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Author Guidelines

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GUIDELINES FOR THE PRESENTATION OF ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS

The papers should be submitted in Microsoft Word or LibreOffice file, and in anonymized PDF. Submitted manuscripts should be original works that have not been previously published and are not being considered for publication by other scientific journals. Sefarad uses iThenticate software as a plagiarism detection tool. The language of the journal is Spanish, but articles in other languages can be accepted with approval of the Editorial Board.

The articles will be reviewed by members of Editorial Board and specialists of the field. The method of assessment used is «double blind peer review», and the Editorial Board will decide whether the works should be published and in which issue it will be included. The editor may reject a manuscript without outside review, when he considers that it does not conform to the norms or content profile of the journal.

Papers will have a maximum length (between text and notes) of 30 DIN A4 pages with symmetrical margins of at least 2.5 cm and a font for the main text of the article equivalent to Times New Roman, 11 point size and line spacing to 1.5 (the approximate equivalent of a maximum of 85,000 characters including spaces). The extension of the reviews will be a maximum of 5 pages in the cited format (the approximate equivalent of a maximum of 15,000 characters with spaces included). The Editorial Board reserves the right to exceptionally accept works longer than the aforementioned.

Papers should include abstracts in Spanish and English, between 7 and 15 lines, and a maximum of 6 keywords not included in the title, separated by semicolons (;) also in Spanish and English. Manuscripts must be accompanied by a separate sheet indicating the date of submission to the journal, the title of the contribution, the name(s) of the author(s), academic situation and the name of the institution of affiliation, address, telephone number, e-mail and ORCID identifier. The authors without this personal identifier must register in https://orcid.org to complete this data. The submission must also be accompanied by the signed authorship form available at https://revistas.csic.es/public/copyright_transfer_statement_CSIC.pdf.

This journal applies the CRediT taxonomy for identifying authorship contributions based on the assignment of specific roles to research articles. For more information see "Submissions/Authorship identification". This information should be incorporated into the document (not in the anonymized PDF version), under the heading "Authorship contribution statement", located just before the bibliography, in the following format:

Authorship contribution statement
Name and Surname author 01: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing.
Name and Surname author 02: Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing.

If the article has been made with public or private funding, all sources of funding granted to the research will be indicated, in a clear and concise way, mentioning the private or public entities responsible for such financing, and the identifying code. This information should be included under a heading of “Funding sources” before the “Authorship contribution statement”.

If the authors have used Artificial Intelligence tools, they must mention this in the corresponding section. For more information, see "About / Artificial Intelligence Policy".

The articles may contain photographs, charts, maps, graphics and similar contents.These materials will be presented in an independent electronic file (in JPG, JPEG or TIFF format, with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi), being perfectly labeled, numbered and with a brief caption or legend for identification; the preferable place of location in the text will also be indicated. All graphic material files will be submitted in an only compressed ZIP or RAR file. It is the responsibility of the authors to obtain the pertinent permissions for the reproduction of another's work and to ensure that the mentions in this regard appear in the form to which the transfer of the reproduction right has been conditioned.

Articles may be accompanied by additional files with complementary material (data files, multimedia files) whenever necessary; their publication will be subject to the Editorial Board’s (EB hereafter) decision. These files will be indicated in the text and will be submitted along with the necessary metadata.

For the writing of texts, it is advisable to consult the recommendations of Editorial CSIC on inclusive and non-sexist language that are detailed in "About / Recommendations for non-sexist language". Where relevant, it is recommended to include a sex or gender analysis that addresses the relevance of these variables in the research design, methodological proposal, results, discussion, and limitations. In these cases, it must be mentioned, both in the conclusions and in the summary of the article, whether the research is affected by gender issues, to help identifying potential differences.

Transcripts or transliterations of non-Latin alphabets will conform to the norms established in the journals of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC); for Hebrew and Judeo-Spanish see the Spanish version of this guidelines.

The Chicago 18th edition author-year citation system will be used in the text, indicating the surname of the author cited followed by the year and pages when relevant, for example: "(Trebolle Barrera 1992, 240-243)", or "... as indicated by Julio Trebolle Barrera (1992, 240-243)". For articles with three or more authors, only the first one is cited in the text, followed by the expression et al.

The cited bibliography will appear at the end of the article text, with the page numbers only if it is a journal, and repeating the author's name if several works by the same author are cited. While in the body of the text only the author's surname or surnames are cited, in the final bibliography the author's own name (full name, not initials) should also be included. The bibliography includes all authors up to six; if there are more, only the first three are listed, followed by et al. Both the bibliographical citations in the body of the text and in the final bibliographical list should follow the following examples:

How to cite in the body of the text and in footnotes:

(Trebolle Barrera 1992)

(Salvatierra Ossorio 2019, 295-296)

(Alba and Sainz de la Maza 2012, 188)

How to cite in the final bibliography:

Journal article:

Alba, Amparo and Carlos Sainz de la Maza. 2012. "Señas de identidad judías y cristianas en la cuentística medieval: algunos ejemplos hispánicos." Sefarad 72, 1: 145-190.

Trebolle Barrera, Julio. 1992. "Crítica textual de 1 Re 22,35. Aportación a una nueva lectura de la Vetus Latina." Sefarad 52, 1: 235-243.

Books:

Cano Pérez, María José, and Miguel Ángel Espinosa Villegas. 2007. Historia y Cultura del Pueblo Judío. Universidad de Granada.

Sáenz-Badillos, Ángel. 1988. Historia de la lengua hebrea. Colección Estudios Orientales, 2. Editorial Ausa.

Collective monographs:

Goodman, Martin, ed. 2002. The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Studies. Oxford University Press.

Seijas, Guadalupe, dir. 2014. Historia de la literatura hebrea y judía. Trotta.

Chapters in collective monographs:

Romero, Elena. 2010. "La polémica sobre el judeoespañol en la prensa sefardí del imperio otomano: materiales para su estudio." In Los sefardíes ante los retos del mundo contemporáneo: identidad y mentalidades, edited by Paloma Díaz-Mas and María Sánchez Pérez. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas.

Salvatierra Ossorio, Aurora. 2019. "«A tres mata una calumnia»: Un «pecado» judío en la Epístola moral de Shem Tov ibn Falaquera (s. XIII)." In Et amicorum: estudios en honor al profesor Carlos Carrete Parrondo, coordination by Efrem Yildiz Zadak. Universidad de Salamanca.

Doctoral theses or dissertations:

Torollo Sánchez, David. 2014. "El Mišle he-‘araḇ [Los dichos de los árabes] y la tradición sapiencial hebrea (Península Ibérica y Provenza, s. XII y XIII)." PhD diss. Universidad de Salamanca.

Wereszczynski, Aleksander. 2010. "Qatal, yiqtol, weqatal y wayyiqtol. Modelo pancrónico del sistema verbal de la lengua hebrea bíblica. Con el análisis adicional de los sistemas verbales de las lenguas acadia y árabe." PhD diss. Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

Citation of electronic documents:

All electronic documents containing DOI (Digital Object Identifier) will be cited using this locator to the detriment of their URL address, without indicating the date of consultation. Electronic documents that do not contain a DOI will be cited by indicating a stable URL address (including the date of consultation only in the case of unstable websites or those subject to content changes).

Alba, Amparo, and Carlos Sainz de la Maza. 2012. "Señas de identidad judías y cristianas en la cuentística medieval: algunos ejemplos hispánicos." Sefarad 72, 1: 145-190. https://doi.org/10.3989/sefarad.012.005.

Pita, Antonio. 2016. "Cuando Madrid tenía judería." El País, 20 de noviembre. Accessed in January, 31st 2024. https://elpais.com/ccaa/2016/10/27/madrid/1477584324_131740.html.

For other cases, we recommend consulting the Chicago Manual Citation Guide.

In the proofreading – which will be sent to the author in PDF format – significant variations or additions to the text will not be accepted.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

Below you will find instructions for the following procedures:

- How to register at Sefarad

- How to send an original manuscript to Sefarad

- How to check a revision report and submit a revised version of a manuscript

How to register at Sefarad

1.- On the journal's website, click on the link "Register":

2.- On the registration page you will have to fill in all the fields (the "Family name" field is optional, although highly recommended) using lower case only for your email, username and password. After reading the Privacy Statement you will need to consent to the collection and storage of your data and complete the Captcha. Receiving notifications of new publications and notices is optional.

3.- You will receive a message with a link to activate your account at the provided email address. Once activated, you will be able to log in to your account with the credentials you created.

How to send an original manuscript to Sefarad

1.- On the magazine's website, log in by clicking on "Login":

2.- Enter your username and password. Once you return to the magazine's homepage, click on the "Make a Submission" button:

Before submitting, please review the "Submission Preparation Checklist" and read the "Author Guidelines", the "Copyright Notice" and the "Privacy Statement". When you have all the required documents ready, click on the link "Make a new submission".

In subsequent logins, you will be taken to your user dashboard. There press the ‘New Submission’ button to submit a new article. You will be shown any articles received and in process under the ‘My Queue’ tab):

3.- As you will see on the new submissions page, submitting a manuscript is a four-stage process, in addition to a final section with information on follow-up:

3.1.- "1. Start"

At this stage you must select the language in which the article is written and the section of the journal in which you think it would fit, you must indicate that you have prepared all the items on the "Submission requirements" list and, optionally, you may send comments to the editor. You must comply with the terms of the Copyright Statement and the collection and storage of your data as the author of the article in accordance with the Privacy Statement of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC).

Then press the "Save and continue" button.

3.2.- "2. Upload submission"

In this phase, the files that make up the article and its additional documentation will be uploaded to the management module.

There are three parts to upload each file. In the first one, we will select which component of the article we are going to contribute and we will upload the corresponding file. Once uploaded, click on the "Continue" button. In the second part we will see the file metadata, with the possibility to edit them, but we will click "Continue" without making this edition.

In the third part, select "Add Another File", going back to "1. Upload file" and, without modifying the default option "This is not a revision of an existing file", select the new "Article Component" identifying what it is and uploading the file. Click "Continue" until you reach, once again, step "3. Confirm". This process must be repeated until all the files have been sent, and only when all the material has been uploaded should the "Complete" button be selected.

If after "Completing" the submission we realise that we have forgotten to upload a file, we can do so by selecting the "Upload File" button located in the upper right-hand corner of the "2. Upload Submission" tab:

Once all the submission files have been uploaded, we will press the "Save and continue" button.

3.3.- "3. Enter Metadata"

In this phase the author will enter the metadata of the article according to the journal guidelines. These are:

- Title in Spanish and English. If the article is written in another language, it will be introduced first this language and then in English.

- Summary or abstract in the same languages as the previous item.

- List of contributors. Although it was not necessary when registering as a journal user, in this section it is compulsory for authors to have their ORCID identifier and affiliation correctly indicated. If necessary, the information of additional authors will be added using the link "Add contributor":

- Keywords. The article keywords will be inserted in both languages. The entire list cannot be copied, must be entered one term at a time pressing "Enter" after each one.

- Funding data. The entities that have supported the research published in the article must be indicated. After selecting "Add funder", the name of the funder should be inserted again, which will trigger an internal search that will return the institution standardised name and DOI. If the institution does not have a DOI, it will not be able to register in this field. After entering the grant numbers, click on "Save".

To finish this phase of entering metadata, click on the "Save and continue" button.

3.4.- "4. Confirmation" y "5. Next steps"

In this last phase we will confirm the submission metadata recording linked to the uploaded files. Before clicking on the "Finish Submission" button, we can go back to the previous phases and review the information and files provided to check that they are all correct.

Once we click on the "Finish Submission" button, the article will be sent to the journal and its staff will contact you to continue with the process, as indicated in the "5. Next Steps" section.

How to check a revision report and submit a revised version of a manuscript

Once your submission has been reviewed, the journal's staff will send you a review report. Once received, you must log in to the journal and, in the "Submissions" section of your dashboard, you will be able to check that your submission is in the Review phase and, if the editorial staff has requested, whether it is necessary to make any modifications or revisions to the manuscript:

By clicking on the title of your submission, you will be taken to the workflow of your submission and you will be able to check the information related to the its review. You will find the notifications that the editorial staff has sent you, the attachments that the reviewers may have attached and, if requested, the possibility to provide a new version of the manuscript with the requested modifications by clicking on the "Upload file" button:

Research data policy

We recommend authors depositing data obtained from the research developed for the preparation of their article in repositories of recognized prestige, specific to the discipline or of a generalist nature. In any case, it must be a FAIR repository (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable), preferably in open access.

There are several repositories destined to conserve and disseminate concrete data such as results of surveys, observations, interviews, simulations, automatically collected data, samples, models ... If necessary, authors can consult the Registry of Research Data Repositories re3data taking into account that each repository has its own deposit rules.

Those CSIC authors who would like to deposit their datasets in Digital.CSIC may do so by following these guidelines. They can use the Servicio de Archivo Delegado made available by the Technical Office of DIGITAL.CSIC and the Red de Bibliotecas CSIC.

DIGITAL.CSIC generates DOIs for datasets and associated software and is certified as data repository in re3data and Repository Finder. More information at Política de datos en Digital.CSIC.

If the author has deposited datasets in a repository, he should mention it in the article providing a brief description of the type of data deposited, the name and URL of the repository, the identification code and the data of the license for use and distribution. This information must be included at the end of the article, immediately before the bibliographic listing, under the heading "Data availability".

Download HERE the Good Practice Code in PDF
Download HERE the Authorship Form in PDF