Submissions
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).
- Text is single-spaced; font size is 12 point; italics are used instead of underlining (except for URLs); and all illustrations, figures and tables are placed in appropriate places in the text, rather than at the end.
- The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author guidelines, which appear in About the journal under Submissions.
Studies
The Studies section (or dossier) is composed of a minimum of three texts on a topic previously announced in the call for papers. The works presented for the Studies section should include:
1) Short curriculum vitae of the author (maximum of 6 lines), including:
- a) Full name.
- b) Unique identifier of researcher ORCID
- c) Position and academic institution to which the researcher belongs.
- d) Email address.
- e) Percentage of the author's contribution in the research.
- f) Declare the availability or non-availability of data.
2) Title of the work in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
3) The text of the work must have between 8,000 and 15,000 words.
4) Summary of a maximum of 200 words, in English, Spanish and Portuguese (Abstract).
5) Key words (up to 6), in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
6) Citations and bibliographical references are presented in accordance with the style of the Chicago Manual, the bibliography consulted is listed at the end of the text under the heading Bibliographical references.
Deadline for receipt of manuscripts:
Deadline for texts submitted to the Studies Section:
Issue 17 publication June 2025: deadline for receipt until 1 October 2024.
Issue 18, December 2025: deadline for receipt until 30 April 2025.
More information at: https://revistas.um.edu.uy/index.php/revistahumanidades/about/submissions
Articles
The works submitted for the Articles section must attach:
1) Short curriculum vitae of the author (maximum of 6 lines), including:
- a) Full name.
- b) Unique identifier of researcher ORCID
- c) Position and academic institution to which the researcher belongs.
- d) Email address.
- e) Percentage of the author's contribution in the research.
- f) Declare the availability or non-availability of data.
2) Title of the work in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
3) The text of the work must have between 6,000 and 10,000 words.
4) Summary of a maximum of 200 words, in English, Spanish and Portuguese (Abstract).
5) Key words (up to 6), in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
6) Citations and bibliographical references are presented in accordance with the style of the Chicago Manual, the bibliography consulted is listed at the end of the text under the heading Bibliographical references.
Data availability:
Manuscripts should be submitted with a section called "Data availability", informing whether the dataset is available and, if so, where to access it.
In the event that the author has his/her research data on a server, this should be stated in the article.
The following sentence should be included within the text:
"The dataset supporting the results of this study is available at...".
Otherwise, you should include a sentence within the article stating the following:
"The dataset supporting the results of this study is not available."
In addition, the dataset must be cited.
Once the articles have been approved by the reviewers and the editorial secretary, they are entered for publication according to an order of preference strictly based on the date of approval. The journal undertakes to publish them in the first or second issue following the date of approval.
More information at: https://revistas.um.edu.uy/index.php/revistahumanidades/about/submissions
Reviews
The Reviews section may include notes on books of interest in the areas of study of the journal. The submitted works must have all the bibliographic information of the reviewed book (title, author, city, publisher, year and number of pages) and shall not exceed 2,000 words. A short curriculum vitae of the author (maximum of 6 lines) must be attached, including:
- a) Full name
- b) Unique identifier of researcher ORCID
- c) Position and academic institution to which the researcher belongs.
- d) Email address.
Interview
When there is interest in conducting an interview to be published in Humanities, the person in charge should send a proposal to revistahumanidades@um.edu.uy beforehand. The information to be provided must include: name and brief CV of the proposed interviewee, reasons for the interest in conducting the interview and the values expected from its content, full details of the interviewer: full name, institutional affiliation, email and ORCID. The interview proposal normally requires the approval of a special committee convened by the editor of the journal and his/her express approval.
The text of an interview must comply with the format and formal requirements adopted by the journal Humanidades. The interview must always have a suitable title, usually provided by the interviewer. The final text of the interview for publication requires the approval of the editor of the journal with the advisory vote of the editorial secretary.
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The names and email addresses entered in this journal will be used exclusively for the purposes set forth therein and will not be provided to third parties or for use for other purposes.