Submissions
Submission Preparation Checklist
- The manuscript is original and unpublished and is not under simultaneous consideration by another journal, book, or academic publication.
- All authors are aware of and approve the submitted version, the declared order of authorship, and the designation of the corresponding author.
- The manuscript falls within the thematic scope of Studia Politicæ and complies with the requirements of the selected section.
- The main manuscript file is fully anonymized and does not contain authors’ names, institutional affiliations, email addresses, ORCID identifiers, acknowledgments, biographical statements, or any other information that could reveal authorship.
- Personal information has been removed from the file properties and internal metadata.
- The manuscript complies with the length, structure, and formatting requirements established in the Author Guidelines.
- The submission includes a title, abstract, and between four and six keywords in the languages required by the journal.
- Complete information for all authors, including institutional affiliation, country, email address, ORCID identifier, and biographical statement, has been correctly entered in the submission metadata.
- Citations and references comply with the 7th edition of the APA Publication Manual.
- Every in-text citation appears in the reference list, and every item in the reference list is cited in the manuscript.
- DOIs have been provided as links whenever available, and all URLs are complete and verifiable.
- Tables, figures, charts, and appendices are numbered, titled, referred to in the text, and include the corresponding source information.
- The authors have obtained permission to reproduce any copyrighted material included in the manuscript.
- All sources of funding and potential conflicts of interest have been disclosed. When none exist, this has been explicitly stated.
- Where applicable, ethics approval, informed consent, procedures for handling personal data, and conditions of access to research data or materials have been reported.
- Any substantial use of generative artificial intelligence tools has been transparently disclosed.
- When the manuscript derives from a thesis, conference paper, working paper, preprint, or any previously circulated version, this has been reported in the comments for the editor.
- The corresponding author accepts the editorial, ethical, privacy, and copyright policies of Studia Politicæ.
Artículos
The Articles section publishes original, unpublished research in Political Science, International Relations, and related fields. Manuscripts must clearly formulate the research problem or question, present a relevant and up-to-date theoretical framework, explicitly describe the methodological design, systematically present the evidence, and develop conclusions that are consistent with the findings.
Articles should be between 6,000 and 10,000 words in length, including notes and references. Exceptionally, articles of up to 12,000 words may be considered when the additional length is duly justified by the nature of the work.
Manuscripts must include titles in both English and Spanish, an abstract of up to 200 words, and between four and six keywords in both Spanish and English. Manuscripts written in Portuguese must also include a title, abstract, and keywords in that language.
Citations and references must comply with the 7th edition of the APA Publication Manual. Authors must ensure full correspondence between all in-text citations and the final reference list, and must include a DOI or a verifiable URL where applicable.
All manuscripts will initially undergo an editorial assessment of thematic relevance, academic quality, originality, theoretical and methodological consistency, and compliance with the journal’s formal requirements. Manuscripts that successfully pass this stage will be submitted to external peer review under a double-anonymous review system.
Receipt of a manuscript does not imply acceptance. The final decision rests with the Editor-in-Chief and the editorial team of Studia Politicæ.
Editorial
The Editorial section includes institutional texts prepared or coordinated by the Editor-in-Chief, the editorial team, or guest editors of Studia Politicæ. Its purpose is to introduce regular or thematic issues, provide context for debates relevant to Political Science and International Relations, communicate editorial guidelines, and offer reflections related to the journal’s academic agenda.
Editorials are not accepted through open submissions and are not subject to external peer review. Their preparation and approval are the responsibility of the Editor-in-Chief and the journal’s editorial team.
Editorial texts must maintain academic rigor, clarity of presentation, adequate substantiation, and compliance with the formal requirements of Studia Politicæ. When citations or references are included, they must comply with the 7th edition of the APA Publication Manual.
The length of each editorial will be determined according to its purpose and the characteristics of the issue in which it is published.
Book Reviews
The Book Reviews section publishes critical assessments of recent books and other scholarly works relevant to Political Science, International Relations, and related fields. Contributions must accurately present the central content of the reviewed work, situate it within the relevant disciplinary debates, and provide a well-founded critical assessment of its contributions, limitations, and academic significance.
Reviews should not be limited to a chapter-by-chapter description or take the form of a promotional summary. They are expected to identify the main thesis of the work, reconstruct its central arguments, and assess its theoretical, methodological, or empirical contribution.
Reviews should preferably address works published within the previous three years and should be between 1,500 and 2,500 words in length, including notes and references.
The manuscript must include the complete bibliographic reference of the reviewed work, including the name of the author or authors, year of publication, title, place of publication, publisher, number of pages, and ISBN. A DOI or verifiable URL must be included where applicable.
Manuscripts must include titles in both Spanish and English. Any additional citations and references must comply with the 7th edition of the APA Publication Manual.
Reviews will undergo an internal editorial assessment focusing on thematic relevance, argumentative quality, clarity of presentation, critical rigor, and compliance with the journal’s requirements. The Editor-in-Chief may request an external review when warranted by the nature of the contribution.
Receipt of a review does not imply acceptance. The final decision rests with the Editor-in-Chief and the editorial team of Studia Politicæ.
Essays
The Essays section publishes original, unpublished theoretical, conceptual, interpretive, or critical contributions in Political Science, International Relations, and related fields. Manuscripts must develop a clearly formulated central argument, support it through a rigorous discussion of the relevant literature, and make an identifiable contribution to academic debate.
Essays do not necessarily require a conventional empirical research design. However, they must explicitly state their analytical approach, justify the selection of authors, cases, sources, or theoretical traditions, and maintain consistency between the problem addressed, the argument developed, and the conclusions.
Manuscripts should be between 5,000 and 9,000 words in length, including notes and references. Exceptionally, longer manuscripts may be considered when the additional length is duly justified by the nature of the work.
Manuscripts must include titles in both English and Spanish, an abstract of up to 200 words, and between four and six keywords in both Spanish and English. Manuscripts written in Portuguese must also include a title, abstract, and keywords in that language.
Citations and references must comply with the 7th edition of the APA Publication Manual. Authors must ensure full correspondence between all in-text citations and the final reference list, and must include a DOI or a verifiable URL where applicable.
All manuscripts will initially undergo an editorial assessment of thematic relevance, originality, argumentative strength, conceptual consistency, currency of the literature, and compliance with the journal’s formal requirements. Manuscripts that successfully pass this stage will be submitted to external peer review under a double-anonymous review system.
Receipt of a manuscript does not imply acceptance. The final decision rests with the Editor-in-Chief and the editorial team of Studia Politicæ.
Copyright Notice
Copyright Notice and Publication Agreement
By submitting a manuscript to Studia Politicæ, the corresponding author declares, on their own behalf and on behalf of all co-authors, that:
- The manuscript is original, has not been previously published, and is not under simultaneous consideration by another journal, publisher, or academic publication.
- All individuals identified as authors have made a substantial contribution to the work, are aware of and approve the submitted version, and agree with the declared order of authorship.
- The manuscript does not infringe copyright, privacy rights, or any other third-party rights. The authors have obtained all permissions required to reproduce tables, figures, images, datasets, or other protected materials.
- The authors assume full responsibility for the content, originality, accuracy of the data, citations, references, and ethical declarations included in the manuscript.
- The authors retain copyright in the work and grant the Faculty of Political Science and International Relations of Universidad Católica de Córdoba, the publisher of Studia Politicæ, the right of first publication and a non-exclusive authorization to:
- publish, reproduce, and distribute the article;
- include it in databases, indexes, catalogues, and repositories;
- preserve it digitally;
- convert it into the formats required for publication, accessibility, identification, preservation, and interoperability;
- disseminate its metadata and content in accordance with the journal’s editorial policies.
- If accepted, the work will be published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License — CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
This license permits third parties to share, copy, and redistribute the article in any medium or format, provided that they:
- give appropriate credit to the authors and acknowledge first publication in Studia Politicæ;
- provide a link to the license;
- do not use the work for commercial purposes;
- do not distribute modified, adapted, or derivative versions.
The preparation and distribution of translations, adaptations, or other modified versions require prior authorization from the copyright holders.
- Authors may enter into additional arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the published article —for example, by depositing it in an institutional repository, including it in a collection, or reproducing it in a book— provided that:
- the applicable license is respected;
- the original publication in Studia Politicæ is clearly acknowledged;
- the complete bibliographic reference and, where applicable, the article DOI are included.
- Authors may deposit and disseminate:
- the submitted version;
- the accepted version following peer review;
- the published version or version of record in PDF, HTML, XML, ePUB, or any other available editorial format.
In all cases, the complete reference to the original publication and the DOI, where assigned, must be included.
- Acceptance of this notice during the submission process constitutes the corresponding author’s electronic agreement. The corresponding author declares that they have received authorization from all co-authors to submit the manuscript and accept these conditions.
Submission of a manuscript does not imply acceptance and does not create an obligation for the journal to publish it.
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