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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 or submitted for consideration by any other journal (or an explanation has been provided in the Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Whenever possible, URLs are provided for references.
  • The text is single spaced; 12 point font size; italics are used instead of underlining (except in URLs); and all illustrations, figures and tables are placed in the appropriate places in the text, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

Kipus: Revista Andina de Letras y Estudios Culturales welcomes unpublished articles in Spanish or English that conform to the Editorial Policy and Guidelines for Authors.

The Editorial Board of Kipus reserves the ultimate right to decide on the publication of articles, as well as the number and section in which they will appear. The journal reserves the right to make style corrections.

Submission of articles

  • Submission of articles must be made within the dates established by the journal for each call for papers.
  • Submissions must be made online, through the journal's OJS platform.
  • The author must specify in the submission if their article is part of a preprint server.
  • Authors must sign the cover letter form, in which they declare that:
  1. The work is original and unpublished, and has not been simultaneously put under consideration for publication in any other journal or editorial work.
  2. The postulation and possible publication of the work conforms to the editorial policy of Kipus: Revista Andina de Letras y Estudios Culturales.
  3. Is/are responsible for the content of the article.
  4. They have participated and contributed in the conception, design and realization of the work, analysis and interpretation of data, writing of the text and its revisions, as well as in the approval of the version sent as an attachment.
  5. If errors are detected, they will provide retractions and corrections.
    If necessary, provide information corresponding to the financial support received.
  6. Have respected the ethical principles of research and are free of any conflict of interest.

The journal has the following sections:

  • Dossier (peer reviewed section): Each article in the dossier will have a maximum of 9,500 words, with closing dates (you can review the call for papers in the OJS platform of the journal, or on the website of the Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Sede Ecuador).

The thematic axes of the Dossier section are related to topics in which the study, analysis and reinterpretation of the Ecuadorian, Andean and Latin American literary tradition stand out. They will also revolve around certain topics that are part of the current debate on Latin American cultural studies.

  • From the contemporary scene (peer reviewed section): refereed section. It is oriented to highlight, in a conjunctural way, through interviews or particular essays, a current topic or one that is part of the current literary and cultural debate. Texts must be 9,500 words long.
  • Legacy (peer reviewed section): Aimed at celebrating authors and key referents of the Ecuadorian, Andean and Latin American literary and cultural tradition. Length of texts: 4,750 words.
  • Criticism (peer reviewed section): It proposes, from new and innovative approaches to analysis and interpretation, approaches and re-readings of texts of the tradition of literature and culture of the region, Ecuador and Latin America. Maximum length of 9,500 words, including footnotes (explanatory or explanatory) and final bibliography.
  • Reviews (non-peer reviewes section): It is proposed as a space to disseminate current publications in the field of novels, poetry, theater, short stories, essays and Latin American cultural studies. Articles should not exceed 2,500 words in length.
  • References of Publications (for the exclusive use of the journal): is a bibliographic file that gives a succinct account of the most important publications that have been published in the region, the continent and other geographical areas. Those authors or publishers who are interested in having their books reviewed in this section may send a copy to the Kipus mailing address.

The texts for each of the aforementioned sections should be presented with 2.5 cm margins, in A4 format, Times New Roman font, number 12, with indentation on the first line of each paragraph.

Abstract and descriptors: articles for the Dossier, Legacy, From the Contemporary Scene and Criticism sections should be preceded by an abstract (translated into English) of up to 120 words and should provide between five and eight descriptors (keywords) that reflect the content of the article. For the descriptors, it is recommended to review the terms established in the bibliographic lists (Thesaurus) and look for correspondence between titles, abstracts and descriptors.

A biobibliographic record of the author (100 to 150 words) should be added (at the end of the text).

Author's data: After the title of the article, the following should be included: author's name and surname(s) and academic affiliation. In case of not having it, note that he/she is an "Independent Researcher"; the city and country to which his/her academic affiliation or place of residence corresponds; the personal or institutional e-mail and the ORCID Code (essential). If you do not have it, you can access it through the following link: https://orcid.org/register 

Authorship Statement

Starting in 2025, articles published in this journal with more than one author must include an authorship statement according to the CRediT taxonomy. This taxonomy assigns specific roles to contributors, facilitating greater transparency in the scientific process.

CRediT Roles:

  1. Conceptualization: Link
  2. Data Curation: Link
  3. Formal Analysis: Link
  4. Funding Acquisition: Link
  5. Investigation: Link
  6. Methodology: Link
  7. Project Administration: Link
  8. Resources: Link
  9. Software: Link
  10. Supervision: Link
  11. Validation: Link
  12. Visualization: Link
  13. Writing – Original Draft: Link
  14. Writing – Review & Editing: Link

An author may perform multiple roles, or multiple authors may share the same role. In these cases, the degree of contribution can be specified. The lead author will be responsible for assigning the roles, and all authors must confirm their respective roles.

Authors are requested to include the authorship statement in the cover letter when submitting their articles.

Examples of authorship statements:

  • Author 1: conceptualization, methodology, writing.
  • Author 2: conceptualization, writing.
  • Author 3: conceptualization, methodology.

For more information on the CRediT taxonomy, visit this link.

Language

All UASB-E publications strive for written expression that does not discriminate against women or any group in society, while recognizing the history, structure and economy of the language, and the most comfortable use for readers and speakers.

Therefore, no sexist or inequitable usage will be accepted, nor will the immoderate use of inclusive duplications or the morpheme e, @ (it is not a letter) or x to compose supposedly generic words, which contravene the standard use of the language.

RULES FOR CITATIONS AND REFERENCES

Kipus: Revista Andina de Letras y Estudios Culturales abides by the Chicago Deusto Manual of Style (summarized guide of the Manual here), and within this, the Subsystem Author Year (SAA):

Citation example Subsystem Author Year (SAA)

Torres Ripa, Javier, ed. 2013. Manual de estilo Chicago-Deusto. Bilbao: University of Deusto.

Collier, Ruth Berins, and David Collier. 2009. Shaping the Political Arena: Critical Junctures, the Labor Movement, and Regime Dynamics in Latin America. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press.

EC Ministry of National Defense. 2014. Agenda política de la defensa: 2014-2017. Quito: Ministry of National Defense.

Guevara Viejo, Jorge Fabricio. 2016. "El proceso de institucionalización del Sistema Nacional de Educación Superior en el Ecuador: Un estudio desde el análisis de la resignificación de las presiones institucionales." Doctoral dissertation, Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Sede Ecuador. http://repositorio.uasb.edu.ec/handle/ 10644/5298.

Bizberg, Ilán. 1993. "Business Modernization and Industrial Relations in Mexico." In Modernización empresarial: Tendencias en América Latina y Europa, edited by Rainer Dombois and Ludger Pries, 83-110. Caracas, VE: Friedrich Ebert Foundation of Colombia / Editorial Nueva Sociedad.

EC Ministry of Education. 2017. "Inclusive schools." Ministry of Education. Accessed April 27. https://educacion.gob.ec/escuelas-inclusivas/.

Copyright Notice

ASSIGNMENT OF RIGHTS, DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND DISSEMINATION

Authors who publish in this journal accept the following conditions:

  • The authors retain the rights of authorship and assign to Kipus: Revista Andina de Letras y Estudios Culturales the right of first edition. The works are published in the electronic and printed version of the journal under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial-Share Alike 4.0 License, which allows sharing, adapting and attributing the work (see: Open Access Policies).
  • Authors may make other independent and additional contractual agreements for the distribution of the article published in this journal (e.g., include it in an institutional repository or publish it in a book) as long as they clearly indicate that the work was first published in Kipus. In case of reproduction, a note similar to the following should be included: This text was originally published in Kipus: Revista Andina de Letras y Estudios Culturales N° --, year of publication.
  • The authors commit themselves to the diffusion and dissemination of the final version of the article published by Kipus: Revista Andina de Letras y Estudios Culturales, through academic and general digital media such as social networks, blogs, repositories, institutional or personal pages, etc., since it can lead to a greater and faster diffusion of the published work.
  • It is also declared to have respected the ethical principles of research and to be free of any conflict of interest.

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