ISSN 2542-3401
online versión

ISSN 1316-4821
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INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

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

Digital preservation policies:

The National Experimental Polytechnic University Antonio José de Sucre, Puerto Ordaz, in alliance with AutanaBooks Ecuador, maintains digital preservation policies, ensuring the integrity of electronic digital documents, for prolonged periods of the Universidad Ciencia y Tecnología (UCT) journal, thus ensuring the unalterability of its characteristics such as authenticity, unalterability, originality, reliability, and accessibility.

The actions in line with these objectives are:

• Internal conservation: the National Experimental Polytechnic University Antonio José de Sucre, Puerto Ordaz, in alliance with AutanaBooks Ecuador, archives all the files that make up the UCT journal on external hard drives bimonthly, updating the structure in this same period.
• Long-term conservation: The UCT journal is backed by several indexing databases, including SciELO. With this support, UCT has access to the preservation of its articles in CLOKSS. For more information, visit Keepers Registry.
• Preservation under Sherpa-Romeo: The Universidad Ciencia y Tecnología (UCT) journal is backed by the Sherpa-Romeo database.
• PN PKP preservation: this is an additional capability for the long-term preservation of the journal's data.
• LOKSS preservation: UCT participates in the PKP-PNL initiative that allows the preservation of its articles using the LOCKSS tool. For more information, visit Keepers Registry. Preservation and backups: relevant differences.

It is essential to distinguish between backups, which are kept as a backup to preserve them in extreme situations, catastrophes, or information losses, and the public information on the server and the digital resources of an edition stored in a digital library.

On the other hand, digital preservation does not back up the information but protects high-quality digital material that will be useful in the future.

Guide for Authors

Note to authors: The editorial committee of the Universidad Ciencia y Tecnología journal reserves the right to improve the structural and writing aspects of the received articles, making the necessary modifications to ensure they meet the appropriate characteristics for subsequent publication.

Before submitting your manuscript, it is recommended to review the submission checklist:

Please:

• Read the objectives and scope to get an overview and evaluate if your manuscript is suitable for this journal.

• Use the Microsoft Word template to prepare your manuscript.

• Ensure that aspects related to publication ethics, copyright, authorship, figure formats, data, and reference standards have been reviewed.

• Ensure that all authors agree with the content of the submitted manuscript.

• Authors are encouraged to add a biography (optional) to the submission and publish it at the end of the document, with a maximum of 4 lines of description and a passport-type photo.

A) To know the format that their articles must have to be published in the journal, download this file: UCT Format

B) To make the originality declaration of the material sent to the journal, download the following file: Originality Declaration.

C) To know the format that book chapters must have to be published in the journal, download this file: Book Chapter Format.

General Description of Manuscript Submission

Types of Publications Accepted by the Journal

The journal accepts all types of academic and research documents that meet the rigors of a scientific publication. This means that all experimental details leading to the reproduction of the results must be provided. Authors must provide all experimental processes and data sets used in the research.

Manuscripts submitted to the journal must not be under evaluation in another journal, nor should they be published in other academic or scientific databases, or in other journals. The main types of documents received are as follows:

Scientific articles: These consist of original research work, therefore they must contain complete information about the experiments carried out, solid knowledge, and provide the scientific contribution they offer. The document must contain recent references, according to the type of research, and these must be cited within the document. A minimum of 8 pages and a maximum of 12 pages will be accepted for this type of document, with a basic structure of Abstract, Introduction, Development, Methodology, Results (including analysis or discussion of results), Conclusions, and References (No more than 20 references). It is suggested to follow the guidelines for authors for more details and use of templates.

Review articles: Documents submitted as review articles must contain a complete analysis of the updated literature within the field of knowledge being explored. Therefore, scientific gaps or current problems, scientific voids to be addressed must be identified. Thus, the review article must be critical, constructive, with clear and forceful proposals that guide future research. This type of article should not include new data that is not published. The structure may include an Abstract, Introduction, Relevant Sections, Discussion, Conclusions, and Future Directions, with a maximum of 12 pages and a minimum of 10.

Book chapters: The journal accepts the treatment of book chapters, which are the compilation of the authors' work or research, and may also contain bibliographic or monographic reviews, which are the product of the authors' academic work. These works must have an Introduction, Chapter Body, Conclusions, and References. They must have a maximum of 20 pages and a minimum of 15. All chapters will undergo peer review and anti-plagiarism verification processes.

Submission Process

Manuscripts for the journal must be submitted online through https://uctunexpo.autanabooks.com/index.php/uct/about/submissions

In countries where internet failures are frequent, manuscripts are also received via email: editorial@autanabooks.com

A corresponding author must be indicated for the entire editorial process of the manuscript. This author must ensure that all co-authors have been included and that their data is correct. They must register in the manuscript submission section and follow the steps indicated there. In this same platform, they can verify the editorial process of their work.

All submitted manuscripts must be in Microsoft Word format following the available template mentioned above.

Figures and tables should be inserted within the document, after the paragraph of their first mention. Figures and tables should be original, in the case of tables created in Microsoft Excel, they should preferably be included in their original format. In the case of figures, authors are requested to preferably vectorize them.

The originality and copyright transfer letter must also be provided to publish the work in open access indefinitely.

Author Biography

Authors are encouraged to add a biography (maximum 50 words) to the submission, with a passport-type or front photo with a white background. The biography should contain:

Full names of the authors followed by their current positions; Academic degrees and research experience.

Other Manuscript Details

Below are some important details to consider before submission:

The title: It should be concise, relevant, and internationally oriented. It should specify if the study is a design, a systematic review, a meta-analysis, or a case study. Do not include abbreviations, equations, or specific sectors of places.

Author list: The correct data of the authors must be provided, such as full names, place of affiliation or work, ORCID registration, email, city, and country. At least one author must be designated as the corresponding author.

Funding: Include the sources of funding obtained for your research work, including article processing charges if applicable. Appropriately write the name of the institute, university, or entity that has provided such funding support.

The way to write this section will be: "This research did not receive external funding" or "This research was funded by [name of the funder] grant number [xxx]" and "The APC was funded by [XXX]" in this section. Be careful with the correct name of the funding people or institutions.

Acknowledgments: Include in this section the support to people or organizations, institutes, laboratories, entities that have provided support in some way during your work. Personal religious acknowledgments are not accepted.

Conflicts of interest: Authors must identify and declare any circumstances or personal interests that may be perceived as influencing the representation or interpretation of the reported research results. If there is no conflict of interest, please indicate "The authors declare no conflict of interest". For more information, consult our conflict of interest section.

Additionally, authors agree to be members of the International Council of Scientific Reviewers, once their manuscript is published, for the following editions of the journal. They also agree to recommend specialized reviewers if requested.

No author may publish more than one article per year.

 They consist of original research works, so they must contain complete information about the experiments carried out, solid knowledge, and provide the scientific contribution they offer. Additionally, the document must contain recent references according to the type of research, and these must be cited within the work. A minimum of 8 pages and a maximum of 12 pages will be accepted for this type of document, with a basic structure of Summary, Abstract, Introduction, Development, Methodology, Results (including analysis or discussion of results), Conclusions, and References (No more than 20 references). Guidelines for authors are suggested for more details and the use of templates.