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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.

Author Guidelines

Double-Blind Peer Review Process

All scientific manuscripts submitted to AMAG undergo a rigorous double-blind peer review process. This procedure guarantees anonymity, impartiality and confidentiality throughout the editorial process, ensuring that the identity of the authors remains unknown to the reviewers and vice versa.

To preserve the objectivity of the evaluation, AMAG strives to ensure that reviewers are external specialists to the editorial board and free of any conflicts of interest regarding their assigned manuscripts. The selection of reviewers is conducted based on their academic expertise and research interests.
To guarantee complete anonymity during the review process, the following guidelines are applied:

  • Manuscript Anonymization: Authors must remove any direct or indirect references that could reveal their identity within the text, including names, institutional affiliations, grant or funding information, or self-citations that might compromise anonymity.
  • Removal of Metadata: Prior to uploading the file to the system, authors must erase all metadata containing personal information from electronic documents (Word or PDF).
  • Protected Editorial Management: The editorial board will verify that all files sent to reviewers are completely free of any elements that could identify the authors.

Peer Review Stages

Initial Screening: The General Secretary —and when necessary, the Director— conduct a preliminary technical and thematic review of the manuscript. At this stage, compliance with editorial guidelines, word count, thematic scope, aims, and section requirements are verified. Submissions that do not meet these requirements may be returned to the authors prior to initiating the peer review process.

Double-Blind Peer Review: Manuscripts that pass the initial screening will be sent to a minimum of two expert peer reviewers for evaluation under a double-blind modality. Reviewers will issue a reasoned academic report based on criteria such as the appropriateness of the manuscript's length, the relevance and clarity of the title, the quality of the introduction, the soundness of the analysis, coherence and expository clarity, prose, syntax, and spelling, the proper use of sources and references, the consistency of the conclusions, the originality of the work, and its contribution to the field of study.

Review Decisions

Based on the reports received, the editorial board will issue one of the following decisions:

  • Acceptance of the manuscript without modifications.
  • Acceptance conditional upon minor corrections.
  • Request for major corrections and re evaluation by the reviewers.
  • Request for an additional evaluation when contradictory reviews exist or when the editorial team deems it necessary to obtain further specialized input.
  • Rejection of the manuscript.

When revisions are requested, authors must address the reviewers' comments within the timeframe established by the journal. Depending on the nature of the corrections, the revised manuscript may be sent back to the reviewers to verify compliance with their recommendations.
The final decision regarding the definitive acceptance or rejection of manuscripts rests with the journal's editorial board, which will determine outcomes based on the academic reports received and the editorial policies of the journal.

Essays

Essays must be based on your own original research. It is essential that each proposal includes a sound analytical component and that it is unpublished, which implies that it has not been submitted to other publications. Each proposal received will be subject to a rigorous double-blind peer review process, carried out by experts appointed by the Editorial Committee. In this sense, each essay must be written clearly and coherently, adhering to grammar and syntax rules.

  • The length shall be between 8,000 - 10,000 words.
  • The title should not be longer than 20 words.
  • Abstracts: The author should send an abstract in the original language of the essay, plus another one in English –provided the article was written in a different language. For example, if the paper is submitted in French, the abstract should be sent in French, English and Spanish (3 abstracts). If the paper is originally in English, then the abstract should be submitted in English and Spanish (2 abstracts). In any case, the Editorial Committee will be happy to translate your abstract from English into Spanish. The length of each abstract should be less than 300 words and should not include abbreviations, acronyms or bibliographical citations. It is also necessary to incorporate 4 or 5 keywords.
  • Include a short bio no longer than 100 words.
  • For citation purposes, use the 7th edition of the APA Style. Click here to visit the website of the Manual of the American Psychological Association, Seventh Edition (2020).
  • If necessary, footnotes should only be explanatory, not bibliographic.
  • The bibliography shall be formatted using hanging indent and sorted in alphabetical order according to the last name of each author.
  • Should you use in your text any kind of images from other sources, please be sure to provide the appropriate authorization. In addition, please attach the files in JPG format.

Chronicles

The goal of this section is to rigorously consider and analyze recent events that are relevant to the international system and society, such as summit meetings, international conferences, signing of treaties, breaking off diplomatic relations, initiation or follow-up of war activities, securitization exercises, paradiplomacy events, economic-political crises, social processes, among others. Beyond mere description, submissions must include a meticulous analysis that clearly identifies the background, actors involved, characteristics, and implications for the international scenario.

  • Each proposal must be original and unpublished.
  • The length shall be between 3,000 - 5,000 words.
  • The title should not be longer than 20 words.
  • Include a short bio no longer than 100 words.
  • For citation purposes, use the 7th edition of the APA Style. Click here to visit the website of the Manual of the American Psychological Association, Seventh Edition (2020).
  • If necessary, footnotes should only be explanatory, not bibliographic.
  • The bibliography shall be formatted using hanging indent and sorted in alphabetical order according to the last name of each author.
  • Should you use in your text any kind of images from other sources, please be sure to provide the appropriate authorization. In addition, please attach the files in JPG format.

Classic Authors

With the aim of disseminating ideas, theories and academic contributions about prominent authors in the discipline of International Relations, AMAG is open to receiving submissions that contribute to theoretical debate and dissemination. Thus, more than a description of the theoretical foundations of the discipline, this section promotes the analysis of classical and contemporary thinkers, through the contrasting of different ontological and epistemological approaches.

  • Each proposal must be unpublished and focused on a specific thinker. Comparative studies of two or three different thinkers will also be taken into account.
  • The length shall be between 5,000 - 8,000 words.
  • The title should not be longer than 20 words.
  • Abstracts: The author should send an abstract in the original language and additionally in English and Spanish. For example, if the paper is submitted in French, the abstract should be sent in French, English and Spanish (3 abstracts). If the paper is originally in English, then the abstract should be submitted in English and Spanish (2 abstracts). In any case, the Editorial Committee will be happy to translate your abstract into Spanish, if necessary. The length of each abstract should include less than 300 words and should not include abbreviations, acronyms or bibliographical citations. It is also necessary to include 4 or 5 keywords.
  • Include a short bio no longer than 100 words.
  • For citation purposes, use the 7th edition of the APA Style. Click here to visit the website of the Manual of the American Psychological Association, Seventh Edition (2020).
  • If necessary, footnotes should only be explanatory, not bibliographic.
  • The bibliography should be formatted using hanging indent and sorted in alphabetical order according to the last name of each author.
  • Should you use in your text any kind of images from other sources, please be sure to provide the appropriate authorization. In addition, please attach the files in JPG format.

Bibliographic Essays

The purpose of this section is to encourage critical and constructive academic reviews of editorial works published during the last three years from the time of submission. The editorial novelties analyzed must have been published by prestigious institutions and contribute to the knowledge and analysis of the contemporary international scenario.

  • Each proposal must be original and unpublished.
  • The length shall be between 3,000 - 5,000 words.
  • The title shall be composed of the full name of the author(s), as well as the bibliographic data of the analyzed publication. e.g.:

Erik Ringmar: History of International Relations: a non-European perspective. Open Book Publishers. Cambridge. 2019. 206 pp.

  • Include a short bio no longer than 100 words.
  • Should you use in your text any kind of images from other sources, please be sure to provide the appropriate authorization. In addition, please attach the files in JPG format.

Interviews

This section aims to publish the transcript of an interview with outstanding scholars or decision-makers in the field of ​​International Relations, with the purpose of learning more about her/his personal perspective on the state of the art of our discipline.

  • Each interview transcript must be unpublished.
  • The title should not be longer than 20 words.
  • Include a short bio no longer than 100 words.
  • Should you use in your text any kind of images from other sources, please be sure to provide the appropriate authorization. In addition, please attach the files in JPG format.

Copyright Notice

Copyright

AMAG is published under an open access model, allowing authors to fully retain the copyright and intellectual property rights over their works.

By accepting the publication of their manuscripts in AMAG, authors grant Universidad del Mar the right of first publication and a non-exclusive license to reproduce, distribute, publicly communicate, preserve, and disseminate the work in printed and digital formats, as well as through the journal's website, repositories, databases, and national and international indexes in which AMAG is indexed.

All published articles are distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Furthermore, once published by AMAG, authors may deposit a copy of their work in institutional or thematic repositories, personal websites or any other academic dissemination medium, provided that proper citation of the original publication in the Mexican Yearbook of Global Affairs is included.

Privacy Statement

The Mexican Yearbook of Global Affairs (AMAG), an academic publication edited by Universidad del Mar, recognizes the importance of protecting the privacy and personal data of authors, reviewers, contributors, and other users of its electronic platform. Accordingly, personal information collected through its website and the Open Journal Systems (OJS) editorial management platform shall be used exclusively for academic, scientific, and editorial purposes related to the Yearbook’s activities, particularly the submission, evaluation, editing, and publication of scholarly contributions, as well as to facilitate communication among those involved in these processes. AMAG is committed to safeguarding the confidentiality of the information provided, restricting access to authorized personnel, and refraining from using such information for commercial, advertising, or other purposes unrelated to its institutional functions. Furthermore, the processing of personal data shall comply with the principles and provisions established under applicable Mexican data protection legislation, with full respect for the rights of data subjects.