia y Reforma Judicial [en línea]. Tirant Lo Blanch, 2016. [consulta: 15 enero 2017] Disponible en: http://www.tirantonline.com

Example 2: KAFKA, Franz. The Trial [en línea]. Translated by David WYLLIE. Project Gutenberg, 2005. [consulta: 5 junio 2006]. Disponible en: http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext05/ktria11.txt

Book chapter

NOMBRE DEL (DE LOS) CREADOR (ES). Título de la contribución. En: NOMBRE DEL (DE LOS) CREADOR (ES) Título (cursiva). Edición (si no es la primera edición). Lugar: Editor, Fecha de publicación, Rango de páginas (de la contribución). Identificador normalizado (ISBN...) (si está disponible)

Example: GONZALEZ VEGA, F.J. La letra de cambio. En FERNÁNDEZ TORREJÓN, J.A. (coord.) Manual de derecho mercantil. Granada: Comares, 2014, pp. 162-179.

Online book chapter

Example: NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL [U.S.], Committee on the Training Needs of Health Professionals to Respond to Family Violence. Current Educational Activities in the Health Professions. En: Confronting Chronic Neglect: The Education and Training of Health Professionals on Family Violence [en línea]. Washington DC: National Academy Press, 2002, pp. 35-44 [consulta: 23 junio 2006]. Disponible en: http://darwin.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=10127&page=35

Journal article

NOMBRE DEL (DE LOS) CREADOR (ES). Título de la contribución En: Título de la publicación seriada fuente (cursiva). Edición. Lugar: Editor, Fecha de publicación, Numeración, Rango de páginas (de la contribución). Identificador normalizado (ISSN, ...) (si está disponible)

Example: LÓPEZ CASTRO, A. La fe pública judicial. En: Revista de Derecho Político. Madrid: UNED, 1998, no. 84, pp. 173-194.

Online journal article

Example: SALVADOR-OLIVÁN, J.A., MARCO CUENCA, G., ARQUERO AVILÉS, R. Impacto de las revistas españolas de Biblioteconomía y Documentación y repercusión de las autocitas en su índice h. En: Revista Investigación Bibliotecológica: archivonomía, bibliotecología e información, vol. 32, núm. 77, octubre/diciembre, 2018, México. pp. 13-30. [consulta: 01 noviembre 2018] ISSN: 2448-8321.  Disponible en: http://rev-ib.unam.mx/ib/index.php/ib/article/view/57852/51944

Reference to online serial

Nombre publicación (cursiva) [en línea]. Luchar: Editor, Fecha de publicación, Numeración, Rango de páginas (de la contribución) [consulta: fecha]. Identificador normalizado (ISSN, ...) (si está disponible). Disponible: enlace a la publicación

Example 1: Acta Zoologica [en línea]. Oxford, U.K.: Blackwell Publishing Ltd., January 2006, vol. 87, issue 1 [consulta: 6 julio 2006]. Academic Search Premier. EBSCOhost Research Databases. ISSN 0001-7272. Disponible en: http://search.epnet.com

Example 2: AJET: Australasian Journal of Educational Technology [en línea]. Australia: ASCILITE, Winter 2000, vol. 16, no.2 [consulta: 23 octubre 2003]. ISSN 0814-673X. Disponible: http://www.ascilite.org.au/ajet/ajet16/ajet16.html

Paperwork

NOMBRE DEL (DE LOS) CREADOR (ES). Título de la contribución. En: Título de la publicación fuente (cursiva). Edición. Lugar: Editor, Fecha de publicación, Numeración, Rango de páginas (de la contribución). Identificador normalizado (si está disponible)

Example : DE OCAÑA LACAL, D. Los archivos judiciales ante el reto de las nuevas tecnologías. En: Congreso de archivos judiciales en Sevilla en mayo de 2007. Sevilla, Consejería de Justicia y Administración Pública de la Junta de Andalucía, 2007. pp. 98-101.

Legislation

País. Título. Publicación, fecha de publicación, número, páginas.

Example : España. Ley orgánica 10/1995, de 23 de noviembre, del Código penal. Boletín Oficial del Estado, 24 de noviembre de 1995, núm. 281, p. 33987.

Jurisprudence

The ISO standard is followed - ISO 690:1987 - UNE 50-104-94.

País/Comunidad Autónoma-Región. Título. Publicación, fecha de publicación, número, páginas.

Spanish jurisprudence

  Tribunal Supremo

Example : España. Tribunal Supremo (Sala de lo Civil). Sentencia núm. 727/2018 de 20 de diciembre.

Cita en texto: (STS 727/2018 de 20 de diciembre).

Example : España. Tribunal Supremo. Auto núm. 1328/2015 de 24 de septiembre.

Cita en texto: (ATS 1328/2015 de 24 de septiembre).

  Tribunal Constitucional

Ejemplo: España. Tribunal Constitucional (Pleno). Sentencia núm. 292/2000 de 30de noviembre.

Cita en texto: (STC 292/2000 de 30 de noviembre)

Example : España. Tribunal Constitucional (Pleno). Auto núm. 375/2004 de 5 de octubre.

Cita en texto: (ATC 375/2004 de 5 de octubre).

De base de datos:

Example : España. Tribunal Constitucional (Pleno). [Versión electrónica. Base de datos de Westlaw] Sentencia núm. 292/2000 de 30 de noviembre [Consultado el 15 de marzo de 2016].

De internet:

Example : España. Tribunal Constitucional (Pleno). [Internet] Sentencia núm. 292/2000 de 30 de noviembre [Consultado el 15 de noviembre de 2018]. Disponible en: http://hj.tribunalconstitucional.es/HJ/es/Resolucion/Show/4276

International Jurisprudence

  European Court of Human Rights

Example : Tribunal Europeo de Derechos Humanos (Sección 3ª). Caso O.G.S. y D.M.L. contra España. Sentencia de 20 de enero 2015

Cita en texto: STEDH de 20 de enero 2015.

  Court of Justice of the European Union

Example : Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea. Caso Google France y Google (C-236/08). Sentencia de 23 de marzo de 2010.

Cita en texto: STJUE de 23 de marzo de 2010

De internet:

Example : Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea. Caso Google France y Google (C-236/08). [Internet]. Sentencia de 23 de marzo de 2010. 

Other guides and manuals

To get more information about the citation system please some guidance at the documents linked below:

Universidad Pablo de Olavide

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Universidad de Burgos

Universidad de Sevilla