PROCEDURES AND GUIDELINES FOR THE PRESENTATION OF MANUSCRIPTS FOR PERIODICAL PUBLICATIONS OF THE ULL PUBLICATIONS SERVICE
Submission deadline: September 10, 2025
– The text must be justified. Words should not be hyphenated at the end of a line, nor should page breaks be forced. Do not manually break lines within paragraphs (e.g., by pressing Enter), except at the end of a paragraph.
Paragraphs should not be separated by extra line spacing.
– If necessary, the body of the text should be divided into numbered sections using Arabic numerals, beginning with 0. for the Introduction. If there are subsections, the same numbering system should be followed: 1.1., 1.2., etc.
Spanish quotation marks (« ») should be used first for citations, followed by English double quotation marks (“ ”), if needed.
– Quotations exceeding five lines must appear as separate, indented paragraphs. Commas and full stops at the end of a quotation must be placed after the closing quotation mark, unless they are part of the quoted material (e.g., question or exclamation marks).
– Footnote indicators should precede punctuation marks such as commas or full stops. In the case of citations, footnote indicators should be placed outside the closing quotation mark. Superscript numbers without parentheses will be used for footnotes, which must be numbered and placed either at the bottom of the page or at the end of the article.
– Tables, charts, graphs, maps, etc., must be submitted in their original form. If scaling is necessary, a graphic (not numerical) scale must be included. All such items should be numbered with corresponding titles, and their intended placement should be indicated. References to them within the text should be made using their assigned number, so that layout adjustments can be made as needed. Authors including photographs must contact the editor in advance to determine the appropriate format and technical requirements for optimal reproduction.
– Italics should be used sparingly: for book titles, names of journals or newspapers, artworks, foreign words, and specific citations where quotation marks are insufficient.
– Immediately following italic text, punctuation should appear in regular (roman) font.
– Acronyms should omit periods: ULL (Universidad de La Laguna), CAAM (Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno), etc.
– When using “etc.” it should not be followed by ellipsis, as is often incorrectly done. Use either ellipsis or “etc.” The latter is preferred. An ellipsis consists of three dots and should be enclosed in square brackets when indicating omitted text in a quotation.
– Square brackets may appear inside parentheses, but not vice versa.
– When an italicized word is placed within parentheses or square brackets, those punctuation marks should remain in regular font.
– A comma should never precede a parenthesis or dash. If an entire sentence appears within parentheses, the period must be placed inside the closing parenthesis.
– Dates and numbers should not include full stops. For numbers with five or more digits, a thin, non-breaking space must be inserted every three digits from the right. In Microsoft Word, this space can be generated using Alt + 08201 (numeric keypad). Examples:
1000
10 000
100 000
– Spanish quotation marks (« ») are recommended for quotations, article titles, and book chapters in bibliographies or footnotes. If additional quotation marks are necessary, English ones (“ ”) should be used inside Spanish marks.
– For typographic aesthetics, the dash used for parenthetical elements should be a half-em dash (en dash), not a full em dash. It can be produced in Word using Alt + 0150 or Ctrl + minus (numeric keypad). Example: January –the first month of the year– has 31 days.
– Abbreviations of weights and measures should be lowercase, singular, and without punctuation: kg, cm, m, etc.
– Abbreviations of words should be avoided unless their repeated use justifies it for reasons of brevity or efficiency.
– The abbreviation for “número” in the text should be written as núm./núms. or n.o, but never as nº.
– “Idem,” “ibidem,” and “passim” must be written in full, without graphic accent, and in italics.
– Quotations longer than five lines must be extracted from the body text, indented, and written in a smaller font size.
– Bold type should be avoided; instead, use italics or small caps where distinctions are necessary.
– Superscript footnote indicators must appear directly next to the relevant word and always before punctuation.
– To maintain typographic balance, Roman numerals should appear in small caps rather than uppercase:
The 21st century began in 2001, not in 2000.
However, when Roman numerals are part of a name or phrase containing uppercase letters, they should appear in uppercase:
King Felipe VI is the son of Juan Carlos I.
The VI International Conference of Lexicographers will take place in Geneva.
– The English title at the beginning of each article should be placed above the abstract (not inside it), in a separate paragraph, centered, in uppercase letters and smaller font size than the Spanish title. Example:
– When citing works by the same author as the previous reference, do not use a dash to replace the author’s name. The full name should be repeated to facilitate electronic reference searches.
– When writing in Spanish, authors are advised not to use a tilde on the adverb “solo” or on demonstrative pronouns (este, ese, aquel, and their feminine and plural forms). If they choose to use the tilde, consistency must be maintained throughout the document.
– Punctuation marks following italicized words should appear in regular font unless part of an expression that continues in italics. Examples:
La metamorfosis, by Kafka (comma in regular font).
La metamorfosis, El proceso, both by Kafka (commas in regular font).
Upon awakening one morning, Gregor Samsa… (comma in italics if continuation follows in italics).
– Each journal may have its own referencing style, which must be respected.
However, it is recommended that authors follow it rigorously.
– Excessive use of uppercase letters (those known as “relevance capitals” by the Royal Spanish Academy) should be avoided. These are often used unnecessarily to denote respect, prestige, or importance. Specifically, initial capitals should not be used for common nouns referring to positions or professions: king, director, pope, president, etc. Likewise, they should not be used when referring to academic disciplines: anthropology, history, psychology…
Bibliographic References
References must appear only in footnotes. Below are examples:
Books
Example 1:
Pastor, R. (1981) Resistencias y luchas campesinas en el período de crecimiento y consolidación de la formación feudal. Castilla y León, siglos x-xiii. Madrid, Siglo XXI.
Example 2:
Blake, N.T. (1985) The Textual Tradition of the Canterbury Tales. London, Arnold.
Articles
Example:
Sánchez Albornoz, C. (1976) “Los hombres libres en el reino astur-leonés hace mil años.” Cuadernos de Historia de España, vol. 59–60, pp. 375–424.
Chapters or Articles in Edited Volumes
Marín, M. (2003) “En los márgenes de la ley: el consumo de alcohol en al- Andalus.” In: De La Puente, C. (ed.), Identidades marginales. Estudios onomástico-biográficos de al-Andalus, Madrid, CSIC, pp. 320–355.
When a work is cited in multiple footnotes, subsequent references may be shortened to the author’s surname(s) and an abbreviated title followed by the page number; or use a shortened form defined in the first citation; or cite the author’s surname(s), the note number of the first citation, and the page number.
Examples:
Pérez y Sánchez, Análisis socioeconómico, p. 133.
1 Martín Martín, (1992) “Historiografía sobre La Laguna en el siglo XVIII.”
In: Actas I Congreso Historia La Laguna, vol. II, pp. 459–478 (hereafter Martín Martín, J.L. “Historiografía”).
Please ensure that you carefully review all sections of these guidelines before submitting your manuscript.
For any questions or clarifications, the editorial team will be available to assist you. We look forward to receiving your contribution!