Population Notes magazine commemorates 50 years of history and opens a new call for the submission of articles on population issues

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is receiving original and unpublished articles on research results, reflections or experiences on population issues to include in issue 117 of its magazine Notas de Población.

With 50 years of experience, Population Notes is a semi-annual publication that is issued in the months of June and December. Its main purpose is to disseminate studies on the population of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, although it also accepts contributions referring to other regions of the world.

Since 1973, the publication has been a plural space for analysis, reflection, and multidisciplinary exchange in the field of population and development and, therefore, an obligatory reference for the community of demographers and population scholars in Latin America. and the Caribbean. This publication is indexed in Latin American Citations in Social Sciences and Humanities (CLASE), in the Regional Online Information System for Scientific Journals of Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal (LATINDEX), in the Advanced Document Search System (DIALNET), and in the Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI).

Interested researchers can send their contributions throughout the year, without a specific deadline for applications.

Among the thematic areas of interest of this publication are advances in the study of the components of demographic dynamics (fertility, mortality and migration) and their interrelationships with development processes, human rights and economic and social transformations.

Similarly, it accepts articles on topics such as population distribution, mobility, urbanization and socio-spatial segregation, and methods and techniques for the analysis of demographic change variables.

The magazine also receives proposals related to marriage and changes in families; health in general and sexual and reproductive health in particular; indicators on population and human rights; population and sustainable development; gender equality; Indigenous villages; people of African descent, and development and use of censuses, vital statistics and other sources of information. The previous list is not closed, therefore, other possible topics related to demography and population studies are not excluded.

The selection of articles is coordinated by the Editorial Committee of the journal, which is responsible for preparing each issue, supervising each of its stages in order to ensure contributions of high scientific quality. Said Committee is made up of both professionals from CELADE-Population Division of ECLAC, as well as specialists from universities in the region, and has the support of the Editorial Board, the journal’s advisory body in the contribution evaluation process.

Interested authors should send their article to [email protected], with a copy to María Ester Novoa ([email protected]). The editorial instructions and guidelines can be consulted in the following orientation to collaborators of Notas de Población.