ISSN 2542-2987
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INSTRreveciIONS TO AUTHORS

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

MISSION

The Scientific Journal (e-ISSN: 2542-2987) is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed publication issued quarterly (February-April), (May-July), (August-October), (November-January) by the International Institute of Research and Educational Technological Development (INDTEC), continuously published since 2016, which can be exchanged with another journal. It publishes scientific articles and essays in the field of Social Sciences and disciplines such as Environment, Communication, Education, Management, Information, Sociology, and Technology, among others. It includes articles that must be novel, essays, reviews, and research advances, which are submitted to the consideration of qualified referees, and they express directly the opinions of their authors and not necessarily those of the Editorial Committee. The Scientific Journal aims primarily to publish the results of research conducted in Higher Education Institutions at an international level, to contribute to scientific progress. It also welcomes researchers from other institutions outside its borders.

VISION

To be the international reference for publications of scientific productions at the educational level, in its different levels in Latin America and the Caribbean, with high standards of quality and methodological rigor.

OBJECTIVES

The objective of the Scientific Journal, is to disseminate scientific and technological knowledge through original results, products of scientific research, which represent a contribution to the development of science and technology. It includes works, products of scientific research, and theoretical reflections that, due to their relevance, deserve to be published, thus contributing to making intellectual production visible in the areas of education and social sciences.

SCOPE

The Scientific Journal is aimed at researchers, teachers, students, and the academic audience at its different levels (Initial, Basic, University), as well as the scientific community in general and other people involved in the educational process. 

In order to maintain the quality of the publication and its impartiality and ethics, the articles or essays received are evaluated by two external reviewers (peer-review) considered experts in the subject by the Scientific Journal: multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal of socio-educational research, which accredits as such those selected collaborators, with a double-blind review (author/s-reviewers). In case of discrepancy, a third evaluation will be requested, also in a double-blind process and following the journal's publication standards. The reviewers will act under the criteria of competence, confidentiality, impartiality and honesty, diligence, respect, and courtesy. 

The Scientific Journal is indexed in the Scientific Information System REDALYC (Network of Scientific Journals of Latin America and the Caribbean, Spain, and Portugal), promoted by the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico (UAEM); in LATINDEX (Directory - Catalog v2.0), Regional Online Information System for Scientific Journals of Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain, and Portugal of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM); in SciELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online); in the database of INDEX COPERNICUS (ICI Journals Master List); in CLASE, bibliographic database of social sciences and humanities journals of UNAM; part of DOAJ, Directory of Open Access Journals; in DIALNET (Dialnet Foundation), University of La Rioja; belongs to the Ibero-American Network of Innovation and Scientific Knowledge REDIB, Network of Scientific Journals of Latin America and the Caribbean, Spain, and Portugal; in ERIH PLUS, European Reference Index for the Humanities and Social Sciences; indexed in REVENCYT, Index and Electronic Library of Venezuelan Journals of Science and Technology of the University of the Andes (ULA); in MIAR, Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals of the University of Barcelona; in OAJI, Open Academic Journals Index; in CROSSREF, official registration agency of the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) of the International DOI Foundation; in ACTUALIDAD IBEROAMERICANA, Index of Journals of the Center for Technological Information (CIT); in BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine), of the Library of the University of Bielefeld; in the CLACSO-REDALYC Collection, of the Network of Virtual Libraries of Social Sciences of Latin America and the Caribbean; in BIBLAT, Latin American Bibliography in scientific and social research journals; in EZB (Electronic Journals Library), Electronic Journals Library of the University of Regensburg; in the database of journals OEI-CREDI, of the Organization of Ibero-American States for Education, Science, and Culture; in ROAD, Directory of Open Access Scholarly Resources (ISSN International Centre); and in repositories, libraries, and specialized catalogs of Ibero-America.

*The journal is published in electronic version (e-ISSN: 2542-2987) in Spanish. Each article is identified with a DOI (Digital Object Identifier System). All articles in the online version are digitally accessible in full text and free of charge for the scientific community and researchers worldwide.

GENERAL PUBLICATION GUIDELINES

Guidelines for authors

The Editorial Academic Committee of the Scientific Journal has established the following guidelines for articles that will be submitted for peer review for publication.

The journal accepts reviewing scientific articles related to the focus and scope of the journal.

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*Registration and login are required to submit articles online and to check the status of current submissions.

Research Section

• Submitted works must be original and unpublished scientific research articles, results or advances of a research process or a deep theoretical reflection that constitutes a significant contribution to the development of knowledge in the humanistic, educational, managerial, and technological areas.
• Additionally, the last section of the journal is intended for the publication of contributions and essays on topics related to the academic or social area.

Length, format, and structure

• The article/essay will have a minimum length of ten (10) and a maximum of twenty (20) written pages, including notes, tables, and references.
• When support of graphs, tables, charts, photos, or maps, not exceeding two, is required, the author must send it via the internet to the email address mentioned above (without importing them from Word; graphs, tables, and charts in the original format and photos or maps in *.PNG or *.JPG format, maintaining the document structure) and indicating the place and page where they will be placed, or if they will be included as an appendix or annex of the article. In any case, they must be of sufficient quality and legible to allow optimal reproduction.

Aspects that the article must contain

• Abstract: The works will include an abstract in Spanish and English (abstract), of an informative type, where the studied problem, the objective, the methods used, and the main results and conclusions are presented, with a length not exceeding (200) words and in a single paragraph single-spaced. Below both abstracts and in the respective language, no fewer than three descriptors (03) or keywords and a maximum of (5) keywords of the article/essay must be indicated (using the terms from the UNESCO Thesaurus by area of knowledge).

*The Abstract must be a coherent translation, not the product of an internet translator.

• Introduction: It should contain a clear and simple statement of the problem, previous references to its approach, possible questions and assumptions that guided the work, objective, and the approach used by the author.
• Body (theory and concepts, methodology, analysis of results, and discussion): This section describes how the work was done. The activities, materials, and procedures used or performed are incorporated into the narration as the procedure followed is explained. In general, the sequence for presenting the details could be: definition of the methodology, object and subject of study, procedure, and way of collecting and analyzing the results.
• Conclusions: Here the author extracts and formulates the conclusions reached in the discussion with precision, but without exposing the reasons that allowed them to reach them. If the work allows, recommendations can be made. By reading this section, anyone can quickly learn the findings obtained during the research. This section can be written separately or incorporated into the discussion. Also, according to the author's criteria, it can be omitted.

*Premature conclusions of ongoing work will not be made.

• References: References should conform to the APA system standards (American Psychological Association), following the guidelines outlined below in general: First surname, Initial of the first Name. (year). Title of the article in bold. City and Country where it was edited: Name of the Publisher, first and last pages, pp. xx-xx. (Links or hyperlinks must work correctly and contain the cited information).

*Every article must have Introduction, Methodology, Results, Conclusions, and References.

*Every essay must have Introduction, Development, Conclusions, and References.

*Paragraph: Articles or essays that do not meet the Criteria for assessing the percentage of content similarity and have (40%) or more similarity compared to other documents will be subject to immediate cancellation.

• Accepted contributions will be subject to style and content correction, and their publication will be subject to the availability of space in each issue. The submission of any contribution to the journal implies not only acceptance of what is established in this document but also authorization from the Editorial Academic Committee of the Revista Scientific to include it on its electronic page.
• Proposed texts that comply with the above guidelines will be submitted for review or arbitration to two external reviewers or arbitrators, using the double-blind system: the reviewer will not know the identity of the author and vice versa.
• Accepted works with observations will be returned to their authors, who must incorporate the indicated modifications, which will be verified by the Editorial Committee.
• Each author(s) will receive a PDF copy of the issue of the journal in which their article or essay is published, along with the Certificate of Publication.
• Articles that receive a favorable review may be scheduled for their next publication once the Acceptance and Publication Letter is issued (The presentation must comply with the phases indicated in the Editing and Publication Process: 1. Submission queue; 2. Submission review; 3. Submission editing; 4. Issue management; and 5. Publication).

Review Criteria

• Reviewers will be international researchers and academics with Master's or Doctorate degrees, of recognized prestige whose lines of work coincide with the topic addressed in each text. The anonymity of reviewers and authors is maintained at all times.
• It is guaranteed that the reviewers have no relationship with the author or the institution to which they belong.

The evaluation criteria suggested to the reviewers will be as follows:

• Attention to content. Consider the originality, rigor, interest, and relevance of the approaches, with a maximum of (5) years of the documents used, as well as their relevance to the field of education.
• Attention to the general structure of the work. The presentation should be done with a coherent logic that achieves its analytical cohesion.
• Attention to writing. Expository quality, care in writing and spelling.

The final review may be:

1. Publishable with substantial corrections. In this case, the author will be informed of the deep modifications that must be made to the work to be published in the journal. The author(s) will have a period of 7 days, counted from the date of return, to present the corrected version of their text, which will be sent again to the reviewers to determine the relevance of the new version.
2. Publishable with revision. In this case, the author(s) will be informed if the work needs minor modifications, which will be indicated precisely. The author will have a period of 7 days, counted from the date of return, to present the corrected version of their text, which will be sent again to the reviewers to determine the relevance of the new version.
3. Publishable without objections. The text will automatically be scheduled for publication in the journal.
4. Not publishable. Here the reviewer will clearly state the reasons why they consider that the text cannot be published.

Articles or essays considered NOT PUBLISHABLE by the Editorial Academic Committee or, if applicable, the highest authority of the requesting area of the Revista Scientific, will not make adjustments or agreements of any kind.

*The reviewers' decision is final.

Estimated Publication Time

*The time between the receipt of the article and the first response from the reviewers is one (1) month to two (2) months; and the time between receipt and the estimated time for publication is three (3) months to six (6) months. Once the article is finally accepted, a letter of acceptance of the article is sent to the authors with the date on which it will be published.

• The issues of the Revista Scientific, are published periodically (quarterly) on the 5th (working day) of February, May, August, and November of each year.

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

• The Scientific Journal, is dedicated to publishing articles under the highest standards of quality and ethics. We maintain these standards of ethical behavior at all stages of publication and with all members of our journal, including the author, the journal editor, the reviewer, and the publisher.

*Plagiarism or any other unethical behavior is strictly prohibited.

Open Access Statement

• The Scientific Journal, provides immediate free access to its content under the principle of making research and theoretical reflection available to the public free of charge, thus favoring the exchange of knowledge through the journal.

*The journal is included in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).

Digital Preservation Policies

• The International Institute of Research and Educational Technological Development INDTEC, C.A., sponsor of the Scientific Journal, through digital preservation methods, ensures the intellectual content of electronic archive documents for long periods, maintaining their attributes such as integrity, authenticity, immutability, originality, reliability, and accessibility.

About the Creative Commons License (CC)

• Users can mix, transform, and build upon the content of our publication for non-commercial purposes, provided that any derivative work of the original publication is distributed under the same CC-BY-NC-SA license.
• The International Institute of Research and Educational Technological Development, INDTEC, C.A., must be clearly identified as the owner of the Scientific Journal and the copyright holder of the original publication.
• Any derivative work must be published and distributed under the same open access CC-BY-NC-SA license granted in the original publication.
• In all respects, it is mandatory to respect and mention the appropriate credit in any use made of the journal's articles or essays.
• It is entirely prohibited to use the journal's articles or essays for publication through another editorial medium or in another language.
• Any commercial use of the content of our publication will require prior written authorization from the Editor.

*The Scientific Journal is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Administrative Contributions for Publication

• Publishing in the Scientific Journal does not involve costs for the author(s) who submit their works for consideration (the journal is funded by the International Institute of Research and Educational Technological Development INDTEC, C.A.). The manuscript must be sent to the email address: indtec.ca@gmail.com, along with the documents requested from the author (such as the Originality Letter, the Copyright Transfer Letter filled and signed, the Conflict of Interest Declaration, the Curriculum Vitae of the author(s) and co-author(s) of the manuscript, the digital image of the national identity document (in color), and the Article or Essay adapted to the Scientific Journal template, complying with the Author Guidelines. (In the case of a Program or Project, the Program or Project Declaration Form must be filled).
• The Scientific Journal is an entirely free open access journal for readers and authors, which favors the reuse and self-archiving of its articles in international databases, repositories, directories, and information systems, thus promoting greater global knowledge exchange. This means that the journal does not charge authors for submitting articles or for publishing them once accepted. Nor does it charge readers for accessing its content. (According to the decision made by the board of the International Institute of Research and Educational Technological Development INDTEC, C.A., on April 1, 2019).

Supplementary Forms for Article Submission

To complete the documentation for article submission, the following forms must be downloaded and sent fully and correctly filled through the journal's Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform, following the steps given in the Submission Preparation Checklist. Additionally, through the journal's email indtec.ca@gmail.com.

• Originality Letter Form
• Copyright Transfer Letter Form
• Conflict of Interest Declaration Form
• Authors' Curriculum Vitae Form
• Program or Project Declaration Form
• Article Submission Checklist Form
• APA Guidelines for Journal Authors

Privacy Statement

The names and email addresses entered through the Scientific Journal's Open Journal Systems platform will be used exclusively for the purposes stated therein and will not be provided to third parties or used for other purposes.

*We will only collect data necessary for the publication of articles or essays in the journal, obtained by legal and fair means.

The VENEZUELAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY publishes ORIGINAL articles in OPEN ACCESS that may have been presented at Congresses or Meetings of the Society and/or are directly submitted by the author through our website, aimed at medical professionals whether or not they belong to our Society. For approval, the manuscript is SUBJECTED TO A DOUBLE-BLIND PEER REVIEW PROCESS.

The reviews are conducted maintaining the required confidentiality, using reviewers with recognized expertise in the area to be evaluated, relying on the Editorial Team of the Journal for their final decisions. Along with the manuscript, review formats are sent to ensure the objectivity of the evaluation.