Anonymisation
Anonymisation instructions
As indicated in the peer review process, Papers, Revista de Sociología uses the "double-blind" model to guarantee the quality and thoroughness of the proposals submitted. The article, if it passes the pre-editing filter, will be sent for peer review, and it is essential that they do not know the identity of the authorship of the article they receive, i.e. the same people who write it, and this is what we mean by anonymisation: hiding the identity of the authors.
So we require an anonymised version to be submitted for review. In Papers is needed to replace the authorship with the formula "*anonymised*". Here are some examples of what to do and what not to do in order to submit your paper correctly so that your paper does not suffer temporary delays in the editorial process for not complying strictly with these rules, since, if it is not submitted as indicated, it will be requested before starting the evaluation process.
If the article is accepted, a final version will be requested with full authorship, information in English and a series of conditions that we will request in due course.
Anonymous version
Let us assume that the author and the author submitting the article are named María Rodríguez and Jairo Castillo. Their information and institutional affiliation should not appear on the first page, in headings, or elsewhere in the document. Nor should a separate document be submitted as a "first page". This information, as indicated in the submission guidelines, should be included in the cover letter within the same submission application, not as a separate document. Nor should there be any reference to research projects, acknowledgements or any other information sensitive to identifying authorship.
So, let's suppose that there are 3 references of these authors, i.e. self-citations, which before anonymising could be:
Castillo, J. (2020). AAAA reports. Journal A, 3(4), 123-456. https://doi.org/xxxxxxxxxxx
Castillo, J. and García, P. (2021). BBBB studies. Journal B, 3(4), 123-456. https://doi.org/xxxxxxxxxxx
Rodríguez, M., Castillo and Caparrós, L. (2022). Teaching CCCC. Journal C, 3(4), 123-456. https://doi.org/xxxxxxxxxxx
In addition, they are quoted in the body of the text. The citations, before anonymising, could be:
(Castillo, 2020)
In this sense, Castillo and García (2021) indicate...
(Rodríguez et al., 2022)
Now, the way to anonymise these three references in order to submit the document to Papers, would be:
(*anonymised*)
In this sense, *anonymised* indicates...
(*anonymised*)
The reference list should not include any information about anonymous documents, not even the word *anonymised*. Here are some examples of how anonymous references should NOT be included, marked in bold, as they would contain more information that would allow the reviewer to eventually search the internet or guess the identity of the authors:
*anonymised*
*anonymised* (2020).
*anonymised* (2020). AAAA reports
*anonymised* and Garcia, P. (2021). B Magazine, 3(4), 123-456. https://doi.org/xxxxxxxxxxx
*anonymised*, *anonymised* and Caparrós, L. (2022). https://doi.org/xxxxxxxxxxx
In other words, the list of references is simply presented with the other references, which do not belong to the same authors of the articles.
In the citation in the body of the text, the logic is the same. Following the examples given above, the way to anonymise would be:
(*anonymised*)
In this sense, *anonymised* indicates...
Examples of how NOT to present citations in the anonymised version (in bold the errors to avoid):
(Castillo, 2020)
In that line, *anonymised* and Garcia (2021) indicate...
IMPORTANT: These anonymisation instructions apply only and exclusively to references and citations from the same people who write the article, the self-citations. That is, all other references and citations should be included complete. Continuing with the example, let us suppose that the article by María Rodríguez and Jairo Castillo includes 20 references in total, and only 3 of those references include one of the two authors who wrote the article (María Rodríguez or Jairo Castillo). Anonymisation should only be applied to those 3 references, as explained above. The rest of the references that do not include them as authors, the other 17, should not be anonymised and should be included complete.
We recommend searching for the authors' surnames in Word/Libreoffice in order to locate possible errors and avoid delaying the decision time on your article.
When uploading the document to the platform, it should be uploaded as "article text", so that it will be displayed in a drop-down menu.
