Submissions

Author Guidelines

Application procedure

1. Please refer to the HN Journal rules in this section. Adapt your article using the Journal's template.
2. Send your article with the authors' data (full name, ORCID, email, institution, city and country) through the email editor@humannetworksjournal.org
3. Wait for the opinion within a period of no more than 90 business days.

Guidelines for the submission of papers

Papers to be published in HN JOURNAL"Transdisciplinary Studies in Communication and Society" must be unpublished and must not have been submitted simultaneously to another publication. Papers should conform to the following guidelines:

• Papers should be submitted in MS Word format, Times New Roman font, 12 point, space 1 with an identified original and sent with signed letter to the journal editor.
• Only original research articles or systematic reviews (using methodologies such as PRISMA) are accepted. In the case of quantitative research, the sample must be representative (380 or more people). In the case of qualitative research, the corpus must guarantee saturation.
• In the case of systematic reviews, the PRISMA Flow Diagram Generator app or another graphical tool can be used (SEE EXAMPLE OF ARTICLE WITH SYSTEMATIC REVIEW).
• Number of authors: up to 3 authors (systematic reviews) or up to 6 if it is an original field research with a broad scope and samples larger than 380 persons (quantitative research). In the case of qualitative research, up to 6 authors are also accepted if the corpus guarantees saturation.
• Authors should write their institutional data as it appears in the template above.
• Authors should include the title of the paper, an abstract in Spanish and English between 150 and 250, with three key words in both languages.
• The length of the papers should be between 3000 and 5000 words. The content of the papers should follow the criteria for scientific articles.
• The outline of a research article should be followed: TITLE, ABSTRACT, ABSTRACT, INTRODUCTION, METHODOLOGY, RESULTS, CONCLUSIONS, REFERENCES, and REFERENCES.
• Articles will be accepted in Spanish, English, Portuguese and other languages in special cases, and will always include abstract and keywords in Spanish.
• The use of up to three levels of titles in the papers is preferred.
  APA STANDARDS 7th edition should be used.
• The same author CANNOT publish in more than one issue. He/she must wait until the next issue.
• The graphics must be presented in an editable format.
• Articles that do not meet the requirements will not be accepted.

Authorship criteria

The contributions of each author conform to the role taxonomy established in CRediT by CASRAI (https://casrai.org/credit/).

1. Conceptualization
2. Data curation
3. Formal analysis - statistical techniques, data analysis
4. Acquisition of funds
5. Research - research process.
6. Methodology - design and development.
7. Project administration - management and coordination.
8. Resources - provision of study materials.
9. Software - programming, design and implementation.
10. Planning oversight and leadership.
11. Validation - verification.
12. Visualization - data presentation.
13. Writing - original document.
14. Writing - reviewing and editing

The contributor role taxonomy divides the participation roles into 14 typologies through which an author can be recognized in the publication. Author roles are added in the “authorship contributions” section at the end of the article, including each author(s) in the role(s) that correspond to him or her, and omitting roles that do not apply.

Guidelines required for Academic SEO

1. Create a search engine friendly title.
   • Include 1 or 2 keywords related to your topic.
   • Place your keywords within the first 65 characters of your title.
   • Keep your title short.
   • Consider moving a sentence from the title to the first or second sentence of the abstract.
2. Optimize your abstract
   Place essential findings and keywords in the first two sentences of your abstract. Only the first two sentences are normally displayed in search engine results.
   • Repeat your keywords 3 to 6 times.
   • Don't forget that the purpose of your abstract is to express the key points of your research, clearly and concisely.
   • See below for an example of a well-optimized abstract.

3. Use keywords throughout your article
   • Include keywords in the title (1-2), abstract (2-3), and keywords (5-7) fields.
   • Keywords can be keyword phrases rather than single words.
   • Incorporate keywords in your headings as well.
   • Headings tell search engines the structure and content of your article.
   • Find specific keywords in Google Trends and Google Adwords keyword tools.
   • Remember that keywords are important for A&I services as well as SEO.
   • Use consistent keywords. Let keywords flow naturally and contextually. Search engines don't like too much keyword repetition, known as keyword stuffing, and may “de-index” your article, making it difficult to find online.
4. Be consistent
   Refer to authors' names and initials consistently throughout the document. Remember to be consistent with any previous online publications.
5. Create links
   • Link to your article through your social networks, networks and institutional sites.
   • The more inbound links to your article, the more your content will be valued and highlighted by search engines such as Google.
   • Encourage your colleagues to link to your article.
   • The more links from respected people/trusted sites, the more powerful the effect.