Guidelines for authors

CIRIEC-España, revista de economía pública, social y cooperativa is a fourmonthly Latin-American scientific review of interdisciplinary nature on plural economy. Its research field ranges over enterprises and entities which aim is to serve to the general benefit and, in particular, social economy -mostly composed of co-operatives, labour societies, mutuals, foundations and associations- and public economy, giving priority in this case to labor, social cohesion and regional development policies, ecological transition and achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. The Editorial Board of the review will examine all articles.

Writing procedures:

1. All articles must be written in Spanish or in English. For articles written in English, once the article has been accepted, authors from countries where English is not the native language must send the journal’s secretariat a certificate issued by a professional translator stating that the article has been translated and that have been reviewed.

2. Manuscripts must be submitted online through CIRIEC-España’s OJS site:
https://ojs.uv.es/index.php/ciriecespana/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions. A copy of the manuscript must also be sent to the following e-mail address: ammb@uv.es.

3. First page must include:

– The article’s title in Spanish and in English. If the title is long, it should include a principal title of no more than 40 characters and a secondary title.
– The name/s and address/es of the institutions to which authors belong, ORCID number of each author and the E-mail address to which the Editing Board should answer.
– Between 200 and 250 words abstract in Spanish and in English.
– Between four and eight keywords or descriptors in Spanish and in English.
– Between three and six keys – alphanumeric descriptors as established by Econlit classification system.
See: https://www.aeaweb.org/jel/guide/jel.php

4. The article text, typewritten in one space must have an extension between 15 and 25 pages (maximum 100,000 characters) including tables, graphs, notes and bibliography. Both conditions must be accomplished. Article must be sent in Word (.doc) format.

5.- Cover letter: Authors have to send a cover letter to the editor of the Journal via e-mail (ammb@uv.es) justifying the interest of the publication of the article.

6.- Citation rules: The citation will be made according to the APA system, adapted to our inclusive language policy.

Examples:

SALA, Mercè, TORRES, Teresa & FARRÉ, Mariona (2018): “Demografía de las cooperativas en tiempos de crisis”, CIRIEC-España, Revista de Economía Pública, Social y Cooperativa, 93, 51-84, DOI: 10.7203/CIRIEC-E.93.11042.

CHAVES, Rafael, & DEMOUSTIER, Danièle (Eds) (2013): The emergence of the social economy in public policy: An international analysis. Brussels, BE: Peter Lang.

When cited references have Digital Object Identifier (DOI), then it has to be included in the reference, specially those articles published of the three last years.

7.- Sources of funding: at the end of the article, the institution(s) that have provided funding for the research that is the subject of the article will be indicated.

8.- Declaration of conflict of interest: The absence of conflicts of interest must be made explicit.

9.- Authorship: The contribution of each author to the article will be indicated following the CRediT (Contributor Role Taxonomy) methodology. The authorship of the article may not be changed during the review process.

10. Authors are not required to make any payment to the journal, either for the management or publication of the articles.

11. Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) assisted technologies: The article must declare the use made of AI and AI assisted technologies. Declaring the use of these technologies fosters transparency and trust between authors, readers, reviewers and publishers, and facilitates compliance with the terms of use of the relevant tool or technology. The broad Language Models (LLM) do not currently fulfil the criteria for authorship of ‘CIRIEC-España, revista de economía pública, social y cooperativa’. It is important to emphasise that the attribution of authorship entails responsibility for the work, which cannot be effectively applied to LLM.

Publication process:

Manuscripts that meet the formal standards of the journal will first undergo a process of detection and prevention of plagiarism and the use of AI and will then be submitted to anonymous external peer review (blind peer review). The evaluation criteria will be the scientific level and the contribution of the manuscripts to the exchange of information between the research community and professionals in public administration and the social economy (see Evaluation Sheet). The editor will carry out an initial assessment of the manuscripts to check that they fit with the scope of the journal and the topics prioritised by the editorial team and that they meet the minimum standards of international standing and scientific quality. If so, each manuscript will generally be sent to at least two external and independent reviewers who will assess the scientific quality of the manuscript. The reports will be either accepted, to be revised with minor or major modifications, or rejected. In case of discrepancy, the article will be sent to a third reviewer. The reviewers will issue a report. If it is not suitable for publication, it will be indicated whether it is to be rejected or modified, indicating the changes to be incorporated into the manuscript. The process can include up to three rounds of review, evaluation, and verification of the incorporation of the proposed changes. The editorial decision will be communicated to the authors, indicating the reasons for the acceptance, revision or rejection of the manuscript.

The authors of the articles accepted must renounce to the copyright of its Spanish version and authorize the review to publish their articles on its Web page as well as reproduced them in different scientific data base, as established by law. The authors must also state in writing to the Journal that the manuscript submitted is entirely new and original and is not currently under review by any other publication.

Once the article has been accepted, an extended abstract of 1000 to 1500 words (maximum 21,000 characters including spaces) in length, of the appropriate type, must be submitted entirely in English for articles in Spanish, or entirely in Spanish for articles in English. The extended abstracts will be published at the end of the journal. The extended abstract must include the following sections: Objectives, Design / Methodology / Approach; Results / Research Limitations / Implications, Practical Conclusions and Originality.

Comply with the norms and formats established in the following Research Article Template.

Example of how to cite an article from this journal:

The journal “CIRIEC-España revista de economía pública, social y cooperativa” sometimes presents issues of inadequate citation. For this reason, please find an example of adecuate citation:

VILLAJOS, Esther; PÉREZ-NEBRA, Amalia; LEGARRA, Maite & ELIO, Eunate (2024): “Work-family conflict in Social Economy organisations. Individual differences in the employees’ demographic profile”, CIRIEC-España, Revista de Economía Pública, Social y Cooperativa, 111, 305-327. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7203/CIRIEC-E.111.28026.