Papeles del CEIC is divided into four main sections: Research Articles, Critical Papers, Fundamentals, and Inherited Identity. Research articles can be gathered in single topic issues in collaboration with invited editors.

Research Articles. The main section of Papeles del CEIC gathers complete and developed research works, both theoretical and empirical. The journal is permanently open to the reception of manuscripts for this section. The manuscripts submitted must be no longer than 9,000 words, including footnotes, headings, abstract, and keywords. The articles will be peer reviewed through a double-blind system. Proposals are accepted all year round.

Critical Papers is meant to be a space for texts that review and comment on a range of materials produced in any format (books, audiovisual materials, narrative films, blogs, etc.) and connected with the issues and subjects addressed by the journal. Each paper featured will be 3.000 words or less. The texts must include the title of the work discussed, the author, and the year of publication or release, as well as the publisher or production company, if applicable. The author of the review must also give his or her name, email address, and institution, and, if possible, a link for full or partial access to the material reviewed. Any pieces submitted for publication must be considered and approved by the editorial board of Papeles del CEIC and its advisors. Submissions must be sent in at least two months before the corresponding issue closes (end of December and end of July). No more than four “critical papers” will be published per issue and, whenever possible, they will deal with subjects connected with the special issue’s theme.

The Fundamentals section gathers texts that are particularly significant for furthering theoretical discussions in the areas of interest of Papeles del CEIC. These are published texts that are not put through the journal’s peer review process, but which incorporate key elements for reflection on the foundations of the topics addressed in the journal. Proposals for this section are accepted all year round, and if they have not been submitted upon request of the editorial board, they must be accompanied by a statement indicating why their publication is of interest, and, in the case of published texts, the appropriate permissions for translation and/or republication. 

The section Inherited identity includes didactic, critical, problematizing articles that deal predominantly with: 1) concepts that challenge the question of identity; or 2) authors who, in their work, have contributed stimulating reflections on identity, addressing it head-on, or taking a few detours through its different manifestations (race, nationality, gender, generation, community, class, etc.), or 3) 1 and 2 together. The section is nourished by unpublished texts, preferably short (between 4,000 and 5,000 words). Prior to publication, the works will be read and discussed by the editors of the section and by specialists in the topics specially invited.

Single topic issues. Papeles del CEIC accepts suggestions for single topic issues or chooses a topic of interest for which it calls articles and commissions the editing process to a guest editor. Any editors wishing to suggest an issue must send a well-supported proposal via email to the journal (papeles@identidadcolectiva.es), indicating why it is of interest, how it fits the journal's lines of work, and, if applicable, including a list of possible articles and authors that could make up the core of the issue. If the suggested issue is approved, an open call for collaborations will be posted on the News section of the journal's website at least one year in advance of the projected date of publication of the single topic issue. All papers submitted for publication must comply with formal criteria for research articles and will be treated as such (i.e., evaluated through a double-blind review process). The journal is open to the reception of manuscripts all year round, with a term of 18 to 24 months between the approval of a proposed manuscript and its publication.