Author Guidelines
Publication standards
Kalpana magazine will publish articles, reviews, case studies, comparatives, criticisms, reports of unpublished results, with a maximum length of 20 pages.
Font size 12, Times New Roman font, line spacing 1.15, justified text, A4 size.
Collaborations may be in Spanish, English and Portuguese.
Illustrations, photographs or images of any kind will be referred to as figures; tables in case of having tables with statistical information.
Use of APA standards
The following data must be uploaded on the platform:
Name of the author or authors, with the last academic degree. (Attention: If the collaboration was carried out with a group of students, the corresponding author must be a teacher)
ORCID identifier of each author
Name of the institution of affiliation and country of the institution. (NOTE: In the OJS platform, when entering the data of the authors there is an option that says "AFFILIATION" this refers to the institution where the author or authors study or work. The journal does not request data such as DNI, passport number or Similar)
Contact email of all authors
Biographical data of the authors that includes their participation in the preparation of the manuscript.
Up to four authors allowed
Authorship:
Each author must have participated in the work to a sufficient degree to assume public responsibility for its content.
Authorship credit should be based solely on his essential contribution:
a) Conception and design, or analysis
and the interpretation of the data.
b) Writing of the article or critical review of an important part of its intellectual content
c) Final approval of the version to be published.
Note: Mere participation in the acquisition of funding or data collection does not justify author credit. Nor is it enough to exercise general supervision of the research group.
The order of authorship must be a joint decision of the co-authors.
Group members who do not meet the
Criteria for being authors should be mentioned, in an Acknowledgments section.
The editors may ask the authors to justify the assignment of authorship.
The opinions expressed by the authors are their sole responsibility and do not necessarily reflect the points of view of the Editorial Committee of Kalpana magazine.
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Sections that the article should contain:
Title of the work (Spanish and English)
Summary and Abstract.- 200 words maximum
Keywords and Key words.- Minimum 5 keywords on the main topic along with their translation into English.
Introduction. - Describe or identify in a general way the content of the study such as the problem, objectives, hypothesis, literature review, current status of the topic.
Methodology. - Set of methods. It establishes the procedure carried out, instruments and tools used to answer the research questions.
Investigation Development. - Performs reflective qualitative analysis. It includes new information as well as analyzes, discusses, extends or enriches the object of study.
Conclusions. - It constitutes a final interpretation of the information and data with which the investigation is closed.
References
Copyright Notice
When submitting their manuscript, the authors are accepting that the journal begins with the editorial review process (which includes submitting the document to an Anti-Plagiarism Software review) and double-blind peer review. Once the work passes to phase 4, the authors must download, fill out and sign the letter of assignment of rights, which authorizes the journal to publish the article in the corresponding number. Authors do not lose their copyright, however, they cannot publish the same article content in other journals.