Submissions

Author Guidelines

The magazine will take into consideration, through external evaluation, all works received for publication.

Regulations for submitting articles

Works can be presented in English or in Spanish.

Works*

• Articles: maximum of 10,000 words in length.
• Notes: maximum of 5,000 words in length.
• Book reviews: maximum of 1,500 words in length
• *The specified word count includes abstract, references, tables and figure legends, and appendices.

Regulations

1. The magazine Papeles de Europa publishes original, scientific investigations relating to the European Union Europe, World Economy, Economic Development, and International Relations (from a political, economic or social point of view). Special attention will be paid to topics concerned with the movement of persons, foreign investment, labour market, technology, innovation, industrial policies, different states of economy, movement of capital, goods and services… The magazine also publishes research notes and book reviews.

2. Submitted works must be original, neither of published works will be accepted, nor works accepted for a different publication, nor those found in the process of a publication evaluation.

3. Papers should be submitted through the O.J.S. online platform, which can be accessed at https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/PADE/login

Once registered as an author, you must follow the steps indicated there. Questions regarding the submission of papers can be sent to the email address papelesdeeuropa@ccee.ucm.es.

5. The first page of the document should include the title of the work in Spanish and English, the full name of the author(s), the institution they’re affiliated with, and their email address, an analytical abstract in Spanish and English (of approximately 100 words), key words in Spanish and English (between 3 and 5), and a classification JEL (to two digits).

6. Tables, charts, graphs, and figures included in the paper should be integrated into the text in the correct order with an in-text citation of their source. Each should be named by its type (table, chart, graph, or figure) as well as their reference number (in order). These tables, charts, graphs, and figures should also be sent in separate documents, formatted to XLS, RTF, or JPEG.

7. Reference list should be placed at the end of the text with indentation 1.25, listed in alphabetical order according to the authors’ names. Bibliographical citations that do not appear in the text should not be included as a reference.

The format for books is as follows:

Last name. Comma. Initials of first and middle names. Year of publication in parentheses. Colon. Title of the book in italics. Comma. Publisher. Comma. Place of publication. Comma. Date of the first edition, if available, in parentheses.

The format for articles is as follows:

Last name. Comma. Initials of first and middle names. Year of publication in parentheses. Colon. Title of the article in quotation marks. Comma. Title of magazine in italics. Comma. Volume and number of the magazine. Comma. First and last page numbers of the article.

Example of a book with one author:

Sánchez, J. L. (1972): Análisis del subdesarrollo en África, Salvat, Barcelona.

Example of a book with more than one author:

Sanchez, J. L. y Martínez, R. (1975): Estructuras Políticas, Ariel, Barcelona, (1ª Ed. 1969).

Example of an article from a magazine/journal:

Sánchez, J. L. (1999): “Una visión del Capitalismo Moderno”, Revista de Estudios Aplicados. Vol. 1, 135-143.

8. References that appear within the text should be in parentheses and include: the author’s last name. Comma. The year of publication. Colon. Page numbers.

Example: (Sánchez, 1972: 32-33).

9. For critical book reviews please indicate the title, followed by first names of the authors of the book in capital letters, title of the work in the book in italics, publisher, place of publication, year of publication, and page numbers. At the end of the text include the name and the affiliated institution of the author(s) of the critical review.

10. The authors will receive, via email, a PDF file containing the work evaluation with minimal additional corrections. They should be returned via email (in a file indicating the changes or argumentation, if they’re simple and small), in principle no later than 15 days after being received by the author, in order to avoid delaying the publication of the issue. In the case of multiple authors, the corrected work will be sent to the indicated name or first name given. The authors are responsible for the quality of the orthography of their works; nevertheless, the Editorial Board may suggest any style changes that they deem necessary in order to improve the work.

11. The Editorial Board makes every effort to complete the initial screening within two weeks and to provide the results to the author. If the manuscript is to be considered for publication and held for external review, with the exception of book reviews, at least two external referees are selected and contacted (double blind peer review). The readers are asked to provide their reviews within at most four weeks. Every effort is made to provide authors with the verbatim reviews and a publishing decision within three months or as.

Where to send the collaboration proposals?

• E-mail: papelesdeeuropa@ccee.ucm.es