INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Papers must be original research articles or articles disseminating research results.

SUBMISSION
Papers should be sent by e-mail to the attention of Dra. Alicia Valmaña: alicia.valmana@uclm.es, stating the following details (very important for meta-labelling purposes):

- Title in the original language and in English.

- Author: surname and first name, institution to which he/she belongs, professional category, E-mail addressand 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, clear, simple or compound.

- Abstract in the language of the article and in English. Maximum 800 characters.

-Summary

It must also be uploaded by the author to Ridrom's website, section https://reunido.uniovi.es/index.php/ridrom/about/submissions, in which the author must fill in:

Tab 1: Beginning

      • Submission language: you must select the language (Spanish, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, etc) in which the work you are submitting is written.

      • Section: if there is no monograph open, the platform, by default, will include your work in the non-specific section (Articles-miscellaneous) without you having to do anything. If there is an open monograph, a drop-down menu will appear where you will have to choose the corresponding monograph (with its title) or, if applicable, the general section (Articles, reviews, in memoriam, varia).

      • Submission requirements that you should check if your work meets them

      • Comments to the editor: Authors may include comments to the editor describing their work and any other indications they consider appropriate. If there is any conflict of interest, it must be indicated in this section. It can also be used, optionally, to suggest reviewers or to oppose them, in this case, justifying the reasons.

      • Submit as Author

Tab 2: Upload the submission. All necessary files must be uploaded here

Tab 3: Metadata.

      • Title/subtitle/prefix: the title must be included in English, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, etc. To add both languages, clicking on the text box will display both languages (when one of the two languages is not complete, the globe icon will be red; if both languages are complete, the icon will be green). The subtitle is optional and, if it is included, it is not necessary to include a colon (‘:’) at the end of the title. The prefix is also optional and can be added to the title. If added, the subtitle and the prefix must also be included in Spanish and English.

      • Abstract: as in the title, it must be included in English and in Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese.

      • In the Authorship and contributors section, the information of the authors (full name, affiliation - name of the institution and country -, e-mail address, and ORCID identifier) should be included for each one of them. Use the ‘Add contributor’ button to include new persons.

      • In the Additional Improvements

        • Section Languages should identify the language in which the original manuscript is written.

        • The Discipline is optional, although it allows better indexing of the article in certain databases.

        • Keywords(3, 4, 5 or 6): entered one by one (type enter or enter after each keyword for the system to incorporate it), in English, Spanish, French, Italian or Portuguese (pay attention to the globe icon: it must be green).

        • Supporting Agencies is the optional section for incorporating funding, this information should be added later to the article if it is accepted. It allows to better identify the sources of funding in the databases.

      • In the Citations section: bibliographical references should be included, in alphabetical order, each on one line. Since the reviewers do not have access to this information, the references of the authors can be kept (this only affects the data typed on the platform: in the manuscript the references themselves must be blinded). All references must include the DOI in the format https://doi.org/xxx (it is recommended to locate it in the original source or by using CrossRef's metadata search tool). This information is crucial for bibliometric indicators, so please cooperate as much as possible. Please note that if, during the review process, references undergo changes, they should be modified both in the manuscript and on the website.

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, 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).

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.