Submissions

Author Guidelines

GENERAL FEATURES

The article may be submitted through the website or by email to revistaulatina@gmail.com. It may correspond to an original research paper, a clinical case, or a literature review, and must be submitted in electronic format (Microsoft Word for PC or compatible), double-spaced. The first page must include:

1. The title of the article in Spanish as well as in English
2. First name and family names of the author or authors
3. Institution that he/she represents
4. Country
5. e-mail address
6. Cover page with an image related to the article and its title (The use of AI, photographs of children, and explicit violence is not allowed).

The articles must be written in english and have a maximum of 8,000 words, with possible exceptions (not including the abstract, key words, author's note, references, tables, figures and annexes).

Articles should be written following the norms of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), 7th edition (2019) or the newest edition.

Authors are thoroughly responsible for any commentaries and opinions stated in their articles. Revista Gaudeamus, Universidad Latina de Costa Rica and Laureate International Universities cannot be held responsible for anything negative that could be derived from affirmations made in articles.

All articles related to experiments done on human beings, should be accompanied by documents issued by the Committee of Ethics of the institution where the experiment is carried out, stating its approval. Data that will expose the identity of the subjects of experiments should not be included. Neither should their names, features, images through photograph. Unless there is a written authorization from the subjects. The original document must be delivered to Dirección Editorial of the Journal Gaudeamus.

ABSTRAC

In order to give some orientation to the reader and to identify the basic content of the article very quic- kly and precise and to determine the relevance of the article; there should be an abstract presiding it: a précis in English as well as in english. The length should not exceed 200 words; in which the purpose of the study or research will be shown; the process followed: the most important findings (specific data and their statistic significance, if possible) and the main conclusions. Emphasis should be made on new and important aspects of the study or observations both in English and in Spanish.

Keywords: The reason for their inclusion is to make use of them to choose describers; in order to find references of the journals included in the electronic data base. Choose four in English and in Spanish that will be helpful to those responsible of classifying the study.

Introduction: The purpose of the article is stated here. The logical bases of the study or findings. The problem is identified and the reasons for the reseach is stated; the hypotheses are stated and also the pertaining objectives.

Method: A clear statement of how the subjects under observation or that took part in the experiment were selected. Method, tools and procedures used, must be described in sufficient details to enable other researchers to reproduce the results. Reference of certified methods, including those of statically type should also be given.

Development: Whenever possible, references on design of study most be of present day activities more than of original articles where they have been described for the first time. Limit the number of figures and tables to the lest necessary in order to explain the central topic of the article. The use of graphics instead of table can sometimes be much more didactical.

Results: Results are submitted following logical sequence through the text, tables and figures that might contribute to the  clarity of the explanation. Highlight or summarize only important observations. Describe your findings without bibliographic notes.

Discussion and Results: In this area, the theoretical contribution of the author is produced and also new knowledge and the hypotheses for new studies. Here we want to stress on the new important aspects of the study and on the conclusions derived from them. Keep in mind that information and data already delivered should not be repeated. When appropriate, recomendations can be included

It is not unusual for the conclusions to be included in the discussion. Answers to the research question or questions posed in the introduction that led to the design and carrying out of the research, must be explicit.

Bibliographic references: All bibliographic references should be in alphabetical order and are not supposed to be numbered. They should be inserted in the text and not footnoted, in low case, except if it is the first letter. In accordance with the norms of publication of research of the Psychological Association (APA).

Peer Review:

Once the article has been received by the Editorial Committee, it will be sent for peer review or to the arbitration committee. The review by the arbitration committee is carried out under a double-blind modality. Reviewers are granted a non-extendable period of 7 calendar days to complete the evaluation. They must submit a report of their assessment following the provided format, along with the reviewed article.