Normas de publicación

SUBMISSION OF ORIGINALS
  • Only original works are accepted.
  • Works may be sent to the journal for publication at any time. The date of receipt will be recorded, and a blind peer review process will begin, which will determine, where applicable, the date and number of the publication. The content, the aforementioned date, and the evaluation process by the experts will be taken into consideration. The author will be informed during the process when required, and upon completion, they will be notified with a reasoned proposal or rejection for publication in all cases.
  • Works proposed for publication must be sent by the author to the Editor of “El Criminalista Digital. Papeles de Criminología” via email to the address mcpvilla@ugr.es, indicating the author's most relevant correspondence details: full name, postal address, email, telephone number, and professional occupation.
FORMAT GUIDELINES

Works must have an extension between 15 and 30 pages (unless exceptions are justified to the Editorial Board), with 2.5 cm margins all around (top, bottom, right, and left), and in Microsoft Word file format (.docx extension) and must include the following sections in this order:

  • Title in Spanish: Times New Roman font, size 16, uppercase, left-aligned, asterisk to indicate professional category via a footnote.
  • Title in English: Times New Roman font, size 10, uppercase, left-aligned.
  • Resumen (Abstract in Spanish): Times New Roman font, size 11, justified alignment. Maximum length of 150 words.
  • Palabras clave (Keywords in Spanish): Times New Roman font, size 11, left alignment.
  • Abstract: Times New Roman font, size 11, justified alignment. Maximum length of 150 words.
  • Keywords: Times New Roman font, size 11, left alignment.
  • Table of Contents (Sumario), in continuous text according to the format: I –Normal– 1. –italics– 1.1. normal...
The format guidelines for the body of the work are:
    • Font: Times New Roman.
    • Font size: 12.
    • Line spacing: 1.15.
    • Space between paragraphs: automatic.
    • The format for section numbering (epigraphs) must be:

I. CAPITAL LETTERS

1. Lowercase bold

1.1. Lowercase italics

1.1.1. –and successive– Normal text.

The format guidelines for footnotes are:
  • Font: Times New Roman.
  • Font size: 10.
  • Line spacing: single.
CITATION GUIDELINES

Citations to other works must be included in UNE ISO-690 format using footnotes indicated by Arabic numerals, according to the attached reference templates. In addition, a "Bibliography" section with all bibliographic references cited throughout the work, in the same format, must be included at the end of the document.

Book:
Morillas Cueva, L. (2018). Sistema de Derecho Penal. Parte general. Madrid: Dykinson.

Book chapter:
Jiménez Díaz, M.J. (2013). El delito de facturación abusiva. En L. Morillas Cueva (dir.) y J.M. Suárez López (coord.). Tratamiento jurídico penal y procesal de dopaje en el deporte (pp. 213-254). Madrid: Dykinson.

Scientific journal article:
Morillas Cueva, L. (2008). Nuevas tendencias del Derecho penal: una reflexión dirigida a la cibercriminalidad. Cuadernos de Política Criminal, 94, 5-32.

Scientific journal article online:
Jiménez Díaz, M.J. (2015). Algunas reflexiones sobre el Derecho Penal de los menores. Revista Electrónica de Ciencia Penal y Criminología, 17, 1-36. Recuperado de http://criminet.ugr.es/recpc/17/recpc17-19.pdf (fecha de consulta: 15 de enero de 2020).

Book:
MORILLAS CUEVA, L. Sistema de Derecho Penal. Parte general. Madrid: Dykinson, 2018.

Book chapter:
JIMÉNEZ DÍAZ, M.J. “El delito de facturación abusiva”. En Morillas Cueva, L. (dir.) y Suárez López, J.M. (coord.). Tratamiento jurídico penal y procesal de dopaje en el deporte. Madrid: Dykinson, 2013, pp. 213-254.

Scientific journal article:
MORILLAS CUEVA, L. “Nuevas tendencias del Derecho penal: una reflexión dirigida a la cibercriminalidad”. Cuadernos de Política Criminal, 94, 2008, pp. 5-32.

Scientific journal article online:
JIMÉNEZ DÍAZ, M.J. “Algunas reflexiones sobre el Derecho Penal de los menores”. Revista Electrónica de Ciencia Penal y Criminología, 17, 2008, pp. 1-36. Disponible en: http://criminet.ugr.es/recpc/17/recpc17-19.pdf.

EVALUATION PROCESS
  • “El Criminalista Digital. Papeles de Criminología” will acknowledge receipt of the originals in all cases, at which point the evaluation process begins.
  • The submission of originals to “El Criminalista Digital. Papeles de Criminología” implies acceptance of the “double-blind” evaluation process.
  • Works will be evaluated by subject matter experts integrated into a pool of external evaluators separate from the Editorial Board to ensure the impartiality of the result. Each evaluator will receive a copy of the work, with all references to the author removed, and will issue a reasoned report, taking into consideration: the relevance of the topic, the originality and perspective of its approach, the technical quality of the critical apparatus, the rigor and precision of the arguments and the bibliographic body; consequently, they will propose the acceptance, rejection, or revision of the work. Should both reports be discrepant, a third external evaluator will be consulted.
  • The authors will receive the evaluation result and, if necessary, will have a period of time to make the appropriate amendments or submissions.

USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Transparency and Mandatory Declaration

If any AI tool has been used for content generation (text, code, images) or for data analysis and processing, authors are obligated to declare its use in a final section titled “Declaration on the Use of AI”

This declaration must be explicit and include:

  • Name and version of the AI tool used (e.g., "ChatGPT-4", "DeepSeek-2024").
  • Specific purpose (e.g., "initial literature review", "generation of outlines", "analysis of data trends").
  • Sections of the original for which it was used.

Content Responsibility
The use of AI in writing, editing, or analysis does not exempt authors from their full responsibility for the originality, accuracy, and veracity of the work. Specifically, they must thoroughly review and verify all material assisted or generated by AI to avoid bias, errors, or plagiarism, as well as ensure compliance with the journal's editorial standards, assuming the consequences of any ethical infringement.

Restricted and Prohibited Uses
The use of AI is permitted as support for improving readability, grammatical correction, or translation, always under the final supervision and validation of the authors. Its declaration is not mandatory if its function is purely auxiliary style.
The use of AI for the manipulation, fabrication, or falsification of research data or for the automatic generation of bibliographic citations that do not correspond to real sources reviewed by the authors is prohibited.

Editorial Board
El Criminalista Digital. Papeles de Criminología
Revision Date: May, 2026