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Final Manuscript Preparation Guidelines for Journal of Latin American Geography

This document provides details on typesetting and layout requirements pertaining to final manuscript submission to Journal of Latin American Geography.

The Journal of Latin American Geography adheres to APA style. A full guide can be found at the following website - owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/10/

Any questions regarding formatting should be able to be resolved by reading through the directives given at the above site, further instructions for authors follow below.

Formatting Requirements

  • Do not include a title page or abstract. (Begin the document with the introduction; a title page, including the abstract, will be added to your paper by the editors.)
  • Do not include page numbers, headers, or footers. These will be added by the editors.
  • Submit your manuscript, including tables, figures, appendices, etc., as a single file (Word, RTF, or PDF files are accepted).
  • Page size should be 8.5 x 11-inches.
  • All margins (left, right, top and bottom) should be 1.5 inches (3.8 cm), including your tables and figures.
  • Single space your text.
  • Use a single column layout with both left and right margins justified.
  • Font:
    1. Main Body—12 pt. Garamond or the closest comparable font available
    2. Footnotes—10 pt. Garamond or the closest comparable font available
  • Copyedit your manuscript.
  • When possible, there should be no pages where more than a quarter of the page is empty space.

Additional Recommendations

Indenting, Line Spacing, and Justification

Indent all paragraphs except those following a section heading. An indent should be at least 2 em-spaces.

Do not insert extra space between paragraphs of text with the exception of long quotations, theorems, propositions, special remarks, etc. These should be set off from the surrounding text by additional space above and below.

Don't "widow" or "orphan" text (i.e., ending a page with the first line of a paragraph or beginning a page with the last line of a paragraph).

All text should be left-justified (i.e., flush with the left margin—except where indented). Where possible, it should also be right-justified (i.e., flush with the right margin). "Where possible" refers to the quality of the justification. For example, LaTeX and TeX do an excellent job of justifying text. Word does a reasonable job. But some word processors do a lousy job (e.g., they achieve right justification by inserting too much white space within and between words). We prefer flush right margins. However, it is better to have jagged right margins than to have flush right margins with awkward intra- and inter-word spacing. Make your decision on whichever looks best.

Article Length

For academic articles, maximum length is 8,000 words of text, not including references. For Perspectives articles, a target length should be between 1,000 and 1,500 words, although varying lengths can be agreed upon with the editors.

For all formatting questions, please follow APA guidelines. Authors are solely responsible for ensuring that their contributions conform to APA style. If significant copy editing work is required, JLAG reserves the right to delay publicationn indefinitely, even if it has been accepted for publication