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| Ometeca (ISSN 1041-3650) is a refereed scholarly publication devoted to the relations of the humanities and science. It publishes theoretical articles on the relations of humanities and science in general; critical studies on science in Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian literatures and cultures; and science poetry. Ometeca publishes material in three languages, English, Portuguese, and Spanish. Theoretical articles are published in Spanish or Portuguese and English simultaneously. Critical articles and poetry are published in the language in which they are written. Critical articles will include an abstract in English if in a romance language, or in Portuguese or Spanish if in English.
Contributions to Ometeca will be welcomed from throughout the world, in English, Spanish or Portuguese. Manuscripts, following submission and style requirements described below, should be forwarded to the Editor, at the address below.
All papers are subject to peer review.
Opinions expressed by contributors to Ometeca are their own, and do not necessarily represent the views of the editors or those of the Editorial Board of the journal.
Only papers not previously published will be considered. Authors must agree not to publish elsewhere papers submitted to and accepted by the journal.
Authors whose papers are accepted for publication must subscribe to at least one volume of Ometeca. See subscription prices at the end of the front matter. Published authors will receive a complimentary copy of the volume in which they are published. Their subscription will be for the following volume.
Copyright. Authors are responsible for obtaining from the copyright holder permission to reproduce any material for which copyright exists. This applies to all illustrations, but does not apply to brief quotes of material with appropriate attribution to their creators.
Submission requirements. All manuscripts, sent for the first time, must be submitted unfolded and in triplicate. The first or initial submission must be hard copy, that is, on paper only — no electronic formats. Manuscripts will not be returned, so make sure you keep your own copies!
Final paper and electronic submission. If a paper is accepted, the author should arrange for translations as described above: full translations for theoretical articles; translated abstracts for critical articles. The final, revised version of the manuscript should be delivered (i) in two hardcopies (paper copies) — one clean and the other with revisions marked; and (ii) in electronic format on a 3-1/2 inch floppy disk. The authors should make sure that the hardcopy and disk are identical; in case of differences, the hardcopy takes precedence. With the hardcopy, supply good quality originals of the artwork, if any. For the disk: (i) specify what software was used — word processing software should be used, desktop publishing software should not; (ii) specify hardware used (PC or Mac); (iii) do not mix tables and graphics, if any, with the text file — include the text, tables and graphics as a separate files; (iv) do not use excessive layout styling — most formatting codes will be removed.
Title page. The title page must contain: (i) the full title of the article; (ii) name of the author(s); (iii) affiliation of the author(s) at the time the work was conducted; (iv) full corresponding address of the author(s), telephone and fax numbers; (v) email addresses; and (vi) a footnote giving any acknowledgements.
Style and references. All typing must be double-spaced,
including all text, title, captions, author affiliation, notes, and references. Use centered subheadings for sections. All works cited must be listed under
“References” at the end of the paper, arranged in alphabetical order. Avoid abbreviation of journal titles and incomplete references.
Ometeca follows the style guidelines of the MLA Style Manual. Lots of guidance is available on the web as well, searching for “MLA citation.”
The following examples are based on the 6th edition (2003).
Sample citations in text: Do not use footnotes or endnotes for citing
works. Use the parenthetical method described in the MLA Style Manual. For example, “Hert and Marchionini found that,” or “... as found in other studies
(Hert & Marchionini; Clarke & Willett).” If you mention more than one work by the same author, add the year of each work, e.g. (Menendez 1950, 1955).
Whether paraphrasing or quoting directly, the source must be credited. For a direct quote supply page numbers, e.g.
(Anderson 445). Also provide page numbers when citing only a part of a work.
Sample citations in “Works Cited”:
Citing a book: Hoeg, Jerry, Kevin S. Larsen, and Rafael Català. Ometeca Institute: Encouraging Relations between the Sciences and the Humanities. 2nd ed. St. Petersburg, Florida: Ometeca Institute, 2010.
Note: Please put titles in italics, not underlined. If persons are
editors or compilers, after their name(s) add “comp.” or “ed".” or “comps.” or “eds.” as appropriate after a comma. The first author is reversed for
alphabetical sorting. Any other authors are in natural order. Use the full names that authors use in their works. Do not reduce forenames to initials. Edition number
should be included as above unless it’s the first edition.
Citing a chapter or part of a book: Anderson, James Doig. “Managing Citations in an Academic Journanl.” Citing Styles for Academic Journals. Ed. William Homestead. Toledo, Spain: Universidad de Toledo, 2009. 20-27.
Citing a periodical article: Peña González, Miguel Anxo. “Influjo de la ‘Escuela de Salamanca’ en las Independencias Americanas.” Ometeca 13 (2009): 27-68.
Note: If there is no volume number, include full date without parentheses, e.g. 29 Jan. 2009: 27-68. If accessed from a website, add names of website or database, date of access plus URL. Put the URL in <…>. End all citations with a period.
Citing a web site: Ometeca. Ometeca Institute. 29 January 2010 (www.ometeca.org).
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