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Author Guidelines

II.1 The Contribution Format: Research Articles.

a) Research Articles. Its total length should not exceed  5000 words with Time New Roman 12. It begins with the title, which must be concise and informative, presented in Spanish and English. Its maximum length must be 15 words, it must not include abbreviations, neologisms or formulas. Once the article is accepted under the title must be the name of the author (s), who will be identified by their name, surnames, paternal and maternal, and at the foot of the page it will be indicated for each author, their University / organization, Faculty / academic unit, city and country, email @electronic. We continue with the following sections, using Time new Roman (12), capitalized and centered, subsections in bold, left aligned.
b) RESUMEN AND ABSTRACT. Each one in no more than 250 words and will include four paragraphs, the first with the theoretical background, in a second the purpose, objectives and scope of the investigated problem, the third paragraph with the methodological aspects such as the approach and techniques to study the problem and conclude with a paragraph with the results and discussion of the main findings. At the end of the RESUMEN and the abstract, between 3 to 6 keywords and palabras claves should be included, listed in alphabetical order.
c) INTRODUCTION: It must contain a problem statement, theoretical framework, justification for the study, objectives, formulation of hypotheses or conjectures and structure of the document.
d) METHODOLOGY, MATERIAL AND METHODS: The information collected, the populations under study and the methodology used are briefly described. The description must be brief and explicit enough for eventual reproduction of the results. In investigations that consider quantitative aspects, the design must include the base information of the applied statistical analysis.
e) RESULTS. The research findings will be described without discussing their meaning. Whenever possible, quantitative evaluations of their results will be presented together with information from the main statisticians.
f) DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS  OF THE RESULTS. This section contains the conclusion derived from the results, your discussion should focus on the interpretation of the results achieved and, if appropriate, contrast it with those obtained by other authors. The author can, with foundations, speculate based on his results and propose research lines.
g) BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES. It is organized alphabetically with French indentation, each title will include: Surname and initials of the name of all authors in capital letters separated by commas, year in parentheses, full name of the article. Bibliographic references will be made using the APA Sixth Edition format.
h) ANNEXES. If there were.
i) Tables, charts and figures (graphs, diagrams, drawings, photographs, among others), left and top alignment with Arabic numerals in the order that are mentioned for the first time within the text, (Table 1, 2…; Chart 1,2, ...; Figure 1, 2, Etc.) in the next line the respective title that must be brief, or clear and explanatory. Then the table, box or figure and under them, the “Notes” with a short and descriptive phrase that works both as an explanation of the figure and to give it a title. The source is also indicated here, including whether it is your own.

III.2 About format of other contributions: Essay

a) Essay: Its total length does not exceed  4000 words considering Time New Roman 12. Tables, tables or figures for all types of contributions, must be inserted in the work, only black and / or gray scale and consider Arabic numerals for tables, graphs, figures and illustrations. It will consist of the following sections, using Time new Roman (12), capitalized and centered, subsections in bold, left aligned.
b) Title page. It should be concise and informative, presented in Spanish and English. Its maximum length must be 15 words, it must not include abbreviations, neologisms or formulas. Under the title must be the name of the author (s), who will be identified by their name, surnames, paternal and maternal, and at the foot of the page it will be indicated for each author, their University / organization, Faculty / academic unit, city and country, email @electronic.
c) Summary and abstract. Each one in no more than 250 words. At the end of the abstract and the abstract, between 3 and 5 keywords should be included.
d) Introduction: You must clearly and precisely describe the approach to the topic you will develop, establishing a brief justification, revealing its objectives and structure.
e) Development: Must express the ideas of the bibliographic review and / or ideas, in order to give support to the topic that is being developed and clearly establish previous knowledge and / or professional experience in argumentation. Use of tables, charts, figures, etc. see II.1.i.
f) Final considerations: It should be according to the story of the essay emphasizing the developed ideas
g) Bibliographic references: Sorted alphabetically and using APA format Sixth Edition.

II.3 The format of other works such as professional interest, case studies, review articles, and text reviews.

a) They will be organized according to the headings stipulated by the author himself and not exceeding 4000 words. It is suggested that these include a summary, approach to the topic, development, conclusions and bibliographic references.
b) The total length should not exceed seven pages. For the format of the title, type and size of the letter, such as the formats of tables, tables and figures, abstract and abstrac, the provisions for articles and essays apply. (see II.1.b; II.1.c and II.1.i.).
c) Text Reviews. Corresponds to a descriptive and informative brief note, of maximum two pages that examines and summarizes the content of a book in which the author highlights the most relevant characteristics of the text.