IYARIC

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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format. Note: Abstracts/proposals should be in document file format
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • If the submission is a research article or critical essay, no reference to the author's name is included within the article.

Author Guidelines

  • The submission should have been previously published, nor should it be before another journal for consideration.
  • The submitted essay should be in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references should be provided.
  • For media files, provide a link to the file (eg. google drive, OneDrive, etc.). Do not upload to the system. Email the editor to discuss alternative delivery if link cannot be provided.
  • The text should be single-spaced; use a 12-point font; and employ italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses).
  • All illustrations, figures, and tables should be placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text should adhere to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Chicago Manual of Style. The author-date system is the preferred of the two recommended Chicago-style source citation systems. Refer to citation guide here: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/chicago_manual_17th_edition/chicago_style_introduction.html
  • Submissions can be written in any of the journal languages: English, French (Canadian), Spanish, Portuguese (Brazilian). Please email the Editor-in-Chief at iyaric@yorku.ca if you wish to submit in another language.
  • Critical essays and research articles should be 1500-3500 words in length; other written submissions should be a maximum of 3000 words; reviews should be 500-850 words.
  • Submissions should include an abstract or artist statement (250 words max.), working title, up to three keywords, and a short bio (150 words max.)
  • Research articles and critical essays will be peer reviewed. Reviews and creative works will be editor reviewed.
  • Since a double-blind review process is being pursued for research articles and critical essays, no reference to the author's name should be included within those articles.
  • Authors should aim to use vocabulary that is accessible to colleagues from different (sub)disciplines and, to the extent possible, background references (which might otherwise be considered obvious for scholars within the (sub)field of the submission) should be included for the benefit of the broader audience.

Articles

Submissions to this section will be peer reviewed.

Reviews

Reviews will be Editor reviewed.

Copyright Notice

IYARIC is published by York University's Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean. its content is produced in line with the principles of Open Access research and in support of the greater global exchange of knowledge. As a result, IYARIC is freely available to the public online and in print. IYARIC has an exclusive license for the articles published herein, limited to first right of publication granted by the author(s) who hold copyright. Articles herein are covered by applicable copyright law with authors retaining copyright of their manuscripts. This issue of IYARIC is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. IYARIC nor its sponsors are responsible for any views expressed in the included content. The publication, its editors and sponsors are indemnified against any loss, liability, damage, cost or expense of action arising from any breach, or alleged breach, of ownership representations espoused by its content creators, or any legal action arising from acceptance and publication of the author(s) work.

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