Submissions

Author Guidelines

Instructions for submission of manuscripts

eRIPS does not charge submission fees, nor does it charge publication fees.

1. As part of the submission process, authors should check the following points before submitting their papers to e-RIPS for evaluation. Papers that do not comply may be returned to their authors.
2. The manuscript must not have been published or submitted elsewhere for consideration. This fact must be reflected in the manuscript itself.
3. The submitted file should be in Microsoft Word document file format. Where possible, the URL addresses of references included in the text should be given with an indication of the date they were consulted.
4. The text should be single-spaced; (Times New Roman 12 point font, and all footnotes, illustrations, figures and tables should be placed within the text at appropriate points, never at the end).
5. Title: Titles should be no more than three lines of typesetting.
6. Author affiliation: Include department, institution and full address, with postal code for each author.
7. Author for correspondence: The author's name, full address, telephone number and e-mail address must be provided with the submitted paper.
8. Keywords: At least three keywords are required for each submission, in Spanish or Portuguese as well as in English (optional in more languages).
9. The text must comply with the bibliographic and style requirements indicated below in the style guidelines for authors.
10. As e-REVISTA INTERNACIONAL DE LA PROTECCIÓN SOCIAL is a journal that only publishes papers that pass peer review, authors of manuscripts submitted for publication must ensure that they remain anonymous and refrain from including references that might lead reviewers to know their identity.
11. Content and periodicity: e-Revista Internacional de la Protección Social publishes research papers on Social Security Law, Social Protection Law and Labour Law. It is published every six months (June and December).
12. Publication and sections. The publication of papers will be decided by the Director of the Journal, with the participation of the Editorial Board and being advised by the Scientific Committee, based on an external, independent and anonymous evaluation. The paper may be "accepted", "accepted with modifications" or "rejected". Depending on the nature of the paper, it will be included in the section "Studies", "Comments on Sentences" or in the section "Miscellaneous".
13. In the case of co-authored papers, the authors must inform the editor of the journal of the criteria chosen to decide the order of signature and the specific contribution made by each of them to the published work. The contribution of each co-author to the final work must in any case be clearly specified in the text of the article in a footnote.
14. Authors should avoid using sexist language, opting whenever possible for neutral terminology.

Style guidelines for authors

Manuscripts can be submitted in Spanish, Portuguese, English, German or French using Microsoft Word (it is also possible to publish the same article translated into any other language at the same time).

Manuscripts should be between 10 and 20 pages long, including graphics, notes and appendices. Authors should include their name on the title page, but the name should not appear in the headings or elsewhere in the body of the article.

An abstract in the language of the article and in another language in any of the languages in which this journal is published of 150 words (optional in a third language), at least three keywords and a statement containing the author(s) current academic position, affiliation and e-mail addresses where he/she can be contacted by interested editors or readers should be attached to all submitted articles.

Authors are requested to follow the formatting guidelines below:

Page settings

Top margin:              2.50 cm

Bottom margin:        2.50 cm

Left margin:              3.00 cm

Right margin:           3.00 cm

Header

In Spanish or Portuguese and English (other languages optional).

• The whole title with all words in lower case except the first letter, bold, centred and in Times New Roman 14, without underlining.
• First name and initial surname with all words in lower case except the first letter, normal and in times new roman 12.
• Professional category, with reference to the body and area of knowledge, lower case and in times new roman 12.
• University of destination, lower case and in times new roman 12.

Example:

La Residencia en España desde el Prisma del Derecho del Trabajo

Cristina Sánchez-Rodas Navarro

Catedrática de Derecho del Trabajo y de la Seguridad Social

Universidad de Sevilla

Title

In Spanish or Portuguese and English (other languages optional).

Abstract

Approximately 150 words, in Spanish or Portuguese and English (other languages optional).

Keywords

Five key words, in Spanish or Portuguese and English (other languages optional).

Summary

General table of contents of the study, using first Roman numerals, then capital letters, then Arabic numerals and, where necessary, lower-case alphabetical numerals. All of this should not be in bold type.

Example:

I. EL DUAL RECONOCIMIENTO POR EL TRATADO DE FUNCIONAMIENTO DE LA UNIÓN EUROPEA DEL DERECHO DE RESIDENCIA
A. DERECHO DE RESIDENCIA DE LOS CIUDADANOS DE LA UNIÓN EUROPEA
B. EL DERECHO A LA LIBRE CIRCULACIÓN Y RESIDENCIA DE LOS TRABAJADORES
1. EL REGLAMENTO 492/2011
a) VENTAJAS SOCIALES Y REGLAMENTO 492/2011

In all cases, without a full stop at the end of each paragraph heading. Times new roman size 12.

Text

Microsoft Word word processing, using "times new roman" font, edited to size 12. Full justification, single spaced..

It is recommended that the work concludes with CONCLUSIONS.

In the citations of judicial doctrine, the references of the corresponding database should be used and, failing that, they should be cited with neutral data that guarantee their location (number of the appeal, number of the Judgment, etc.).

Length

Papers should be a minimum of 10 pages and a maximum of 30 pages.

Notes and citation technique

Whenever it is considered necessary, the footnote citation technique should be used.

The text included in the footnote should be written in "times new roman", size 10, paragraph justified, single-spaced.

The surnames of the authors cited should be in times new roman, size 10, with only the first letter capitalised. First names, initials only.

Examples:

Sánchez-Rodas Navarro, C.; La Aplicación del Derecho Comunitario a las Prestaciones Especiales No Contributivas. Comares. Granada. 1997, p. 123.

The title of a chapter or a doctrinal article, in quotation marks.

Journals should be cited by their full title, not by abbreviations.

A list of bibliographies should be published at the end of the work.