Submitting Book Reviews

The journal accepts book reviews written in Spanish and Portuguese on a rolling basis throughout the year. Depending on the number of submissions received and accepted, authors will be informed in due course of the volume and issue in which their contributions will appear.

The works reviewed must constitute a recent editorial contribution; therefore, they must have been published within the last two years.

Submitted reviews must be original and unpublished and may not be under simultaneous consideration by other journals, conference proceedings, books, or publishers, whether national or international.

Acceptance of reviews by the journal implies the inclusion of the full text in any specialized databases deemed appropriate by the editor for indexing purposes, with the aim of increasing the visibility of the journal and its content.

The journal follows an Open Access model in order to promote the use and circulation of freely accessible information. It is also published under the Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial 4.0 International License. Accordingly, all works published in the journal are freely available online and may be shared within the international scientific and academic community.

This scientific journal does not charge any fees for the processing or publication of reviews, nor does it impose embargo periods on authors. All content is available in full text without restrictions.

The Editorial Board reserves the following rights:

  1. To commission articles or critical reviews from specialists when deemed appropriate. Such contributions will also be subject to external peer review;
  2. To reject submissions that fall outside the scope of the journal;
  3. To determine the order in which accepted works are published.

Authors are requested to familiarize themselves with the journal’s editorial policies before submitting their manuscripts.

GENERAL GUIDELINES

Texts must be prepared using the Review Template provided below and submitted in Word format (2007 version or later). If the text contains special characters, authors are advised to also submit a PDF version.

The minimum length for book reviews is 2,000 words and the maximum is 2,500 words; reviews of edited volumes or multi-volume works may reach a maximum length of 4,000 words.

Reviews must be submitted through the journal’s website (https://rasal.sael.org.ar/) by registering as an author and selecting the “Reviews” section. For inquiries, please contact revistarasal@rasal.sael.org.ar.

In the submission form, authors must provide the title of the work under review and the name(s) of the author(s) (please do not complete the “Prefix” field). In addition, authors are requested to add their institutional affiliation(s) under the “Contact” tab via the “Edit Profile” option, along with their respective ORCID iDs.

In addition to the manuscript, authors must include the Statement of Authorship (available below) as part of the submission process on the platform.

CONTENT GUIDELINES

  1. review must be written in an evaluative tone and express a clear position on the work under review. It is not expected to be necessarily laudatory; it may be critical, but personal attacks and disrespectful, aggressive, or derogatory comments must be avoided.
  2. The topic and central problem (or topics and central problems) of the work under review must be made explicit at the beginning of the review.
  3. The intended readership of the work must be specified, that is, who the work is primarily addressed to or who its potential readers are. There may be a divergence between the audience identified by the author and the audience that the reviewer considers most appropriate given the characteristics of the work.
  4. The structure of the work (parts and chapters) must be presented, along with a comprehensive summary of its content. In the case of edited volumes, it is recommended that attention be distributed evenly across the different parts.
  5. The presence of glossaries, appendices, or annotated bibliographies should be mentioned, if applicable.
  6. The work should be related to other works by the same author or to other works on the same topic.
  7. It is recommended to contextualize the work by relating its form and content to the time and place in which it was published.
  8. The most original contributions and the most solidly developed aspects of the work must be identified.
  9. It is essential that every review identify the limitations of the scope of the work and the weaknesses in its treatment of the topic. This is a defining feature of the review genre.
  10. It is recommended to cite works directly related to the text under review, which allows for comparisons and the identification of thematic convergences.

GENERAL FORMAT

Texts must follow the structure outlined below:

  • Bibliographic details of the work under review
  • Author information (full name, institutional affiliation, and ORCID iD)
  • Main text following the template
  • References

Template format (downloadable): Page size: 16 × 23.5 cm. Margins: Top 2.9 cm; Bottom 2.4 cm; Left and right: 1.5 cm. Main font: Times New Roman, 11 pt. Footnote font size: 10 pt. Line spacing: 1.15. Alignment: Justified. Indentation: 0.6 cm. Use automatic footnotes.

For phonetic transcriptions, authors are required to use the symbols of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and the Doulos SIL font.

MAIN TEXT

The main text must be written in Times New Roman, 11 pt, with 1.15 line spacing and a 0.6 cm indentation. Footnotes must be in 10 pt font. The text must be justified.

FOOTNOTES

Notes must be presented as footnotes (using Word’s automatic function), in 10 pt font, and without indentation. The use of footnotes should be avoided.

The footnote reference number in the text must be inserted before the final period of the sentence.

CITATIONS AND QUOTATIONS
  1. must be incorporated into the main text and enclosed in quotation marks. Page numbers must be provided.
  2. Long quotations (more than three lines) must be written with 1.15 line spacing, in regular font, 11 pt, without quotation marks, and indented 1.5 cm on both sides. Page numbers must be provided.
  3. The use of direct quotations in languages other than Spanish or Portuguese should be kept to a minimum. When necessary, a translation must be included in the main text, and the original quotation may be added in a footnote.
  4. To indicate emphasis added by the author in a quotation, include the note “emphasis added”; likewise, if the translation is by the author, indicate “translation mine.”

In-text citations:

  • Citations without page number in the text: Blake (1990)
  • Citations with page number in the text: Blake (1990, p. 15)
  • Citations without page number in parentheses: (Talmy, 2000)
  • Citations with page number in parentheses: (Talmy, 2000, p. 88)
  • Citations of works with an original publication date different from the edition consulted: Chomsky (1980 [1970]); (Chomsky, 1980 [1970]); Chomsky (1980 [1970], p. 27); (Chomsky, 1980 [1970], p. 27)
  • Citations with two authors: Chambers and Trudgill (1994); (Chambers and Trudgill, 1994)
  • Citations with three or more authors: Clark et al. (2007); (Clark et al., 2007)
  • Citations with multiple sources [alphabetical order]: Several studies (Hayes, 1995; Lass, 1984)
REFERENCES
  1. References to cited works must be listed in alphabetical order in the “References” section at the end of the manuscript. They must be in 10 pt font and use a hanging indent of 1.25 cm.
  2. Ensure that all works cited in the text are included in the “References” section and, conversely, that all references correspond to works cited in the text.
  3. The reference list must follow the guidelines of APA Style, 7th edition. Note that for works with multiple authors (up to 20), all authors must be listed in the full reference. For further details, consult the APA 7th edition guidelines online: https://normas-apa.org/referencias/. Downloadable PDF: https://normas-apa.org/wp-content/uploads/Guia-Normas-APA-7ma-edicion.pdf
  4. The DOI or URL must be provided in the references whenever possible.
  5. All bibliographic references suggested by AI tools must be verified, as these tools may generate entirely fabricated sources or portions thereof (see the journal’s Editorial Policy on the Use of AI).
OTHER EDITORIAL ASPECTS
  1. Metalinguistic uses, as well as words in other languages, unassimilated Latin expressions, and Latin abbreviations such as g. and i.e., among others, must be set in italics, not in quotation marks.
  2. Avoid the use of boldface in the manuscript.
  3. Use en dashes (–), not hyphens (-), in parenthetical expressions.
  4. Page ranges must be indicated with hyphens (e.g., 10-15).
  5. Use commas for decimals (e.g., 12,5).
  6. Use “y” instead of “&”.
  7. Cross-references to sections within the article should be indicated using only the section number in regular font (e.g., in Section 3).
  8. The abbreviation for “compare” should be “cf.” (in regular font).
  9. Centuries must be written in lowercase and in small caps (e.g., siglo xxi).
  10. Dates: when in parentheses, dates must be given numerically, with zero-padded months and slashes (e.g., 07/05/2016). In the main text, dates must be written out in full, following the format: 8 de mayo de 2014.

SUBMISSION PREPARATION CHECKLIST

Submissions must meet the following requirements before being submitted:

  • The submission has not been previously published nor is it under consideration by any other journal simultaneously.
  • The journal’s template was used for the book review.
  • The submission file is in Word format (a PDF may also be attached; cf. “General Guidelines”).
  • All in-text citations correspond to their full references in the “References” section, and vice versa.
  • The existence of all references included in the manuscript has been verified.
  • The text meets the stylistic and bibliographic requirements of APA 7th edition.
  • The manuscript follows the guidelines for the submission of reviews.
  • The editorial policies on the Use of AI are followed.
  • The Authorship Statement is attached along with the manuscript through the submission platform.