Submissions

Author Guidelines

1.- ORIGINALITY
Works submitted for publication in the Logos Guardia Civil Magazine
(hereinafter, Logos Magazine or the Magazine) must be unpublished and not pending
publication in another magazine. However, upon request to the Editorial Department,
they may be published in another medium once written authorisation has been granted
by the Editor of the Magazine.
2.- SUBMISSION
Those wishing to submit works must send an anonymous version of their
article, in Word format, via the Magazine's website, using the template that can be
downloaded from the website and from this link. To do so, they must first register as
authors. The file must be anonymised in terms of both its content and the metadata of
the Word file.
The following information must be sent in a separate file from the article:
• Title
• Full name of the author
• Type and number of identity document
• Place and date of birth
• Affiliation or institution to which they belong or their position
• Academic background, most recent professional qualification
• Full postal address
• Email
• Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) and link to Google
Scholar, if available.

3.- COMMUNICATION
Logos Journal will send an acknowledgement of receipt to all persons who
submit original manuscripts to the email address they provide. The Editorial Board will
decide whether or not to accept the manuscripts received. This decision will be
communicated to the author and, if accepted, the issue number in which it will be
included will be indicated, as well as the approximate date of publication.
Articles that do not comply with these guidelines will be returned to the author,
who may resubmit them once the necessary modifications have been made.
Articles are accepted throughout the year. Depending on the process from
receipt of the article to publication, notifications regarding the status of the article may
be sent.
Note: Authors must ensure that the email account (or server) used to
communicate with the Journal does not send spam or block messages sent by the
OJS editorial system.
4.- PLAGIARISM DETECTION
The Journal submits all articles received in response to its calls for papers to a
plagiarism detection tool. When total or partial plagiarism (without the corresponding
citation) is detected, the article is not sent for evaluation and the authors are notified of
the reason for rejection.
5.- DECLARATION OF AUTHORSHIP AND USE OF AI
As an essential requirement for the start of the editorial review process, all
authors must complete and sign the "Declaration of Authorship, Originality and Use of
Artificial Intelligence Tools".
In this declaration, authors must certify that the work is unpublished and of their
intellectual authorship. Likewise, the use of any Generative Artificial Intelligence
system (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, DeepL, Grammarly Premium, etc.) used during the
preparation of the manuscript must be disclosed, specifying the tool and the phase in
which it was applied (writing, translation, data analysis or style correction).
AI cannot be listed as a co-author of the work, as it cannot assume legal
responsibility for the content.
The declaration template can be downloaded from this link and is also available
on the journal's website.
6.- EVALUATION
Each article received is preliminarily reviewed according to the objectives and
editorial policy of the journal, minimum academic quality standards, originality, and
compliance with these guidelines. The Editorial Board reviews whether the basic
requirements (citation and formal presentation standards) are met, as well as its
suitability for publication (title, identifiers, objective, theoretical framework,
methodology, results, conclusions, and references). Articles that pass this preliminary
evaluation by the Editorial Board will be submitted to peer reviewers.
The evaluation methodology follows the principle of "double-blind" peer review,
taking special care to comply with the ethical standards established for this type of
publication and avoiding conflicts of interest. This means that, during the evaluation,
both the names of the authors and those of the reviewers are kept anonymous.
Authors will be sent any correction guidelines deemed relevant, except for
those of a minor nature that do not affect the content and can be carried out by the
editorial team (corrections of a
spelling, punctuation, formatting, etc.).
The final decision to publish or reject articles is made by the Editorial Board,
based on the reports submitted by the Editorial Team.
This decision is communicated to the author by email from the Journal's
Editorial Office (approved, approved with modifications, or rejected).
7.- REMUNERATION
Works published in the Journal will be remunerated in the amount established
by the Editorial Board, except in cases of unpaid contributions.
Submitted works must strictly adhere to the deadlines indicated as the
maximum date for their delivery.
Neither the Civil Guard University Centre nor Logos Guardia Civil magazine are
responsible for the opinions expressed by the authors.
8.- FORMAL ASPECTS
There is a template-guide for use with all the details regarding format and formal
aspects. It can be downloaded from the Journal's website.
The criteria for submitting texts are as follows:
LENGTH. The body of the work, excluding abstracts, keywords and appendices, must
be a minimum of 6,000 words and a maximum of 9,000 words.
FONT. Times New Roman 12 point. Notes and affiliations should be in the same font,
size 10 point.
PARAGRAPHS. Indentation type "1st line" of 1.25 cm. Single spacing. Avoid
bold and underlined words in the body of the text. Italics should be used for book titles
and other sources or for the inclusion within the text of words or expressions in a
language other than that of the article.
TITLE. The title shall appear on the first page in capital letters and bold type.
ABSTRACT AND KEYWORDS. Preceded by the word "Abstract", an extract in
Spanish of no more than 250 words shall be included. This should be followed by
another paragraph containing an "Abstract", which is an English translation of the
previous summary. The following paragraph should include the keywords, no more
than five, preceded by the expression "Keywords". This should be followed by a new
paragraph containing those keywords in English, preceded by the expression
"Keywords".
STRUCTURE. Papers shall be divided into titles and subtitles up to the 4th level, each
with its own numbered title. They shall be titled according to their hierarchical level:
1. First level: in bold capital letters.
2. Second level: in regular capital letters.
3. Third level: lowercase and bold.
4. Fourth level: lowercase and italics.
TABLES AND FIGURES. These shall be numbered and include a brief title, following
the APA 7th edition guidelines (https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines).
NOTES. These should be kept to a minimum and placed at the bottom of the page in
numbered order.
REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CITATIONS. The APA 7th edition system
shall be used.
a) Citations in the text: Depending on the type of citation:
- Direct quotation: author's surname, year of publication and page.
Examples:
(Kaplan and Szapu, 2019, p. 111).
Kaplan and Szapu (2019), "It seems to be [...] escape" (p. 111).
- Paraphrasing: author's surname and year of publication.
Examples:
(García, 2014) or "according to García (2014), the conditions..."
b) References: These shall be limited to the bibliographic sources
used and cited in the text. They shall be listed in alphabetical order by
author's surname.
Examples:
• Book:
Jackson, L. M. (2019). The psychology of prejudice: From attitudes to social action
(2nd ed.). American Psychological Association.
https://doi.org/10.1037/0000168-000
• Article or book chapter:
Barton, D. and Hamilton, M. (2004). Literacy understood as social practice. In
V. Zavala, M. Niño-Murcia and P. Ames. (Eds.). Writing and society. New
theoretical and ethnographic perspectives (pp. 109-139). Network for the
development of social sciences in Peru.
• Scientific article (journal):
Castro, B. (2016). Construction and transformation of masculinities among
sugar cane cutters in Valle del Cauca. Colombian Journal of Sociology, 39(1), 79-
102.
• Online journal article:
Caicedo-Tamayo, A. and Rojas-Ospina, T. (2014). Beliefs, knowledge and use
of ICTs by university professors. Education and Educators, 17(3), 517-533.
https://educacionyeducadores.unisabana.edu.co/index.php/eye/article/view/4333/3–
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• Newspaper articles or news items:
Díez, A. and Baquero, C. S. (2020, 2 January). ERC leadership backs
Sánchez's investiture. El País, 4.
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ORGANISATIONS AND ACRONYMS. Whenever possible, acronyms should be
used in the language of the original text (if the text is in Spanish, for example, OTAN
should be used, not NATO; ONU and not UNO). The first time an acronym is used in a
text, the translation or equivalent should be written first, if possible, followed by the
name in the original language and the acronym in parentheses, separated by a
comma. Subsequently, only the acronym may be used.
Example: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
Any questions regarding citations should be clarified by referring directly to the
APA 7th edition guidelines.