Submissions

Author Guidelines

Córima, Journal of Research in Cultural Management receives original and unpublished manuscripts that are not simultaneously under consideration by another journal. We accept papers in Spanish, English, and Portuguese, as well as unpublished translations of high-impact works in their original language, provided they comply with the journal’s editorial and ethical guidelines. All manuscripts undergo a rigorous and impartial double-blind peer review.

Technical requirements

• The manuscript must be submitted in digital format as a Word file for Windows (.doc or .docx), minimum Word 14 in Office 2010. PDF files or any other format will not be accepted.
• The manuscript must not contain the name of the author(s), institutional affiliation, or any other information that could identify them. The author’s or authors’ name(s) and details will be entered later as metadata in Step 3.
• Each author must provide full name, complete institutional affiliation, country, corresponding email address, and ORCID. Abbreviations alone or incomplete affiliations will not be accepted. In the case of coauthorship, all names must be presented with the same consistency of author identification.
• The maximum number of coauthors per article is 3, unless this can be justified as a collegial or collaborative academic work, in which case it must be explained in the “Comments for the editor” field in Step 1.
• The text must be written with 1.5 line spacing, in Verdana font, 12-point size.
• The text margins must be 2.5 cm on each side.
• Indentation should not be used, and each paragraph should not be separated by a blank line.
• The title must be centered, contain a maximum of 12 words, and use capital letters only at the beginning of the sentence, after a period, and in proper nouns. If reference is made to a city, province, or state, the country must be indicated immediately afterward, separated by a comma.
• The abstract must not exceed 200 words. It should briefly state: the research objective or question, methodology (informants or sample, study location, data collection and analysis techniques), results (data obtained), and conclusions (main finding).
• Keywords must be a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 5. Each term may contain no more than 3 words. Keywords must refer to areas or objects of study in cultural management, academic disciplines, methodological approaches, and theoretical or empirical terms recognized by the scientific community; they must not include places or proper names. The author must consult the UNESCO Thesaurus: http://vocabularies.unesco.org/browser/thesaurus/es/
• The title, abstract, and keywords must also be submitted in English.
• Subheadings and other subdivisions must use title case and be left-aligned.
• The manuscript length must be between 4,500 and 8,000 words in total, including the abstract, tables, images, and references.
• Graphs, tables, or images must be included inside the Word text file at a minimum resolution of 300 dpi.
• All graphs, tables, and images must be numbered sequentially with Arabic numerals, with a title below and a citation of the source. Each type must use its own numbering system (Graph 1, Graph 2...; Table 1, Table 2...; Image 1, Image 2...). Their source must also be listed at the end.
• For the writing style of the article, as well as for in-text citations and the reference list at the end, the most recent Spanish edition of the American Psychological Association Publication Manual (“APA Manual”) must be followed. Manuscripts containing citations or references in another format, or used inconsistently, will not be accepted. It is recommended to consult the full version of the Manual rather than a shortened one, as it contains additional useful guidance beyond citation and referencing rules.
• Footnotes must not be used to identify citations or references. Footnotes should only be used for parallel discourse and should not be overused.
• For direct quotations shorter than 40 words, quotation marks must be used and the quote must remain within the text. Any quotation of 40 words or more must be indented 2.5 cm and separated from the text before and after by a blank line equivalent to one line.
• In the conclusions, there must be no citations, since this section concentrates the arguments developed or verified throughout the manuscript. Dialogue with theory, and therefore the citation of other works to contrast them with the data obtained, must be carried out in the discussion section.
• Bibliographic references must appear at the end in the references section. Only works cited in the text should be included in this list; works merely consulted should not be listed.
• The list of references must include the electronic addresses of the sources whenever they are available.
• For any questions regarding language and Spanish style, consult the Dictionary of the Spanish Language and the Pan-Hispanic Dictionary of Doubts, both from the Royal Spanish Academy. In the case of Portuguese, equivalent authoritative references must be consulted.
• All ideas that are not original must appear with their citation in the text and in the reference list. Checks will be carried out to detect plagiarism in any of its forms, including self-plagiarism. If plagiarism is detected, the manuscript will be rejected, as well as any subsequent submission by the authors involved.

Structural requirements

Regardless of the type of work submitted, it must include at least the following elements:

• Title (maximum 12 words). Capitalization only at the beginning of the sentence, after a period, and in proper nouns. If reference is made to a city, province, or state, the country must be indicated immediately afterward, separated by a comma.
• Abstract (maximum 200 words). Research objective or question, methodology (informants or sample, study location, data collection and analysis techniques), results (data obtained), and conclusions (main finding).
• Keywords (3–5 terms, maximum 3 words each). Areas or objects of study in cultural management, academic disciplines, methodological approaches, and theoretical or empirical terms recognized by the scientific community. No places or proper names.
• Body. With topics and subtopics. It must explicitly contain the introduction, theoretical framework, methodology, results, and discussion.
• Conclusions. Must not contain citations, since this section concentrates the arguments developed or verified throughout the manuscript. Dialogue with theory, and therefore citation of other works for comparison with the data obtained, must be carried out in the discussion section.
• References. According to the most recent APA Manual, only works cited in the text should be included, not works merely consulted.
• When the type of text requires it, complementary materials, images, tables, or supporting files must be attached in separate and correctly identified formats. The journal may request technical adjustments to ensure proper editing, visibility, and preservation of the content.

Evaluation process

All manuscripts will undergo a preliminary review of editorial relevance and, subsequently, a double-blind peer-review process. The evaluation will consider, at minimum, originality, thematic relevance, argumentative clarity, methodological rigor, consistency of references, and contribution to the field of cultural management.

The journal may request one or more rounds of revision. Final acceptance will depend on compliance with editorial comments and the corresponding academic review. Evaluation and publication times may vary according to the editorial workflow and will be communicated to authors in each case.

Academic ethics and integrity

Submitted texts must be original, unpublished, and not simultaneously under consideration by another publication. The journal may use similarity-checking tools to detect improper overlap and possible plagiarism. It may also request clarifications regarding conflicts of interest, authorship contribution, use of artificial intelligence, and the availability of data or materials associated with the manuscript.

If practices contrary to academic integrity are detected, the editorial committee will apply the corresponding measures in accordance with its editorial, ethical, correction, or retraction policies.

Open access, licenses, and preservation

The journal is open access and free to read. No fees are charged for reading and, unless expressly stated in its institutional policy, no article processing charges are charged either. The publication and reuse license for the content will be indicated visibly on the journal website and in each published article.

The journal will also state its policies on self-archiving, digital preservation, and retrospective availability of content in order to ensure permanent access and interoperability of its materials.

Declaration of originality and authorship

Submission of a document to this journal implies acceptance of the Declaration of Originality and Authorship; the act of submitting itself signifies the commitment that the text is original and has not been previously published or submitted to another journal, that all persons signing the work have contributed to it, and that they are responsible for its content, which is not plagiarized, manipulated, or fabricated, and that, where appropriate, the original sources have been cited.

It also implies that they have read the privacy policy, the journal’s ethical code, and the journal’s AI use policy, and that the work respects those principles by guaranteeing the privacy rights of individuals and, where relevant, that approval has been obtained from an Ethics Committee and that the experiments were conducted with the prior informed consent of each participant.

Submission steps

1. The corresponding author must register on this platform and then log in to proceed with the manuscript submission.
2. They must choose the section “Research articles (peer reviewed)” if their paper matches the structure of that document type. This section uses a double-blind evaluation method.
3. They must choose the language of submission.
4. They must check the items in the Submission Checklist that their manuscript fulfills in order to proceed, including acceptance of the journal’s Ethical Code. All items must be completed to continue.
5. They must accept the copyright notice.
6. If necessary, they must write a comment to the journal editor at the end of Step 1.
7. They must upload the main manuscript file in Word format, which must not contain the name, affiliation, or any identifying information of the author or coauthors (Step 2).
8. They must enter the full details of the corresponding author and each coauthor, if any, in the metadata.
9. They must also enter the title, abstract, keywords, manuscript language, funding sources (if applicable), and references at the end of Step 3.
10. If necessary, they may add supplementary files. These may be consulted by reviewers (if the article has none, skip Step 4).
11. They must review the entered data and submit the manuscript (Step 5).

The journal may request additional information to complete the editorial file for the manuscript, including contact details, originality statements, rights transfer, conflict-of-interest declarations, and any other document needed for the review and editing process.