Information For Authors

The subject of the article and the review should concur with the focus and scope of Portes, Mexican magazine of studies on the Pacific Rim.

Articles should be based on original and unpublished research by the author, qualitatively meet the research objective and not have been submitted to any other publication for consideration. It must be clear, consistent, and respect the rules of grammar and syntax as well as the literary genre presented. The results should be a logical consequence of the data and hypotheses presented in the work.

Work proposals must be governed by high ethical standards. The falsification of data, plagiarism, including the double publication of own works without proper references, are not practices accepted by this journal.

All work will be submitted for review and will be evaluated by two specialists in the subject, this process will take until 15 days. A third reviewer will be asked to evaluate the work if the first two reviewers do do not concur. All texts refereed and published in the journal will contain the receipt and acceptance dates. To respect the work of both parties (author and reviewers), this process will be anonymous. All work will result in one of the following dictaminación in one of the three following categorizations:

  • Accepted as is.
  • Accepted prior corrections.
  • Not accepted.

Should an article be Accepted prior Corrections, the author must attend the observations of the opinions in a period of no more than 15 days. The author must send two files one containing the final version and another one in which the changes made are indicated. The journal will return to the reviewers the corrected work for final approval and publication in a period of no more than 2 months.

Article length should not exceed 30 pages and should be a minimum of 15. Reviews should not exceed four pages in length. Submissions should be double spaced in Times New Roman size 12, without hyphens at the end of any line of text.

The title should be in uppercase and lowercase letters, in Spanish or English, and properly centered. Titles must provide a clear idea of the content of the work. Subtitles are presented in the same way, and aligned to the left. The use of these bold letter is the author's decision. All pages should be numbered. In the case of reviews, these should include a full bibliographic record of the work to be commented on (title, author, year, editorial, country), and, if possible, an image of the book's front in jpg format.

The article must contain a summary in Spanish and English (abstract) of not more than one page, three to six key words (in Spanish and English), and introduction, development and conclusion sections, as well as notes, bibliography, charts, tables, graphs, photographs, drawings, diagrams, flow charts, maps and plans, when necessary.

Charts, tables and graphs must be submitted in a separate file, sorted, numbered and with an indication of the page where they should be placed. These should be prepared in Microsoft Excel and inserted into a Microsoft Word document. Authors should always include the source below each table, chart or graph. Authors should also take into account the the interior pages of the journal are in black and white.

For photographs, drawings, diagrams, flow charts, maps and plans, the file format must be in .jpg or .tif formats. The filenames must refer to the article´s contents and be in numerical order. In all cases, the minimum acceptable resolution is 300 dots per inch (dpi). Underneath each picture authors should include explanatory notes and source. Likewise, formulas and equations should be in Microsoft Word.

Authors should forward containing their personal information (full name, academic degree, name and address of their institution of affiliation); contact information (phone, e-mail), and copyright release authorized by the Intellectual Property Program of the University of Colima School of Law.

Important general guidelines

  • The introduction should justify the nature of work and its relevance and, if present, the hypothesis that forms the basis of the work.
  • The tables and figures should be self-explanatory, without the need to consult the text. Figures should be submitted in .tif or .jpg format, and tables in the program in which they were created, either .doc, .docx, .xlsx or .xls format.
  • Citations and / or references must be submitted according to APA guidelines.
  • The Editorial Board of the journal reserves the right to make editorial changes if deemed appropriate.

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