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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 article has university extension as its main object of study and makes contributions that are a direct contribution to this field.
  • The article is original, has not been previously published, and is not under consideration by any other journal (or an explanation has been provided in the "Comments to the editor" within the OJS system).
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines below.
  • The article fully complies with the indications in the Article Submission Template.
  • The article is original, has not been previously published, and is not under consideration by any other journal (or an explanation has been provided in the "Comments to the editor" within the OJS system).
  • The article has university extension as its main object of study and makes contributions that are a direct contribution to this field.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines below.
  • The article fully complies with the indications in the Article Submission Template.

Author Guidelines

Masquedós, the Extension Journal of the National University of the Center of the Province of Buenos Aires, announces that the call for submissions of academic articles and bibliographic reviews remains open throughout the year, with biannual publication periods (June and December).
Contributions will be received entirely through the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform, by registering with username and password.
Teachers, researchers, experts and extension workers from all Argentine and foreign universities can write. Advanced students, members of civil society organizations, officials from municipal, provincial and national governments who participate in extension practices can also submit as co-authors. Articles in Spanish or Portuguese are allowed.
 
Masquedós Journal accepts the following types of documents:
1.Research articles: present original and unpublished results arising as a product of systematic research processes or extension projects, programs and practices. Academic articles must be located in one of the sections provided by the magazine (see Approach and Escope)  
2. Bibliographic Reviews: present and discuss a work of specialized literature, usually books. The reviewer is expected to account for the objective, development, contributions and limitations of the publication reviewed.

PUBLICATION RULES
1. Authors
- May include up to a maximum of 4 authors. Authorship in a scientific paper should be attributed solely to those who: a) substantially contribute to the research/article; b) participate in the construction of preliminary versions or in the review of the article's content; c) approve the final version of the article to be published; and d) take responsibility for ensuring the accuracy and integrity of what is expressed in the article.
- The following information about each author must be included at the beginning of the submitted document: full name, academic or institutional affiliation, e-mail and ORCID code. If you do not have your ORCID code, you can obtain it by registering at https://orcid.org/signin 
- The above information, from all authors of the article, must also be completed when uploading your submission in the OJS system in the Metadata section.
- Authorship data will be preserved during the double-blind peer review process.
- Authors may not submit more than 1 (one) article per call.
 
2. Document format
General guidelines: Documents submitted must be in Microsoft Word, OpenOffice, RTF or WordPerfect format and must follow these formatting guidelines: A4 sheet, Normal margins (3.0 cm right and left and 2.5 cm top and bottom), Open Sans or Times New Roman 11 font and single spacing; to highlight words italics should be used instead of underlining (except in URL addresses).
Submitted documents may have a maximum of 15 pages for academic articles, 10 for articles in the Extension in Motion section and 5 for Bibliographic Reviews, including references, footnotes and tables.

Explanatory notes: All explanatory notes must be incorporated as footnotes (notes at the end of the document or footnotes from the title, authors or abstract are not allowed). Footnotes should be indicated with Arabic numerals and used to make clarifications about the content of the document and not to include bibliographic references.
Format: Open Sans  of Times New Roman 8 font, single spacing.
If the work arises as part of a project (extension, research, chair, etc.) the full name of the project, reference number and funding entity, if any, must be indicated in a footnote. Avoid incorporating data that could lead to the identification of the authors such as the names of those who direct / co-direct or are part of such projects.
 
Tables, charts and figures: all tables, charts and figures, if possible, should be editable in the document. They must have a title, be numbered and cited in the text before their presentation. They must include source of preparation and be inserted in their corresponding locations. All figures must be legible and high quality. 
 
Citation and referencing standards: The magazine uses the American Psychological Association (APA) system, 7th edition (https://apastyle.apa.org/). Below are some general guidelines. More examples can be found at the end of this section or at https://normas-apa.org/.    
- Citations will be made within the text in the general format of author (year) or (author, year). In the case of two authors, author & author (year) or (author & author, year) will be indicated. In the case of three or more authors, only the last name of the first author will be used, followed by the words "et al." and then the year of publication. For example, author et al. (year) or (author et al., year). If two or more documents by the same author and year of publication are cited, a lowercase letter (a, b, c) will be used immediately after the year of publication to differentiate them. For example (author, 2023a) and (author, 2023b).
- Textual quotes of less than 40 words will be put in quotation marks within the paragraph. Those exceeding 40 words will be in a separate paragraph, without quotation marks and with a 1.5 cm left indent. In both cases, the page from which the textual quote was taken must be indicated, following the indications of the APA 7th edition standards. For example (author, year, p. 23).
- Bibliographic references will be included in a section at the end of the document under the heading "References". The existence of total correspondence between the citation in the body of the text and the references included must be verified. Whenever possible, the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) or consultation link (URL) should be included.
 
References must be presented in alphabetical order. In the case of two or more publications by the same author, those published only by the author are recorded first, followed by references with other authors ordered alphabetically by last name. They will also be ordered according to their year of publication (from oldest to most recent). If two or more documents by the same author and year of publication are referenced, a lowercase letter (a, b, c) will be used immediately after the year of publication to differentiate them.
 
3. Writing
The writing should be clear, precise and conceptually rigorous. Excessive use of acronyms and footnotes that hinder the fluid reading of the document is discouraged.
Those who write the documents submitted for evaluation are urged to take into account the use of non-sexist language, considering gender diversity and not using only the masculine gender.
 
4. Structure and content
The structure of the work will have the following sections (in this order): title, abstract and keywords; introduction, body of work, conclusion or final contributions and references.
 
I. Title, abstract and keywords:
Title: should be concise and correspond to the content of the work. Have up to 15 words and be written respecting capital and lowercase letters. Footnotes clarifying the title of the article are not allowed.
Abstract: Should be equal to or less than 250 words. It is important that the abstract presents a brief introduction to the research topic-problem, presents the objective of the work, briefly outlines the methodology and methods used (if applicable) and indicates the main results and contributions. Avoid including references.
Keywords: a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 6 single or compound words must be specified; presented in alphabetical order and separated by semicolons (;).

The title, abstract and keywords must be written in the original language of the publication. If the document is approved for publication and was originally written in Spanish, the incorporation of title, abstract and keywords in Portuguese and English will be requested; if the document is approved for publication and was originally written in Portuguese, the incorporation of title, abstract and keywords in Spanish and English will be requested.

In the case of Bibliographic Reviews, the following must be indicated:
1. Full title of the reviewed work
2. Full name of its authors, editors or compilers
3. Year of publication and edition number of the book
4. Name of publisher and place of publication
5. ISBN
6. Access URL or download site
7. Keywords
 
II.  Introduction:
Should present a brief delineation of the research topic-problem with respect to the specific disciplinary field of university extension. A review of the background should be made to demonstrate the novelty of the contributions and justify the importance of the work. It is recommended to present the research objective, as well as a paragraph that accounts for the structure of the document. 
 
III.  Development: 
It will consist of the sections and subsections that the authors deem pertinent to incorporate for the fulfillment of the proposed objectives. For academic articles it is recommended that the content of the body of the work follows the traditional structure of sections referring to theoretical framework, methodology and results, beyond the particular title assigned to such sections. In relation to this, it is suggested:
- Theoretical framework or literature review: includes the logical sequence of the background of the research topic-problem as well as the presentation of the perspective, approach or vision of university extension within which the study is framed. They are expected to present conceptual references to university extension and a critical analysis in which the addressed topic-problem is problematized. An up-to-date and relevant bibliographic review should be sought.
- Methodology: should present and justify the methods, techniques and sources used in order to fulfill the proposed objectives.
- Results and discussion: should demonstrate a relationship between the background and the results of the work. An analytical presentation of the results is suggested in order to establish a dialogue based on the contributions of the work.
 
IV. Conclusion or final contributions:
It is suggested to emphasize the novel contributions of the document to the field of university extension, expose the limitations of the work and propose future lines of research. It is important to recover and discuss the results of the study in light of the theoretical perspectives and background within which the work is framed.
 
V. References:
Only those references cited in the body of the text should be incorporated following the format indicated by the APA 7th edition Standards. Some examples are indicated below. More examples can be found at https://normas-apa.org/. 
 
Journal article  
Castañeda Naranjo, L. A. y Palacios Neri, J. (2015). Nanotecnología: fuente de nuevos paradigmas. Mundo Nano. Revista Interdisciplinaria en Nanociencias y Nanotecnología, 7(12), 45-49. https://doi.org/10.22201/ceiich.24485691e.2014.12.49710
 
Book
Herrera Cáceres, C. y Rosillo Peña, M. (2019). Confort y eficiencia energética en el diseño de edificaciones. Universidad del Valle.
 
Segato, R. (2010). Las estructuras elementales de la violencia. Ensayos sobre género entre la antropología, el psicoanálisis y los derechos humanos. Prometeo Libros. 
 
Book chapter
Renteria Salazar, P. (2006). El comienzo de la renovación. En M. A. Flórez Góngora (Ed.), Bogotá: Renovación Urbana (p. 80-100). Empresa De Renovacion Urbana.
 
Paper presented at conference or congress
Rahman, R., Grau, B., & Rosset, S. (2018). Impact of entity graphs on extracting semantic relations. En J. A. Lossio-Ventura, & H. Alatrista-Salas. (Eds.), Information management and big data: 4th Annual International Symposium, SIMBig 2017 (pp. 31-47). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90596-9
 
Maynard, J. A., Talavera, A., Forero, L., & Pacheco, M. A. C. (Julio, 2018). Estimating the geological properties in oil reservoirs through multi-gene genetic programming [Sesión de conferencia]. 2018 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC). Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. https://doi.org/10.1109/CEC.2018.8477910
 
Stucchi, L., Pastor, J. M., García-Algarra, J., & Galeano J. (octubre, 2018). Generic model of population dynamics [Presentación de paper]. FisEs'18, XXII Congreso de Física Estadística, Madrid, España. https://fises18.gefenol.es/media/contribution_edited/P-060.pdf
 
Thesis or monograph
Martínez Ribón, J. G. T. (2011) Propuesta de metodología para la implementación de la filosofía Lean (construcción esbelta) en proyectos de construcción [Tesis de Maestría, Universidad Nacional de Colombia]. http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/10578/
 
Article on website 
Riera, M. (20 de enero de 2020). Re: Cancelar hipoteca o invertir [Comentario en foro en línea]. https://www.helpmycash.com/preguntas/30255/cancelar-hipoteca-o-invertir/
 
Laws or Legal documents 
Ley 1060 de 2006. Por la cual se modifican las normas que regulan la impugnación de la paternidad y la maternidad. 26 de julio de 2006. D.O. No. 46341.
 
Newspaper articles
Carreño, L. (9 de febrero de 2020). La disputa gremial por los aranceles a las prendas de vestir. El Espectador. https://www.elespectador.com/economia/la-disputa-gremial-por-los-aranceles-las-prendas-de-vestir-articulo-903768
 
Web page 
Riera, M. (20 de enero de 2020). Re: Cancelar hipoteca o invertir [Comentario en foro en línea]. https://www.helpmycash.com/preguntas/30255/cancelar-hipoteca-o-invertir/
 
Reports
Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económico (2020). La dinámica de la urbanización de África 2020: Áfricapolis, mapeando una nueva geografía urbana. Estudios de África occidental, Editorial OECD, https://doi.org/10.1787/b6bccb81-en
 
Article submission template (Link)

Enfoques

Espacio de debate y reflexión teórica de los procesos de extensión en la región latinoamericana, dando cuenta de la pluralidad de miradas e intervenciones, de su relevancia en la formación y transformación universitaria y social, y en el papel preponderante que cumplen en la democratización del conocimiento. Las propuestas a evaluar para su publicación deben constituir una instancia superadora de la mera descripción de las actividades y experiencias de extensión.

Territorio y currícula

Se espera reunir escritos que den cuenta de cómo es la construcción metodológica de prácticas e intervenciones territoriales, así como la incorporación en las aulas de aquellos temas y problemáticas que emerjan de los procesos de diálogo en el territorio. En todos los casos deberán mencionarse las perspectivas teórico-metodológicas.

Políticas públicas

Políticas públicas y estrategias universitarias para la planificación y gestión de la función de la extensión y su vinculación con las demás funciones sustantivas, con el objetivo de conocer y analizar los distintos abordajes de la cuestión social en el plano universitario.

Mirada Latinoamericana

Análisis de experiencias de distintas universidades de la región, a partir de las cuales se da el proceso de construcción de una mirada latinoamericana y caribeña en la relación universidad-sociedad.

Extensión en movimiento

Se trata de artículos académicos que tienen como objetivo central la sistematización o el relato de experiencias de extensión universitaria, dando cuenta de una praxis extensionista que habita vastos y diversos territorios. Sus principales contribuciones emergen a partir de la descripción de la propia práctica extensionista, que trae a la luz particularidades a considerar por quienes integran los equipos, así como del diálogo entre los resultados y hallazgos de la experiencia y los marcos teóricos que le han servido de soporte.

Reseñas

Descripciones de libros y bibliografías especializadas en extensión universitaria.

Copyright Notice

The authors retain the intellectual property of their articles, agreeing to transfer to Masquedós the rights for their publication and guaranteeing the journal the right to be the first publisher of the work. The articles are protected by a Creative Commons “Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA” license as detailed in the Editorial Policy. After an article is published, the journal authorizes its partial or total reproduction as long as the source is cited by mentioning: author(s), year, title, volume, number, and DOI; and as the source: Revista Masquedós.

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