Call: 2nd No. 2025

The IBU Journal of Urban and Territorial Studies is an open-access, non-profit digital publication promoted by the Bolivian Institute of Urbanism (IBU). Its main objective is to contribute to the development of urbanism in Bolivia by publishing interdisciplinary research that addresses urban and territorial phenomena from various perspectives, such as geography, sociology, planning, architecture, economics, history and political science. The journal invites both scientists and specialists in social, transdisciplinary and other related sciences to present their research, studies and reflections.

For its second issue, the journal calls for contributions that touch on topics such as socio-spatial mobility; environment, biomimicry and urban agriculture; territorial data management, technologies and energies for urban transition; governance, citizen participation and territorial planning; habitat, housing and public spaces; multi-locality and urban-rural integration; sustainable tourism, territorial heritage and urban education; gentrification and spatial inequalities, among others. The journal prioritizes Ibero-American and Global South debates; However, contributions from other locations and social groups are welcome. Submissions may be submitted to three sections: articles (evaluated by blind peer review), public policies, and reviews. Proposals for thematic specials that group several articles under the same theme are also received.

General format of submissions
Texts with a maximum length of 9 thousand words (in Spanish, English or Portuguese) will be received.The texts submitted will be grouped under the following sections: scientific articles, thematic specials (to invite at least 6 articles around a problem), reviews (comments on recent scientific activities or publications), and public policies (analysis and proposals on urban and territorial policies).
The texts received for the scientific articles and thematic special sections will be evaluated by the scientific committee and blind peers.
The texts received for the review and public policy sections will be evaluated directly by the scientific committee of the journal.
All texts must be original and not published (totally or partially) in another virtual or printed medium. Nor must they be in the process of simultaneous evaluation for other publications.
The format model for the texts (page size, fonts, margins, titles, subtitles, figures and tables) can be found in the following links: scientific article, thematic special, review and policy report.
Citations and bibliographical references must comply with APA standards (7th edition) in Spanish (or English, if applicable). For citations, you can review the page: https://normas-apa.org/citas/ and for references this one: https://normas-apa.org/referencias/.

Expected content by sections
Scientific articles
Texts by one or more authors presenting recent research results, innovative methodological applications and/or systematic theoretical reviews will be accepted, with a minimum length of 5 thousand words and a maximum of 9 thousand. The structure of the texts will correspond, in general terms, to the following subtitles: introduction (with problem statement, objective, hypothesis and/or research questions), research framework (theoretical-methodological, contextual and/or state of the art frameworks), findings or results of the research, conclusions and bibliographical references. The articles must have a minimum of 15 cited bibliographical references.

Special thematic issue
One or several coordinators may propose a special thematic issue composed of a minimum of 6 articles. These articles must meet the same characteristics presented in point 2.1. To present a proposal for a special thematic issue, a text must be submitted with the following subtitles: description of the topic (with a problem statement for the section, main dimensions and delimitations), bibliographical references and summaries of the articles proposed for the section with different authors (from different disciplines, genres, generations, etc.).

Reviews
Critical reviews of academic activities or recently published works (last 5 years) relevant to urban-territorial issues will be accepted. These texts may be submitted by one or more authors. The structure of the texts will correspond, in general terms, to the following subtitles: complete contextual or bibliographical data of the reviewed book or academic activity, introduction, development and conclusions if applicable, bibliographical references.

Public policies
Critical reviews, positions or designs supported by public policies associated with urban and/or territorial problems, presented by one or more authors, will be received. The structure of the texts will correspond, in general terms, to the following subtitles: introduction (with a problem statement, objective, hypothesis or questions of or about public policy), framework of the analysis or design of public policy (theoretical-methodological, contextual and/or state of the art frameworks), critical analysis or design of public policy, conclusions and bibliographical references.

Schedule for receiving contributions
The deadline for receiving contributions is March 3, 2025. The texts must be sent in Microsoft Word format, through the following platform: https://revistaibu.org/index.php/reut-ibu/about/submissions. Confirmation of acceptance or rejection of contributions by the scientific committee will be sent on May 25, 2025. Once these confirmations have been received, specific schedules will be established for the peer review of articles and thematic specials.