Web of Scientific Journal

ARTICLES

The original article will be sent word processed. For each job, two files will be sent:

1) Presentation: includes data for each author (name, surname, affiliation, postal address, institutional e-mail and ORCID digital identifier) and a statement signed by each author wherein they will certify their
authorship and originality of the article sent and the contracted ethical responsibilities and, if necessary, a declaration of conflicts of interest. Manuscripts originated from funded research should indicate the funding agencies.

2) Article: conforms according to the rules of this section, without any reference to the identity of the author(s).

Excel charts and images will be sent in a separate file (in JPEG or TIFF format).
The length of the article will be between 5,000 and 8,000 words, including bibliographical references.

The maximum number of authors per article shall be four. If it is an investigation in which more people have been involved, after the fourth signature the name of the authors will appear as a footnote.

Articles may be submitted in Basque, Spanish and English. Its structure is as follows:

- Title in Spanish (Arial 14, bold, centred).
- Title in English (Arial 14, centred).
- Summary in Spanish (Times New Roman 12, bold, justified): maximum of 100 words
(Times New Roman 12, justified).
- Keywords in Spanish (Times New Roman 12, bold, justified) 4 to 6 words separated with a semi-colon (Times New Roman 12, justified). They will be chosen from those that form the
Thesaurus of ZER. The author may request to the management of the journal the
inclusion of new terms in the thesaurus.
- Summary and Key Words in English (Abstract, Keywords), in the same format as in
Spanish.
- 0. Introduction (main section: Arial 12, bold, justified, without indents).
- Body of text (Times New Roman 12, justified).
- 1.1. secondary epigraph (Arial 12, italic, justified, without indents).
- 1.1.1. secondary epigraph (Times New Roman 12, italic, justified, without indents).
- The Articles will end with the heading References, unnumbered (Times New Roman 12, bold, without indents).

ZER recommends using national and international references from scientific publications from the area of social communication. In order to maintain consistency in the journal, it is recommended to include references from articles previously published in ZER, but the use of self-citations should be limited to those which are justified. Only cited works should be indicated in the article and should be ordered alphabetically by author, with hanging indent of 0.5 cm and following the rules of APA style 6th Edition 2015 (http://
blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/):

• Books
An author:
Cebrián, M. (2008). La radio en Internet. Buenos Aires: La Crujía.
Up to 7 authors:
Caridad, M., Hernández, T., Rodríguez, D., and Pérez, B. (2011). Documentación audiovisual. Madrid:
Síntesis.
• Book chapters
García, J. (2014). El discurso publicitario como productor de sentidos: algo más que anuncios. In M. Catalá, and O. Díaz (coords.), Publicidad 360º (pp. 267-277). Zaragoza: Universidad San Jorge.
• Journal articles
Agirre, A., Aiestaran, A., and Zabalondo, B. (2015). Periodistas and lectores vascos y europeos contestan sobre el futuro de la profesión. Una colección de acuerdos y desacuerdos. ZER Revista de Estudios de Comunicación, 20(39), 101-125. doi: 10.1387/zer.15525
• Journal and eBooks
Heshmati, A., and Lee, M. (2009). Information and communications technology. Princeton: Princeton University Press. From http://search.proquest.com/docview/189251427?accountid=14475

The system bibliographic citations in the text will follow the Harvard style. The letters (a, b, c ...) serve to distinguish several works by the same author / year.

An author: ZER
Aldaiturriaga (2013: 347), (Aldaiturriaga, 2013: 347).
Two authors:
Berger and Luckmann (2013: 132), (Berger & Luckmann, 2003: 132).
Three or more authors:
The first time all author names are written (Moore, Estrich & Spelman, 2012: 33), in subsequent citations et al will be used (Moore et al, 2012. 33).

The quotations of less than 40 words will be written in inverted commas and integrated into the text. The quotations of 40 words or more will go in a separate paragraph with a left indent 2.5 cm, unquoted and preceded by a colon.

Articles may include notes for clarification, especially those deemed essential. They will be placed in a footnote for better readability.

Periodical names will be written in italics, as well as the terms from another language and Latin expressions in common use. The names of radio or television programs will be in quotation marks.

Tables, graphs and illustrations will be preceded by short, descriptive titles and be numbered consecutively. Only essential tables, graphs and illustrations will be included, along with the source of origin placed at the foot of each one. They will be presented and incorporated into the text in Word. The graphics which are made in Excel will be sent both within the word document and also in their original format. Images will also be sent in their original format (JPEG or TIFF). Its technical quality has to respect press standards (300 dpi).

To verify originality, your article may be checked by the originality detection service Crossref Similarity Check.

BOOK REVIEWS

ZER accepts reviews of books related tod its field of knowledge, always and as long as they have been requested or previously approved by management. Between the publishing of the book and the publishing of the publication of the review there will noy be more than 12 months.

The authors can send their work to the journal to be reviewed.

The extension of the reviews will be between 800 and 1,000 words and will begin with a complete reference of the book -Title; Surname and Name of the Author (year); City: Publisher- and will be signed at the end. The reviews can accommodate both a description and a critical analysis.