Abstract: between 150 and 200 words (Spanish and English).
The abstract of the articles must be analytical, that is, present the question or hypothesis, the methodology used and the main findings.
Keywords, 5 (both in Spanish and English) different from the words included in the title.
Author information, includes ORCID, email, and, for Colombian authors, CvLAC.
Length and Format of the Text
The length of the articles will vary between 6000 and 10 000 words, including abstract, footnotes, references, tables, figures, illustrations, photographs and maps (Article submission template).
Figures and tables must be properly cited in the text. For figures, the title should be located at the bottom. For tables, the title at the top (on the left and with an initial capital letter), sequentially numbered, and the source or author indicated at the bottom left. Authors are responsible for obtaining written authorization from the rights holders if copyrighted material is used.
When sending the graphic material (tables, figures or maps, among others) the files must be sent in the programs used for their preparation (Excel, MATLAB®, design programs, etc.)
Footnotes will be used exclusively for clarifying or explanatory purposes, they should not include bibliographical references, they should be in font size 10 and single spaced.
In case of using equations, they must be numbered consecutively and between square brackets ([1], [2], [3]…)
Mathematical symbols must be clear, legible, and correspond to the equations.
The bibliographical references section should appear at the end of the article, in alphabetical order. Only the works cited in the body of the article should appear. Bibliography should not be included.
The minimum number of references for research and reflection articles is 15 and 40 for review articles.
The list of references must include bibliographic material that has been published during the three years before the date of submission of the manuscript, thus: a minimum of 30% for research articles and 50% for reflection and review articles.
The citation and list of references must strictly follow the APA 7th edition style.
To submit a manuscript, it is necessary to upload to the platform, as a supplementary file, a letter of intent and originality that indicates:
Full name of the author(s), institutional affiliations, and addresses for correspondence (it is essential to provide an email address for direct communication).
Full title of the manuscript.
List of at least six suggested reviewers (with their email addresses) who can evaluate the manuscript and meet the following requirements: 1. Doctoral academic title, 2. Expertise in the article's subject matter, 3. Articles published in indexed journals in the last 2 years, 4. Institutional affiliation unrelated to the journal's publishing entity.
Type of Articles
Research article. Document that presents, in detail, the original results of completed research projects. The structure must include at least the following sections: introduction, methodology, results, discussion, conclusions, and references.
Reflection article. Document that presents the results of completed research from an analytical, interpretative or critical perspective of the author, on a specific topic, using original sources.
Review article. Document resulting from a finished investigation where the results of published or unpublished research on a field of science or technology are analyzed, systematized and integrated, in order to account for the advances and development trends. It is characterized by presenting a careful bibliographic review of at least 40 references. Like research articles, its structure must include at least the following sections: introduction, methodology, results, discussion, conclusions, and references.
Editorial Process
The editorial team verifies the relevance of the article in relation to the thematic lines and the editorial policy of the journal.
It is evaluated if it meets the requirements (rules for summons and formal presentation).
The percentage of similarity is verified using Turnitin.
After this stage, the articles are submitted to the evaluation of two national and international academic peers. The evaluation is carried out in a double-blind format.
The results of the evaluation are reported to the authors within a maximum period of 25 days, from the date of delivery to the evaluators. In the event that the evaluators have requested adjustments, the authors must carry them out within the period indicated. Once the adjusted article is received, the style correction process begins.
The article in its final version is sent to the authors for their review and approval.
The editorial process ends with the publication of the article.
Submission Preparation Checklist
All submissions must meet the following requirements.
I assure that the article has not been previously published nor is it being evaluated simultaneously in another journal.
I confirm that I have reviewed the file with the article to ensure that it is anonymous and does not contain any information that would allow the identification of the authors or sources of funding.
The authors will retain their copyright and will guarantee the journal the right of first publication of their work, which will be simultaneously subject to the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivatives Attribution License that allows third parties to share the work as long as its author and its first publication in this journal are indicated.
The authors may adopt other non-exclusive license agreements for the distribution of the version of the published work (for example: deposit it in an institutional telematic archive or publish it in a monographic volume) provided that the initial publication in this journal is indicated.
Authors are allowed and recommended to disseminate their work through the Internet once it has been published. Which can produce interesting exchanges and increase the citations of the published work. (See The effect of open access).
