ISSN 2665-0290
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INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

• Scope and editorial policy
• Form and preparation of manuscripts
• Original articles

OBJECTIVE

The journal Agroecología Global seeks to establish scientific and technological exchange, as well as the generation of new knowledge resulting from scientific research through publications presented by national and international professionals in the areas of agroecology, agri-food, food technology, agrogenomic sciences, environmental sciences, agricultural and forestry sciences, veterinary sciences, marine sciences, and fisheries engineering.

MISSION

The journal Agroecología Global publishes original scientific research recognized in the field of agroecology, agri-food, food technology, agrogenomic sciences, environmental sciences, agricultural and forestry sciences, veterinary sciences, marine sciences, and fisheries engineering, both in Venezuela and abroad, facilitating the dissemination of scientific results and access to updated information for professionals; contributing in the contexts: theoretical-methodological, epistemological, social, technological, economic, and academic.

VISION

The journal Agroecología Global is a medium that promotes spaces for socialization and investigative participation of a pluri-, inter-, and transdisciplinary nature that drives the search and construction of knowledge, the dissemination of research and experiences for the consolidation of knowledge, serving as a bridge of stimulus and support for the permanent and professional training of participants.

ACADEMIC AND SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY ADDRESSED

The journal Agroecología Global is aimed at the international scientific and academic community; academics, researchers, professionals, and students in related areas of agroecology, agri-food, food technology, agrogenomic sciences, environmental sciences, agricultural and forestry sciences, veterinary sciences, marine sciences, and fisheries engineering.

The journal does not charge for the submission and processing of articles. No APC is charged.

EVALUATION SYSTEM

For the arbitration of articles, the journal Agroecología Global uses a double-blind peer review system; where the reviewers do not know the identity of the authors of the articles, and the authors do not know the identity of the reviewers. It is guaranteed that there is no endogamy in the double-blind peer review process.

THEMATIC SCOPE

The journal Agroecología Global covers the following fields of knowledge in all their derivations:

• Agroecology
• Agri-food
• Food technology
• Agrogenomic sciences
• Environmental sciences
• Agricultural and forestry sciences
• Veterinary sciences
• Marine sciences
• Fisheries engineering

EDITORIAL STANDARDS

General Information:

Articles must be original and unpublished; in addition to not being simultaneously submitted to other journals.

The journal Agroecología Global establishes the policy of double-blind peer review; where the reviewers do not know the identity of the authors of the articles, and the authors do not know the identity of the reviewers.

The work of the reviewers is strictly confidential. The journal is not responsible for the performance of the reviewers, who are completely autonomous.

Once the article is received for arbitration, the Editorial Committee selects two reviewers external to the journal and the Foundation who anonymously evaluate the quality of the document according to the journal's standards.

Articles in languages other than Spanish and English will be accepted.

Articles submitted to the Journal should have a maximum of four authors, including the main author. Exceptions to this rule will be submitted to the consideration of the editorial committee, based on the criteria of originality, relevance, contribution, and extension of the research process developed in the article.

JOURNAL PERIODICITY

The journal Agroecología Global has a biannual periodicity organized in an annual volume that includes two issues. Each issue is published on the first day of the period.

• Issue 1. Period: January-June.
• Issue 2. Period: July-December.

With the approval of the editorial committee; an ordinary issue may be published before the start of the declared period. Approved articles will be published in the next available issue.

The journal may publish special issues (special editions), by agreement with groups, networks, institutions, and organizations that carry out research events such as congresses, forums, conferences, among others; for which it is essential to submit articles adjusted to these editorial standards. The presentation of the special edition must be approved by the editorial committee.

TYPES OF ARTICLES

Articles published in the journal are classified as:

• Editorial Note: This section includes documents written by the editor, a member of the Editorial Committee, or an invited researcher on the content present in the journal and an event or activity of national or international impact or relevance, on the date the journal issue is published.
• Research Article: These are the result of theoretical, experimental, or field scientific research and represent an original contribution to knowledge.
• Review Article: These are the result of theoretical, experimental, or field scientific research and represent an original contribution to knowledge.
• Scientific Notes/Brief Communications: Original works whose results, although partial, can be disseminated. This category also includes the description of new species and cultivars, pests, diseases, and methodological adjustments.

GENERAL MANUSCRIPT CONFIGURATION

Any type of accepted document must comply with the following formal aspects established by the journal:

• Maximum number of authors: 4
• Text in Microsoft Word, with .docx extension
• Letter size paper
• Text in a single column.
• Justified alignment
• Font for the text: Arial 12 points
• Line spacing: 1.5; without spacing between paragraphs or indentation
• The use of titles and subtitles up to a maximum of 4 levels.
• Margins
• Top: 2.5 cm
• Bottom: 2.5 cm
• Right: 2.5 cm
• Left: 2.5 cm
• The use of numbered or bulleted lists only when necessary.
• The article must be written in the third person and in the past tense.
• The title, abstract, and keywords must appear in both Spanish and English.
• Abbreviations, symbols, and acronyms must be clarified in parentheses the first time they are used in the text.
• Acronyms, abbreviations of measurement units, and symbols of chemical elements do not carry periods.
• Scientific names (genus and species) of plants and animals must be italicized (e.g., Aloe vera), and written in lowercase except for the first letter of the genus.
• In the case of cultivars, they should be in double quotes unless preceded by the abbreviation cv (e.g., Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. cv. Rossol or Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. “Rossol”).
• Tables, charts, and graphs should be presented in Microsoft Word® or Excel® format, provided they are editable, and images (figures, maps, or photos) in JPG; PNG format (resolution greater than or equal to 300 dpi).

Titles and Authors

The title should not exceed 15 words. It should describe the content of the article clearly and concisely, avoiding the use of ambiguous words, abbreviations, and question and exclamation marks. It should be included in both Spanish and English.

An author is considered to be anyone who has contributed significantly to the design and execution of the study, as well as to the analysis of the results, the preparation of the manuscript, its review, and approval.

For each of the authors, the following must be provided:

• Full names and surnames
• Institutional affiliation, city, province, and country
• Email (Preferably institutional)
• Current and updated ORCID (If you do not have one, register at https://orcid.org/).

The first author is assumed to be responsible for receiving and sending correspondence.

Abstract and Keywords

Since the abstract is the most widely read part of an article when it is entered into bibliographic information systems, it must meet the following requirements:

• The abstract of the manuscripts must be presented in both Spanish and English.
• The abstract should present: objective, methods, results, and conclusions
• The length is up to 150 words
• Abstracts should not contain information or aspects not covered in the text, abbreviations, references to the text, or bibliographic citations.
• It should be written in the third person.

After the abstract, a list of three to five keywords should be included. Only those accepted by international databases will be used, which can be consulted:

• UNESCO Thesaurus: http://vocabularies.unesco.org/browser/thesaurus/es/page/concept1946
• AGROVOC Thesaurus: http://aims.fao.org/es/standards/agrovoc/functionalities/search

Body of the Manuscript

For the body of the manuscripts, work is done in correspondence with the templates attached.

RESEARCH ARTICLES are the result of theoretical, experimental, or field scientific research and represent an original contribution to knowledge.

• The topic addressed must be current, presenting novel and scientifically grounded results.
• The article must be original and should not contain: limited, classified elements, subject to patent, nor in the process of publication, nor published in other journals in any language.
• Writing with clear, coherent language that follows a logical thread.
• At least 20 bibliographic references must be included
• Comply with the standards and formats established in the Template for Research Articles which is incorporated below: <<<LINK TO THE TEMPLATE>>>.

REVIEW ARTICLES are the result of theoretical, experimental, or field scientific research and represent an original contribution to knowledge.

• The topic addressed must be current and present a critical review of a specific topic, in accordance with the journal's requirements.
• The article must be original and should not contain: limited, classified elements, subject to patent, nor in the process of publication, nor published in other journals in any language.
• At least 25 bibliographic references must be included.
• Comply with the standards and formats established in the Template for Review Articles which is incorporated below: <<<LINK TO THE TEMPLATE>>>.

Scientific Notes/Brief Communications are original works whose results - although partial - can be disseminated. This category also includes the description of new species and cultivars, pests, diseases, and methodological adjustments.

• The topic addressed must be current and present a critical review of a specific topic, in accordance with the journal's requirements.
• The article must be original and should not contain: limited, classified elements, subject to patent, nor in the process of publication, nor published in other journals in any language.
• At least 15 bibliographic references must be included.
• Comply with the standards and formats established in the Template for Scientific Notes/Brief Communications which is incorporated below: <<<LINK TO THE TEMPLATE>>>.

Bibliographic References

Bibliographic references will be made according to APA 7 standards (The guide to the standards applied by the Koinonía Foundation can be found in the section: Journal Format). References consulted will be placed at the end of the articles in alphabetical order and must meet the following general requirements:

• All references in the text must appear in this section and vice versa. Citations that have not been referenced should not be included.
• The update percentage of more than 50% corresponding to the last 5 years, counting the current year. For example, in the year 2025, the years 2021-2025 are taken into account.
• More than 70% of the references must be scientific articles, most of which should be from databases such as: Scopus, Web of Science, Redalyc, Scielo, or other internationally recognized databases.
• In bibliographic citations, conference proceedings, books, postgraduate theses, and official government documents can also be included as long as they are necessary and there are no indexed journal articles to support what is written.
• At least, if possible, the citation of three articles from the Koinonía Foundation Journal Portal is requested (https://fundacionkoinonia.com.ve/).
• All citations must include the link from where they were obtained (DOI or URL), if the citation is very long, a URL shortener should be used (For example: n9.cl).
• Self-citations should not exceed 20%.
• The following bibliographic sources should not be used:
• Postgraduate courses or unpublished documents
• Software, equipment manuals, etc.
• Books or monographs that do not have an ISBN
• Unregistered journals (Without ISSN) or non-scientific journals
• Sites with little recognition in the scientific community such as: Wikipedia, monografias.com, www.elrincondelvago.com, social networks, blogs, etc.

SELECTION FOR PUBLICATION

The receipt of a manuscript does not oblige its publication. Received manuscripts will be reviewed by the Editorial Committee and will be submitted to external peer review, usually experts in the respective subject. The Editorial Committee reserves the right to accept, reject, request modifications, and make the necessary corrections to adjust the manuscript to the journal's style.

The review of manuscripts will be done respecting the authors' right to confidentiality regarding information, results, and creative effort. Likewise, the right to confidentiality of reviewers and editors will be respected.

The Journal accepts comments and opinions that disagree with the published material, accepts reasoned retractions from authors, and will promptly correct typographical or other errors that may have been made when publishing an article.

Editorial Process

Contributors will upload the article to the Journal's OJS (download at Journal Formats). When registering the article on the platform, all requested fields must be specified and the article uploaded.

Together with the article, the Declaration of Responsibility and Originality must be submitted.

The writings published in Agroecología Global are the exclusive responsibility of the authors, both for their methods, opinions, and statements.

The article must be reviewed by the Editorial Committee within a period of no more than 7 days, and one of the following decisions will be issued:

1. It does not meet the established requirements and is rejected.
2. It needs minor changes and is returned to the authors for the necessary corrections.
3. The article meets the requirements, the authors are notified, and it is sent for arbitration.

In the case of decision 2, the author must upload the new version with the necessary corrections, and the arbitration process begins. Articles not approved by the Editorial Committee cannot be resubmitted for arbitration.

To ensure the originality and respect for the copyright of other researchers, articles aspiring to be published in the journal Agroecología Global will be reviewed using the Turnitin anti-plagiarism program, for which the Koinonía Foundation has the respective license. Based on the analysis of the report issued, the article:

• To continue the editorial process, it cannot have more than 10% similarity with other documents.
• If it has a similarity between 10% and 20% of the content, it will be returned to the authors for the necessary corrections within a maximum of 30 days.
• If it has more than 20% similarity, the article will be rejected.

All of the above is framed within the policy of ethics and good publication practices.

If the Editorial Committee's decision is favorable, the collaborator or collaborators will be notified that the article proceeds to the arbitration process.

Articles will be evaluated based on 4 core criteria:

1. Originality / Innovation of the research.
2. Utility / Social and Technical Relevance.
3. Clarity of the text.
4. Scientific rigor from the assumed research paradigm or approach / Argumentation / Conclusions or final considerations.

When reviewing the article, the academic peers issue a decision in the Reviewer Template and can suggest:

• Approved
• Approved with modifications (the necessary modifications are requested from the authors)
• Not approved.

The reviewers will have a period of 30 continuous days from the receipt of the article to submit the evaluation report to the Director and/or Editor. The Director and/or Editor will send this report to the author within a maximum period of 5 continuous days. When the article is returned for corrections to the authors, they have a period of 30 days to return the article to the journal.

The final decision on the evaluation process, publication or not of the articles rests exclusively with the Director and/or Editor and the Editorial Committee, and will be made based on the suggestions, observations, and recommendations issued by the reviewers. The projected period between the receipt of the article and its publication is 8 weeks.

All articles are subjected to an editorial evaluation process, even when they have been reviewed by experts; and if necessary, the authors will be given the appropriate recommendations to improve the quality of the articles to be published.

In case of discrepancies between both reviewers, a third reviewer is consulted, whose decision, together with the Editorial Committee, will determine whether the article is published or rejected.

If the work is definitively accepted or rejected, the author will receive official communication in this regard.

The results of the process are final and compliance with the Ethics and Good Publication Practices Policy must be ensured to avoid conflicts of interest.

If any breach of publication ethics is detected at the beginning, during the editorial process, or after publication, the journal Agroecología Global will take the necessary corrective measures based on the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) (www.publicationethics.org), the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) (http://www.icmje.org/) and the Council of Science Editors (CSE) (https://www.councilscienceeditors.org/), which may include:

• the rejection or retraction of the article,
• the prohibition of publishing future articles by all authors in the journal,
• notification to other journals, as well as,
• communication to the respective authorities (institution of origin, institution that funded the study, professional associations, and ethics committees).

The most frequent forms of unethical principles in publication are:

• Plagiarism: All publication proposals will be reviewed by a text similarity detection program. Proposals with more than 10% similarity will not be accepted.
• Inadequate authorship: Participation in authorship and the order of appearance in the article is the responsibility of the authors, the journal has no influence on these aspects. Authors should not make changes to the number and order of authors once the editorial process has begun.
• Redundant publication (duplicate publication and fragmented publication): The journal does not accept duplicate publication, in case of incurring in this fault and demonstrating its occurrence, the authors are subject to the guidelines established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

To ensure compliance with ethical principles, authors/researchers are recommended to:

• Identify the original sources of the elements used in the preparation of the articles. Identifying the author(s) when considering a text or part of it, whose author is considered in the body of the work.
• Respect the intellectual property rights of third parties, avoiding fraudulent practices in research and publication, resulting from the manipulation of results and conclusions.
• In case of discovering significant errors or inaccuracies in their articles, they should immediately inform the journal editors and facilitate all necessary inquiries to make the corresponding corrections, which will be made in the electronic journal as soon as possible.

What is not covered in these editorial standards will be submitted by the Editorial Committee of the journal Agroecología Global.

Articles must be original and unpublished; in addition to not being simultaneously submitted to other journals. They will be submitted to arbitration for selection and publication through the double-blind peer review system; where the reviewers do not know the identity of the authors of the articles, and the authors do not know the identity of the reviewers. All reviewers and referees are external to the Journal and the Foundation. Articles in languages other than Spanish and English will be accepted.