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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 submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • All submitted documents required for peer review are anonymized, including file names and document properties.
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • The text has been checked by a native speaker for grammatical and phraseological correctness.
  • The text is single-spaced; use footnotes, rather than endnotes; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.

Author Guidelines

1. Scope of the journal

The International Journal of Music and Cultural Studies (IJMCS) is an innovative academic journal that fosters research at the nexus of musicology, ethnomusicology, and various cultural disciplines. It invites scholarly investigations that illuminate the complex relationships between music and culture, with a particular emphasis on contemporary phenomena. Through its commitment to rigorous scholarship and intellectual exchange, the journal strives to advance understanding, provoke critical dialogue, and promote interdisciplinary approaches to the study of music and culture.

 

2. Languages of publication

Contributions may be accepted in any of the languages on the GIMUR list of official languages. Contributions will appear published in the original language. Whenever possible, IJMuP will provide translations of the articles into Spanish and English.

3. Sending originals

The authors will send the journal the file of their article completely adapted to the template provided.

TEMPLATE

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The recommended length of the texts will depend on the section to which it is intended and the number of collaborations in each monograph. Approximately:

Research articles may have up to 40,000 characters (including spaces and footnotes).

All other contributions will have between 18,000 and 25,000 characters (including spaces and footnotes).

In all cases, the specific length of each contribution will be determined by the publisher of each issue.

4. Acceptance and revision of the originals

To participate in the International Journal of Music and Cultural Studies (IJMCS) , authors must submit their originals on our Journal platform. For each number, a Call for papers will be established according to the specific theme planned. However, the call will be open permanently.

The Editorial Board will carry out an initial review of the works and will select those that may be consistent with the number to be published. When necessary, external specialists specializing in certain topics will be invited

The revisions will be carried out by members of the editorial team. The coordinator of each number will designate internal evaluators. Within a reasonable period of time from the receipt of the article, the editorial decision will be communicated, including the reasons why the manuscripts have been accepted, rejected or requested to be reviewed.

5. Illustration and appendices

As can be read in the template, the articles may contain tables, graphs or figures (images, maps or the like may be included in figures). All of them will be included in .jpg format. They should be numbered correlatively and inserted in the appropriate space within the article. It is essential that the text explain the importance of the graphic elements.

If the contribution includes appendices (these are counted as part of the length of the text) they should appear at the end of the article.

6. Writing the text, citations and references

For citation in the journal, the Style Manual must be used: Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA). 7th ed.

https://normas-apa.org/wp-content/uploads/Guia-Normas-APA-7ma-edicion.pdf

https://guides.library.uq.edu.au/referencing/apa7/about

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