ISSN 2697-3650
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INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

• Scope and editorial policy
• Form and preparation of manuscripts

MISSION

• Disseminate novel knowledge while always preserving a high level of quality, a high level of research on diverse topics of scientific and global multidisciplinary endeavor, resulting from creation, research, criticism, and intellectual confrontation.
• Make visible the knowledge with which the professional training of undergraduate and graduate students in our Latin American Universities is committed.
• Allow the self-evaluation and continuous improvement of the communicative competences of the Latin American scientific academic endeavor.
• Welcome reflections on issues of public and social interest that meet scientific rigor, as a fundamental contribution of our social and academic projection and commitment.
• Impact socio-culturally and scientifically the environment, promoting the participation of teachers and researchers from the local, regional, national and international academic community through the publication of scientific articles with diverse themes.

VISION

By 2021, the Minerva Scientific Journal will be recognized internationally as a Journal with the highest standards of scientific publications, as a high-level and high-impact means for the dissemination and divulgation of knowledge due to its scientific foundation, flexibility, and academic richness. In addition, for the diversity and flexibility of the publications, for their relevance and timeliness, for the support of academic and research work, for disseminating the latest developments and advances in different areas of scientific endeavor.

OBJECTIVES

1. a) Disseminate the results of research carried out inside and outside of Ecuador.
2. b) Contribute to the confrontation and dissemination of knowledge, as well as enable exchange between peers from different universities and research institutes.
3. c) Contribute to the construction of scientific knowledge.
4. d) Stimulate critical reflection on theories, perspectives, and problems in the indicated areas.

DISCIPLINES

The Minerva Journal of Scientific Research covers the following disciplines:

• Social Sciences
• Basic Sciences
• Health Sciences
• Medical Sciences
• Legal Sciences, Economics and Administration
• Environmental Sciences
• Silvo-agricultural Sciences
• Exact and Natural Sciences
• Technologies and Engineering Sciences
• Architecture
• Humanities
• Industrial Applications
• Developments and prototypes

FOCUS AND SCOPE

The Minerva Journal is a journal with national and international coverage that publishes articles in the area of Science, Technology and Innovation, is multidisciplinary, with works related to research, in all disciplines, with each publication complying with the peer review process and compliance with ethical and quality criteria.

It is a multidisciplinary publication edited by AutanaBooks, and is aimed at academics, researchers, scientists, students, entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs, interested in disseminating their scientific productions. It has a printed and electronic version with open access at https://autanabooks.com/index.php/blog/revistaminerva. All content published in the journal is freely accessible and does not require any type of payment for consultation. You can get more information at www.autanabooks.com.

In the Minerva Journal you can find articles in Spanish and English, being allowed articles of scientific technological research, technical notes, case reports, letters to the editor, reflection articles derived from research, essays, scientific articles, among others. The administration of the articles is carried out on the Open Journal System publication management platform.

Types of contributions:

Scientific technological research articles: are products of Degree Works (Specialization, Master's and Doctorate) or research in the university and industrial field, whether experimental or non-experimental and must signify a technological contribution to the resolution of specific problems in the industrial sector.

Technical Notes: are those contributions intended to inform about novelties and advances in the specialties covered by the Journal.

Scientific articles: must be the result of a research work, whether bibliographic or experimental, in which results have been obtained, discussed and conclusions reached with a significant contribution in some area of scientific interest.

Essays: must be the result of some personal analysis carried out by the author on a specific topic (historical, scientific, artistic, technical, among others), where the subjective predominates and where a personal criterion is exposed but with foundation and argumentation.

Reflection articles derived from research: are contributions that expose the result of an investigation but in them the subjective criterion of the author, his analysis and reflection on the results predominates.

Case reports: is a medical contribution that shows the clinical experience of a particular case, where descriptive, detailed information is presented that serves as teaching for the medical and scientific community.

Book chapters: the publication of book chapters with a maximum length of 35 pages will be considered, and no more than one chapter per author may be published. The book chapter must be within the interests of the Minerva Journal and must go through the peer review process.

PEER REVIEW PROCESS

The authors must provide their products through the OJS platform, and they will be informed in a timely manner of the dates for the submission thereof.

In principle, the area of study, theme, format and relevance of the article will be taken into account, notifying the authors of the following:

1.- That the article has passed to the peer review stage, which are external to the scientific committee of the journal, considered experts in the area of study of the article. This process will last ten calendar days, is open and takes into account the evaluation form present on the OJS platform. This evaluation will be in double-blind mode for author(s) and evaluators, that is, the article is sent to the evaluators without the identity of the authors and any other data that refers to them, and in the same way the observations will be delivered to the authors without data from the evaluators. In the event that there is no coherence between the evaluations, a third evaluation will be considered, complying with the double-blind rule. The evaluators will carry out their work under the criteria of confidentiality and impartiality.

2.- That the article is rejected for not being of interest to the journal or for presenting a format that is not the one established by the journal.

Once the article has been evaluated, the authors will be notified:

1.- That the article presents minor revisions that can be improved for its subsequent publication. Likewise, the author(s) will have 15 calendar days to return the article with the suggested corrections, accompanied by a letter where the modifications made are exposed.

The editorial committee is in charge of evaluating whether the observations made have been met and, if it considers it pertinent, sends it back to the evaluating peer. The decision to publish will be subject to the agreement of the academic peer and the editorial committee, taking into account the observations made previously. In the event of not agreeing with the evaluations of the peers, the authors must send an explanatory letter justifying their position before the observations. The journal reserves the right to edit the texts, without changing the meaning of the article.

In cases where the article is already accepted, the authors must sign a declaration of originality and an authorization of the rights of publication and reproduction thereof and of the inclusion in databases, web pages, or electronic pages, national or international (Review: Originality Declaration Formats and Rules for authors). All the content of the articles, which includes texts, tables, figures, information in general, included in the material to be published is the exclusive responsibility of the authors. Likewise, the article is the responsibility of its authors and does not necessarily reflect the thinking of the editorial committee.

2.- That the article cannot be published because the modifications are too extensive or are not in accordance with the Journal.

COSTS

Minerva Multidisciplinary Journal of Scientific Research does not have charges for publication of articles.

PERIODICITY OR FREQUENCY OF THE JOURNAL

As of 2024, Minerva Journal of Scientific Research will be published continuously. Articles are received throughout the year. Calls for special issues (Special call for paper) will be published on the Journal's website.

In years prior to 2024, the Minerva journal had a quarterly periodicity.

ETHICAL STANDARDS OF PUBLICATION

The Minerva Journal takes as its Code of Ethics and Good Practices for editors of scientific journals, what is established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) on its page http://publicationethics.org/. Taking into account what is established by COPE, the journal is committed to attending to the scientific quality of the publications and with an appropriate treatment to the demands of its readers, authors and evaluators.

CONFLICT OF INTERESTS

The authors must include, in addition to the article provided to the Journal, an Originality Declaration Form and a Declaration of Conflict of Interest (Review Annex 2). In addition, at the end of the article, after the conclusions, a paragraph must be added in which this declaration is specified, additionally, on the first page of the article the source of funding for the research that gave rise to the article will be included.

PLAGIARISM AND SELF-PLAGIARISM

Authors who have an interest in publishing in the Minerva Journal, must cite the sources of data used, figures and all information in an explicit and clear manner. Always taking into account the citation rules of the Journal. The authors must guarantee the originality of the articles and the Journal will be responsible for reviewing said works to avoid publication malpractices such as duplication, plagiarism or self-plagiarism. The Plagiarism Checker software will be used to evaluate the percentage of originality, taking into account that for a work to be considered original it should not exceed 20% of content contributed by other authors or own. If the article presents irregularities of originality it will be rejected for publication.

The Minerva Multidisciplinary Journal is a scientific research publication that has been in circulation uninterruptedly since April 2020. With a fixed quarterly periodicity, it covers various multidisciplinary research lines, including:

• Social Sciences
• Basic Sciences
• Health Sciences
• Medical Sciences
• Legal Sciences, Economics and Administration
• Environmental Sciences
• Silvo-agricultural Sciences
• Exact and Natural Sciences
• Technologies and Engineering Sciences
• Architecture
• Humanities
• Industrial Applications
• Developments and Prototypes

Arbitration system and publication standards

The Minerva journal is an arbitrated scientific publication that uses the external expert evaluation system (peer-review), under the methodology of blind pairs (double-blind review). For citation and publication, the standard of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is followed. This system guarantees authors an impartial and objective treatment, facilitating the inclusion of the journal in databases, repositories and international indexations.

Guidelines for authors

Note: The Minerva journal only accepts original works to be considered for publication.

The authors must take into account the following items:

• To know the required format for the articles, download: Minerva Format.
• To make the declaration of originality, download: Declaration of Originality.
• To know the format of book chapters, download: Book Chapters Format.

Process for publishing articles

The times of the editorial process are as follows:

• 3 days for the first response from the section editor or pass to peer review.
• 10 to 20 days for observations from peer reviewers.
• 1 to 3 months for the publication of the article after its approval.

The authors must send their works through the OJS platform and will be notified in a timely manner about the submission dates.

Manuscript structure

• Extension: Maximum 12 pages in total.
• Title (Spanish): Calibri 14, maximum 12 words, without acronyms or points.
• Authors: Names and surnames, ORCID, institutional email, affiliation, city and country.
• Abstract (Spanish): Calibri 10, maximum 150 words.
• Keywords (Spanish): Calibri 10, separated by commas.
• Title (English): Calibri 12, same characteristics as in Spanish.
• Abstract (English): Same characteristics as the abstract in Spanish.
• Keywords (English): Same characteristics as the keywords in Spanish.

Manuscript sections

• Introduction: Presents background of the investigation.
• Development: Theoretical and conceptual aspects, with references and arguments.
• Methodology: Processes and steps of the work, without theoretical foundations or citations.
• Results: Analysis and discussion of results, with figures and tables.
• Conclusions: Relevant to the contribution made, without repeating the summary.
• Appendix: Additional information, if necessary.
• Acknowledgements: To institutions, foundations, etc., not personal.
• References: IEEE style, numbered consecutively.

Periodicity

The magazine has a quarterly periodicity: January-April, May-August, September-December. It is published fifteen days after the last month of each quarter.

Target audience of the magazine

Minerva Multidisciplinary Journal of Scientific Research is aimed at students, teachers, researchers and the general public passionate about research and scientific dissemination. The magazine is published in digital version (ISSN: 2697-3650) in Spanish and English as main languages.