Submissions
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.- The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
- The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
- Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
- The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
- The work complies with the submission guidelines.
- The APA seventh edition format has been taken into account for citations and references within the text.
Artículos
Original scientific text that communicates theoretical and/or empirical findings in the fields of knowledge of the social sciences and humanities, through an argumentative apparatus and a methodology used, thereby contributing to the generation of new knowledge and/or application of the same, as well as new theoretical and methodological perspectives in a given field of science.
Partial research reports, documentary-based research studies that systematize the well-founded treatment of a relevant topic, reflections derived from an argumentative discussion on controversial social issues, case study reports or results of an intervention, pedagogical proposals with applied methodology as an alternative response to a teaching situation or didactic experiences that recover what happened in a descriptive and critical way and contribute to the reflection of social situations may be submitted.
Structure of the articles:
- Title. That frames the content of the work (in Spanish and English).
- Name of the author(s) with an asterisk at the bottom of the page stating their professional training, institution of affiliation and email.
- Keywords. Five relevant keywords in the area of knowledge of the article (in Spanish and English).
- Abstract: No more than 150 words. If it is a partial research report, case study or intervention, indicate the date it began and ended, as well as the institutions that participated (Spanish and English).
- Content: Introduction, conceptual framework, theoretical framework, methodological framework, partial or final results with discussion and conclusions. Include citations integrated into the text from at least 20 references and, if required, integrate footnotes. Length: Between 15 and 40 pp.
- Graphs, tables and images must be inserted in the text and must be numbered according to the order in which they are presented; likewise, their content and source must be indicated in a footnote to the table or image.
- References in format according to the most recent APA edition (only sources cited in the text).
Research Reports
The research report is the last step of an investigation. There are two main characteristics: reliability and objectivity. The parts that it must have are:
- Title. It should outline the content of the work (in Spanish and English).
- Name of the author(s) with an asterisk at the bottom of the page that states their professional training, institution of affiliation and email address.
- Keywords. Five relevant keywords in the knowledge area of the article (in Spanish and English).
- Abstract: No more than 150 words. If it is a partial research report, case study or intervention, indicate the date it began and ended, as well as the institutions that participated (Spanish and English).
- Introduction. It should include the purpose of the work, its importance and a brief summary of the methodology, period of completion of the study and conclusions.
- Body. It should include the description of the procedures, type of analysis, frameworks (theoretical and conceptual), instruments applied, statistical results if applicable, interpretation of the data, etc.
- Conclusions or results. Statement of the results or conclusions reached. The unity between hypothesis and results must be clear in this section. The report must include both the main contributions to the topic and its scope and limitations.
- References used. They must be cited under the APA standards in their most recent edition.
- Annexes. If applicable.
States of the Question
This is the presentation and critique of the background of the object of study of a line of research, taking into account its context, its problems, the findings identified and the existing bibliography. Generally, the state of the art is a study prior to the development and outline of the research that will be carried out. Its importance lies in the fact that before writing the protocol and developing each chapter, an analysis of the sources must be made and the context of the chosen line of research must be taken into account. In addition, the most significant findings that other researchers made previously must be recovered, in order not to repeat the same aspects and to advance in new discoveries. The final result must be a report that offers an assessment of everything analyzed, especially the bibliography consulted and the findings identified in it. Xihmai admits unpublished states of the art so that researchers can announce the projects they are working on. The writing criteria are:
- Title. That frames the content of the work (in Spanish and English).
- Name of the author(s) with an asterisk at the bottom of the page stating their professional training, institution of affiliation and email.
- Keywords. Five relevant keywords in the area of knowledge of the article (in Spanish and English).
- Abstract: No more than 150 words. If it is a partial research report, case study or intervention, indicate the date it began and ended, as well as the institutions that participated (Spanish and English).
- Content: Introduction, contextual framework, theoretical framework, methodological framework, discussion and conclusions. Include citations integrated into the text from at least 20 references and, if required, integrate footnotes. Length: Between 10 and 30 pp.
- Graphs, tables and images must be inserted in the text and must be numbered according to the order in which they are presented; likewise, their content and source must be indicated in a footnote to the table or image.
- References in format according to the most recent APA edition (only sources cited in the text).
Creative Writing Texts
This section contains creative writing (story, poetry, chronicles, essays, and interviews) that are pertinently based on the journal's Publication Standards.
For this type of text, the structure will be as follows:
- Title (in Spanish and English).
- Name of the author(s) with an asterisk at the bottom of the page stating their professional training, institution of affiliation, and email address.
- Keywords. Five relevant keywords to identify the text (in Spanish and English).
- Abstract: No more than 150 words (Spanish and English).
- Content: Maximum length of 15 pages.
- (If applicable) References in the format according to the most recent APA edition (only the sources cited in the text).
Reviews
Critical commentary on a literary or scientific work with the aim of presenting, introducing, highlighting, contrasting and analysing its contents and arguments. The length should be between 3 and 6 pages.
If you are participating with a review, follow the following structure:
- Header. On the first line: title of the book in italics, full name of the author, publisher and year; on the second line: full name of the author of the review and his/her email address.
- Text. It should describe the content of the work in detail and express a well-founded critical judgement on it.
- Attach the image of the book cover in .JPG format (with excellent quality 300dpi).
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Authors who publish in this journal agree to the following terms:
Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication, with the work licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License, which allows others to use the published work as long as they acknowledge the authorship of the work and its first publication in this journal.
Authors may make separate, additional contractual arrangements for non-exclusive distribution of the published version of the article in this journal (e.g., posting it to an institutional repository or publishing it in a book) as long as they clearly indicate that the work was first published in this journal.
Authors are permitted and encouraged to share their work online (for example, via institutional repositories or personal web pages) prior to and during the manuscript submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges and to increased and more rapid citation of the published work (see The Effect of Open Access).
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