Submissions

Author Guidelines

1. Submissions will be made through the magazine's website through the OJS system

2. Authors must send the following documentation:
    2.1. Full-text according to this Word Template.
    2.2. Submission Template (click here) and the same anonymous text

    2.3. Please in the metadata include a brief Bio saved as a separate document. (up to 100 words) with the following data in English, such as:
- Complete name of the authors
- Academic degree and work post of each of the authors, such as Ph.D, Assistant professor, Lecturer, Doctor, etc.
- Department.  Faculty. University. Country.
- Email address

- ORCID

3. Fotocinema will not charge authors for processing or publishing articles.

Author Guidelines:

For each of the monographs there will be a single period for receiving articles. This will be indicated in their respective Call For Papers and at the journal’s home page. The miscellany section will be opened once the monograph closes, but the delivery deadline can suffer changes, so it is advisable to check the journal’s website before sending anything.

Mandatory rules (if not applicable the article will not be accepted for evaluation)

• The authorship article must be sent with a template.
• The blind article must be sent with a template.
• Turnitin report on the % of matches of the article with other articles (to be attached in supplementary files).

General rules

1. The authors will submit their articles through the journal's website using the OJS system. https://revistas.uma.es/index.php/fotocinema/index The texts must be unpublished, always following the available template model. FOTOCINEMA does not charge authors for article processing fees or publication costs.

2. The length should range between 6,000 and 8,000 words. The word count includes bibliographic references, charts, tables, footnotes while excluding the title, abstract, and keywords.

3. The main language of the journal is Spanish. Papers in other languages, especially English, French, Italian, and Portuguese, are accepted (in these cases, if the texts are submitted by researchers from universities outside of that linguistic nationality, they must include a translation performed by a sworn translator, indicating the name and affiliation of the translator).

4. The author must ensure that no trace of any data that could identify them is left for the review process. To achieve this, any identifying information must be removed from the anonymized text. This anonymized text will be used for submission to the reviewers.

5. The article in .doc/docx format should be submitted through the OJS platform.

6. The submission through OJS will be done using the following link: https://revistas.uma.es/index.php/fotocinema/submission/wizard.

7. When submitting the article through OJS platform, all authors must enter ALL metadata. Failure to do so will result in rejection due to “metadata presentation format” defects. Follow these steps:

7.1. Register as an author.

7.2. In the “My Journals” tab, go to “New Submissions.”

7.3. Indicate the language, section to which it is being submitted (Articles, Monograph, Miscellany, or Dialogues), Submission Requirements, and Accept the Copyright Notice.

7.4. Upload submission. Upload the authorship text (the file should be named with the author’s last name only) and the anonymized text (always named “Anonymized Text”). If additional files need to be uploaded, do so successively in the “Upload Files” tab (right-hand tab).

7.5. In step 3, “Enter Metadata”, enter ALL author’s data in their respective fields (names, surnames, email addresses, academic degrees, affiliation, country, ORCID, and biographical summary). It must also be done both in Spanish and English. This should be done for all authors. The title, abstract, keywords, and bibliographic references should match those in the submitted text. Keywords must be entered one by one (not copied and pasted all together). IMPORTANT: all fields must be filled out even if they don’t appear as mandatory.

8. The article must not be signed by more than three authors, and priority will always be given to texts with one or two authors. In the case of multiple authors, once the article is accepted, the authors will have to include a section at the end of the article indicating the “Authors’ Contributions” and that “All authors have read and agreed with the published version of the manuscript and declare no conflicts of interest”.

9. Acknowledgments and possible mention of entities funding a project related to the article should be placed at the end of the article. They should not be added to the anonymized version.

10. A maximum of 2 articles will be allowed per institution to which coordinators belong to for Monographs, regardless of whether the article is from an individual or more than one author.

11. A Turnitin (or similar) report on the status of the article, prepared by the author, must be uploaded. Similarity reports with a similarity percentage above 15%, excluding the bibliography, will result in the rejection of the text.

Writing Guidelines

1. As indicated in general rule 1, authors must send their manuscripts adapted to the provided template model (DOWNLOAD HERE).

2. For article writing, Fotocinema recommends following this structure: Introduction, Current State of the Topic, Objectives and Hypothesis, Methodology, Results, Discussion of Results, Conclusions and Bibliographic References.

2.1. The abstract in the original language and in English should have a length between 150 and 200 words.

2.2. Keywords, maximum of 6 (original language, Spanish and English), separated by “;”.

We suggest following the list of keywords according to the multilingual controlled language we provide in the following PDF.

3. When downloading the template model, the author must ensure that:

3.1. The template format is not modified.

3.2. All the headings are numbered (1; 1.1; 1.1.1; 2; 2.1; etc).

3.3. The use of footnotes is discouraged unless it is of essential use. They should be in Georgia font, size 10, and single-spaced.

4. Tables and graphs should be numbered consecutively [F1; F2; F3] always within brackets. The numbering and a brief explanation (no more than one line) of the table, graph or figure should be placed just above it, and the “source” below. Both the titles and the different visual elements will be centered. The title should be in Georgia font, size 10. The tables, graphs, and/or figures should be submitted as separate files in .jpg format.

5. Quotations of 40 words or less should be inserted within the text, in quotation marks (“examples”). Quotations exceeding 40 words should be placed in a separate paragraph with a one -inch left indentation. Additionally, these quotations exceeding 40 words should be in a smaller size: Georgia 11. Quotations in languages other than the language of the article should be translated in footnotes.

6. The in-text citation format will be as follows, enclosed in parentheses: (author, year, p. page). Example: (Zunzunegui, 2020, p. 34). “Pp” will be used when referred to more than one page. In contextual citations, the page number can be omitted. If part of the quotations is omitted, it should be indicated with brackets and ellipsis within them. Example: […]. If there is a manifest error, it should be left as it is and followed by “(sic)” to indicate the error.

7. All cited works must be listed in the “Bibliographical References” section.

7.1. Only the bibliography actually used in the original article should be cited.

8. There should be no bold or underlined text. Italic font will be used for foreign words not recognized in the RAE (Royal Spanish Academy) dictionary, for titles of cited works and for emphasis. In such cases, it should be indicated in a footnote as “italic ours”.

9. English quotation marks should be used: “example.”

10. Single quotation marks ('example') can be used within a quotation already enclosed in double quotation marks.

11. The APA style guidelines should be followed for the bibliography. The seventh edition of these guidelines can be consulted at the following link.

12. Regarding the bibliography, the following recommendations are made:

-70% of the references should not be older than 10 years except for topics where it is not advisable.

-At least 50% should be references to articles from university scientific journals, unless it is an original topic with no scientific literature.

-Up to 20% of self-citations are accepted, with a maximum of three self-citations, only from published texts.

-Only bibliographic citations which have been cited in the text should be included.

-If the topic requires it, part of the bibliographic references has to be in another language.

-The bibliographic references will be presented at the end of the text.

13. Format for citing films:

The first time a movie is cited, it should be indicated as follows: Title in the language of the article (Original title, director, year). The original title only if it differs from the title used in the first place.

The War Is Over (La Guerre est finie, Alain Resnais, 1966).

When the film has not been released in the country where the article language is spoken, only the original title in italics should be used.

For subsequential citations of a previously mentioned film, it is sufficient to use the title in the language of the article in italics.

If the citation is immediately preceded by information of the movie such as the year or the Director, it is not necessary to include it between the parentheses. Example: In 1996, Alain Resnais directed The War Is Over (La Guerre est finie).

The same citation system will be maintained in the footnotes.

Dialogues or voice-over/dialogue quotations from a film should be reproduced in quotation marks.

If it is a dialogue between two or more characters, it should be reproduced in a separate paragraph, indented (1.25) compared to the rest of the text, in font size 11, and each character's intervention should be introduced with an em dash (—):

—Sheridan (S): Mr. Custer, you are accused of a serious offense. Don't you know that striking a superior is a serious offense in the military justice code, punishable by death? Why did you strike Mr. Shart?

— Custer (C): I can't tell you, sir. It's a personal matter.

— S: There are no personal matters within the barracks. Do you have anything else to say?

— C: No, sir.

And the bibliographic reference will be: Last Name, First Name (director) (Year). Original Title. Country: Production Company: Resnais, A. (1966). La guerre est finie. France: Europe Film / Sofracima.

14. In the case that the authors include imagen in the article, the maximum number of photographs will be five, and in the case of film frames, eight.

When it comes to photographs, the authors must provide the corresponding authorization. If not, they must comply with Article 32 of the TRLPI, which states: “Incorporating fragments of other works of a written, sound, audiovisual, or plastic or figurative photographic nature into one's own work is lawful, provided that they are already disclosed works and their inclusion is made by way of quotation or for analysis, commentary, or critical judgment. Such use can only be made for educational or research purposes, to the extent justified by the purpose of such incorporation and indicating the source and the name of the author of the work used.”

Graphics, image and figures should be created with sufficient quality for digital reproduction, and the original graphic files should be attached separately (preferably in JPG or PNG format) if the article is accepted. They should have short descriptive titles and be numbered consecutively.

Dialogues:

In addition to the monographic and miscellany sections of each issue, the publication of interviews and dialogues with creators or academics is considered. In these cases, the text will not undergo peer review, so only the text with the authorship/authors will be submitted.

Copyright Notice

The authors, by submitting the article, declare that:

1. This text contains original and innovative contributions.

2. They certify that this work has not been published in whole or in part by any other means, nor is it under consideration for publication in another journal.

3. They commit to accepting the editorial, publishing, reviewing, and evaluation guidelines established by Fotocinema. Revista científica de cine y fotografía (Fotocinema), a scientific journal on film and photography.

4. They take responsibility for the content of the submitted text and for their contributions to the conception, design, execution of the work, data analysis, and interpretation, drafting of the text, its possible revisions, as well as the approval of the final version that is being submitted.

5. They have been informed that stylistic changes may be made to the manuscript, but they will be sent the final galley proofs before the text is definitively published as an article, in case of a favorable evaluation. They undertake to acknowledge receipt of these proofs and, once verified, to give their approval for publication as soon as possible. It is understood that they give tacit approval to the galley proofs if they do not respond within 10 natural days of receiving them.

6. They are aware that the publication of an article in Fotocinema does not entail any cost or remuneration.

7. They declare that they have no personal and/or commercial associations that could represent a conflict of interest in connection with the submitted article and that they have respected the ethical principles of research.

8. The undersigned author transfers the ownership rights (copyright) of this work to Fotocinema for publication under a Creative Commons license (in the modality indicated on Fotocinema's main page: https://revistas.uma.es/index.php/fotocinema/index). They grant the rights of editing and reproduction. The work may be copied, used, disseminated, transmitted, and publicly displayed, provided that:

• The authorship and original source of publication (journal, publisher, and URL of the work) are cited.
• They are not used for commercial purposes.
• The existence and specifications of this usage license are mentioned.

Copyright is divided into two types: moral rights and economic rights. Moral rights are perpetual, non-transferable, inalienable, unseizable, and imprescriptible prerogatives. In accordance with copyright law, Fotocinema acknowledges and respects the moral rights of the authors, as well as their ownership of economic rights, which will be transferred to the journal for dissemination in open access. Economic rights refer to the benefits obtained from the use or disclosure of the works. Fotocinema, as an open-access scientific journal, is exclusively authorized to use, distribute, disclose, reproduce, adapt, translate, or transform the work through any means.

It is the responsibility of the authors to obtain the necessary permissions for images subject to copyright.