About the Journal

Peer Review Process

Contributions sent to the Scientific Articles section are subject to peer review, using the double-blind mode, that is, the manuscripts are received by the editor of the journal and then sent to the arbitrators, both the evaluators and the authors. of the manuscripts remain anonymous during the evaluation process. The editor receives the report of the arbitrators through the Arbitration Form and subsequently informs the author of the opinion, not detailing the name of the arbitrators. This Arbitration system guarantees greater impartiality of the decision.

The evaluators can recommend to the Editorial Committee that the article be:

  • Accepted.
  • Accepted with modifications.
  • Rejected.

The other contributions will be published at the discretion of the Editorial Committee

In the case of suspicion or failure to comply with some of the good ethical practices established in the Journal Code and other cases of Dispute, we will proceed as established in the Flow Diagrams of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) for each case.

In the evaluation process the referees will take into account the following parameters:

  • Originality: If the contribution is new and original, through the use of anti-plagiarism processes.
  • Title: Concise, specific, with adequate syntax and that reflects the content of the work in no more than 15 words.
  • Summary / Abstract: That expresses the objective, methods, main results and conclusions with full correspondence between them.
  • Keywords / Key words: No more than 5 words, all necessary, standardized and descriptive of the content with correspondence between them.
  • Introduction: Clearly define the problem, the scope and objective of the research, the state of the art and how it has been addressed by other researchers.
  • Materials and Methods: That they express the quantity and quality of the materials used, that the methodology used and the experimental conditions are pertinent to the stated objective, and if the statistical analyzes are mentioned and are appropriate.
  • Results and Discussion: That the results are clearly exposed and presented in a logical way with the help of images, tables and figures. That the interpretations are correct and the relationship between the data obtained is highlighted. If there is a contrast between the results and those of other published works, and if the possible theoretical and / or practical implications are highlighted in a way that supports the conclusions.
  • References: That adequate sources of scientific information be used and that these present an adequate percentage of current affairs. That the citations in the text and the bibliography are correctly established according to the bibliographic style of the magazine.
  • Images, Tables and Figures: All necessary, intelligible, self-explanatory and high quality, timely presented in the body of the work.
  • English: Suitable for compression of the title, abstract and keywords.
  • Dimensions: You can enlarge, reduce or eliminate parts of the work.