Submissions

Author Guidelines

The submitted manuscript must be original, authored by those who claim authorship, and ensure that it will not be submitted to other publications while under evaluation (Editorial Policy).

Manuscripts are accepted in Spanish, Portuguese, and English.

Manuscripts should be submitted through the journal's website.  Authors need to register or log in (if already registered). In the case there are two or more authors, one must be selected as the responsible for communication during the evaluation and editing process of the submitted manuscript (this will not be visible in the final publication).

All authors of the submitted manuscript must complete and sign the Authors' Rights and Originality Document.

The review of manuscripts follows the evaluation parameters or rubrics established in the Evaluation Sheet.

The journal does not charge fees for processing or publishing manuscripts.

For any questions or issues, please contact through the following emails: inmediaciones@ort.edu.uy / cossia@ort.edu.uy

MANUSCRIPTS / Submitting an Authorship Document and an Anonymous Manuscript

1. Authorship Document. It must include the following references:

- Personal details of the author or authors: full name, current institutional affiliation, city and country of residence, unique ORCID registration code, email address, contact phone number, date of submission. In the case of manuscripts submitted by two or more authors, the order of appearance must be indicated

- Authorship contribution: a paragraph detailing the contribution of each author. (The following stages can be specified: involvement in the following stages: conception of the work, research design, data collection, data processing and analysis, document preparation and correction).

Examples:

• For a single author:

The sole author was responsible for the conception of the work, research design, data collection, data processing and analysis, document preparation, and correction.

• For two or more authors:

The conception of the scientific work was carried out by [XXX] and [XXX]. The research design was carried out by [XXX]. Data collection, interpretation, and analysis were carried out by [XXX]. Manuscript writing was done by [XXX] and [XXX]. All authors reviewed and approved the final manuscript content.

- Data availability: a paragraph specifying if the research dataset is available and, if so, where it can be accessed.

   Examples:

• The dataset supporting the results of this study is available at [XXX].
• The dataset supporting the results of this study is not available for public use. Research data will be available to reviewers if requested.

- Author identification: a brief summary of the authors' academic biography should be included at the end of the manuscript, indicating the academic degree obtained and the institution that awarded the degree, teaching references, research areas, published works, among other curriculum references (maximum 200 words per author).

2. Anonymous Manuscript: only the manuscript title must be included. If the manuscript explicitly refers to the authors' own work, those references must be removed to ensure the anonymity and the observation of the peer review required by the double-blind system.

• General Aspects (must include):

- Title in Spanish, Portuguese, and English.

- Abstract in Spanish, Portuguese, and English (maximum 200 words).

Five (5) keywords in Spanish, Portuguese, and English.

- Body of the article, including text and paratext (tables, graphs, images).

- References (only references cited in the body of the manuscript should be indicated).

- Annex

• Specific Aspects (must include):

- Title Must not exceed 65 characters (including spaces).

- Subtitle: If the title does NOT exceed 30 characters, a subtitle of no more than 60 characters (including spaces) can be added.

- Text: Must not exceed 10,000 words, including bibliographic references and amplifying notes.

- Structure: The article should cover the following aspects: Introduction (statement of the problem or topic under study) / Background and/or theoretical foundation / Design and methodology / Results - discussion of results - analysis / Conclusions - and/or limitations of the study, if applicable.

- Financial support: If the work was carried out with financial support (scholarships or projects), it must be indicated in a footnote on the first page of the article.

- Annexes: If the article contains Annexes, they will be placed at the end of the work and must not exceed 10% of the article's length in terms of the number of pages. Documents that act as sources of information, charts, tables, statistics, graphs, chronological tables, maps, plans, or other illustrations can be included.

• Manuscript Format

- Title. Alignment: Centered / Font: Times New Roman 24 / Style: Bold.

- Main Subtitle. Alignment: Centered / Font: Times New Roman 14 / Style: Bold.

- Subtitles within the text. Alignment: Justified / Font: Times New Roman 12 / Style: Bold.

- Text Body. Alignment: Justified / Font: Times New Roman 12 / Style: Normal.

- Spacing: Single line spacing.

- Pagination: Pages should not be numbered.

REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATIONS

InMediaciones de la Comunicación applies the American Psychological Association (APA) style. Therefore, please adhere to the APA requirements for citations, parenthetical attributions, order of data in references, graphic highlights, and other key considerations when preparing the manuscript.

Some of the most common APA style considerations and requirements include:

• Direct Quotations

Should be enclosed in quotation marks: “…”. At the end of the quotation, parentheses should be opened to indicate: Author's Last Name, Year of Publication, and page where the referenced quote appears. Example: “…” (Bourdieu, 1998, p. 47). It must be listed at the end in the REFERENCES section adhering to APA style.

• Paraphrasing

In some cases, a direct quotation is not used, but the author's ideas or main arguments are summarized without using their exact words. In this case, the reference of the referenced work should be placed at the end of the paragraph, indicating: Author's Last Name and Year of Publication.

Examples:

- We can also think about communication networks and how they process knowledge and thoughts to make and unmake trust, the decisive source of power (Castells, 2009).

- We can also think, as Castells (2009) points out, about communication networks and how they process knowledge and thoughts to make and unmake trust, the decisive source of power.

• Multiple Works or Authors

As an example, the reference in the manuscript body would be indicated as follows: (Castells, 1997, 2003; Becerra, 2006; Gumbrecht, 2011).

• References

- The bibliography includes all sources and references cited or used in the text (books, articles, or book chapters, periodical articles, theses, conference papers) and must be included at the end of the work, ordered alphabetically by author. The necessary information includes: Last Name, First Name. (Year) Title. City of publication: Publisher.

- When citing an online source, general guidelines for citing in print format should be used. The citation should include the author (or the responsibility assumed by the editorial staff of the medium that publishes the quoted text), the publication date, the title, the editorial institution where it is published (name of the journal, newspaper, periodical), volume and issue number if available, and the URL or DOI reference with the access date.

- Beyond these general indications, manuscript authors should consult the different ways of citing and referring to the sources used (book, book chapter, journal articles, audiovisual material, web pages, etc.) and adhere to the APA style applied by InMediaciones de la Comunicación.

• Amplifying Notes

- Notes should be included as footnotes.

- Use Arabic numerals (not Roman numerals). Font: Times New Roman 10

- Footnotes: numbered and on the same page where they are mentioned in the text.

- It is recommended not to overuse footnotes and to use them only when strictly necessary to expand or clarify what is mentioned in the manuscript body.

TABLES, GRAPHS AND IMAGES

- They must be presented in Excel (.xls) files in two copies. The location reference in the submitted Word document must be included. They must be designed in grayscale.

- Images must be sent in EPS (.eps) or Tiff (.tif) or JPG (.jpeg) format, in grayscale or color. The location reference in the submitted Word document must also be included.

INQUIRIES

- Write to: inmediaciones@ort.edu.uy / cossia@ort.edu.uy

- Alternatively, submit a note addressed to the Editorial Committee of InMediaciones de la Comunicación, Faculty of Communication, Universidad ORT Uruguay. Address: Cuareim 1451, Montevideo, Uruguay.