Author Guidelines
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Papers must be original research articles or articles disseminating research results.
SUBMISSION
- Title in the original language and in English.
- Author: surname and first name, institution to which he/she belongs and professional category.E-mail address and ORCID code in the following format: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0407-2350.
- Subject or subjects to which the article can be assigned.
- Keywords in the language of the article and in English. Maximum six, simple or compound.
- If it is unpublished or in what other publication it has appeared.
- Abstract in the language of the article and in English. Maximum 800 characters.
-Summary
FORMAT
Papers should be sent in Word format (.doc), Book Antiqua font, size 14, with one and a half spaces between lines and justification on both sides.
The first page should include the title in the language of the article and in English, in capital letters, bold, size 12 and centred.
Below, separated by two lines, also centred and size 12, are the author's name and surname, professional category, Institution to which he/she belongs and ORCID code with the following format: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0407-2350.
Then, separated by two lines, the abstract in the language of the article and in English (maximum 800 characters) and the keywords in the language of the article and in English (maximum six).
Footnotes should be placed at the bottom of the page, in the same font and size 12.
The introduction should be preceded by a Summary containing the headings of the article's content.
The numbering of headings and sub-headings shall be constructed according to the following levels: I., 1., 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.1, etc.
Titles of chapters, paragraphs and sub-paragraphs shall not have a full stop.
In abbreviations, the full stop shall be placed before the letter flown (M.ª, n.º).
Symbols which are not abbreviations shall not have a full stop at the end or a plural mark (km, g, h).
Footnotes should be placed at the bottom of the page, in the same font and size 12. Note calls shall be numbered consecutively by superscript and, if they coincide with a punctuation mark, they shall be followed by a superscript.
With regard to the form of citation, any of the forms recognised in each discipline will be accepted. Preferably, they will conform to ISO 690-2021 and its equivalent UNE-ISO 690:2024 on the preparation of bibliographical references.
A source shall be cited whenever it is paraphrased, quoted verbatim or refers to data, tables or figures or other parts of the original source.
A BIBLIOGRAPHY section should be included at the end of the work, which should include the list of bibliography used in alphabetical order in Book Antiqua, size 14, following the guidelines below:
1/ Monograph (book)
Surname (in capital letters), first name (in lower case) or initials of the name followed by a semicolon and a comma. The title of the work must always appear in italics. Place of publication, publisher, year of publication of the work used, reference pages if applicable (in abbreviation, either singular or plural: p. or pp.).
- If there are two or three authors, the surnames and first names of all are given. If there are four or more authors, only the first one is given, followed by the expression ‘and others’ (in lower case and in normal characters).
- Some authors prefer to cite the city where the book was published first, followed by the publisher, separated by a comma. Both systems are valid. In books translated into Spanish, the data referring to this edition should be indicated.
For example:
MURILLO VILLAR, A., El riesgo en el legado. Del Derecho romano al código civil, Burgos, 1993. Edit. Caja de Burgos, pp. 1-13.
2/ Book chapter
AUTHOR'S SURNAME, first name initial. ‘Title of the chapter. In: Surname of editor, First name initial, publisher. Place of publication: Publisher; year. Title page of the chapter.
3/ Journal article
AUTHOR'S SURNAME, first name initial. Title of the article. Title of the journal, year, number or volume, initial and final page of the article.
Example:
GIL GARCIA, M. O. La permanencia del principio ‘mater semper certa est’ después de las técnicas de reproducción asistida. RIDROM. International Review of Roman Law, 2024, [S. l.], v. 33, pp. 181-229, 2024. DOI: 10.17811/ridrom.33.2.2024.181-229. Available at: https://reunido.uniovi.es/index.php/ridrom/article/view/21732. Acesso em: 27 Mar. 2025.
4/ For documents accessible online (websites, blog posts, e-mails, forum posts, scientific articles, e-books, images, etc.). It is necessary to specify the availability: electronic address, and date of access. The electronic address must contain the link.
URL and date of access
DOI (permanent and standardised URL for scientific articles and other types of scientific
scientific literature)
Example:
AZAUSTRE FERNÁNDEZ, M. J. Una aproximación a la fiscalidad sobre la vivienda en Roma. RIDROM. International Journal of Roman Law, [S. l.], v. 1, n. 31, 2023, pp. 1-65. DOI: 10.17811/ridrom.1.31.2023.1-65. Available at: https://reunido.uniovi.es/index.php/ridrom/article/view/20227. Accessed on: 27 Mar. 2025.
The ideas, data, and opinions expressed in the published works are the exclusive responsibility of the authors, who are responsible for obtaining the corresponding permission and that the published works are carried out by the ethical criteria that govern the research and following professional deontology.
CO-AUTHORED CONTRIBUTIONS
Authors should report on the criteria chosen to decide the order of signature and on the specific contribution made by each author to the published work, following the criteria established by the CRedit taxonomy (Contributor Roles Taxonomy).
RESEARCH FUNDING
Authors must identify the agencies or entities that have funded the published research, with full indication of the code of the projects. This information must appear at the bottom of the first page, as well as in the metadata section of the journal that the author must fill in when submitting.
RIDROM declines any responsibility for possible conflicts derived from the authorship of the works published in it.
