Submissions

Author Guidelines

RULES FOR THE SUBMISSION OF ORIGINALS, ACCEPTANCE AND THEIR PUBLICATION

1. DELIVERY OF ORIGINALS

• Format: Microsoft Word or Libreoffice.
• Shipping way: By email to the address revreltra@laborum.es or through the shipping platform at http://revista.laborum.es.

The file must be identified with the surname of the author of the work and the identification of the section of the journal in which it is desired to publish:

Sections open to publication

ED       (Doctrinal Studies);

EDJ      (Judicial Doctrine Studies);

DCE     (Comparative Law and Foreign Law);

ESHE   (Economics, Sociology and History of Labor Relations and the Social State);

REC     (Reviews)

For example: ORTIZ CASTILLO-ED

2. DATA AND STRUCTURE OF THE SUBMITTED WORK

Three files will be sent as follows:

• First file: Document with the identification of the author or authors. It is a different file from the job that will have the following content: author identification (name and surname of each author); ORCID, academic and / or professional data, as well as the institution in which he performs his functions. The name, postal address, telephone and email of the author responsible for the correspondence on the article will be provided.
• Second file: Responsible declaration of the author that the article is original and that it has not been previously published in any type of medium (whether on paper or digital). In case of co-authorship, it must be indicated, if applicable, the criteria chosen to decide the order of signature and the specific contribution of each of the authors to the work, acknowledging all the authors materials of the work, without fictitious or gifted authorship being granted. Here you can download the template for the declaration of originality and transfer of copyright: Originality declaration model
• Third file. The work or article to be published. Very important: It should not make reference to the authorship of the work or any other information that allows the author or authors to be identified.

The article must be headed by:

• The title of the work and the keywords / descriptors (between 3 and 6), first in Spanish and then in English.
• A summary of the work of approximately 10 lines and, then, its translation into English (abstract).
• Arabic numerals will be used (1, 1.1, 1.1.1, etc.)

The article must contain a final bibliography.

• Extension of work. The extension of the works will be, according to the section of the Journal to which they are destined, the following:
  • Doctrinal Studies, Comparative Law and Foreign Law, Economics, Sociology and History of Labor Relations and the Social State: maximum 25 pages (including title, extract, keywords, summary, annexes, bibliography, etc.).
  • Judicial Doctrine Studies: maximum 22 pages (including title, extract, keywords, summary, bibliography, etc.).
  • Reviews: maximum 3 pages.

• Document Format.

Margins:

Source: Time New Roman, Full Justification, and with single spacing (one space). Inside the text of the originals, words or phrases in bold or underlined should not be placed. It is possible to put words or phrases in italics. Of course, avoiding excessive or abusive use of this technique.

Size: Normal text 12; Footnotes 10

Legislative or judicial references must express -as much as possible- the references of the database that is used (or, failing that, they must be cited with data that ensures their identification and effective location (for example, Official Gazette where has been published, appeal or sentence number, etc.).

The last names of the cited authors must only be capitalized, the first letter, and capitals. The names, just the initials.

Examples:

-If it is a work of individual authorship or co-authorship of up to four authors:

Rodríguez Iniesta, G.: Las prestaciones por muerte y supervivencia. Viudedad, orfandad y favor de familiares, Murcia, Laborum, 2009, pp. 201-242.

Monereo Pérez, J.L.: Los orígenes de la Seguridad Social en España. José Maluquer y Salvador, Granada, Comares, 2007, pp. 40-48.

-If it is a part of a collective work with directors and / or coordinators:

VV.AA.: La economía de la Seguridad Social. Sostenibilidad y viabilidad del Sistema, Sánchez Rodas, C. y Ortiz Castillo, F. (Ed.), Murcia, Laborum, 2006, pp. 50-80.

VV.AA.: V Congreso Nacional de la Asociación Española de Salud y Seguridad Social. La Seguridad Social en el Siglo XXI, Ojeda Avilés, A. (Ed.), Murcia, Laborum, 2008, pp. 106-125.

VV.AA.: VIII Congreso Nacional de la Asociación Española de Salud y Seguridad Social. La reforma de las pensiones en la Ley 27/2011, Ortiz Castillo, F. (Ed.), Murcia, Laborum, 2011.

VV.AA.: Los retos de la asistencia sanitaria española en el contexto de la Unión Europea. XIII Congreso Nacional de la Asociación Española de Salud y Seguridad Social, Monereo Pérez, J.L. (Ed.), Murcia, Laborum, 2016.

VV.AA.: La reforma de la Seguridad Social. Estudio sistemático de la Ley 40/2007, de 4 de diciembre, de medidas en materia de Seguridad Social, Monereo Pérez, J.L. (Dir.), Madrid, La Ley, 2008, pp. 145‑173.

VV.AA.: La reforma y modernización de la Seguridad Social. Análisis de la Ley 27/2011, de 1 de agosto, Sempere Navarro, A.V. y Fernández orrico, F.J. (Dirs.), Cizur Menor (Navarra), Aranzadi, 2012.

The titles of a work or a Magazine, in italics. The title of a chapter or doctrinal article, in quotation marks or with square brackets.

3. EDITORIAL PROCESS

• Receipt of articles. There are 2 ways to receive the articles, either by sending them by mail to revreltra@laborum.es or through the platform of the digital magazine https://revista.laborum.es, in which they must register as authors to have access to the section to submit articles.

Its receipt will be acknowledged by the Editorial Coordination, which does not imply its acceptance.

Once receipt has been acknowledged, the Coordination will carry out a first editorial assessment consisting of checking both the adequacy to the thematic field and the fulfillment of the formal presentation requirements demanded in point 2, the Editorial being authorized to return the studies while it is not adjusted to the publication standards indicated.

• Submitting originals to the Editorial Board. The Editorial Coordination will send the work to the Editorial Board of the Journal, which will analyze the study evaluating its referral to external evaluators, outside the Editorial Board and Adviser, and who have been selected by the editors of the journal (see  http://url.laborum.es/equiporecrt or list in the beginning of the magazine) taking into account his academic merits, his accredited research solvency and his extensive experience in the field of Legal and Social Sciences.

The Editorial sections and the Chronicles (of Comparative Law and Foreign Law; Economy, Sociology and History of Labor Relations and the Social State; Legislative Chronicle, Judicial Doctrine and Bibliographic News; and Administrative Chronicle on Labor Relations) are excluded of the double-blind peer review process. Extraordinary issues are also excluded from the double-blind peer review process.

• Peer review system. The article sent for evaluation and without reference to personal data will be analyzed by two external evaluators, confidentially and anonymously, who will issue a report on whether or not it should be published, which will be taken into consideration by the Editorial Board. The evaluation protocol used by the reviewers is made public as an annex to these standards (see here). In the case of disparate judgments between the two evaluators, the work will be sent to a third evaluator. The revised work that is considered can be published conditional on the inclusion of modifications, it must be corrected and returned by the authors to the journal within a maximum period of one month, whether minor or major corrections are requested. If necessary, the new version will be sent back to external reviewers. Authors will receive the reviewers' evaluation reports anonymously so that they can make any necessary corrections.
• Editorial process.Once the evaluation process is finished, the notification of acceptance or rejection for publication will be sent to the main author of the work. Likewise, you may be sent, if necessary, the printing tests of your work for examination and eventual correction.
• Publication deadlines. The interval between receipt and acceptance will be less than 60 days and the interval between acceptance and publication will not exceed 90 days, provided that the work is sent on time.
• Copy for the author: The publisher will send the author or authors an electronic version of the work presented and published

4. CRITERIA FOR EDITORIAL POLICY AND ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Editorial policy criteria. The factors on which the decision on the acceptance-rejection of the works by the publisher is based are the following:
  1. a) Originality.
     b) Actuality and novelty.
     c) Relevance and applicability of the results for solving specific problems.
     d) Significance for the advancement of scientific knowledge.
     e) Proven methodological quality.
     f) Presentation, good writing and organization (logical coherence and material presentation).
• Ethical responsibilities.The Journal does not accept previously published material. Authors are responsible for obtaining the appropriate permissions to partially reproduce material (text, tables or figures) from other publications and Internet sites and for citing their origin correctly.

5. ANTI-PLAGGERY POLICY

The authors confirm that the work is original and guarantee that no type of information has been plagiarized, invented or manipulated, with inappropriate use of the technique of citation, through the signing of the “declaration of originality” document that must be be attached together with the shipment of the article. In the event that the Publisher appreciates any type plagiarism during the article evaluation process, this will be rejected and will not proceed to its publication. If the plagiarism detected is due to improper use of the citation technique, the author will be given the opportunity to review and edit their work as a necessary requirement for its publication. In the event that plagiarism is detected once the article has been published, said article will be removed from the website, without prejudice to the complaint of the
dishonest practices regarding the various assumptions of scientific fraud (plagiarism, publication duplicate, etc.).

6. GENDER EQUALITY POLICIES

• Commitment to the use of non-sexist language: The authors commit to writing their works following good practices in gender equality, using inclusive and non-discriminatory language.
• Disaggregation of data based on sex: It is important that the source data of the research take sex into account to detect possible differences. In the event that the authors present data, whenever possible, they must be disaggregated according to sex in order to allow the identification of said differences.

7. INFORMATION POLICIES ON FINANCING SOURCES
Each author must recognize and determine the funding they have received for the preparation of the article in question. In the same article, in the first footnote, the funding agency or agencies will be indicated, as well as the code(s) of the research projects in which the work has been developed. This information will also be included in the article's metadata.