Submissions

Author Guidelines

Authors must register on the platform (upper left corner) and complete all the requested metadata for their correct identification. The files with the body of the articles may not contain any information on their authorship: they must be sent anonymized.

All manuscripts submitted for publication in Hábitat y Sociedad (HyS) should comply with the following guidelines: 

Manuscript submission

1. All manuscripts should be original and unpublished. They should not have been accepted for publication in other journals or books. They should be submitted as an attachment to an e-mail addressed to habitatysociedad@us.es, stating in the subject: “article for HyS”.

Subject

1. Papers should deal with subjects related to social management of habitat and discuss the content of projects, studies, analyses, proposals or experiences. According to their nature, articles published will be included in one of the three sections of the journal HyS: Thematic section; Other articles; or Books, Events and Debates (LED).

Languages

1. HyS will publish manuscripts in Romance languages (i.e., Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, Galician or Catalan) or in English.

Manuscript content and structure

1. Each manuscript should include the following sections:

1. Title (in Spanish and English, and the original language as appropriate) in 14 point Arial.
2. Author(s)’ name and affiliation as well as postal and e-mail addresses. We recommend adding further identification data, such as the author’s qualifications and academic or professional activity. This should be in 10 point Arial.
3. Abstract in Spanish and English (and the original language of the manuscript, as  appropriate), with a length between 150 and 200 words. The abstract should be structured as follows, particularly in the case of manuscripts presenting research findings): Introduction, explaining the purpose of the research; Material and methods, describing the procedures used (design, sample selection, methods and techniques used for experimentation, observation and analysis, etc.); main Results obtained; and Discussion of the results or Conclusions. The abstract should not start with sentences such as “The present paper deals with...” or “The present paper includes…”.
4. After the abstract, the authors should provide four to six key words commonly used in the areas of knowledge related to the journal. Key words can be defined on the basis of the basic descriptors of the journal HyS: Habitat; Production and Social Management of Habitat; Sustainability; Public Participation; Social Transformation; Education…
5. Text of the article itself, including tables and figures, if appropriate. The text should follow the usual structure of the type of article in question; for example, research papers should include, at least, the following aspects: description of the issue analyzed, background and theoretical considerations, design of the research and method applied, results, discussion of results and conclusions, possible assessments of the study and, if appropriate, prospective work.
6. Footnotes should be located at the foot of the page of text to which they relate.
7. References

Presentation, style and format

1. Manuscripts should be written with a word processor compatible with Microsoft Word or Open Office. Only the essential aspects of the document should be formatted. Articles to be published in the sections “Thematic section” or “Other articles” should have a length between 40,000 and 60,000 characters (including spaces); articles to be published in the section “Books, Events and Debates” should have a length between 10,000 and 20,000 characters (including spaces). The reference format should be A4 size paper, surrounded by 2 cm margins on all sides and 10 point Arial with line spacing of 1.5 cm. References, figures and boxes should be included in the manuscript.

1. Figures and boxes. Only figures and boxes should be used, with sufficient graphic quality to ensure proper reproduction. Figures include photographs, maps, drawings, graphs, charts and the like; boxes also refer to statistical tables, summaries and the like and should contain information that cannot be included in the text of the article and complements it. An effort should be made to use the right terminology – figure or box – according to the content represented in each case. Figures that are particularly complex or have large byte size can be included in separate files, provided that the author indicates the exact location where they should be inserted. Digital images should preferably be provided in high quality .jpg format or .tiff, .gif, .png, .eps... and a minimum resolution of 300 ppp. Figures and boxes should be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals; for example: Figure 1 or Box 1, etc. They should also have a legend or a caption with a title accurately describing what they represent and indicating the source (abbreviated reference) or whether they have been compiled by the author; captions should be in 9 point Arial bold type. Example: Figure 2: Map of the expansion of innovation. Source: Compiled by author. Whenever a figure (or box) is included, there should be a reference to it in the text; Example: “...as shown in Figure 1...”

1. Notes should be footnotes in 8 point Arial, with Arabic numerals and single-spaced; in the text, references to footnotes should be numbered with superscript Arabic numerals. Notes should not be too long. If they are, it is better to include their content in the main text.

1. Headings and subheadings: Capital letters should be avoided in titles, headings and subheadings. The following criteria should be applied to distinguish headings from subheadings:

Heading (standard bold), in 12 point Arial.

Subheading (bold italics), in 11 point Arial.

Sub-subheading (italics), in 11 point Arial.

1. Use of bold type and italics: Bold type should not be used in the text except in the headings, subheadings, etc., or in exceptional cases. Authors who wish to highlight text can use italics or, in some cases, present words or phrases in quotation marks. Italics should also be used for words in foreign languages.

1. Style of quotations: Quotations in the body of the text should be in quotation marks and need not be in italics as well. If the quotation is relatively long (more than 4 lines), it should be written in a separate paragraph or paragraphs (which will be indented in the copy editing stage), with a font one point smaller - 9 points (and not in italics either).

References and citations

1. References inside the text should indicate the name of the author(s) (if more than three authors are cited, only the name of the first author should appear, followed by et al.) and the year of publication in parentheses. Example: Morin (2010), or both in parentheses: (Morin, 2010), as appropriate in the discourse; if more than three authors: (Morin et al., 1990). Although references are usually given this way, it may sometimes be appropriate to express them as follows: (vid. Morin, 2010). When an author is quoted, the text should be in quotation marks and followed by data on the quotation, always indicating the page number (Morin, 2010, p. 16). Authors who wish to highlight that what they have expressed with their own words can be verified by comparing it to the original text, the following format can be used: (cfr. Morin, 2010, p. 16-21). If the same publication is cited again soon afterwards in the text (and no other authors have been mentioned in the discourse), it is preferable not to repeat the same citation but rather use: (ob. cit.). If the text not only refers to the same work but also to the same quotation as before, it is best to use: (ibid.).

1. Articles should include a list of references that have been cited in the text. References should list names in alphabetical order and should be provided at the end of the article. All the references cited in the text should appear in this list in the same font and color as the rest of the text. Bibliographic reviews (in the LED section) should indicate the international identification number (ISBN, ISNN, etc.) of the work in square brackets whenever available.

1. References should comply with the International Standard ISO 690 (a short version of the standard can be consulted in the website of Geocrítica <http://www.ub.es/geocrit/b-normes.htm>), applying the following rules:

• In the case of articles: author(s), title of the article (without quotation marks), title of the journal in italics, year, volume, number and pages. Example: TONUCCI, Francesco. ¿Se puede enseñar la participación? ¿Se puede enseñar la democracia? Investigación en la Escuela, 2009, No. 68, p. 11-24. A journal is numbered in volumes and numbers would be expressed as follows: vol. 68, nº 2.
• In the case of books: author(s)’ last name in capital letters followed by their first name in lowercase (preferably their full name; if this is not possible, the name should be abbreviated with its initial, followed by a dot), book title in italics, place of publication and publisher (if necessary, edition – for example, 2nd ed. – and data on the translation should be provided after the title). Example: MORIN, Edgar. ¿Hacia el abismo? Globalización en el siglo XXI. Barcelona: Paidós Ibérica, 2010. In the case of documents that are unpublished or difficult to access, page numbers should be indicated at the end. 
• Book chapters should be cited according to the following example: CAPEL, Horacio. La incidencia del hombre en la faz de la Tierra. De la ecología a la ecología política o, simplemente, a la política. In NAREDO, José Manuel and GUTIÉRREZ, Luis (Eds.). La incidencia de la especie humana sobre la faz de la Tierra (1955-2005). Granada: Universidad de Granada / Fundación César Manrique, 2005, p. 91-136.
• Internet sources (electronic journals or other documents) should be cited by identifying the article or document, followed by the hyperlink and the date of access, as shown in this example: BORJA, Jordi. Un futuro urbano con un corazón antiguo. Biblio 3W, Revista Bibliográfica de Geografía y Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Barcelona, vol. X, No. 584, 20  May 2005. <http://www.ub.es/geocrit/b3w-584.htm>. (Accessed on 24 October 2010).
• If there is more than one author, the most prominent one should appear first. If no author is prominent, their order should be explained. If there are more than three names, only the first name or the first two or three names should appear; the remaining authors can be replaced with the abbreviation et al.
• If there are no known authors, the title of the work should appear as the first element of the references. The term “Anonymous” should be avoided.
• Persons or corporate bodies with subordinate responsibility (editors, scientists, translators, illustrators, etc.), can be listed after the title, following this example: DRYDEN, John. The works of John Dryden. Edited by H.T. Swedenberg.
• References to editions other than the first should be given as they appear in the source and in the language of the edition. Examples: 3rd. ed.; New enl. ed.; Nueva edición ampliada; Canadian edition; 5e éd. rev. par l'auteur. In such cases, the date should be that of the edition used, although it is also possible to indicate the following at the end, for example: (original ed., 1972). 
• The same applies to translated works: the references should cite the version actually used in the article and, if appropriate, the title, place of publication and publisher of the original version at the end; for example: Original ed. in English, etc.
• Names of places of publication and publishers should be kept in the language of the edition. To distinguish a city from others with the same name or to identify a city that is not well known, the name of the state, province, country, etc. can be added in parentheses. Examples: London: Smith & Jones, 2001; Cambridge (Mass.): C.U.E., 2004. If there is more than one place of publication, the references should list the most prominent one, the first one or, if appropriate, all the places in the order in which they appeared; examples: London; New York; Toronto. Or: New York: UNICEF / London: Earthscan, 1997. If the place of publication is not known, it should be mentioned; example: Unknown place of publication or an equivalent abbreviation.

Manuscript review and relationship with the authors

1. Manuscripts submitted for publication to Hábitat y Sociedad are subjected to the procedure explained in the technical instruction (initial admission, review, possible acceptance,…). Once a manuscript is received by the journal, the team verifies that it complies with all the formal requirements and is relevant to the subject themes in the journal. After this, the review process begins, following a double-blind system. The article is reviewed by two referees; if there are any discrepancies in the review, it is sent to a third referee. The referees of the HyS are the members of its Scientific Committee and, if necessary, members of the Editorial Board, the Advisory Board and the Editorial Council, although other external referees considered appropriate may also be used. Reception of a manuscript does not guarantee its acceptance for publication. When an manuscript has been definitively accepted for publication, its author(s) will be notified prior to publication. Authors should be ready to cooperate in the review of their articles, modify them according to referees’ suggestions and agree to changes in their format and style based on the proposals or suggestions of the reviewers. 

Copyright

1. The published texts will be considered the intellectual property of the authors and the journal. They may be used for educational and academic purposes, provided that the author and the journal are credited and the exact electronic address is mentioned. In any case, prospective users must notify the journal and obtain its authorization for use of this material.