Submission guidelines

Guidelines for Article Publication in Emblecat Journal

The study should be sent to revista@emblecat.com. Please note that submissions must be anonymous, with the author's details provided on a separate sheet.

Languages

Submissions are accepted in Catalan, Spanish, English, French, Italian, and Portuguese.

Text

  • Length: Between 10 and 15 pages. Pages should be numbered, with no formatting applied to the document.
  • Submissions must be emailed by December 20 of the current year. Articles received after this date will be considered for the next edition.
  • Submissions should remain anonymous. If references to the author’s prior work are necessary, they must be cited in the third person like other references to maintain anonymity during the review process.

Accompanying Files:
A separate file must include a brief CV with the author's name, academic affiliation, ORCID identification number (obtainable at http://orcid.org/), postal address, email, and contact phone number.

Personal metadata linked to article publication (e.g., author names, professional affiliations, ORCID number, country) will be associated with the article's DOI assigned via CrossRef.

Original Language Publication: Articles will be published in the author's original language without translation.
Mandatory Abstracts: Authors must include abstracts in Catalan, Spanish, and English (maximum of six lines each) along with the title and 4–5 keywords in all three languages.

Formatting

  • Title: Times New Roman 14 (no underlining, no uppercase).
  • Author: Omitted for anonymity (author details will be added upon publication).
  • Text: Times New Roman 12, 1.5 line spacing.
  • Footnotes: Times New Roman 10, single spacing. Footnotes are for clarifications, comments, or bibliographic citations in the format: Surname, year, and page: Pérez 1924: 25.

Style Guidelines:

  • Use the plural or impersonal forms where possible.
  • Words in a different language than the article text should be italicized.
  • Avoid unnecessary spaces. Do not indent paragraphs.
  • Underlining should only be used for transcriptions. Titles should not be in uppercase, except for sentence starts. Titles should not end with a period (except for references or bibliography).
  • Inline citations should use superscript Arabic numerals after punctuation.
  • Long quotes (more than four lines) should be in a separate paragraph without quotation marks. Shorter quotes should use French quotation marks «like this» and should not be italicized.
  • Document transcriptions should be included in a "Documents" section, numbered (e.g., Document 1), with the text transcribed within quotation marks and the source provided. References in the text should be noted (e.g., doc. 1, doc. 2).

Illustrations

  • Maximum: Six illustrations (more may be included with Editorial Board approval).
  • Illustrations should be numbered, with captions provided in a separate file. Indicate their placement in the text (e.g., fig. 1, fig. 2).
  • Images should be in JPG or TIFF format, 300 dpi resolution.

Authors are responsible for obtaining reproduction rights for the images they use.

Citation Standards

References must follow APA 7th Edition format.
When possible, include the DOI for books, articles, conference proceedings, etc., ensuring the link is functional. Example:
Edicions, E. (2021). Décimo número de la revista Emblecat. EMBLECAT, Estudis de la Imatge, Art i Societat, 1(10), 5–6. https://doi.org/10.56349/emblecat.174.

Study Review Process

Submissions must include a separate sheet with the author’s name, email, institution, and ORCID number. Studies are reviewed by the Editorial Board to ensure alignment with the journal's scope. Compliant texts undergo review by the Scientific Committee and external reviewers in a double-blind peer review process.

Evaluation Outcomes

  • Acceptance
  • Acceptance with revisions
  • Initial rejection with resubmission allowed after revisions
  • Final rejection

Authors are notified of the review process progress within four months of initial acceptance.

Rights and Obligations

By submitting an article, authors grant permission to the Associació Catalana d’Estudis d’Emblemàtica, Art i Societat to include their work in the printed and digital versions of Emblecat.

No corrections or changes will be accepted from authors beyond one month after notification of editorial acceptance.

All images used in the journal, unless otherwise specified, comply with Article 32.1 (Citation and Teaching Illustration) of the Spanish Intellectual Property Law 23/2006.