Author Guidelines
PUBLICATION RULES GENERAL GUIDELINES
The editorial policy of the EDEIJ journal contemplates the publication of articles from different perspectives on topics related to digital economy and innovation; The objective is to serve as an intermediary to share knowledge, applications and methodologies in this area, expanding the scientific contributions of the various facets of economy.
EDEIJ does not charge any fees for the processing of the articles (APCs) to authors to publish their work.
Authors must be professionals, teachers and/or researchers, as well as experts in the subject to be addressed.
Only unpublished works duly studied and approved by the Editorial Board will be considered. In this sense, the submission of articles does not oblige the Board to publish them.
Along with sending the manuscript, authors must attach a Declaration of Authorship in the Comments to the Editor. In this declaration, the authors must inform about the criteria chosen to decide the order of signature of the article, as well as the specific contribution of each of the authors to the article. The Declaration must be signed by each and every one of the authors.
The content of the articles is the responsibility of the authors, and the editorial policy is open.
The articles to be published must be relevant and novel, and may be of different types:
Research Articles
This type of article presents in detail the results of an original research project. Therefore, it must include several important sections: introduction, bibliographic review, research methodology, results and conclusions. At least 60% of each issue of the magazine will be made up of these types of articles.
Reflection articles
This type of article presents the results of a critical investigation of the author, from an analytical or interpretive perspective; For this, one must resort to the original sources.
Review articles
This type of article presents the results of a research based on a careful bibliographic review of at least 50 references. The article should analyze, systematize or integrate the results of the different published or unpublished research on a field related to digital economy and/or innovation, in order to provide the most interesting advances and trends.
GUIDELINES FOR ARTICLE ABSTRACTS
Extension
Abstracts or summaries must be between 200 and 300 words.
Drafting
The abstract should be clear and easy to read, providing enough information for readers to understand the content of the article. It should be written in both Spanish and English. It should not include unnecessary data or contain tables, figures or references.
Structure
The abstract must be structured according to the indications for each type of article. Thus, the elements to be included are the following:
Research Articles
- The purpose of the study
- Design / Methodology / Approach
- Results
- Limitations and implications
- Originality / contribution
Reflection articles
- Main topic of the article
- Logical development of the topic
- Author's point of view and contributions
- Impact and conclusions
Review articles
- Scope of the review
- Period of publications reviewed
- Origin and types of documents reviewed
- Author's contribution on the analyzed publications
- Conclusions on the research lines studied
GUIDELINES FOR THE ELABORATION OF THE ARTICLES
The EDEIJ Editorial Board will take into account the following aspects to accept or reject the publication of the articles received:
1. The title of the article should be concise and specific to the topic to be studied. It should also be included in both Spanish and English.
2. At least four key words separated by semicolons must be included, both in Spanish and English.
3. For each article, the classification of the Journal of Economic Literature (JEL Classification) must be attached according to the subject to which it corresponds, in accordance with the codes established for international searches of bibliographic production. Codes must be specific and no more than three separated by semicolons, should be indicated in both Spanish and English. The classification can be consulted at: http://www.aeaweb.org/journal/jel_class_system.html
4. All clarifications about the article (acknowledgments, collaborators, etc.) will be indicated with an asterisk in the introduction, referring to the bottom of that page.
5. The length of the articles will not exceed 7000 words in total (including text, bibliography, sources, etc.), with a Calibri font, a line spacing of 1.15 and a font size 11.
6. The article must be uploaded to the journal's platform in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF or WordPerfect format.
7. Tables, graphs and images must be numbered correctly following their order of appearance in the text and placed in the space available immediately after the paragraph where they are mentioned. Titles must describe the contents of the table and/or figure and must include the source of information.
8. The graphs, tables, images and other elements must also be attached to the original programs in which they were made.
9. Authors may attach as much supplementary material as they wish. As long as it is not part of the article itself. In this sense, raw data, tables, graphs, unedited images, links to video or audio files, etc. can be attached. Such supplementary material can be sent as databases (Access, LibreOffice Base...), statistical packages (SPSS...), spreadsheets (Excel, LibreOffice Calc...) or any other format deemed appropriate depending on the nature of the supplementary material. If the article is finally published, the supplementary material received will be published as a galley proof of the article, under the same DOI. Authors can upload this material at the time of submission or when the article is accepted for publication. However, the Editorial Board reserves the right to request such material at any stage of the editorial process in order to clarify or determine the validity of the article and to identify possible malpractice.
10. The information of the authors will be indicated on the first page, with a footnote, including the following information: full names as well as their affiliation, email address and ORCID.
11. Footnotes will be used to clarify or expand information.
12. The bibliographic references included within the text will follow the parenthetical system (last name, year, page): Sánchez, 2005, p. 27.
13. Bibliographic references must have its DOI link if they have one.
14. Complete bibliographic references will be included at the end of the article, in alphabetical order and with the following format, taking into account capital letters, italics, commas, periods and parentheses:
Books:
Surname, Initial of the first name. (year). Qualification. City: Editorial. Suárez, A. and Martínez, D. (2003). Communication in the European Union (2nd. Ed.). Madrid: Editorial CEAB. White, D. (2006). The digital economy. Barcelona: M. Louston. (Original in English, 2004).
Chapter of a book:
Surname, Initial of the first name. (year). Article title. In Book title (pages corresponding to the article). City: Editorial. Hown, R. and Smith, J. (1999). History of advertising. In Communicating (pp. 25-80). Madrid: Editorial CEAB. Esquirol, J. (2007). The image in society. In Pascual, M. and Rodríguez, C. (Eds.). Current image in societies (pp. 93-102). Madrid: HG Editorial.
Articles from professional journals:
Surname, Initial of the first name. (year). Article title. Name of the journal, volume (issue number), page numbers. Williams, O. (2002). Advertising and senses. Journal of Advertising Perspectives, 16 (3), 181-205. Pérez, L. (2008). Promotion in international markets. Promotion and business, 21, 31-36.
Newspaper articles:
Surname, Initial of the first name. (year, day of month). Article title. Name of the newspaper, p. Méndez, M. (2009, February 26). Fear of the advertising crisis. The Journalist, p. 1-6. Public relations in NGOs (2003, April 26). News Today, pp. 1 / 2-6.
Unpublished degree thesis:
Surname, Initial of the first name. (year). Qualification. Unpublished thesis, Institution, Faculty, City. Vázquez, B. (2008). Women in communication. Unpublished doctoral thesis, Complutense University of Madrid, Faculty of Information Sciences, Department of Communication, Madrid.
Unpublished contribution submitted to an event:
Surname, Initial of the first name. (year, month days). Qualification. Event, City, Country. Hernández, T. (2007, September 6-7). Relationship marketing for service companies. Paper presented at the Meeting of Researchers in Relationship Marketing Studies, Barcelona, Spain.
Unpublished work:
Surname, Initial of the first name. (year). Qualification. Unpublished work, Entity, city. Sanz, G. (2001). Internal communication in crisis situations. Cortasa, National University of Colombia, Bogotá.
Electronic documents:
Surname, Initial of the first name. (Date of publication or revision of the page, if available). Title of the document or article. In Full Job Name. Retrieved from (specify site path). Muñoz, A. (2007, August 5). The sponsorship reaches the minority sport. Sponsorship. Available at: http://www.patrocinio.com
If there is more than one reference to the same author, the long dash system will not be used to indicate the different entries. In each case, the last name and initial of the author will be put: Pérez, I. (2003). Merchandising and communication at the point of sale. Madrid: Current Books. Pérez, I. (2003). Persuasion and emotion. Barcelona: Editorial BN. Pérez, I. (2000). Introduction to business communication. Madrid: Current Books.
Instructions for submitting an article you wish to propose for publication in the journal:
Log in to the website with the username and password generated when registering, edit your profile and in the Tasks tab tick the option author, and in the public tab, in the Biographical summary box, enter a brief curriculum vitae of 10 lines maximum. Save your changes to your profile.
Then go to the home page of the website, click on Submit an article on the right hand side (below the search window), check that the article meets the checklist requirements and the formatting requirements.
Click on Make a new submission in the left-hand band (it is in the grey strip under Home/Submissions). This opens the submission window, which has five tabs. Follow the order of the screens:
1- Home: Indicate the language of the text, the section of the journal to which you are sending the article (choose from the drop-down menu); accept the submission requirements; make any comments you consider relevant for the editors; in Submit as tick the author option; tick if you agree with the copyright marked by the journal and your consent to the storage of the data. Save and continue.
2- Upload submission: Here you have to upload the submission files. Select the file type from the drop-down list of article components: select article text (this file must not contain the authors' data). The submission of the text of the article must include the tables, graphs and images necessary for its comprehension at low resolution, and placed in the appropriate place, it is the document that is sent for review. Both tables, graphs and images must be referenced in the text (see table 1 / as shown in image 1 / ....).
Then, you can upload the rest of the attached files, graphics, images, with better resolution. This upload can also be done later, when the article enters the production phase. Save and continue.
3- Enter the metadata in both Spanish and English. Once you click on one of the windows, another window will open below for the other language (Spanish or English). You can confirm the text entry for each of the boxes by checking that the world ball in the top right corner of each box has changed from pink to green. First enter the title, if the title has a prefix (article, preposition...), enter it in prefix, in title enter the title without the prefix. Next, there is another box to include the subtitle if there is one. Below this is the box in which you should enter the abstract. Continue with the List of Contributors. All the authors of the article should be added; to add them, click on Add a contributor. Enter the first and last name, contact (email), country, affiliation (institution/company) and ORCID code - Open Researcher and Contributor ID.
Then add the keywords separated by semicolons, also for both languages. If there are Supporting Agencies that have helped to fund the research in the article, please enter them in the appropriate box. In the Citation box, please enter all the references of the article. Continue and save.
4- Confirmation: here you can review the process and check the data entered. You can go back to adjust the information you need. Once you have checked, click on Finish submission. A confirmation window opens: Accept carries out the sending, Cancel returns to the confirmation.
5- Next steps: you are informed that the item has been shipped and that you will receive a confirmation email. The options Review submission, Create a new submission or Return to desktop appear.
If you need help during the submission process, please contact the journal.
You will receive a confirmation that your submission has been received, via OJS, in your contact email within 72 hours.
