Caplletra is an international journal of philology dedicated to the publication of original research papers on aspects related to language and literature, with a particular focus on the field of Catalan philology. Established in 1986, this publication is aimed toward any specialist in these fields and is published on an uninterrupted biannual basis, every spring and autumn.
RULES FOR PRESENTATION OF ORIGINALS
I. ARTICLES
PREREQUISITES
Articles must be original, unpublished research papers that have not been previously published in any other medium or language and that have not been submitted to any other publication.
If the study or the article has received funding for its implementation, this must be indicated in the text.
Authors must be registered in ORCID and sign their work with the standardised version of their name that has been registered.
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
Length
Articles must have a minimum length of 15,000 characters and a maximum length of 60,000 characters (including spaces and notes). Only in exceptional cases and by agreement of the Reviewing Board, may articles that exceed the indicated length be accepted.
Format
These standards of presentation as well as the rules of the language in which works are written must be fully complied with. Otherwise, the Editorial Committee may reject them without initiating the evaluation procedure or request a revised version. Authors should ensure that the text is well written and that it uses egalitarian language that does not discriminate against, or negatively impact the visibility of either women or men.
Documents to be attached
When processing the submission through the OJS platform, only one version must be submitted in computer format: in Word (.docx) or RTF (.rtf) format. This initial version will be completely anonymized, that is, without any explicit or implicit reference to the authorship and affiliation, so that the file can be used for the evaluation process. In this initial version, comments, internal citations, sources of funding and bibliographical references that allow the authorship of the article to be identified will be avoided, in order to guarantee anonymity.
The text should be introduced by a title (as short as possible, maximum of 15 words).
Before the body of the text, the title of the article as well as an abstract of 750 to 1,000 characters (spaces included) and keywords (4 to 7) should be included, both in the language of the article and in English.
If the article passes the double-blind peer review, a second version will be required through the editorial process initiated on the OJS platform, which will now include the name of the author, ORCID code, academic affiliation and e-mail address.
EDITORIAL STANDARDS
Article division
If necessary for expository purposes, the article should be divided into sections. The titles of headings or subheadings should be in standard font, on a separate line from the preceding and following paragraphs. No more than three digits should be used to number subheadings:
- Functions
1.1 Propositional functions
1.1.2 Causal
Bibliographical references
Bibliographical references—both internal references and those included in the final reference list— should adhere to the general citation criteria of the American Psychological Association (7th edition).
However, we propose an adaptation of the APA model that incorporates the author's full name in order to make women more visible in bibliographies. This adaptation is in accordance with the American Psychological Association, which encourages adapting the style to the needs of each academic institution.
Internal references
Internal references must be included in the body of the article and should follow the “author-year-page” system. The year and the page numbers should appear in parentheses, separated by commas and a space. When the reference covers an entire work, it is not required to specify the pages. A comma should be inserted after the final surname of the author and before the year of publication of the text that is referred to:
as has been observed (Sanchis Guarner, 1980, p. 144)
as Sanchis Guarner observes (1980, p. 144)
“[…] desaparegué plenament l'article es ja en el segle XIV” (Sanchis Guarner, 1980, p. 144)
Quotations
Short quotations (one or two lines) must appear within the text, between guillemets (« »). If the quotation is longer, it should be placed in a separate paragraph, without inverted commas and in Garamond (or, alternatively, Times) 10, normal font. Elisions should be indicated by an ellipsis (three dots) in square brackets [...].
Notes
Critical notes, kept to a minimum in both number and length, should be included as footnotes and should be used only for additional explanations or clarifications by the author. They should be composed in Garamond font (or, alternatively, in Times). Footnote reference numbers should placed in the body of the original text, in Arabic numerals, following the indicated word. If the word is followed by an orthographic sign, the reference number should be placed after the sign.
Typographical requirements
General text formatting, apart from the specifications outlined for long quotations, should be in Garamond (or, alternatively, Times) 12, without indents or tabs.
Italics may be used in the titles of publications, to highlight a term, or to emphasise words or short phrases in a language other than that of the article, but not for quotations.
An en dash should be used in cases where it is an orthographic requirement, and an em dash should be used as a parenthesis within a sentence. In this case, if the clause ends in a full stop, the closing dash must be eliminated.
Preferably guillemets should be used. When internal distinctions are required within a quotation, inverted commas should be used according to the following pattern: « “ ‘ ’ ” ».
Graphic elements
Tables and figures, in Garamond font (or, alternatively, in Times) 10, should be numbered consecutively. For figures, the title should be at the bottom, separated by a space, and for tables, the title should be at the top.
Images should be presented in stripes, numbered and with an indication of their position within the text. The dimensions should be at least the same as those it will have once published. The resolution should be at least 500 dpi and the format preferably TIFF (uncompressed) or JPEG.
Bibliographical references (final bibliography)
References that appear in the text should be listed at the end in the bibliography section, in alphabetical order according to the author's first surname. The author is responsible for checking that all references included in the text—and only those references—are listed in the final bibliography and that they adhere to the conventions of the APA style (7th edition).
However, we propose an adaptation of the APA model that incorporates the author's full name in order to make women more visible in bibliographies. This adaptation is in accordance with the American Psychological Association, which encourages adapting the style to the needs of each academic institution.
You can consult the most common formats, with real examples, by clicking this link.
When the reference has a DOI or URL, this should be indicated. In the case of URLs, the access date must be entered.
PROOFREADING
Upon the completion of the external review and the consideration of any observations that may have arisen from it, and after the articles have been typeset, Caplletra will send the authors proofs for review. Under no circumstances may this revision involve a major change to the content of the article.
II. REVIEWS
PREREQUISITES
Reviews must be original works that have not been published in full or in part elsewhere or in another language.
They should not be purely descriptive in nature and should situate the work and the author within the framework of the relevant field of research.
Authors should be registered in ORCID and sign their work with the standardised version of their name that has been registered.
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
Length
They must be no longer than 15,000 characters (including spaces). Only in exceptional cases and by agreement of the Reviewing Board, may reviews that exceed the indicated length be accepted.
Format
These presentation guidelines and the rules of the language in which works are written must be fully complied with. Otherwise, the Editorial Committee may reject them or request a revised version. Authors should ensure that the text is well written and that it uses egalitarian language that does not discriminate against, or negatively impact the visibility of either women or men.
IT support
Manuscripts should be sent in Word (.docx or .doc) or RTF (.rtf) format. If any other word processor is used, this should be indicated.
EDITORIAL STANDARDS
Bibliographical record
The text should be preceded by the bibliographic record of the reviewed book: the name of author, followed by the title (in italics), city, publisher, year of publication, the total number of pages of the book and the iSBN. The bibliographic record should therefore use the following model:
Joan Fuster, Nosaltres, els valencians, Barcelona, Edicions 62, 1962, 222 p., ISBN: 84-297-1294-1.
At the end of the text, the name and surname of the reviewer should be provided, followed by the academic institution to which they belong, and e-mail address.
Typographical requirements
General text formatting must be in Garamond (or, alternatively, in Times) 12, without indents or tabs. Italics may be used in the titles of publications, to highlight a term, or to emphasise words or short phrases in a language other than that of the article, but not for quotations.
An en dash should be used in cases where it is an orthographic requirement, and an em dash should be used as a parenthesis within a sentence. In this case, if the clause ends in a full stop, the closing dash must be eliminated. Preferably guillemets should be used. When internal distinctions are required within a quotation, inverted commas should be used according to the following pattern: « “ ‘ ’ ” ».
Short quotations (one or two lines) should appear within the text, within guillemets (« »). If they are longer, they should be in a separate paragraph, without inverted commas, and in Garamond (or Times) 10, normal font. Elisions should be indicated by an ellipsis (three dots) in square brackets [...].
III. SUBMISSION
By submitting an article, the author declares that the submission meets all the requirements listed below:
- It is an original work that has not been previously published in any other publication or in any other language and that has not been submitted to any other publication.
- The author has carefully followed the guidelines for the submission of manuscripts specified by the journal, including the incorporation of the DOI and the URLs of the publications in the final bibliographical references.
- If the study has received funding for its implementation, this has been indicated in the text.
- Should the article include any type of complementary material in addition to the text (images, tables, graphics, etc.), the author declares that they hold the corresponding exploitation permissions and sends them to the publisher.
- In the case of acceptance, the author transfers the exploitation rights (reproduction, distribution and public communication) of his/her work, both for the printed edition and the electronic version, to Caplletra. Revista Internacional de Filología. The author also authorises the inclusion of the work in national and international indexes, catalogues and databases.
- The author is informed of and accepts the ethical principles of research and publication by which Caplletra. Revista Internacional de Filología is governed.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
The author who submits a work to the reviewing board of Caplletra for publication must be the legitimate holder of the exploitation rights. The legitimation for the publication of the work must also include any images, tables, graphics and other complementary materials to the text, regardless of whether the author of the manuscript is also the author of those materials.
Copyright
When the work is published in the journal, the author transfers to Caplletra, Revista Internacional de Filología the exploitation rights (reproduction, distribution and public communication), both for the print edition and the electronic version, which will be accessible online.
All works published by Caplletra are licensed under the following Creative Commons License: Attribution - NonCommercial - NoDerivatives 4.0.
DISTRIBUTION
Caplletra encourages authors to disseminate their work (postprint edition) on personal websites, institutional repositories and social networks dedicated to the dissemination of research. In this regard, the editorial team appreciates that, when possible, works are disseminated using the link to the article on the journal's website because this has a positive impact on the readership, citation and impact of the publication.
LANGUAGES
The primary language of Caplletra is Catalan. The journal also accepts articles and critical reviews in Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese and English.
In addition to the articles in the original language of the text, all works in Caplletra have a title, abstract and keywords in English.
PRIVACY STATEMENT
All names and e-mail addresses submitted to Caplletra will be used exclusively for the purposes stated by the journal and will not be made available to third parties for any reason whatsoever.
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