Submission Guidelines (Articles)
Before submission
The use of AI for writing will be considered plagiarism (understood as AI being the one to draft the article).
Authors will be fully responsible for the comments and opinions expressed in their work, and release Revista Gaudeamus and Universidad Latina de Costa Rica from any liability that may arise from the statements made in the publication.
Articles that involve experiments on human subjects must be accompanied by an approval document from the Ethics Committee of the institution where the study is conducted. No data that could identify the study participants should be included, neither by their names or characteristics nor by their images in photographs, except with their express written consent. The original consent document must be submitted to the email revistaulatina@gmail.com
Copyright: By submitting an article, the author grants the journal the rights of publication and distribution. Authors are advised to keep a copy of their work for their own records. Authors retain full copyright and publishing rights. Authors grant Universidad Latina de Costa Rica a license to publish and distribute the work under a Licencia de Atribución Creative Commons , which allows others to share the work with recognition of the authorship and the initial publication in Gaudeamus.
Originality: Articles must be original. Plagiarism detection tools will be used.
Submission and Review Process:
There are two ways to submit your work:
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Register on the website.
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If you are on a computer, go to the top right corner, click Register, and complete the form.
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If you are on a mobile device, open the three-line menu at the top left corner, and at the bottom you will find the Register option.
Once registered, you will see your username in the same section where the Register option was. Click on it and select Dashboard.
Back to New Submission to access the form and submit your work.
Inside the panel, you will also find your profile, which you can customize if you wish.
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Submit the document by email: revistaulatina@gmail.com
This option is available only for university students and professors working in collaboration with the journal or in case of any error with the registration.
Evaluation: All articles will undergo peer review, and the author will be informed of acceptance or rejection within 7 days.
Confidentiality: All articles will be treated confidentially until publication.
Instructions
The article may be submitted through the website. It may correspond to an original research paper, clinical case, or a literature review, and must be submitted in electronic format (Microsoft Word for PC or compatible).
On the first and second pages, the following should be included:
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Cover page with an image related to the article on the first page, as well as the title, year, and name of the author(s) (The use of AI, photographs of children, or explicit violence is not allowed). This cover must be in the same document as the article.
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Title of the article in English and Spanish
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Full name(s) of the author(s)
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ORCID identifier (if available)
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Institution represented
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Country
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Email of the corresponding author
Articles must be written in english and have a maximum of 8,000 words, although exceptions may be made (excluding the abstract, keywords, author note, references, tables, figures, and appendices).
Articles must follow the guidelines of the Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), 7th edition (2019).
Abstract: To guide the reader and quickly and accurately identify the main content of the article and determine its relevance, an abstract must be included, no longer than 250 words. It should indicate the study or research objectives, the procedures followed, the main results (specific data and statistical significance, if possible), and the main conclusions. Emphasis should be placed on new and important aspects of the study or observations in both languages.
Keywords: These aim to select descriptors for reference searches in journals included in electronic databases. Choose four keywords in Spanish and English that help indexing services classify the study.
Introduction: Specify the purpose of the article. Summarize the logical basis of the study or observation. Identify the problem and justify the reasons for conducting the research. Formulate hypotheses and objectives if applicable.
Method (this in clinical case): Clearly describe how the subjects observed or participating in the experiments were selected. Identify the methods, instruments, and procedures used, providing sufficient detail so other researchers can reproduce the results. Include references for accredited methods, including statistical methods. Detail all medications and chemicals used, including generic names, doses, and administration routes.
Discussion and Conclusions: In this section, the researcher’s theoretical contribution is presented, and new knowledge and hypotheses for future studies emerge. Emphasis should be placed on the new and important aspects of the study and on the conclusions derived from them. When appropriate, recommendations may be included.
It is common for the conclusions to be included within the discussion. The answer to the research question or questions posed in the introduction, which led to the design and execution of the work, must be made explicit.
References: All references must be listed alphabetically, without numbering, inserted in the text (not in footnotes), and written in lowercase (except for the first letter), following APA publication standards.
Contact: For any inquiries regarding article submissions, please contact the editorial office at revistaulatina@gmail.com.
