Comunicar Template
Get your Comunicar paper right the first time: a ready-made structure with the right abstract and citations, so editors see your science, not formatting slips.
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How to Use the Comunicar Template | A Step-by-Step Guide
Authored by Sumalatha Gangadhar | Published on 7 August, 2026
Submitting to Comunicar goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Comunicar guide for authors before peer review, so formatting, structure, and required statements should be right on the first draft rather than repaired during upload. This template sets that structure up for you.
What is the Comunicar Template?
It is a manuscript shell aligned to Comunicar. It covers front matter, the abstract the journal expects, a body organized to the journal's article types, and a reference list in the journal's required style. Confirm current scope and article types on the Comunicar journal page before you draft.
What's actually in a Comunicar submission:
Prepare the title, authors, affiliations, and ORCID iDs. Write the abstract to the journal's rule and word limit, organize the body to the article type, and apply the required reference style from the first citation. Complete every declaration (ethics, competing interests, funding, data availability) the Comunicar guide for authors lists, and cite figures and tables in order.
What separates a clean submission from one that gets kicked back:
The common failure modes are formatting or reference style that does not match the guide for authors, missing required statements, and an incomplete portal checklist. Clear all three against the Comunicar guide for authors before you submit.
What does this Comunicar Template include?
The shell mirrors what editorial staff check first: article-type fit, the abstract rules, required declarations, and the journal's reference style. For more detail see the author resources. When your draft is ready, upload it through the journal's submission system.
Steps to Use This Template with SciSpace Agent
- Click Start Writing on this page. The SciSpace Agent prompt screen opens with the template loaded.
- Use the loaded template, or upload a version your group already uses for Comunicar.
- Edit the prompt with your topic and article type, and note any requirement from the Comunicar guide for authors.
- Run the prompt. The agent drafts into the correct structure and reference style.
- Use View Outputs to verify required statements and formatting are present.
- Export and submit through the journal's submission system.
Comunicar Template Structure at a Glance
| Element | Comunicar requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Abstract in English: 200-210 words. Abstract in Spanish: 220-230 words, providing a concise description of the motive and purpose of the research project, the methodology used, the key findings and main conclusions, following the structure: justification of the subject, goals, study methodology, results and conclusions. It should be written in an impersonal style. Automatic translators are not allowed. The abstract is assessed by evaluators and linguistic standards are analyzed |
| Main text | Research papers: Between 5,000 and 7,000 words of text, including titles, abstracts, keywords, tables and references. Reports, Studies, Proposals: Between 5,000 and 7,000 words. State-of-the-art articles: Between 6,000 and 8,000 words (including references and tables). Structure must follow: 1) Introduction, 2) Material and methods, 3) Results, 4) Discussion and conclusion. Sections for Notes and Sources of funding are optional. Reports, Proposals, Studies and State-of-the-Art articles can be more flexible in structure |
| Declarations | Ethics approval/consent as applicable; competing interests; funding; data availability |
| Figures/tables | Publication-ready; cited in order |
| Supplemental | Upload separately when used |
| Keywords | 6 terms required. Comunicar has a Thesaurus in Spanish of commonly used keywords. Authors are recommended to incorporate these standard keywords, and to consult the UNESCO Thesaurus. New terms are accepted only occasionally. All terms must be in standard scientific English |
| References | APA 7.0 (American Psychological Association, 7th edition). References must include DOI (Digital Object Identifier System) for cited articles. All journals and books without DOI must have their link (online version). Web URLs must appear shortened using bitly.com, though DOIs stay in original format. The average number of references in JCR areas of Communication and Education is 45. Authors must review Comunicar's library of 1,920 published articles with limited self-citations |
| Peer review | Double-blind/double-anonymous. Manuscripts are reviewed scientifically and anonymously by five experts (on average) in the field. The journal uses an International Reviewers Board (IRB) with 2,258 researchers from fifty countries. Multiple reviewers are used to offset conflicting judgments |
| Submission | www.revistacomunicar.com/ojs/index.php/comunicar/login |
Quick Tips for Using the Comunicar Template
Read the Comunicar guide for authors once before drafting and once before upload. Draft the abstract after results are stable. Set the reference style before adding citations. Keep a cover letter that states your contribution and fit to Comunicar in under a page.
Best Practices
Skim two or three recent Comunicar papers to calibrate depth and figure style. Make the novelty clear in the first two pages. Deposit data and code when the policy on the Comunicar journal page requires it. Disclose any preprint or conference version with identifiers in the cover letter.
Before You Submit: Final Check
Do one focused pass against the Comunicar guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through the journal's submission system.
