Criterios editoriales

Alteridades is an editorial space for the publication of original research papers, theoretical reflections and book reviews within the field of social anthropology and ethnology.

The journal accepts unpublished work that must be submitted in a Word file (not PDF) following the link below: https://alteridades.izt.uam.mx . It may also be sent as an attachment to this email address: alte@xanum.uam.mx.

The articles will have a maximum of three authors. Please add the following author's information: full name, position, institutional address, telephone number, email, and, in case of your paper's acceptance, letter authorizing its use in both printed and electronic formats.

The same author cannot publish more than one article per issue and also cannot publish more than once in two years.

Papers should be between six thousand and eight thousand words, double-spaced. Works may include a maximum of five images or tables, separately attached, numbered, clearly indicating their position in paper.

Article titles should be precise, provide a clear idea of topic covered, and be under fifteen words.

An abstract no longer than one-hundred words must be added, in both Spanish and English, and should indicate: aim of article, design and methodology, results, limitations or implications, and findings or conclusions, as well as four to eight keywords not included in title. This requirement must be met for paper to be published.

The reviews will have a length of between 1,500 and 2,000 words, written in double space. The books being reviewed must be a maximum of 2 years old at the time of submission for possible publication.

Notes should be numbered and included as footnotes. They should only include the bibliography quoted in text and, whenever possible, the DOI of all quotes.

Verbatim quotes and bibliographic references must be presented as follows the guidelines of the Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition 2017:  name of author, year of edition and page number placed in parenthesis (Zárate 2012, 150), and should be listed in alphabetical order at the end, including, in the case of books: name of author (beginning by surname). Year of publication (of the edition used). Book title. City: editorial house. For example:

Zárate Vidal, Margarita del Carmen. 2012. Resistencias en movimiento de dignidad, deseo y emociones. Una mirada antropológica. México: UAM/Juan Pablos Editor.

If quoting an article: author's name. Year of publication: "article title in quotations".  Journal title, page numbers. For example:


Díaz Cruz, Rodrigo 2014, "Cuerpos desgarrados, vidas precarias: violencia, ritualización, performance". Alteridades 24, núm. 48: 71-83.

When including electronic webpages, the specific address should be included (not general webpages), in addition to the date viewed. For example:

Portal, María Ana. 2013. “El desarrollo urbano y su impacto en los pueblos originarios en la Ciudad de México”. Alteridades 23, núm. 46: 53-64. Consulted on May 5, 2023 <http://alteridades.izt.uam.mx/index.php/Alte/article/view/755/708> [10 de noviembre de 2016].

Papers that do not fulfill these requirements will not be taken into consideration.

All articles will be pre-evaluated by the Editorial Committee to gauge whether or not they should be sent to two peer reviewers.

In the case of acceptance, articles will be published after undergoing language use editing, in line with the editorial guidelines of the journal.

In every case, the Editorial Committee and peer reviewer's decisions are final.

The author explicitly authorizes distribution of the article in electronic media once his/her paper is published in the journal.