Submissions

Author Guidelines

I. Guidelines to authors for presenting original works to Boletín de Arte

1. Boletín de Arte is a annually published scientific journal. The works presented must be concernd with subjects related to art and visual culture in any sphere, period and form of expression.

The works must be unpublished and may not be undergoing revision or publication in any other media.

Originals shall be sent through the OJS platform to: http://www.revistas.uma.es/index.php/boletin-de-arte.

Authors must log into the system and follow the steps indicated therein. Introduction of metadata in Spanish and English (including, title, summary and key words) is mandatory as is the ORCID code. An explanatory tutorial can be found on the tool bar.

Please also check the information relating to reception dates on Call for Papers under Avisos on the OJS platform of the journal. It is also advisable to consult the policies of each of the sections: Peer Review Evaluation Procedure in the section “About the jourmal” is also to be found on the OJS platform.

2. Submissions must be sent in Word format, to fit a DIN-A4 page, 1½ line spacing, in 12 point Times New Roman font and numbered pages.

3. Works may be submitted in Spanish, English, French or Italian.

4. Submissions must not have been either totally or partially published on any web site, archive or academic periodical. Detection by the Editorial Committee of similar works published by the author will be motive for rejection.

5. The author undertakes to create an Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) should their article be accepted for publication. Furthermore, the creation of other academic profiles in Google Scholar, Academia.edu, ResearchGate and AutoresRedalyc is recommended. These profiles facilitate the location, recovery and following of authors, texts, citations and other data essencial to following the impact of both authors and periodicals.

6. The author whose work is finally published in the periodical commits to becoming an appraiser for future editions of Boletín de Arte.

7. Further texts by the same author -"Artículos" and "Varia" will not be published again until two numbers later of Boletín de Arte.

8. On acceptance of publication the author relinquishes the copyright of reproduction of illustrations and digital edition rights. Copyright requests are the exclusive responsibility of the authors.

9. Boletín de Arte recommends the use of comprehensive language such as that laid down in the Guia de Estilo para la Edición (Style Guide for Scientific Publications) of Malaga University.

 II. Courtesy Pages and Template

All the texts will be included in the template that the author must down load in each of the sections. Courtesy data requested will be included on the first page.

III. Categories of the Contributions

 1. Articles

 The complete document shall be between 5,500 and 6,500 words in length -including the title, summary, key words (in the article's main language and in English), body of the text, notes and bibliography. (Download template here).

A limited number of articles are published annually in this section and some may be rejected if the number received exceeds that stipulated by the periodical.

Structure:

*Title in English: Must be short, specific and informative. In lower-case and bold-face letters.

*Abstract: Up to 150 words in a single paragraph, in Spanish (or the language in which the article is written) and in English.

*Keywords: A maximum of seven keywords may be chosen, each separated by a semicolon and upper-case initial letter both in English and the language in which the article is written. For the choice of keywords we recommend the following link: http://databases.unesco.org/thessp/.

*Should the article be written in English, the title, abstract and keywords must be given in Spanish.

*Text and images should omit information that would allow identification of the author to preserve the integrity of the blind peer review. Authorship data will be removed from the attributes of the document and the text itself. Any reference to author in the body of the document will be replaced by XXXX or “omitted for peer review”. This information will be incorporated in the text by the author if the text is accepted for publication.

*Body of the text: Unrestricted format consistent with the research, divided into chapters and sub-chapters if deemed requisite. See section “Style Guide/Manual de estilo”. The last section is that of Bibliography.

*Images: A maximum of 10 illustrations. Check the specific point on sending images in Instructions.

*Notes: See Style Guide section. Should the subject under study be part of another larger research or project, this data must be included as a Note (asterisked) at the end of the title.

*Bibliography: Where possible the latest bibliographic references should be used. Only those that are cited in the body of the text will appear. These will be ordered alphabetically with no blank lines between entries. The author undertakes to amend these after the peer review should there be any modification, omission or incorporation to be made.

2. Varia

These should not exceed 2,900 words, including the title, abstract, keywords, body of text, notes and bibliography and contain no more than 4 illustrations (see Instructions for sending images).  (Download template here).

A limited number of articles are published annually in this section and some may be rejected if the number received exceeds that stipulated by the periodical.

Structure (from 2024):

*Title: It has to be short, specific, and informative. In lowercase and bold.

*Abstract: A maximum of 150 words in only one paragraph.

*Keywords: A maximum of 7 words will be selected separated by semicolon and with the first letter in uppercase. We advise picking the keywords from the following database: http://databases.unesco.org/thessp/.

In case the text is written in English, the title, abstract and keywords must be provided in Spanish.

*Body: Free structure divided into chapters or subchapters if needed. See "Style Instructions". The last part has to be the Bibliograph.

*Images: 4 images max. See the specific part for instructions about sending the images.

*Notes: See "Style Instructions". In case the subject of study is part of a major investigation or project, you must provide this information as a note with an asterisk at the end of the title.

The texts submitted in this section will be appraised and selected by the Editorial Committee; they will not appraised in a blind peer review.

3. Bibliography Commentaries

These should not exceed 1,000 words. The document must open with complete information of the book under review: Title (in italics). Author (surname in capital letters and name), publishers, city, year and ISBN. The document should close with the full name of the author and their institutional affiliation (University or study centre). (Download template here).

An image of the front cover of the book should be sent separately. (See instructions for sending of images).

A limited number of articles are published annually in this section and some may be rejected if the number received exceeds that stipulated by the periodical.

The texts submitted in this section will be appraised and selected by the Editorial Committee; they are not appraised in a blind peer review.

4. Exhibition Reviews

 These should not exceed 2,000 words and three illustrations. (See Instructions for sending of illustrations). (Download template here).

A limited number of articles are published annually in this section and some may be rejected if the number received exceeds that stipulated by the periodical.

The texts submitted in this section will be appraised and selected by the Editorial Committee; they are not appraised in a blind peer review.

IV. Boletín de Arte Style Guide

Page format DIN A4, left, right, upper and lower margins 2.5 cm. 12 point posterior separation between paragraphs. Typography shall be Times New Roman 12 point for the text and 10 point for notes. Line spacing 1.5 and page numbers will be centred in Arabic numerals at the foot of the page. Please remember that the first page is the courtesy page (eliminated in the blind peer review process) and the text begins on page two of the document. It is adviseable to use the templates in each of these sections.

1. Instructions for author-date, or parenthetical system of notes and for types of citations

For bibliographic references the author-date, parenthetical or bracket system of notes will be used, or those of mentioning between brackets, surname in lower case, year published and where applicable the page or pages of interest, as shown in the following example: «I continue to be very interested by the evolution of the gaze with which art is contemplated, from Winckelmann to our days» (Gombrich, 2013: 48). 

If the author has been cited before the brackets or in the sentence and it is clear that the information in the brackets refers to them, their surname will not be repeated. Example: Gombrich considered  the evolution of the gaze with which art is contemplated to be interesting (2013: 48).

If there is a need to provide three or more successive bibliographic references they should be removed from the body of the text and become a foot note, using the same bracket and author-date system indicated above but removing the brackets. Foot notes will also be used for explanations, references to archive documents, web sites and similar cases. They must be numbered correlatively and be referred to by numbered superscript before any punctuation (comma, semicolon, fullstop etc.) where they are coincidental.

Foot notes should be avoided wherever possible unless they are considered indispensable.

Should there be more than one bibliographic reference from the same author and the same date, they will be differentiated both in the parenthentical note and the bibliography by using letters in alphabetical order: Example 2015a, 2015b, etc.

Direct quotes will be made in Roman typeface between inverted commas. If they exceed 40 words, they will be indented in a smaller (11 point) font and without inverted commas. The reference will be indicated in the parenthentical system suggested.

2. Instructions for sending images, charts, graphs, maps or diagrams

 Images must be 300 ppp digital and must not exceed 10x15 cm in size. Those not meeting these requisites will not be accepted. Boletín de Arte reserves the right to eliminate those illustrations that offer insufficient quality for printing purposes. Image files may be TIF or JPG. Each image will be uploaded to OJS in a duly numbered individual file.

Reference to the image in the body of the text must be indicated in the appropriate place by a number in bold type between square brackets. Example: [1].

A list of the numbers and captions as well as inserted low resolution images must be included at the end of the document to aid printing layout.

The author will be responsible for the use made of the images and must indicate either the author of the photograph or its provenance.

3. Bibliography

 This must be confined to the works cited or referred to in the text. It will be included at the end in accordance with the following norms:

Books: SURNAME(S), Name (year), Book title, Publisher or Institution, City.

If considered important, the bibliography may also include the year of the first edition as well as the date of the edition or translation used, putting both dates in brackets separated by a slash or stroke.

Articles in Periodicals: SURNAME(S), Name, “Title of the Article”, Name of the periodical, vol. (if stated), number, publication month (if stated), p. or pp.

Book chapters, catalogues or minutes: SURNAME(S), Name (year), “Chapter Title”, in SURNAME(S), Director's name (dir.), coordinator (coord.) or editor (ed.). Title of the publication, Publisher, City, p. or pp.

If the author of the chapter is the same as that of the book, the name and surname need not be repeated and the word 'in' may be omitted.

Newspapers: SURNAME(S), Name (year), “Title of the article”, Name of the newspaper, day and month, p. or pp.

Electronic references: SURNAME(S), Name, “Title”, in <URL address>, date consulted: day-month-year).

Archives and Libraries: Cite with full name in the first instance and follow between brackets with the abbreviation used in further annotations. For example: Archivo Histórico Nacional, Madrid (AHN Madrid) Archivo General de Simancas, Valladolid (AGS, Valladolid). 

Should various authors be mentioned, separate the names with commas, adding the conjunction 'and' before the last author's surname. If the electronic publication has a DOI, (Digital Object Identifier) this should be indicated at the end of the citation. In this case the date of consultation is not necessary.

Work by authors who omitted to complete the metadata requested on the platform will not be accepted. They will be informed of this and must amend the omission within seven days.

Works which do not conform to the rules relating to style and content indicated in these “Instructions” will be automatically rejected and will not have recourse for resubmitting.

Self-archiving Policy by the Author

With the aim of encouraging the global exchange of knowledge this periodical allows unrestricted access to its contents from the moment of publication. Furthermore we recommend that authors publicise their work through the Internet (for example in institutional telematic archives or on their website) after its publication, provided they supply the bibliographic information to substantiate it.

Authors’ Copyright warning

All the content published in the Boletín de Arte periodical is subject to the Creative Common Reconocimiento-NoComercia-Compartirigual 4.0 licence, the complete text of which may be consulted in <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0>

The authors whose contributions are accepted for publication in this periodical reserve the non-exclusive right to use their contributions for academic purposes, research and education, including self-archiving or deposit in open-access repositories of any kind.

The electronic edition of this periodical is edited by the Editorial de la Universidad de Málaga (UmaEditorial) and the provenance of any partial or total reproduction must be cited.