In order to ensure that the Latinamerican Journal of Social Sciences, Youth and Childhood (Revista Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales Niñez y Juventud) really is a publication that fits the content and nature of your article, it is important that you read the following information carefully:

1. Our presentation and the topics covered by the magazine can be found in the "Presentation" section at the following address http://revistaumanizales.cinde.org.co
2. Ethical and editorial statement: https://revistaumanizales.cinde.org.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Documento-Declaracion-editorial-de-etica-ingles.pdf
3. Similarity check: https://revistaumanizales.cinde.org.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Revision-de-similitudes-de-articulos-Ingles.pdf
4. The manuscript evaluation criteria are located in the section "documents of interest - evaluation formats" at the following address https://revistaumanizales.cinde.org.co/documentos-de-interes/

Choosing the wrong typology for your item may cause your evaluation to be negative. So make sure you choose the right one.

You should also inform us whether your article is intended for the first (Theory and metatheory) and second (Studies and research) sections of the journal, which are intended for research reports, or for the third (Reports and analysis) and fourth (Reviews and reviews) sections, which present other documents not derived from research.

2.1 First and second sections

These two sections publish research articles, which are double-blind refereed and included in the Journal's OJS. Please note that the Journal primarily publishes completed research reports. If your project is still in progress, you may only submit it as a short article (described below).

The types of articles published by the journal in these sections are as follows:

Quantitative research article: It presents the original results of completed empirical quantitative research projects. Its structure must conform to the APA publication style (JARS-Quali, 7th edition, 2020), which is detailed in our Presentation guide. It has four main sections:

• Introduction: (including the contextualization and justi-fication of the problem; the synthetic review of the most relevant and updated literature oon the topic; its objective and the research question or hypothesis).
• Method: (design; inclusion and exclusion criteria; characteristics of participants; sampling procedure; information collection method(s) and instruments; and data analysis strategy).
• Results: (that correspond to the instruments used).
• Discussion: (similarities and differences of the results compared to research by other authors; interpretation of the results; limitations; importance and implications of the results with respect to future research, programs or policies).

Qualitative research article: This presents the original results of completed empirical quantitative research projects. The structure of the articles should be adapted to the APA publication style (JARS-Quant, 7th edition, 2020), which is detailed in our Presentation guide included on our website. It has four main sections:

• Introduction (in-cluding the contextualization and justification of the problem; a critical and syn-thetic review of the most relevant and up-to-date literature on the topic; the objective and question used in the study).
• Method: epistemological foundation or research approach; design; processes of inclusion and selection of participants or data sources; techniques and instruments for collecting information; data analysis strategies; processes for addressing relevant ethical issues.
• Results or findings (that correspond to the instruments and the research approach used).
• Discussion: answer to the question in light of the findings; similarities and differences of the results with previous research; main contributions; strengths and limitations; importance and implications (theoretical, practical or policy).

The discussion and results sections should not be presented as a single section, as each has specific characteristics and content. If, for any reason, you need to combine these two sections, you must not only explain this to the readers but also justify it as thoroughly and clearly as possible, so that it is not perceived as an error on your part.

Systematic literature review article: This document reports the results of a completed research project that has sought to analyze, synthesize, critique, or integrate the findings of other studies on a specific problem area. Therefore, it is not simply a stage in a broader research project, but rather a project in itself, which aims to generate original and useful knowledge for the academic community. This category includes state-of-the-art reviews, critical reviews, mapping reviews, realistic reviews, umbrella reviews, as well as various types of meta-synthesis and meta-analysis (meta-ethnography, critical-interpretive synthesis, etc.), among others. Consequently, purely descriptive reviews or those aimed at fulfilling a secondary objective of a study are not considered for publication in this journal.

It is characterized by presenting an exhaustive, systematic, and careful literature review and original results that, above all, go beyond a mere summary of previous work. Thus, it solidly justifies the need for its execution, presents a detailed and transparent methodological description (making it replicable), analyzes not samples but the entire population of studies dedicated to a given topic, and its conclusion can be reached in two ways: firstly, by compiling previous empirical data to generate conclusions in an aggregate manner, or secondly, by synthetically identifying trends, contradictions, relationships, gaps, or problems in the field.

Either the APA citation style (APA Style JARS, 7th edition, 2020 – its qualitative version is published in the Guide for Reporting Review Articles on our website) or the Prisma presentation standard (2020). Guidelines for reporting review articles or the Prisma presentation standard (2020).

Report/case study: This is a document that presents the results of completed research on an individual, group, community, organization or specific situation, in order to present the experiences, analysis or observations made, the resolution of a specific problem or the possible applications of the research that has been carried out. The presentation should include: introduction (with the correspond-ing literature review, objective and question), methodological process for the analysis, an in-depth description of the case (and of analogous cases, if relevant) and the conclusions. This article should explain how the analysis carried out al-lows the general problem or other cases similar to the one analyzed to be under-stood/solved.

Short article: This is a short document (no more than 4000 words) that pre-sents the preliminary or partial results of a research study that is underway, but due to its importance requires prompt diffusion. Authors should bear in mind that the evaluation of this type of article will verify that its publication is indeed justi-fied before the research has been completed. Its structure will be adapted to the format that suits the type of research being carried out (qualitative, quantitative, case study or review).

Theoretical or methodological research article: this is a document derived from a research study that presents the author’s analytical, interpretative, creative or critical on a specific topic or methodology. This has the objective of achieving theoretical or methodological development, to systematically present a new theory on said topic, a new methodology or to analyze an existing one. As a derivative of a research process, it must explicitly present the central aspects of the project: its objective, question, method and process of analysis, with sufficient description to show that it meets the criteria and is coherent with the study’s methodological foundations. Although the structure of this type of article is more flexible than the others previously described, all submitted articles should contain: an introduction (that contextualizes the problem and presents relevant and updated literature on the topic), the data collection and analysis process used, the theoretical or methodological development achieved, the discussion and conclusions.

2.1 Third and fourth sections

This type of article should ensure that the theoretical or methodological progress and advances in relation to previous studies are clearly presented. Other types of intellectual production are also received and published in the third (Reports and analysis) and fourth (Reviews) sections; these are not included in the OJS of the journal (as they are not research articles) but they are published on our website so that they are available to our readers:

• Reflective article (essay): A document that presents either critical analysis or theoretical reflection on a particular topic; but unlike a theoretical article, it is not based on formal research. The author(s) must clarify the interpretative process that has been carried out. This type of article should also accommodate refer-ences using the APA style (2020). Only essays that the Editorial Board consider a significant contribution to knowledge in the area will be published.
• Interviews: Conducted with experts in the field of children and youth, this pre-sents interesting and current conversations. The interviewer can add comments, points of view and theoretical developments that contribute to the document.
• Letters to the editor: critical, analytical or interpretative positions on papers published in the journal that, in the opinion of the Editorial Committee, constitute an important contribution to the discussion of the subject by the scientific community. These letters are included in the fourth section.
• Others: we also receive brief analyses of works, audiovisual material, events, local processes and ongoing projects that are original and of interest to social researchers or others. Also, systematizations of works related to children and youth or their own productions.

Since these documents do not have the character of a scientific article and are not peer-reviewed, they can have a freer format (although they must maintain the citation standards). However, given their unpublished nature, they must pass the originality study and style correction in the journal's editorial process.

The following are the standards to be met by articles in the sections Theory and metatheory (section 1) and Studies and research (section 2). These articles should be submitted in the following Template: https://revistaumanizales.cinde.org.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/10-Plantilla-de-presentacion-articulos-23-09-2025.docx

3.1 General Information 

3.1.1 Title

• It should synthetically and coherently reflect the subject matter of the article.
• Its length should not exceed 12 words, trying to include those that make it easier for readers to find it through digital search systems.
• It must be presented in the three languages used by the journal: Spanish, English and Portuguese.

3.1.2 Name and affiliation

• The name of the author(s) must be presented according to international standards,[2] followed by their corresponding affiliations (the institution where they worked or studied during the research, along with their department or division) and country. If an author does not have an affiliation, only their city and country should be included.
• Then they will present their academic level (previous studies and their most advanced degree along with the awarding institutions), e-mail address, their Orcid code (https://orcid.org) and, finally, its index H5.
• If your affiliation has changed after conducting the research, include that information in this section (e.g., "author x is now affiliated with university x").
• If any of the authors are referenced within the article or in the list of references, the international standard should be followed again, as this facilitates the search for authors at the international level and their visibility in bibliometric indexes.

The following is an example of the author's name with institutional affiliation and data included:

Jorge I. Gonzalez

National University of Colombia, Bogotá.

Philosopher from Universidad Javeriana. Master in Economics from Universidad de Los Andes. PhD in Economics from the University of Louvain (Belgium). Orcid: 0000-000x-xxxx-xxxx. H5: x. E-mail: autor@institucion.edu

3.1.3 type of article

The type of article submitted must be specified so that its editorial processing is appropriate to its nature. Please take great care to choose the type that effectively fits the research performed, as well as to comply with its characteristics. Errors in this respect are the most common reason for rejection.

3.1.4 Information about the investigation

• Please indicate the title of the research project(s) from which the article is derived, as well as the exact date of its start and end, or if it is still ongoing (if applicable).
• Indicate the area and sub-area of ​​knowledge to which your study corresponds
• This information should not exceed 50 words.

The following are examples of articles that have already been published in the journal:

• This article comes from the research project "Cultural Hermeneutics of Health," presented to obtain the title of Doctor of Socio-Health Sciences and Medical Humanities, Complutense University of Madrid, 2003. It was carried out between February 12, 1999, and September 30, 2002. Area: health; sub-area: cultural studies of health.
• This article is derived from the project "Towards an understanding of the construction of meanings about parenting in the growth and development program." It was carried out between February 1999 and November 2002. Area: education; sub-area: parenting.

3.1.5 Summary

• With a maximum of 150 words, it is a complete summary used in search services to index and retrieve the article; therefore, it must be attractive and accurate, so that it catches the attention of potential readers.
• It should not begin by presenting the objective or commenting on the content of the article.
• Nor should it contain bibliographic references or acronyms.

In case the article is the result of research, the abstract should be analytical, mentioning: the problem, the participants, the methodology and the main results and conclusions of the research.

In the case of articles that are not the result of research, a descriptive abstract should be used, expressing synthetically, clearly and precisely what is developed in the article. This should also be less than 130 words and it should be made clear at the beginning that it is a descriptive abstract.

3.1.6 Keywords

• Present 3 to 10 key words or expressions that quickly allow the reader to identify the subject of the article.
• The keywords, without exception, must be taken from a thesaurus, indicating their name at the end of the list.
• The title of the article, abstract and keywords should be translated into Portuguese (resumo, palavras-chave) and English (abstract, keywords) by an expert translator in the social field.

3.1.7 Key points

Please indicate the two or three most important aspects of your research that you wish to highlight. The idea is to comply with some of the open science principles followed by the journal. Therefore, these should be written in a way that can be understood by the general public.

• Try to make your writing as clear as possible.
• Maximum 70 words.
• If you wish, you can also share a short video (no more than two minutes) summarizing and presenting the most significant points of your research. Ideally, it should be recorded in a quality that does not hinder either viewing or listening. However, the video link will only be requested if the article is accepted.

3.2 Body of the text

• Extension: There is no maximum word limit for articles. However, concise language is recommended. For reference, the average published article is 8,000 words (from title to references).
• Footnotes: The footnotes should be placed in WordTM's automatic footnote style. Their number and length should be kept to a minimum to avoid making the article difficult to read.
• Inclusive language: Gender inclusivity should be considered in the writing of the article; for example, when referring to children, use "boys and girls." However, following the guidelines of our language, the journal does not use variations such as the @ symbol or the letter e to mark inclusive language.

3.3 Graphic material

• Your presentation should follow the APA style standard (7th ed., 2020), exactly according to the model included in the presentation template.
• Tables and figures (graphic material) are numbered consecutively as mentioned in the text.
• Within the text of the article, each table or figure should be referenced by its number and not by phrases such as "the following table", since the layout process may require placing them in a place not so close to the line in which they are referenced.
• They should have a short - but informative - title preceding them.
• The graphic material must be presented in a format that allows its manipulation by the editorial team.
• No graphic material whose information is subject to copyright or other author's rights may be included without prior written permission; without this requirement, the material may not be included. Such permission must be detailed in a note at the end of these.
• Tables and figures made by the authors of the manuscript should not be explicitly indicated as their own (using the text "own authorship"). It is understood that they are all their own.
• In the specific case of photographs, the faces of minors should not appear in them without due authorization from their parents or guardians. In the case of photographs of adults, it is also recommended that informed consent be obtained.

3.4 Annexes and supplementary material

• It is possible to include appendices (tables, graphs, photos, multimedia files, etc.) in your document if these are treated as supplementary material; that is, if they are included in the body of the text by means of links and if these documents are archived in services that allow the maintenance of such information indefinitely and provide them with DOI codes (for example, https://figshare.com o https://osf.io).

3.5 Citation

The referencing system of the latest version of the APA (7th ed., 2020) will be used consistently. For example:

... as explained in Rogoff and Pilsen (1993).

... as supported by (Rogoff & Pilsen, 1993).

... in the words with which they formulated it (Rogoff & Pilsen, 1993, pp. 31-32).

When referencing works with three or more authors, it is only necessary to include the first author followed by the abbreviation et al. (whether they are included in the text or in parentheses).

3.6 References

• You must include all (and only) sources cited within the text.
• This listing should be constructed following APA style (7th ed., 2020).[4]Example:
  Hedegaard, M. (2005). Strategies for dealing with conflicts in value positions between home and school: Influences on ethnic minority students' development of motives and identity. Culture Psychology, 11(2), 187-205. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354067X05052351
• References must necessarily include current sources (from the last three years, including the current year) and be relevant, pertinent, sufficient and necessary. Likewise, it is important to cite authors who are considered classics.
• The DOI of absolutely all sources that have one must be included. Locating this information is very simple: just go to the page https://search.crossref.org/references. There you will find a search box where you can copy and paste your entire reference list. This service will return all documents with DOIs, which you should then verify and update in your list.
• Acronyms should not be used in the list of references.

3.7 Transparency

• Financing: Please provide the name of the research funding entity(ies) (if any) and the corresponding code.
• Acknowledgments: Include in this section acknowledgments to whomever you deem appropriate.
• Conflicts of interest: Report any potential conflicts of interest (if applicable).
• Open research data: To improve the transparency and social openness of research, the journal encourages researchers to make their data and materials publicly accessible. Services that provide stable links, such as Zenodo or the Open Science Framework, are recommended. Therefore, please indicate the URL of the page or digital repository where you have made your study data publicly accessible (if you have chosen to do so).

• Open research materials: Please indicate the address of the page or digital repository where you have made your study materials publicly accessible (if you have made such a decision)

• License: Please indicate the type of Creative Commons license you have chosen for your article.

Before submitting articles to the journal, they must be proofread by a technical proofreader knowledgeable in the social field and APA standards (latest version). When the article is submitted to the platform, the respective proof issued by the proofreader must also be uploaded.

Articles must be submitted by the authors to the journal's Open Journal System (OJS) platform using the provided template. Once this process is complete, the articles will be submitted for similarity checking using Turnitin^TM, to verify that it is unpublished.

The submission of an article to the Journal’s OJS implies the author's commitment not to submit it partially, completely or simultaneously to other Journals or pub-lishers without first withdrawing the text from the consideration of this Journal by means of written communication.

If an article describes an undergraduate thesis and this has been deposited in the public institutional repository of a university through a transfer of rights, verbatim texts of that document cannot be used (unless they are cited) as it is considered that this content has already been published and would be considered self-plagiarism (even if the document is in another language).

The opinions and statements in articles and other documents are the sole responsi-bility of the authors.

Once the author has uploaded the article to the journal's OJS platform, they must send the proofreader's certification to the journal's email address. Subsequently, the article will undergo an initial review by the Editorial Committee. This review will assess compliance with the standards outlined in this document, whether the article's subject matter aligns with the journal's scope, and its overall quality. This review may result in corrections or rejection of the article; the deadline for submitting these corrections will be communicated via email (this may be one to three weeks). Failure to submit the requested corrections by the established deadline will result in the article being considered rejected and will not proceed to the next editorial stage.

Articles that pass this stage undergo double-blind peer review by at least two external reviewers, a process that lasts four weeks. Once the submitted document has been reviewed, the author(s) will receive feedback for revision and adjustment. They will have a deadline set by the editor to return the revised article, with the changes clearly indicated and justified. At the discretion of the reviewers or the editorial team, the revised article may be submitted for a new round of evaluation. It is important that the authors adhere precisely to the established deadlines in this process.

The journal's OJS system allows online communication so that the journal's authors can keep abreast of the status of their work. Its address is: https://revistaumanizales.cinde.org.co/rlcsnj/index.php/Revista-Latinoamericana/login

The journal—with the author's consent—will make any necessary editorial changes to ensure the article is as clear, precise, and coherent as possible. Therefore, authors are advised to write with the utmost rigor, using correct spelling, short, consistent, and clear paragraphs, and precise punctuation. Redundancy and the repetitive use of acronyms should be avoided; these do not replace the intended expressions and can tire readers and cause them to lose interest. Authors are requested to submit their manuscript for style review by a specialist (familiar with APA style and the social sciences) to expedite the editing process.

The author(s) will be sent galley proofs of the articles before the journal goes to print. Corrections should be limited to typographical errors. New lines, sentences, or paragraphs are not acceptable. The page and line number to be modified on the proof pages must be indicated.

By submitting the article to the Journal's editorial process, authors agree to transfer the rights to their text to the Journal in the event that the article is approved for publication. This transfer agreement allows the editorial team to protect the material on behalf of the authors without them relinquishing their copyright. The transfer of rights includes the exclusive rights of reproduction and distribution of the article, including offprints, photocopies, electronic publication or other reproductions, as well as translations.

Since the magazine manages a continuous publication, it will publish your article as soon as it is completely ready.

The best promoter of your intellectual production is yourself. Read our document Increase the audience of your articles if you want to know the main strategies you can use to increase the audience, visibility and citation of your work.

On the other hand, remember to regularly check the metrics the journal publishes about your article. These will give you important information about its performance in citations and how it's being discussed and used on social media.

Do not forget to cite your article using the model that appears on the first page of the publication, always using its DOI number.

Journal contact address: revistaumanizales@cinde.org.co