Submissions

Author Guidelines

To start a new submission, click HERE (including submissions for special issues).  

We suggest that you access the About the journal section to check the journal scope.

Manuscript preparation
RLFP publishes original articles, review essays and discussions. Article manuscripts should not be longer than 10,000 words; review essay manuscripts should not be longer than 6,000 words; discussion manuscripts should not be longer than 5,000 words. Manuscripts may be either in Spanish or in English and must be submitted in word or RTF format. RLFP will only consider submissions that are not currently under review at another journal.

Author details and acknowledgments must be removed for purposes of blind refereeing.

Abstract
Please, provide a short abstract of about 150 words.

Key words
Please, provide 5 key words in alphabetical order.

References

All references should follow the The Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition), which can be accessed here. The Journal adopts the in-line citation system, not the note system. Authors should includ a list at the end with all the references, under the heading 'References'. Each author's given name should be included, so as to make contributions by women visible.

Notes
All notes should be presented as end-notes.
Manuscripts will be sent to blind referees.

Review Process
Manuscripts are sent to at least two independent referees. RLFP adheres to a ‘double blind’ review process: Authors are unaware of who reviewed their manuscript, and reviewers are not told who wrote it.

Reviewers give their opinion on scientific and formal aspects of the manuscript, and judge it on grounds of originality and pertinence. All relevant information is forwarded to the author.

Reviewers come to one of these four assessments:

1. Accept (no need for any revision)

2. Accept after revision (accepted if the author makes the requested revisions)

3. Revise and resubmit (accepted or rejected after revisions have been made – manuscript will be sent out for another review round)

4. Reject manuscript (if the manuscript is substandard)

Manuscripts may be rejected directly by the Editor if judged to be outside the journal scope or if does not meet minimal scientific or formal requirements.

In case of conflicting reviews the manuscript is sent to a third independent reviewer.

The estimated time for review and publication for each article is 8 to 12 weeks. To facilitate rapid publication, authors are given a maximum of 2 months for revision. After 2 months, revised manuscripts will be considered new submissions.

Authors are not required to pay any article processing charges or article submission charges.

Texts produced by artificial intelligence will not be accepted. Any use of IA must be declared at the end of the manuscript sent to the RLFP.

Scope

The Latin American Journal of Political Philosophy accepts, through its open call for papers, articles on political philosophy and practical philosophy relevant to political philosophy. Articles should adopt an argumentative style, proposing an original and clear philosophical hypothesis defended through arguments. Articles may be situated within any philosophical tradition, provided they meet the above criteria. In addition to systematic articles, the journal accepts contributions with a historical perspective that demonstrate their relevance to the discussion of contemporary philosophical and political problems.