Author Guidelines
There is no cost for editorial management of articles submitted
1. General Rules
1.1. Articles are to be no more than 10,000 words, including footnotes, but excluding the list of bibliographical references. Book reviews are to be limited to a maximum of 3,000 words.
1.2. Research articles must rigorously adhere to the standards of the discipline of philology in which they are enrolled, in terms of academic quality. On the basis of confidential reports from external evaluators, the Editorial Board will decide whether or not to accept a paper and in which volume it will be published. The journal's editorial staff is responsible for ensuring anonymity in the peer-review process.
1.3. The authors are solely responsible for the content of the articles and must ensure that they respect current copyright and intellectual property regulations at all times.
1.4. Papers must be submitted via the REUNIDO platform, by clicking on the following link, and adhering to all applicable steps. Originals sent by other means will not be accepted.
https://https://reunido.uniovi.es/index.php/RFF/information/authors
Authors are requested to contact the director or secretary of the journal's Editorial Board if they encounter any obstacles when sending their articles via the platform.
1.5. Articles are to include an abstract (of between 150 and 250 words) in Spanish and English, as well as a list of keywords (no more than six), also in Spanish and English. The title of the article should also be translated into English.
1.6 The author's name should not be included in the article. A supplementary file is to contain their name, academic institution and email address.
2. Formatting guidelines
2.1. Documents must be justified with 1.5 line spacing. Font: Times New Roman. Font size: 12 pt for the main text; 11 pt for indented block quotations; and 10 pt for footnotes.
2.2. In articles, the title must be centered and in roman (plain) type, size 12.
2.3. Short direct quotations shall be integrated into the body of the text using angle quotes (« ») (guillemets). However, the format may be adapted to the standard orthographic rules of the language in which the text is written. Quotations exceeding three lines shall not use quotation marks but shall be indented, in roman type, and in a smaller font size (11 pt). In both cases, the in-text citation must be provided in parentheses at the end of the quote, following the author-date system. Examples:
As Bertrand Russell (1977: 57) argued, «the Cartesians emphasized the absolute nature of the distinction by denying all interaction between mind and matter».
«The function of the signifier is to evoke a specific meaning» (Alarcos Llorach, 1986: 28).
For paraphrased citations that do not refer to a specific page, the author-date system remains:
According to Foucault (2002), the rise of madness in the 18th century was uncertain.
If two works by the same author and year are cited, distinguish them by adding lowercase letters (a, b, etc.) after the year, which must correspond to the reference list. Example: (Conradi, 1982b: 12).
2.4. Footnotes must be placed at the bottom of the page, numbered consecutively. Acknowledgments or clarifications should appear as a footnote before the first numbered note, indicated by an asterisk (*) at the end of the article title.
2.5. Within the text, italics shall be used for emphasis, for foreign language terms (e.g., Ennui was a recurring theme in much of 19th-century literature), or for metalinguistic mentions (e.g., The noun sea is common in terms of gender), including examples not set in a separate paragraph. To indicate the meaning of a word, single quotation marks (‘ ’) shall be used. Double angle quotes (« ») are reserved for short integrated quotations. If a second level of quotation is required, double high quotation marks (“ ”) shall be used. The use of small caps (except for centuries) and bold type should be avoided.
2.6. REVIEWS must begin with the full bibliographic reference of the book under review in the following order: Surname(s), First Name, title, number of volumes (if applicable), city, publisher, pp. The reviewer’s full name should appear in the following paragraph, in small caps, right-aligned. Below the name, the reviewer's institutional affiliation (in italics) and email address (standard type) must be provided on separate lines.
3. Bibliographical References
A section titled References (or Bibliographical References) must be included at the end of the article. All cited works must be listed with a 1 cm hanging indent. When multiple works by the same author are listed, the name and surname are replaced from the second entry onwards by a long dash (—) (see "metadata" section). For titles or terms requiring quotation marks, Spanish angle quotes (« ») shall be used.
BASIC EXAMPLES
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Printed Book: Surname(s), Full Name (Year), Title of the Work, City, Publisher.
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Printed Book (Multiple Authors): Surname(s), Name, and Name Surname (Year), Title of the Work, City, Publisher.
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Book with Two Publishers: Surname(s), Name (Year), Title of the Work, City, Publisher / Publisher.
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Edited or Coordinated Book: Surname(s), Name (ed. or coord.) (Year), Title of the Work, City, Publisher.
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Book Chapter (Edited/Coordinated Volume): Surname(s), Name (Year), «Title of the chapter or entry», in Title of the Book, vol., F. Name Surname (ed. or coord.), City, Publisher, pp.
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Journal Article (Print): Author Surname, Name (Year), «Title of the specific article», Journal Title, Volume (Issue), pp.
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Journal Article (Online): Author Surname, Name (Year), «Title of the specific article», Journal Title, Volume (Issue), pp., DOI or URL.
Bibliographical References in Metadata:
To ensure correct metadata extraction, each reference must be placed on a new line. In this specific section, if an author is repeated, the full name and surname must be repeated for every entry; do not use dashes (—).
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Code of best editorial practice
The authors undertake to ensuring that the result of the research is original and has not been invented, manipulated or distorted. Plagiarism in all its forms, including self-plagiarism, and inventing or manipulating data constitute serious misconduct and are therefore considered to be fraud to the scientific community.
Authors are also required to request, in good time before publication, any necessary permissions for reproducing texts, images or any other partial or complementary documentation, the publication of which may require prior authorisation from the authors, in accordance with applicable legislation.
