Submissions

Author Guidelines

Information for Authors

Orbis Tertius is a biannual scientific journal that publishes original and unpublished articles and bibliographic reviews on topics related to theoretical issues in all literatures, in Spanish and Portuguese, giving priority, but not exclusive, to Argentine and Latin American literatures and cultural processes. It is published by the Centro de Estudios de Teoría y Crítica Literaria of the Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales , part of the Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences of the National University of La Plata, and by the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research.

The journal periodically issues calls for papers, which are announced in the Announcements section.

There are no fees for submission, publication, or access. Once published, the article will be available for free reading or download.

0. Author Registration to Submit Papers

To submit your papers, you must request the creation of an Orbis Tertius Author account by emailing revistas@fahce.unlp.edu.ar. You must provide your full name, email address (an institutional email address is recommended), ORCID, and place of work, indicating that your submission is for the Orbis Tertius journal.

Once you receive your access, you can submit your paper. To do so, you will need to upload your personal information, which will then be associated with the article (name and surname, ORCID, place of work, email, brief CV). You can also upload your submission's metadata (title, abstract, keywords).

1. Manuscript Submission

Orbis Tertius accepts unpublished works in Spanish. All manuscripts must be prepared in a Word-compatible word processor (.doc extension) with a standard format (A4 page size, 2.5 margins, Arial font size 11, double-spaced). Ediciones de la FaHCE standardizes and layouts files in the three publication formats using the Amelica XML Markup tool. The maximum number of pages allowed for a manuscript varies according to the type of contribution, as follows. Manuscripts that do not meet these limits will not be accepted:

• Original and unpublished research articles and working papers: up to 20 pages.
• Reviews and bibliographic critiques: up to 5 pages.

2. Cover Page

a. Title in the language of the text: should be representative of the content, preferably no more than 10 words. If necessary, a subtitle of similar length may be added. [In reviews, this includes the Author's Note and the full Title with all the editorial information for the book reviewed.]

b. Authors' first and last names
Institution where they work (name displayed), country
Email address (we recommend using the institutional email address appropriate to their workplace)
ORCID (if you don't have one, we recommend managing one)

In the case of multiple authors, repeat these lines as many times as necessary. The Declaration of Collaboration Roles must also be completed as indicated in point 8. Also in this point, you will find how to register sponsorships, funding, acknowledgments, and a biographical note.

Clarifications regarding the workplace, institutional affiliation, or institutional affiliation of each author: The full name of the institution where they work (workplace) must be indicated, along with the country. Use a comma (",") between each piece of information. Example:

Faculty of Humanities, National University of Córdoba, Argentina

If the institution has two or three branches, use a hyphen (“-”) between them. Example: Institute xxx, (UNCo - CONICET), University of Comahue, Argentina.

In cases where an author must indicate more than one place of work, a slash (“/”) will be used to separate one occurrence from another. In accordance with the design and publication system of FaHCE Journals, this information will be indicated on a single line. Example:

Faculty of Humanities, National University of Córdoba / Faculty of Communication, National University of Tucumán, Argentina.

Researchers and fellows affiliated with FaHCE UNLP must indicate their institutional affiliation:

Institute of Research in Humanities and Social Sciences (UNLP-CONICET), Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences, National University of La Plata, Argentina.

c. Title, abstract, and keywords in English and Portuguese

Authors who require it may request a translation of the title, abstract, and keywords into English from the journal. For articles submitted in Portuguese, the title, abstract, and keywords must also be submitted in Spanish and English.

 

3. Anonymous File

Two files must be submitted. One contains the author's information; the other, an anonymous file, is for blind peer review. The text of this latter file should include the title, abstract, and keywords in both languages, but should not include the author's name. If necessary, all identifying marks of authorship in the work—self-citations in footnotes and bibliography, institutional affiliation, email address, and ORCID—should be replaced with the word "Anonymization," highlighted and in capital letters. This will facilitate the reinstatement of the data in the final file after the reviews.

4. Abstract and Keywords

On a separate page, an abstract of up to 200 words must be written in the language of the text. The abstract must state the objective, methodology, results, and conclusions. The abstract should not use full stops or introductions other than a strict summary of the work's content, such as "This article, which is part of a larger investigation, deals with...".

Keywords: Each begins with a capital letter, up to 5 words, separated by commas, without a period. Write keywords that you would use in a search.

Abstract: Abstract in English. For texts in English, an abstract must be submitted in Spanish.

Keywords: Up to 5 words separated by commas, each with an initial capital letter, without a period.

5. Body of the text

Article body: Continuous paragraphs. Subheadings may be included. 1st-level subheadings: bold. 2nd-level subheadings: italics. If using more subheadings, it is suggested to number them to indicate a hierarchy (e.g., 3.1; 3.1.1; 3.1.2; 3.2; 4).

When including tables, graphs, or images, identify them with numbers and always reference or mention them in the text. Consider the publication's format when creating a table: keep the reader in mind, and to ensure the visibility of the data, do not design tables with more columns than can be seen on a vertical A4 sheet of paper.

a. Endnotes: These should be generated with the word processor's note command (Ctrl + Alt + o) after the punctuation mark. Endnotes should not be used solely for bibliographical citations. Endnotes cannot be used as title notes.

b. Citation Rules

- In-text citations:

• If they are up to 40 words long, they are enclosed in quotation marks. If they are more than 40 words long, they are written in a separate paragraph, further indented from the left margin, without quotation marks, and separated from the preceding and following text by a space.
• The author, year of publication, and page number of the citation must be indicated: (Author's last name, year of publication, page and page number where the cited text is found). Example: (López, 1996, p. 125). If the author's last name is mentioned in the text, only the year, page, and number may be included: Example: López affirms in his book (1996, p. 125).
• If a work has two authors, both names are cited each time the reference occurs. If there are more than two, the last name of the first author is included followed by the formula "et al."
• Never use a footnote or endnote solely to indicate a bibliographic reference.
• It is recommended not to overuse textual citations or critical reference citations.
• Review your text before submitting it for evaluation and confirm that all citations are correctly referenced in the bibliographic reference list. Also, confirm that the list does not include references not mentioned in the text.

- In-text citations of bibliographic references:

• The author's last name or the author's institutional acronym should be indicated in parentheses, followed by a comma and the year of publication. For example, (Mannino, 2005) or (AAHE, 2006). For seven or more authors, the first should be indicated, followed by et. al. (Golubic et al., 2008). When citing two or more works, they are separated by a semicolon (Kaplan, 2008; Neuberger and Counsell, 2002; Buela Casal et al., 2006). When the author and year coincide, they are distinguished by a letter (Zeng and Zummer, 2009a, b). It is recommended to cite or reference only those texts that are significant to the argument presented by the author of the text. Remember that it is not necessary to reference outdated or obsolete developments or expressions.

All cited references, and only those cited in the text, will be included in the References list located at the end of the work under that title. Only those used in the development of the article should be included, in accordance with the guidelines of the American Psychological Association (APA) 7th edition. The APA citation style can be found in APA Standards. Examples are detailed in section 7.

6. References to Documentary or Oral Sources

If unedited primary sources are used, and cannot be referenced in a standard manner, or if this is not necessary for the scientific metrics of the article, a section entitled "Documentary Sources Used" will be added before the bibliographic references. All information available to identify the source will be included. Example:

• Author, A. A. (Day, Month, Year). Title of material. [Description of material]. Name of compilation (classification number, box number, file number or name, etc.). Name and location of the repository.

Examples of source references:

• Bernárdez, P. R. (1550-1776). Licencias exhumación guacas indígenas. [Papel – 211 Cajas-775 Carpetas]. Bienes-Ocultos: SCS. PR.16. (Caja 17, carpeta 2, Folio 3). Fondo Archivo General de Colombia.
• El "boom" de la literatura latinoamericana y el realismo mágico regresaron en formato streaming (27 de febrero de 2025). Diario Perfil.

7. Bibliographic References

All bibliographic sources cited in the article, and only those, must be listed under this heading. Please check that surnames and dates match before submitting your manuscript.

At FAHCE Journals, we use the APA 7th edition format (available at https://normas-apa.org). Most digital journals have a SUGGESTED CITATION option; it is recommended to copy this information and include it as a reference. Many reference portals have the "Export Citation" tool that allows you to copy the citation in APA 7 format so you can paste it into your document.

The list should be in alphabetical order. If multiple works by the same author are referenced, the surnames should be repeated (avoid using hyphens) and the entries should be sorted by year of publication, from oldest to most recent.

In cases where the last name and year are repeated, differentiate one entry from another by adding lowercase letters (a, b, c, etc.) immediately after the year and within the same parentheses. This indication will correspond to the citation incorporated in the article's text.

 

Summary and examples of APA 7 standard:

Book: The last name is entered followed by a comma and the initial of the first name(s) preceded by a comma.

• Author, A. (year). Book title. Publisher. [If citing an online version, add the link or DOI, if available]
• Compiler, C. (Comp.). (year). Book title. Publisher.

Examples:

• Zanetti, S. (2002). La dorada garra de la lectura: Lectoras y lectores de novela en América Latina. Beatriz Viterbo.
• Solas, S. (Comp.). (2018). Actas del Coloquio Internacional Sobre el pensamiento de Merleau-Ponty: (2016: La Plata). Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación. https://libros.fahce.unlp.edu.ar/index.php/libros/catalog/book/105

Book chapter: Quotation marks are not used for the chapter title. To iindicates pages use (pp. xx-xx), and "In" is used to introduce the title of the book. If there is an edition and volume, indicate them before the pages.

• Author, A. (year). Chapter title. In N. Editor's last name (Ed.), Book title (xx ed., Vol. xx, pp. xx–xxx). Publisher. [If citing the online version, add the link or DOI, if available. If there is no edition or volume, omit that indication.

Example:

• Vidal, A. (2018). Ciencia, filosofía y naturaleza en el último Merleau-Ponty. En S. Solas (Comp.), Actas del Coloquio Internacional Sobre el pensamiento de Merleau-Ponty, (pp. 153-167). Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación. https://libros.fahce.unlp.edu.ar/index.php/libros/catalog/book/105

 

Journal and Serial Articles: If the journal has a volume, write it in italics, and then, in parentheses, indicate the publication number without italics and in Arabic numerals, without a space between them. If the journal does not have a volume, omit the missing elements.

If the journal is electronic or has a digital version, indicate the URL or DOI (digital object identifier) that will allow the digital object to be identified.

Do not use the abbreviation "p." when indicating the pages in journal references. Do not use "En" when introducing the journal title.

Print or with page number, volume and issue:

• Author, A. (year). Title of article. Title of publication, volume (issue), xx-xxx. 
• Pastormerlo, S. (1997). Sobre la lectura del adorable catálogo. Borges crítico de los clásicos. Orbis Tertius, 2(5), 23-28.

Without volume and with issue:

• Author, A. (year). Title of article. Title of publication, (issue), xx-xxx.
• Sánchez, E. (2024). Antifascismo(s) en Córdoba: derivaciones del asesinato de José Guevara en 1933. Sociohistórica, (53), e220. https://doi.org/10.24215/18521606e220

Digital with DOI

• Author, A. A. (year). Article title. Publication title, x(xx), xx-xx. doi.org/10xxx.xxxx.xxxx
• Cid-Aguayo, B., Vanhulst, J. y Rojas, C. (2019). Retroinnovación y sustentabilidad socioecológica: el caso de quesos campesinos de leche cruda en el Golfo de Arauco, Chile. Mundo Agrario, 20(44), e119. https://doi.org/10.24215/15155994e119

Digital with URL (no DOI)

• Author, A. A. (year). Article title. Publication title, x (xx), xx-xx. http://xxx.xxx.xxx
• Montenegro, R. (2020). Desvíos de la imaginación crítica. Ucronía y ficción política en Rodolfo Fogwill. Badebec, 9(18), 1-19. https://revista.badebec.org/index.php/badebec/article/view/448

 

• Example: Writing - Review and Editing: César Milstein and Beatriz Sarlo

The definition of each collaboration role is explained here and is available at the following sites: http://vocabularios.caicyt.gov.ar/credit/es/index.php?tema=15&/roles-de-colaboracion or  https://credit.niso.org/.

Acknowledgments: Not mandatory. If necessary, they should be included at the end of the text, before the bibliographic references, and should be brief. The authors are responsible for requesting the necessary permission to mention the names of individuals or organizations they believe deserve acknowledgment.

Funding or sponsorship: This is not mandatory, but if necessary, use the subtitle before the bibliographic references. The support received for the financing of the activities should be acknowledged, along with the project identification number, the funding organizations/agencies, the source(s) of funds, and any other information that needs to be communicated.

Documentary sources: For sources, brochures, and press articles that do not have complete references, they may be included in this section with the available information.

Biographical note: If you wish to include a brief profile of the author's training or work, you may include this subtitle before the bibliographic references. In the case of self-registration for submission, each author can update their own profile with their academic information in the OJS. Additional information can also be recorded there, such as affiliation with specific centers or projects, degrees, or positions held. This information will be visible in the "Author Biography" section on the article cover. Authors are encouraged to complete and update their registration. Authors with an ORCID account can also keep their personal and research information updated on this site.