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Article types

Research Article
Review
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Readiness requirements

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Abstract length

  • Provide an author-written abstract of no more than 250 words.
  • If the article is accepted, an abstract in Spanish must be provided.
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  • • The title of the article and an abstract of no more than 250 words in English.
  • Research Article: Abstract and keywords: Research articles and research notes shall be accompanied by an abstract of around 250 words headed “Abstract”.
  • Language: Manuscripts shall be submitted in English, and the second abstract may be in Spanish, French, German or Portuguese.
  • Both abstract and keywords shall be written in English and also in another language, which may be Spanish, French, German or Portuguese.

Keywords

  • Provide up to 5 keywords chosen by the author.
  • The line below shall contain a list of up to 5 keywords, headed “Keywords”.

Reference style

  • Articlo formats your supplied references in Harvard style and checks that citations match the reference list; source validity is not verified.
  • They shall also make use of cross references when two or more chapters are being used from the same volume collection, as in the example: Belcher, D. (Ed.) (2009).
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  • Research Article: Length: Research articles shall not exceed 8,000 words, research notes and interviews shall not exceed 3,000 words, and reviews shall not exceed 1,500 words, including abstracts, notes, appendices, list of references and bionotes.
  • This analysis should be based on a consistent theoretical framework, explained using the relevant specialised bibliography.
  • In the case of non-literal quotations the reference source shall include author and publication year.
  • Authors shall try not to include a long list of bibliographical references where these are unnecessary.
  • Notes: Notes shall be placed at the end of the text, after the list of references and before the appendices, if any.
  • Manuscripts that exceed the maximum word length or fail to follow the style and citation rules stipulated (in the references and/or in the body of the text) will not be submitted for consideration.
  • Final list of references: All the works referred to throughout the entire text shall be listed in alphabetical order in a section with the heading REFERENCES (in the language of the manuscript).
  • Bibliographical references in the text: All references quoted in the text shall appear as follows: (Kennedy, 2011).
  • The main body of the text shall contain the appropriate references to the appendices so as to facilitate comprehension.
  • Notes shall be very few in number and shall be used only when necessary, for providing further details or with explanation purposes, but they shall not be used for providing bibliographical references.

Figure and table rules

  • Keep every figure and table numbered, captioned, and cited in the manuscript.
  • Tables and figures: Any tables and figures shall be placed in the text, be consecutively numbered, include a caption (or brief explicative title) below the table or figure, and be directly referred to in the text.

Funding statement

  • Add or confirm the author-written Funding statement; Articlo flags it if author input is still needed.
  • Should the authors deem it appropriate, funding bodies may also be named in footnote form on the first page of the text.
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  • Authors may deposit the accepted version of their article in their institutional repositories, following the terms provided by their funding bodies should this be appropriate.
  • Details of funding bodies shall be included in the acknowledgements section and shall also be included in the Metadata section on submission, including the code assigned to the project where relevant.

Blinded manuscript

  • Review: Withdrawal of articles once the blind peer review process has started shall be penalised.
  • Review: Assessment: Submissions that meet the basic criteria of thematic relevance and quality shall be refereed by at least two peer reviewers and a blind review concerning both authors and reviewers shall be guaranteed at all times.

Supplementary files

  • Include every cited supplementary file and use matching labels in the manuscript.

Preprints and prior publication

  • Acceptance criteria: In order to be accepted for publication, any work submitted shall be required to have at least two favourable reports.
  • Further revisions: Authors receiving favourable reports shall be notified of the tentative date of eventual publication and shall be required to implement any modifications suggested by the specialists in their reports and return their revised manuscripts in about a month’s time.
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  • Dialogues relevant for academia with an internationally renowned scholar in the field of LSP shall be considered for publication as interviews.
  • Likewise, manuscripts that are simultaneously being reviewed by any printed or electronic publication shall not be considered.
  • Authors shall also have access to their edited papers (pre-prints) as well as to their first proofs so as to ensure the quality of the final publication.
  • Research Article: Those manuscripts that report original research outcomes pertaining to LSP and further existing studies in this field shall be considered for publication as research articles or research notes.
  • Review: Reviews of scholarly publications (research books, textbooks and multimedia software) pertaining to LSP and published no more than two years prior to the potential publication date of the review shall be considered for publication as reviews.
  • Those manuscripts that have been submitted wholly or partially for publication in any other type of treatise, be it either printed (journal, book, conference proceedings, etc.), or electronic (online publication, blog, institutional repository, electronic journal, conference proceedings on CD-Rom, etc.) shall not be considered for publication.
  • Information for contributors: Ibérica shall promptly acknowledge receipt of submissions via e-mail and commits to keeping contributors informed about the course of their submission along the assessment process and, if appropriate, up to final publication.

Other submission requirements

  • Authors shall be required to fill in and sign the corresponding sworn statement as guarantee.
  • Review: Authors who withdraw articles during this phase may not submit another article or review to Ibérica for two years.
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  • Submission: Authors must submit their articles or reviews on the Ibérica Platform.
  • Review: Authors must follow the instructions presented in this document regarding the format and length of their article or review.
  • Normal academic style should be used, with avoidance of colloquialisms or contracted forms (don't, isn't).
  • Superscript numbers shall always be placed after punctuation marks.
  • Appendices: If one or more appendices are provided, they shall be placed after the list and the notes (if any).
  • Before starting the submission process, authors should check whether their manuscript meets the following criteria (see list of basic requirements at the end of these guidelines): 1.2.1.
  • A list containing the names of the external reviewers and the Editorial Board members that have acted as reviewers throughout the relevant semester shall be published in each volume, at the end of the Editorial.
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  • Title: The title of the article shall be aligned left and in lower case (Times New Roman 14).
  • This information shall be aligned on the left-hand side of the page and written in lower case type (Times New Roman 12).
  • 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.
  • Journals or conference proceedings shall not be subject to reviewing.
  • In case of discrepancy, another external reviewer or member of the Editorial Board shall act as a third reviewer and his/her report shall be binding.
  • Authors shall receive the two compulsory reports in about three months from the editor’s acknowledgement of their submission.
  • The main author shall be the first named author.
  • These shall indicate the field or fields of research dealt with by the article – for example, genres, needs analysis, lexis, discourse analysis, syllabus design, etc.
  • Paragraphs shall be initiated without tabulation.
  • All subheadings (those introducing a subsection) shall also appear in plain lower case type and a space shall be used to separate them from the previous subsection.
  • In case of several works, these shall be ordered in chronological, not alphabetical, order.
  • Appendices might be numbered or titled and shall be exclusively used for the presentation of detailed material supplementing the text.
  • All manuscripts shall be reviewed by specialists pertaining to the Editorial Board of the journal and/or ad hoc external reviewers depending on the specific topics addressed in the paper.
  • In any case, authors shall be duly informed of any delays in the reviewing process and all reports shall contain detailed assessments supporting the acceptance or non-acceptance of the work submitted.
  • Within the text itself, highlights using upper case capital letters, bold face, underlining or lower case capital letters (small caps) shall be avoided – with the exception of those appearing as such in literal quotations.
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Language and text style

  • The author(s) should present an explicit, systematic analysis of the language or discourse that forms the object of the study.
  • Authors shall use inclusive language, according to the norms of each language.
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  • • A Word document (which, in the case of articles, should be anonymised so that the author/s cannot be identified) containing the text of their article in English.
  • Latin abbreviations (i.e., e.g., cf., etc.) shall be avoided as far as possible or have a limited use.
  • Notes shall be numbered manually and consecutively, with superscript numbers and listed under the heading NOTES (in the language of the article).
  • The author(s) should not confine themselves to paraphrasing, summarising or mentioning aspects of this language, but should focus on specific terms, structures or strategies (e.g. lexis, grammar, rhetoric, narrative, argumentation, pragmatics, stylistics, or cognitive and communicative aspects) that are not obvious to the readers of this journal.
  • The text should be organised clearly and logically, and should be written in a reader-friendly academic style, avoiding unnecessary jargon, with explanations where needed.
  • Any lengthy quotes (longer than 3 lines) shall be presented separately from the main body of the text using double indent (1 cm./0.39 in.), no inverted commas and no italics.
  • It shall be written in the language of the article and also in English (or Spanish if the article has been written in English).
  • Each and every literal quotation shall be provided with its full source of origin (author, publication year and page number).
  • Depending on the language of the text, the appropriate conjunction shall be used ( y/and/& ).
  • Terms and expressions shall be highlighted as follows: double inverted commas (“”) shall be preferably used for highlighted terms in the same language as the article; single inverted commas (‘’) shall be used to highlight terms within already quoted expressions; italics shall be used to highlight terms and expressions in a language different from the language of the manuscript; italics shall also be used if the terms to be highlighted are part of a discourse example illustrating the discussion.

Manuscript structure

  • The author(s) should provide a thorough explanation of the real or envisaged social purpose of the research, as well as the theory, model or method proposed.
  • Perspective: The author(s) should base their results and conclusions on the analysis of a corpus or dataset that is manageable but representative within a qualitative or quantitative perspective.
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  • This section shall also contain information concerning the average time from submission to first response, and the average time from submission to acceptance.
  • The headings and subheadings of sections and subsections shall be clear and brief.
  • If sections and subsections are to be numbered, Arabic numerals shall be used.
  • The headings of the internal sections of the discourse shall be highlighted by using bold face lower case type and separated from the previous section by way of another double space.

Statistical reporting

  • Review: Statistics: Statistics shall be published each year in "About the Journal", concerning the number of articles received, the number of desk rejections and rejections after peer review, and the number of articles published in the previous calendar year.

Submission forms and permissions

  • Third parties shall be required to contact the journal editor for reproduction permits or visit URL: http://www. accesoabierto.net/es/node/4 for further information regarding copyright policies and self-archiving.
  • Should any type of material under the protection of the intellectual property law be reproduced, authors shall be required to demonstrate that they have obtained the corresponding permission from the copyright owners.

Authorship and originality

  • Authorship: The following line shall contain the name(s) and surname(s) (in this order) of the author(s).

Title page and author information

  • Information regarding affiliation(s) shall be provided below the name of the author(s).

Article type and manuscript length

  • Acknowledgements: These shall be placed after the main text and before the reference list.
  • In case of more than three authors for a particular reference, et al. shall be used in the main text, but all authors shall be fully referenced in the final list.
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  • For English-written manuscripts the ampersand (&) shall only be used in the final list of references and also in the main text in the case of bracketed references.
  • This list of references shall be carefully proofread to avoid typos, omissions and inconsistencies with the references in the main text.
  • Works which have not been referenced in the main text shall not be included in this list.
  • Main text: The body of the text shall be presented using double spacing, wide margins, pages numbered and typeface Times New Roman 12.
  • Shorter quotes shall be framed within double inverted commas and placed in the main text.
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What your package checks

Abstract: 250 words
Paper: 8,000 words
Keywords: Up to 5 keywords
References: Harvard
Declarations: Funding, Acknowledgements
Format: Times New Roman, double spacing

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