Pasado y memoria has the following rules for the submission of originals. In the case of not following them, acceptance of the manuscript may be denied. For any queries, you may send an email to the journal contact person. Once you have submitted a manuscript, however, you should use the discussions tool, available on the platform, to directly contact the section editor in charge of handling the manuscript.

Pasado y memoria accepts the submission of research articles for the “Special Issue” and “Miscellaneous” sections, and book reviews. The journal also admits bibliographic references from multiple books or status of the issue on a topic of interest present in current historiographic debates and book reviews.

The admission of works for the sections “Miscellaneous” and “Book Reviews” will be open throughout the year.

Besides ensuring compliance with these guidelines, authors are advised to read, before submitting their manuscripts, all sections of the journal’s website containing information applicable to submissions: the peer review process, the Publication Policies and Ethics, the anti-plagiarism policy, etc.

1 Requirements

The works submitted must meet the following requirements:

1. Originality. Only original and unpublished works will be accepted, which excludes translations of previously published works, in full or in part, in any other medium or in languages other than that of the submitted manuscript. Submissions must not be under consideration for publication in other journals or publishing houses.
2. Compliance with the submission procedure. Manuscripts must be submitted via the journal’s platform, which requires users to log into the platform or create their user profile if they do not have one.
3. Languages. Works are published in Spanish, Catalan and English.
4. Authorship. Authors must provide the following details: name and surnames, institutional affiliation (full name, without acronyms), country, email address (preferably an institutional email address) and ORCID identifier. When giving their name and surnames, authors are advised to follow the signature format used for indexing in international databases (please see the FECYT [Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology] recommendations for standardising formats of author names and email addresses). Manuscripts can have up to six authors.
5. Anonymisation. Submitted manuscripts must be anonymised (with no elements that may allow identification of the authors): author names and affiliations must not be included (they must be replaced by the label “Author”), and any other element that could directly or indirectly allow identification of the authors (in acknowledgments, references to projects, funding, specific geographical locations or institutions, etc.) must be deleted and marked as *anonymised*.
6. File format. Microsoft Word (.docx) or Open Document (.odt) file formats required.
7. Competing interests. In the “Comments for the Editor” section of the submission form, authors must disclose any personal or financial connection that may influence the conclusions of the manuscript. Otherwise, they must declare that there is no conflict of interest involved.
8. Funding. If the submitted manuscript is part of a research study having received funding, the following details must be provided in the “Supporting Agencies” section: funding entity, project code, etc. This information must not appear in the submitted file for the sake of anonymity.

2 Articles

Research articles must be original and meet the scientific standards of the branch of knowledge of Contemporary History.

2.1 Structure

Articles must include these three elements:

• Title: it must be short (up to 25 words) and informative. It should avoid rhetorical questions and the use of acronyms, and must include keywords related to the topic of the article.
• Abstract: it will provide information on the objectives, methodology and the main results or conclusions, in a single paragraph, with no subsections or citations. The extension will be between 200 and 300 words.
• Keywords: at least 6 must be provided. The use of domain-specific vocabulary or of terms frequently employed in the branch of knowledge of Contemporary History is recommended. Also, terms that clearly identify the geographical area (i.e., Spain, Argentine, Southern Europe, Asturias, Alicante, Iberoamerican, Latin American, Italy, etc.) and the time context under study (i.e., XIX century, XX century, etc.) must be included.

These three elements must appear in the original language in which the work was written and in English.

Compliance with these guidelines will make it easier to find the article online and on databases.

Research articles are recommended to be structured in these three sections:

• Introduction: This section must include the basis and purpose of the study (objectives). Citations should be provided only when strictly necessary. No data or conclusions from the study must be included. The introduction must not contain a detailed literature review.
• Development: This section must have as many chapters (with numbering and headings) as deemed necessary.
• Conclusions: This section must summarise in a clear and concise way the main points that can be drawn from the results and discussion.
• Use of artificial intelligence: The use or non-use of AI tools in the preparation of the manuscript must be declared.
• Bibliography: This section contains the list of bibliographic references in APA format.

Research articles must be unpublished and should not exceed a maximum length of 9,000 words including notes and figures, and excluding bibliography, (except in duly justified cases, with prior authorisation by the Editorial Board).

2.2 Format

Articles must be written in 12 pt. Times New Roman for the body of the text and 10 pt. for footnotes, with single spacing. Long, literal quotations (of more than 3 lines) must be left-indented, in between quotation marks and written in 11 pt. type.

2.2.1 Figures and Tables

All illustrations, figures, charts, tables, and graphs must be placed in the appropriate position within the text, not at the end of the document. They must include a title, be consecutively numbered, and referred to in the body of the article.

Each must include a heading with its number and title. Examples:

• Table 3. Distribution of data by subject
• Figure 7. Representation

Each item must also include a caption indicating the source. Examples:

• Source: Author’s own
• Source: The British Library

Images, drawings, photos, figures, tables, charts, etc. must either be original works by the author(s), rights-free, or under Creative Commons licences that allow for reuse and specify usage terms. If copyrighted materials are used, the author(s) must obtain written permission from the copyright holders.

3 Bibliographical notes

Bibliographical notes on two or more books with the same topic or on the status of the issue, concerning a contemporary topic present in a current historiographic debate, will have a length between 3,000-6,000 words, and should be accompanied by a list of references at the end in accordance with the guidelines specified in the “Citations and references” section.

Books will not be older than two years.

At least, three keywords will be provided.

4 Book reviews

Reviews of recently published books (within the last two years) should not exceed a maximum of 1,500 words, and must specify the author, title, place of publication, publisher, date of publication and number of pages, as well as the name(s) and surname(s) of the reviewer and the institution to which he or she is affiliated, at the end.

The publisher and ISBN of the book will be mentioned in the abstract and at least three keywords will be provided.

5 Citations and references

The journal has adopted and adheres to the citing and referencing guidelines set out in the American Psychological Association (APA). style manual, 7th edition. For further information on such guidelines, the guide produced by the University of Alicante Library is available here (PDF).

5.1 Citations in the body of the text

Citations in the text of a paper with one or more authors:

A summarised citation should be given in brackets with the surname(s) of the author(s), followed by the year of publication.

Examples:

(Fraser, 2006)

(Molinero et al., 2016)

(Fernández Sebastián, 2004; Fuentes Aragonés, 2005; Koselleck, 1993)

(Hobsbawm, 2002a; 2002b; 2002c)

For literal citations, include the page number or specific location of the phrase(s) in the original text.

Examples:

- …este planteamiento supuso un hito historiográfico (Pérez Ledesma, 2006: 117-122)

- Sin embargo, en su estudio sobre el afrancesamiento, Artola (1953: 78) puso en cuestión…

When citing a work by two or more authors in the body of the text, their surnames should be separated by a semi-colon. When citing a work by more than three authors, give the first author’s surname followed by et al.

Examples:

(Rújula; Butrón, 2000)

(Aymes et al., 2008)

5.2 Bibliographic references (at the end of the text)

The reference section should be entitled “References” and should be given at the end of the article after the study conclusions (for more details, see “Submissions”). This section should only contain sources that support the research and that were therefore used during preparation of the manuscript.

The references should appear in alphabetical order by author (or first author) surname in uppercase.

Works by the same author should be listed chronologically from the oldest to the most recent. References to an author’s individual work should appear first, followed by works with other authors. In the case of several works by the same author, the author’s name should be repeated for each entry.

The titles of journals or books should be given in italics. In the case of journals, the number of the volume should also be given in italics to distinguish it from the page numbers (which appear next without italics or adding p. or pp.).

5.2.1 Digital Object Identifier

If the publication has a DOI (Digital Object Identifier), it must appear at the end of the entry as a secure URL link, without prefixes or a final full stop. The DOI replaces any web address in the reference.

CrossRef’s Simple Text Query can be used for checking DOIs included in a reference list.

5.2.2 Examples

References should comply with the following structure:

• Printed books:

  Álvarez Junco, José (2001). Mater dolorosa. La idea de España en el siglo XIX. Madrid: Taurus.

• Electronic books with a DOI:

  Gullickdon, Gay L. (1996). Unruly women of Paris: images of the commune. New York: Cornell University Press. https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501725296

• Electronic books without a DOI:

  Pérez Alonso, Jorge (2013). Tres controvertidas elecciones presidenciales estadounidenses: Thomas Jefferson, Rutherford B. Hayes y George W. Bush. Oviedo: In Itinere. http://www.unioviedo.es/constitucional/seminario/books/In_Itinere_03-Tres%20presidentes.pdf

• Printed books with compiler(s), editor(s), director(s) or coordinator/s:

  Caballero, José Antonio; Delgado Idarreta, José Miguel; Viguera, Rebeca (Eds.) (2015). El lenguaje político y retórico de las constituciones españolas. Proyectos ideológicos e impacto mediático en el siglo XIX. Oviedo: In Itinere.

• Chapter of a printed book:

  Aresti, Nerea (2015). Cuestión de dignidad. Género, feminismo y culturas políticas. In Carlos Forcadell; Manuel Suárez Cortina (coords.). La Restauración y la República, 1874-1936, vol. III Historia de las culturas políticas en España y América Latina (85-110). Madrid-Zaragaoza: Marcial Pons-PUZ.

• Printed journal articles:

  Malandain, Gilles (2015). Blasphème politique et “religión royales” sous la Restauration (France, 1814-1830). Pasado y Memoria. Revista de Historia Contemporánea, 14, 37-55.

• Article in an electronic journal with a DOI:

  Malandain, Gilles (2015). Blasphème politique et “religión royales” sous la Restauration (France, 1814-1830). Pasado y Memoria. Revista de Historia Contemporánea, 14, 37-55. https://doi.org/10.14198/PASADO2015.14.02

• Article in an electronic journal without a DOI:

  Florentino, Daniele (2015). Re-building the Nation-State: The American Civil War in a Transnational Perspective. Hispania Nova, 13, 201-217. http://e-revistas.uc3m.es/index.php/HISPNOV/article/view/2387