Submissions

Author Guidelines

The documents must be ORIGINAL and UNPUBLISHED, not have been simultaneously sent to other publications or be pending evaluation for publication in any other medium.

Those who have published in the journal must wait at least 3 issues from the date of publication to propose another contribution.

The journal accepts Microsoft Office Word files. The document should be sent anonymously, to ensure compliance with the double-blind condition. This includes both the content of the document and file properties. PDF files are not accepted.

The images should be sent with the highest possible resolution and in JPG, GIF or TIFF format, and should be inserted in the main text, with a reference (Fig. number, title, source). Tables and figures are inserted into the text and sent attached. Format: Arial (10 pt), in grayscale. The image file shall be named according to that reference —with the referred image number.

Mandatory deposit of supporting data

Argentine authors must compulsorily upload the supporting data of their research to Institutional Open Access Digital Repositories, in accordance with Law 26899.

For this, CONICET member authors can self-archive their data in the SIGEVA CONICET Data Bank, in the "Research Data" tab.

Authors who do not belong to CONICET can self-archive their data in the institutional repository of the institution they belong to. If you are independent researcher, we invite you to contact us: revistafc@austral.edu.ar.

Foreign authors are invited to upload their supporting data to an institutional repository of the university to which they belong, to a research data repository, such as Harvard Dataverse, or to any other that allows viewing, sharing, and citing the data research.

Once the link has been obtained, it should be inserted in the article, with the corresponding reference.

Copyright Notice, authorship, conflict of interest statement

With the submission, a note must be attached to the Editorial Board of the Journal in which the author(s) declares the originality of the work, its unpublished nature, and authorizes Austral Comunicación to publish it. Likewise, they will indicate the order of the authors and will express that there is no conflict of interest. Note (to download).

Authors must complete metadata with their ORCID (Open Researcher y Ccolaborador ID). More information: https://ojs.austral.edu.ar/index.php/australcomunicacion/orcidapi/about

Different kinds of contributions

Articles: free-themed articles and monograph articles section.
Academic reports, research reports, interviews, short reports, book reviews.

∎ Articles

Following APA (American Psychological Association), the journal considers within this class of texts: empirical reports (reports of original research), reviews or book reviews (see below for explanation of literature reviews), theoretical articles (developments on theoretical subjects or new theoretical advances), methodological (which reflect and discuss existing methods) or case studies (descriptions of individual or organizational cases).

Length: between 8,000 and 10,000 words.

The articles should present the following structure:

Title, subtitle.

Abstract (200-300 words).

Keywords (4-6).
All this in Spanish, English and Portuguese.
Job completion date. (The magazine will add the dates of receipt and acceptance).

Body of the text, with footnotes. Since the author-date system will be followed, footnotes will be used for extensions, marginal comments or other observations, with discretion.

Body parts. The parts of the traditional scientific article, from the experimental sciences, are listed for guidance. It will be endeavored that the sections represent these parties.
Introduction.
Material and methods.
Results
Discussion / Conclusion.

References.

Annexes.

∎ Literature reviews articles

Literature reviews are papers that describe the state of affairs concerning a particular issue or problem, articles that update literature, discussions or theoretical trends, that synthesize the main lines concerning the issue, that highlight consistencies and inconsistencies and propose new perspectives.

Length: between 4,000 and 6,000 words.

The articles should present the following structure:

Title, subtitle.

Abstract (200-300 words).

Keywords (4-6).
All this in Spanish, English and Portuguese.
Job completion date. (The magazine will add the dates of receipt and acceptance).

Since a literature review has a different structure than a scientific paper, there is noneed for any particular structure. However, it is not just a simple list of books and commentaries. It is expected that the review paper presents a clear internal organization, setting content in perspective through criteria and categories.

It is suggested that it have an introduction with the presentation of the subject and with the foundation about the importance of the review for its study, highlighting which are the main lines.
In the development, the organization in sections will depend on the categories and the criteria applied.
A last part, destined to the conclusions, will collect the observations and projections of the review.

∎ Professorship reports

With this type of text, it is sought to produce scientific reflection on the didactics of communication, which can be communicated to the teaching peers to increase the quality of teaching and to formalize replicable didactic strategies.

Length: between 4,000 and 6,000 words.

They will have the following parts:

Title, subtitle.
Abstract (200-300 words).
Keywords (4-6).
All this in Spanish, English and Portuguese.
Job completion date. (The magazine will add the dates of receipt and acceptance).

Text body. Since a professorship report does not have to follow the same order as a scientific article, a fixed structure is not expected, but the following parts are suggested:
Presentation: the case on which it was worked is introduced (a new didactic strategy, a way of approaching a topic, a change in content, the development of certain skills, etc.) in the context of a particular professorship and a university course. The objectives will be presented, the actors involved (teachers, assistants, students) will be described, the didactic action will be registered in a theoretical framework.
Narration of the case: it is interesting to communicate the experience in such a way that it can be replicated; Like a scientific article that communicates an investigation and its results, it is necessary to describe the methods used and the materials. By materials we mean the set of resources, the detail of the contents, the experiences themselves carried out in the classroom and outside of it.
Conclusions: in addition to collecting the main results of the experience of the chair, we will try to highlight its main projections.

References.
Annexes.

∎ Investigation Reports-Communications

Research reports provide a space for sharing information and reflection on ongoing research, or for advanced graduate students to share the results of their work with the scientific community. It would be aimed especially at researchers who are starting in the university career.

Length: between 3,000 and 5,000 words.

Parts:

Cover page.
Title, subtitle.
Abstract (200-300 words).
Keywords (4-6).

All this in Spanish, English and Portuguese.
Job completion date. (The magazine will add the dates of receipt and acceptance).

Text body
Introduction: Presentation of the case, topic or problem. Objectives. Theoretical framework.
Materials and methods.
Discussion and conclusion.

References.
Annexes.

∎ Book reviews

Only reviews of recently published books are considered for publication. It is intended to provide critical readings of different theoretical approaches and trends, and of applied research. The section tries to work as a bridge in two senses: making available papers published in Argentina to readers around the world, and providing information on papers published in other countries to the Argentine reader.

Length: 1,200 words.

∎ Notes, interviews, columns
Notes and news related to communication will be published, with an academic perspective, such as the organization of congresses, conferences, contests.
These texts will be produced by the magazine's team or by request. All kinds of academic communications are received for dissemination.
Interviews with people linked to communication will be published; it may be to theoreticians, researchers or professionals with a career who may not be in a position to formalize their experiences but who an interview allows them to share. These texts will be produced on request.
The essays, or columns, will be produced by request, and will address communication issues more freely than in a research article.

Submission procedure

Files are received on the web platform of the journal. Authors must register and follow the instructions there provided. Authors will be will be guided by the editorial committee.

Average number of weeks of review and acceptance process: 10.

Building the paper

It is suggested to use the following Template for Austral Comunicación (download). Recommendations for reducing bias (Spanish), Bias-Free Language (APA).

Paper size: A4.
Font: Times New Roman 12.
Line spacing: 1.5.
Alignment: left, uncut word.

Do not use spacebar, extra paragraph marks and tabs for indentation, the larger spacing, or other peculiar usages.

Footnotes are placed numerically on their respective pages. The automatic footnote function of Word must be used. Do not use a special program for citacion and references.

Citation and references: APA 7th edition (American Psychological Association).