Publish a book chapter

Interested in publishing your academic article/essay as a book chapter?

Religación Press also publishes collective books that allow the integration of diverse worldviews into a single work. This type of collaboration is ideal for authors who want to publish short research reports on new topics, case studies, dissertations, or essays that explore innovative ideas, issues, or broader themes on a research topic. 

Because of their characteristics, these works are handled on a faster schedule, usually being published 4 to 6 weeks after final acceptance.

 CALLS FOR Book chapter

By publishing an article/chapter of a peer-reviewed scientific book, you will contribute to the knowledge base in a comprehensive way and benefit from increased visibility and citations. Disseminate your knowledge with international experts in your field.

We invite you to contribute your work as a book chapter and be part of a book with high-quality criteria. Open calls for papers: Check here 

If you wish to propose and become an editor of a collective book. In this case, you will not have to cover the processing fee for your chapter. Submit your collective book proposal using the form: here

 

 PUBLICATION PROCESS

  1. Initially, the author must send the abstract of the article/chapter in the format of the publisher (Download Abstract Template). The editorial team will review the proposal, if it is clear and related to the theme of the book, the author will receive the acceptance of the proposal and the deadline to send the complete article/chapter.
  2. If you have received approval of your ABSTRACT, you must write the chapter using the template provided (Download Chapter Template) adapting it to the editorial standards of Religación Press. Once you have finalized your chapter, you should proceed with the submission. 

            File 1: Chapter text 
            File 2: Author Information Form (Download Form) 
            Send both files to our e-mail press@religacion.com

  1. The work will be sent for peer review. To know the status of your submitted proposal, just log in to the website and check its status.
  2. Once the review process is completed, a notification will be sent to your email with the result. The objective is to make changes that will improve the quality and result in the content of interest to the reading public. The author/s will have a certain time to make the suggested changes and will send the final version.
  3. At this point, the author(s) will proceed to fill in the publication fees for the book chapter.
  4. After receiving the definitive version from the author, we will proceed to adjust in terms of style that were pending, and the PDF and EPUB* versions will be produced.
  5. A proof version of the PDF of the book will be sent to the author for review. After the author's approval, we will proceed with the data validation on the web and metadata generation.
  6. Finally, the chapter will be integrated into the book along with the other chapters and the publisher will manage the ISBN and DOI assignments and finally proceed with the publication of the book.

 

 PRODUCTION COSTS

Research books compiled by chapters / Collective work

  • Book chapter: Maximum 4 authors per chapter.
  • Length per chapter: 4,000 to 6,000 words per chapter (including bibliographical references).
  • Maximum 12 chapters per book.

 

 CHARACTERISTICS

  • The collective book will have an ISBN registration. 
  • The chapter will have DOI (Digital Object Identifier) registration. 
  • Professional cover 
  • Text formatting
  • Peer review
  • Proofreading
  • Layout
  • Generation of interactive and modern PDF format**. 
  • Book generation in EPUB format (Apple© electronic devices and reading applications)
  • Hosting on the website (display of the number of downloads)
  • Dissemination of the work (RELIGACION-CICSHAL social and academic networks)
  • Metadata and web generation with interoperability designed for academic books.
  • Progressive indexing in databases, libraries, and important repositories at the regional and global levels. Initially: CLACSO, Google Scholar, CORE, CrossRef, BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine), World Cat. Later applications will be submitted to DOAB (Directory of Open Access Books), EBSCO, REDIB, Muse Project, etc.*
  • Link from the web to the author's ORCID account.

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*No simple conversion from Microsoft Word to PDF, Religación Press performs professional editing work. Our goal is quality in all phases of production (content and form).

** These processes are external, so they require different times and processes.

- The cost of the publication already includes a discount from Religación CICSHAL, an entity that partially finances the editorial production.