The article has not been previously published nor is it being simultaneously evaluated by another journal.
The manuscript is in Microsoft Word format, following the article submission templates established by the journal (research or review).
The Publication authorization letter is submitted in a single file, with the complete data and signatures of all authors (do not submit one file per author).
The Author's CV format is fully completed and submitted in a single file with the information of all authors (do not submit one file per author).
The citations and references comply with the format and structure of the APA 7th edition guidelines; in-text citations are hyperlinked to their respective references, and each reference that is available online must include its respective link.
The manuscript meets the requirements outlined in the authors' guidelines. Failure to comply with these requirements may result in rejection during the first review filter.
Author Guidelines
Article Presentation Format
First Page of the Article
Title of the article in Spanish and English (no more than 15 words)
Abstract: between 150 and 200 words (Spanish and English).
The abstract of the articles must be analytical, that is, present the problem statement, objective, methodology, findings, conclusions and contribution/originality. Follow the article submission templates (
Keywords, 5 (both in Spanish and English) different from the words included in the title. Authors may suggest keywords, but they must include at least three terms extracted from specialized thesauri. Some of these are listed below:
Author information: Full names, highest degree earned, institutional affiliation, country, ORCID, Google Scholar link, and email address.
Authorship roles, according to the CRediT Taxonomy. The article must include a description of the contribution roles for all signing authors. Based on the 14-author-role classification (https://credit.niso.org/), the type and degree of contribution shall be defined, allowing a single author to hold multiple roles simultaneously.
Length and Format of the Text
The length of the articles will vary between 6000 and 9000 words, including abstract, footnotes, references, tables and figures.
Figures and tables must be properly cited in the text. For figures, the title should be located at the bottom. For tables, the title at the top (on the left and with an initial capital letter), sequentially numbered, and the source or author indicated at the bottom left. Authors are responsible for obtaining written authorization from the rights holders if copyrighted material is used.
Footnotes will be used exclusively for clarifying or explanatory purposes, they should not include bibliographical references, they should be in font size 10 and single spaced.
In case of using equations, they must be numbered consecutively and between square brackets ([1], [2], [3]…)
Mathematical symbols must be clear, legible, and correspond to the equations.
Citations and the reference list must strictly follow the APA 7th edition style. The bibliographic references section must include only the works cited within the body of the article. Bibliography (uncited sources) should not be included. All references available online must include their respective links. In-text citations must be hyperlinked to their corresponding references.
Type of Articles
Research article. Document that presents, in detail, the original results of completed research projects. The structure must include at least the following sections: introduction, methodology, results, discussion, conclusions, and references.
Review article. Document resulting from a finished investigation where the results of published or unpublished research on a field of science or technology are analyzed, systematized and integrated, in order to account for the advances and development trends. It is characterized by presenting a careful bibliographic review of at least 40 references. Like research articles, its structure must include at least the following sections: introduction, methodology, results, discussion, conclusions, and references.
Copyright Notice
The authors transfer the patrimonial rights of their article to the Escuela Superior de Administración Pública - ESAP, while retaining the moral rights to their works. Articles in the journal Administración & Desarrollo are subject to the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike Attribution License that allows third parties to copy, reproduce, distribute, publicly communicate the work, and create derivative works, provided that the original author is cited and acknowledged, the first publication in this journal is indicated, the work is not used for commercial purposes, and the distribution of derivative works is done under a license of the same type.
