Submissions

Author Guidelines

The journal Cuadernos de Relaciones Laborales (known also by the abbreviated title CRL) ISSN1131-8635, edited by the Escuela de Relaciones Laborales and published by the Publications Service of Universidad Complutense de Madrid, is a peer reviewed journal which comes out twice yearly and was founded in 1992. It includes articles, technical notes and accounts and reviews, accepts original work written mainly in Spanish and, on an exceptional basis  sometimes, in English or in French.

1. Presentation of articles

Works sent to the journal to be published should comply with the following rules:

• Articles must be submitted via e-mail in Word, font size 11, Times New Roman font and should be at least 7,000 and not exceed 10,000 words. Technical notes must span a maximum of 4,000 words and must include notes or comments on research, events, or publications related to the journal’s theme. Book reviews should be no longer than 2,000 words and should be dedicated to analysing books related to the journal’s themes.
• All contributions must meet the following format requirements: size of page 17 x 24 cm, top and bottom margins 2.6 cm, left-hand margin 2.1 cm, and right-hand margin 1.8 cm; font Times New Roman 11 and line spacing exactly to 12; the first line of every paragraph should be indented by 0.5 cm. The heading titles must be written bold and capital letters, the first level sub-headings must be in roman and bold type, and the second level sub-headings in cursive. Quotations longer than 4 lines should be indented from the text by 1 cm and appear in Times New Roman 10.  Line spacing should be exactly to 11 and inverted commas should be used. Footnotes must be in Times New Roman 10 and line spacing exactly to 11.
• The article’s cover page should include the following:

• The title of the article in Spanish and in English.
• Author(s): First and last name(s) (the latter in block capital letters), university or institution that the author(s) belong(s) to (full name), department, and e-mail address.
• Abstract: a text in Spanish of between 80 and 150 words.
• Standardised article reference: (Example: FERNÁNDEZ GARRIDO, J. 2002. “El entorno de la violencia psicológica en el trabajo”. Cuadernos de Relaciones Laborales. Vol. 20 Num. 2: 101-132).
• Key words: each article should have between three and five key words.
• English translation of the abstract, standardised article reference and key words.
• Summary (only in Spanish): numbered headings in the article, including conclusions and bibliographic references.
• The article should include bibliographic references, appearing in alphabetical order, as per the following example:

• Because the texts must be handled with layout programs before they are sent to press, it is preferable for format codes to be kept to a minimum. For the same reason, any notes must be presented as end notes and not as footnotes.
• Because the journal is not published in colour, authors should take special care and have special regard for this when including tables and graphs.
• References to the bibliography should be made inside the text itself, between brackets, citing the author’s surname, followed by the year and edition and, when applicable, a colon followed by the page number(s) mentioned. The bibliographical references must be mentioned in the text.
• When quotations are no longer than two lines, they must appear in the text itself in quotation marks. When they are longer than two lines, they must appear without quotation marks in a separate, indented paragraph.

Bibliographical references

• Journal article

Aragón Medina, J. (2002). La estrategia europea de empleo. Cuadernos de Relaciones Laborales. Vol. 20 Núm. 1, 15-56.

• Books and Chapters from Books

Alonso Benito, L.E. (1999). Trabajo y ciudadanía. Madrid: Trotta.

Bilbao Sentis, A. (1999). Modelo socioeconómico y organización de las relaciones laborales. In C. A. Castillo Mendoza, (Coor.), Economía, organización y trabajo (pp. 229-253). Madrid: Pirámide.

• Online references
  

Waddington, J. y Kerr, A. (2003). Unions fit for young workers? (online).  http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=330370 [accessed 25 february 2015].

• References to Working Papers

Crouch, C. y Keune, M. (2012). “The governance of economic uncertainty; beyond the 'new social risks' analysis” Working Paper 2012. 03. ETUI. Bruselas.

• References to conference papers and communications
  

Arnal, M., Finkel, L. y Parra, P. (2013). “Trayectorias vitales de los “nuevos pobres” en mercados laborales precarizados”, in GT07 Grupo de Trabajo de Sociología del Trabajo. Actas del XI Congreso Español de Sociología en Madrid, Madrid: Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

• References to unpublished Phd theses

Sanz de Miguel, P. (2013). La activación en la estrategia europea de empleo: traslación a los discursos y las políticas de España y Reino Unido. Lope Peña, A. (dir.), Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona.

—The DOI number of the articles or books, when applicable, should be included in the list of references

e.g: Surname, Name: Title of the Article, Journal, volume, year, DOI: xxxx; http://dx.doi.org/xxxx

Any article not meeting these format, presentation and content requirements will be returned to the author.

3. Publishing Process

Each issue of the journal normally includes a series of articles focusing on a single topic as well as other articles addressing different topics. In addition, the journal always includes specific sections, notes, and reviews.

Submitted works should be sent to the editorial board secretary, at the following e-mail address: revista.crl@ucm.es

Articles will be anonymously evaluated by several members of the Scientific Advisory Board in two stages before their publication. The first assessment determines whether the article is in line with journal’s editorial policy. The second assessment involves a peer review by various members the Advisory Board. The Editorial Board shall then issue a definitive decision using a double blind system.

No changes in the articles shall be accepted once the first proofs have been corrected.

As long as the jorunal continues to be published both in print and digitally, the author(s) shall receive off prints of their article(s) in addition to two copies of the journal.

Each issue of the journal is issued in both print and electronic versions, the latter available at: http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/CRLA

Acceptance of a work for publication implies the transfer of copyrights, in any medium or support, to the publisher of the journal.