Peer review process

  • Articles will be refereed by anonymous peer review, where the referees do not know the identity of the authors of the articles, and the authors do not know the identity of the referees.

Rules for referees

General aspects:

      1. A first review is carried out by the editorial director in conjunction with the editorial committee, with the intention of determining whether the article submitted complies with the editorial standards and is within the thematic areas of interest for publication in the journal, applying in this instance the detection of plagiarism using specialised software. In the event that the article submitted does not comply with the above, it will be returned to the author (either for refusal before refereeing, corrections before refereeing or to recommend another journal depending on the subject matter).
      2. The editorial process from receipt to the refereeing verdict to the author(s) by the journal will take a maximum of 10 weeks, provided that there are no external conditions that may affect the indicated periodicity, for which the author(s) will be informed in due time about the novelty.
      3. All manuscripts will be reviewed anonymously. Authors should suggest three possible reviewers that they consider suitable to evaluate their work (the Journal is not obliged to send them for refereeing) , clearly indicating their name and e-mail address. Likewise, authors may indicate any person who, for different reasons, they do not wish to see involved in the review process of their work.

Evaluation procedure:

      1. The reviewers will have a period of 30 continuous days, from the receipt of the article, to send to the Director - Editor, the evaluation report of the same. The Director - Editor will send this report to the author within a maximum of 5 continuous days.
      2. The work of the reviewers is strictly confidential. The journal is not responsible for the performance of the reviewers, who are completely autonomous.
      3. For the arbitration of articles, peer review will be anonymous or double-blind, 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.
      4. Originality, relevance, style and contributions to the field will be assessed.
      5. The reviewers will use the instrument proposed by the journal for the evaluation of the article.
      6. Articles are refereed and classified in the following categories: Approved, Approved with modifications and Not Approved.
      7. Anything not covered by the editorial guidelines will be at the discretion of the Editorial Committee.