Guidelines for Authors

The journal Amazonía Peruana publishes articles, research updates, feature stories, and reviews related to the Amazon region and its inhabitants in general. While articles should constitute scientific contributions to our understanding of this region, they are intended for a wide readership with diverse interests related to the study of Amazonian life. The form and content of the works published in Amazonía Peruana are the sole responsibility of their authors. Authors must first review the Checklist for Submission Preparation.

       1.      Theme

The journal Amazonía Peruana covers, but is not limited to, the following thematic areas:

                   ·         Amazonian anthropology

                   ·         History of the Amazon

                   ·         Amazonian archaeology

                   ·         Amazonian ecology

                   ·         Amazonian art and literatura

                   ·         Ethnomusicology

                   ·         Interculturality

                   ·         Bilingual intercultural education

                   ·         Intercultural health

                   ·         Cultural policies

                   ·         Cultural identity

                   ·         Migration

                   ·         Social movements

                   ·         Globalization and transformations in the Amazon

                   ·         The State and Indigenous Peoples

                   ·         Intercultural Social Conflicts

                   ·         Indigenous Peoples’ Rights

 

      2.      Formal and Content-Related Requirements

Submitted manuscripts must be original and unpublished. Manuscripts submitted to the journal Amazonía peruana must be exclusive and not currently under review by another journal.

 

Formal Considerations

Manuscripts must be submitted in Word; the font should be Times New Roman, 12-point; line spacing should be 1.5; and the top, bottom, left, and right margins should be 2.5 cm. Manuscripts should not exceed 25 pages or should follow the format specified in the journal’s guidelines.

If the manuscript includes graphs, figures, images, and/or maps, they must be in .jpg or .png format with a resolution of at least 500 dpi. These should be submitted as supplementary files after attaching the manuscript.

Texts must be presented in the following order:

                 ·         Article title in Spanish and English. It must be concise and clear, with a maximum of 20 words.

                ·         Name of the author(s) in the following order: last names, first names, institutional affiliation, ORCID, and email address (preferably institutional).

                ·         Abstracts in Spanish and English. They must not exceed 200 words or 1,000 characters including spaces and must include the study’s objectives and the results found.

                ·         Keywords in two languages, Spanish and English, separated by semicolons. A minimum of 4 and a maximum of 7 must be included.

                ·         If applicable, authors may declare sources of funding and/or potential conflicts of interest.

Manuscript Content

                ·         Introduction, background, and objectives

                ·         Methods, materials used, and sources

                ·         Research results and discusión

                ·         Notes should not appear as footnotes but as a separate section preceding the bibliography.

              ·         Bibliographic references (corresponding to explicit citations in the text), in APA (American Psychological Association) style, 7th ed.

 

     3.      Journal Structure

The journal Amazonía Peruana features the following sections:

              3.1. Theme (Articles)            

Research articles, review articles (state-of-the-art), historical-bibliographic articles, and theoretical or conceptual articles that align with the journal’s thematic areas mentioned above. Submissions must be unpublished and not currently under review by other journals or conferences. Manuscripts will be reviewed by external reviewers using a double-blind peer review system.

       Structural aspects of the article

                      a.       Article title (concise and informative)

                      b.       Author(s)’ name(s), institutional affiliation, ORCID, email address (preferably institutional).

                      c.       Abstract in two languages: Spanish and English.

                     d.       Main text: The manuscript must be between 14 and 25 pages in length. If the manuscript exceeds this page limit, the author must explain to the journal why the length is justified.

                     e.       Bibliographic references (corresponding to explicit citations in the text, with a maximum of 30). It is recommended to include sources from databases such as Scopus, WoS, or Scielo, as well as from Latin American and Peruvian journals, provided that the information is relevant to the text’s content.

      General guidelines for articles

                     ·         Contribute topics related to research on the Pan-Amazon region that address the various disciplines the journal considers, as outlined in Focus and Scope and the journal’s thematic areas.

                     ·         Be original.

                     ·         Be unpublished.

                     ·         Articles may be written in modern or Amerindian languages.

                     ·         Manuscripts must be submitted in Microsoft Word, Times New Roman, 12-point font, 1.5 line spacing.

                     ·         Submitted articles will be reviewed prior to publication.

An author may publish only one manuscript per issue of the journal. Articles in which an author appears in two texts in the same issue of the journal will not be published. This may only occur in exceptional situations when there is additional space available or when the article has also passed blind peer review and the reviewers recommend its publication. Additionally, authors must submit a brief biography (no more than 10 lines) in a separate Word document, which will be included in the journal’s author information.

 

            3.2. Reviews

Critical reviews and comments on books in fields related to the disciplines covered by the journal. The review manuscript must be unpublished and not currently under consideration by other journals. The text should be submitted in Microsoft Word, using Times New Roman font, size 12, with 1.5 line spacing, and must not exceed four pages. If the review exceeds this length, the author must inform the journal of the justification for the number of pages. The language should be informative when presenting the book’s content. It is recommended that objections or criticisms of the book be included toward the end. Reviews must be of recent texts, published no more than two years prior to the current year.

      Structural aspects of the review

                    a.       Information about the reviewed text: the necessary details must be included at the top, with justified text and according to the following format.

Author’s last name(s), first name(s). Book title in italics. City: Publisher, year of publication, number of pages.

                   b.       Body of the review

                 c.       Information about the reviewer must be placed at the bottom of the page and right-aligned. The information must be listed in the following order:

       Author’s first and last names

       Institutional affiliation in italics

       Email address

       ORCID

 

           3.3. Interview

The interview may cover any topic, provided it aligns with the thematic focus of the Amazonía peruana. The interviewee must be an expert on the subject matter. The manuscript must be unpublished and not currently under review by other journals. The text must be submitted in Microsoft Word, Times New Roman, 12-point font, 1.5-line spacing, and must not exceed fifteen (15) pages.

     Structural aspects of the interview

                    a.       Title: This must be a phrase or sentence expressed by the interviewee that the interviewer considers relevant, interesting, or controversial.

                 b.       Information about the interviewer(s) in the following order: first and last names; institutional affiliation; email address (preferably institutional); and ORCID.

                    c.       Biographical information on the interviewee, including academic and/or professional background, major publications, awards, recognitions, and primary research interests. The text must not exceed ten lines and should be single-spaced.

                    d.       Body of the interview, which must consist exclusively of questions and answers. To distinguish them, the questions must be set in bold.

 

3.4.    Chronicles

 

3.5.    Obituary

A section reporting on the death of an academic figure in fields related to the disciplines covered by the journal, highlighting their achievements, life, and impact on science. The text must be submitted in Microsoft Word, Times New Roman, 12-point font, with 1.5 line spacing.

 

3.6.  Testimonial

This section presents the experiences, insights, or perspectives of specialists, experts, or leaders. Submissions should be in Microsoft Word, using Times New Roman font, size 12, with 1.5 line spacing, and should not exceed five pages.

 

       4.      Guidelines for Citations and Bibliographic References

The journal requires that manuscripts be formatted according to APA (American Psychological Association) 7th ed. The list of bibliographic references must appear at the end of the manuscript and be arranged alphabetically. Likewise, they must correspond only to explicit citations in the text. The author is responsible for ensuring that all citations have the corresponding bibliographic reference at the end of the text. If the reference pertains to a book or article not yet published, this must be indicated with the phrase “in preparation.” It is recommended not to cite “personal communication” unless it provides essential information that cannot be obtained from a printed source.

            In-text citations:

                       a.       When citing an indirect quote, contextual reference, or paraphrase in the body of the text, use the following format: the author’s last name, the publication date. For example: (Vega, 2014).

                         b.       When citing a direct or verbatim quote in the text, use the following order: the primary author’s last name, the publication date, and the page number. For example: (Vega, 2014, p. 72).

                         c.       Citations with more than one author should be formatted as follows: (Uwarai, Paz, & Regan, 1998) or (Uwarai, Paz, & Regan, 1998, p. 45), as appropriate.

                     d.       If the author has two or more references from the same year, these should be distinguished alphanumerically: (2020), (2020a), (2020b), etc.; Example: (Granero, 2020), (Granero, 2020a).

Bibliographic References:

The list of bibliographic references appears at the end of the contribution and must be arranged alphabetically.

Book author(s)

Vega, I. (2014). Buscando el río. Identidad, transformaciones y estrategias de los migrantes indígenas amazónicos en Lima Metropolitana. Lima: Tierra Nuova, CAAAP.

Uwarai, A., Paz, I. & Regan, J. (1998). Diccionario Awajún-Castellano. Castellano-Awajún. Awajún Chícham Apáchnaujai. Lima: CAAAP.

Author(s) with publications from the same year

Santos Granero, F. (2021). Arriba y abajo: el persistente poder de los imaginarios estatales y tribales en la configuración de los Andes y la Amazonía. Revista Del Archivo General De La Nación, 36(1), 11-29. https://doi.org/10.37840/ragn.v36i1.118

Santos Granero, F. (2021a). La antropología amazónica de cara a la cuarta revolución industrial. Anthropologica, 39(46), 195-226. https://doi.org/10.18800/anthropologica.202101.007

Books with multiple editions

Regan, J. (2024). Hacia la Tierra sin Mal [4.^a ed.]. Lima: CAAAP, UARM.

Author(s) of a book chapter

Rostain, S. (2011). Los edificadores de la Selva: obras precolombinas en la Amazonía. In J. P. Chaumeil, O. Espinosa de Rivero & M. Cornejo Chaparro (Eds.), Por donde hay soplo. Estudios amazónicos en los países andinos. Lima: IFEA, PUCP, CAAAP, ERES-LESC.

Book editors or compilers

Chaumeil, J. P., Espinosa de Rivero, O. & Cornejo Chaparro, M. (Eds.). Por donde hay soplo. Estudios amazónicos en los países andinos. Lima: IFEA, PUCP, CAAAP, ERES-LESC.

Thesis

Sebastian, R. (2022). Cambios en los patrones de alimentación en la comunidad Matsigenka de nuevo mundo (Megantoni, Cusco). [Undergraduate thesis, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos]. Institutional Repository - Cybertesis UNMSM. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12672/19174

Journal article

Pinedo García, D. (2020). Formación del Estado, capital social y movilización indígena en la Amazonía Peruana. Amazonía Peruana, (33), 29-58. https://doi.org/10.52980/revistaamazonaperuana.vi33.25

Newspaper article

García, A. (28 de octubre de 2007). El síndrome del perro del hortelano. El Comercio.

 

Electronic resources

Website

Ministerio de Cultura. (2024). Base de datos de pueblos indígenas u originarios. Kukama kukamiria. https://bdpi.cultura.gob.pe/pueblos/kukama-kukamiria

Online article

Salazar-Vega, E. (15 de mayo de 2024). La presión del petróleo regresa a los pueblos shipibo conibo que quedaron con pozos abandonados. Mongabay. https://es.mongabay.com/2024/05/presion-del-petroleo-regresa-a-pueblos-shipibo-conibo-pozos-abandonados/

Video

Reimond87. (8 de junio de 2009). Alan García: “Estas personas no son ciudadanos de primera clase...”. [Archivo de Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjzxl1lBswc

 

5.    Authors’ Responsibilities 

               ·         All authors, editors, and reviewers are encouraged to review and follow the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) at every stage of the process.

               ·         Authors or contributors must ensure the reliability of the data submitted with their manuscript.

               ·         Authors must guarantee the originality of the submitted material. Amazonía Peruana does not accept previously published works, regardless of the format.

               ·         The journal Amazonía Peruana strongly rejects any instance of plagiarism, whether partial or total. Therefore, the author must ensure proper acknowledgment of the sources used by following the citation format required by the journal (Guidelines for Authors).

               ·         It is the sole responsibility of the authors to submit their material in the format required by the journal (Guidelines for Authors). The journal reserves the right to reject submissions solely for failure to comply with submission guidelines.

 

6.     Authenticity

The journal Amazonía Peruana uses the Cross iThenticate plagiarism detector to verify the authenticity of submitted manuscripts before they are sent for peer review. Through this service, we can detect whether a manuscript contains text passages that appear in other publications or sources. Duplication must not exceed 10%.

7.     Copyright

The original works published in the print and electronic editions of this journal are the property of the Amazonian Center for Anthropology and Practical Application; therefore, the source must be cited in any partial or complete reproduction.

All content in the electronic journal is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY 4.0) license.

8.     Contact

Authors who wish to consult the journal regarding the relevance or thematic suitability of their manuscript prior to submission may contact us at: ramazoniaperuana@caaap.org.pe