Submissions

Author Guidelines

DEFINITION:

The UCV-SCIENTIA journalis a semi-annual scientific publication of the Graduate School of the César Vallejo University, whose purpose is the communication and promotion of knowledge as a result of scientific research in all fields of knowledge cultivated at the University and in other institutions. This journal is aimed at all national and international researchers and consists of sections such as: original research, scientific essays, review articles, case studies, bibliographic reviews and letters to the editor.

The works received for the UCV-SCIENTIA journal must be original and unpublished, these are evaluated by members of the Editorial Committee and external and internal referees, according to criteria of creativity, originality and contribution to scientific, technological and innovation knowledge.

PRESENTATION

The article can be delivered to the editor electronically, attaching a certificate of originality of the article (download), detailing that the article has not been submitted (neither totally nor partially) for publication or for evaluation in another journal;

The consignment of the work does not imply any commitment to publication.

STATEMENT OF ETHICAL STANDARDS IN RESEARCH

Scientia Journal assumes the COPE code of conduct for editors and the "Principles of Transparency and Good Practices in Academic Publications" (Publications Ethics Committee), as well as the recommendations of the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) to which it belongs, the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) and the "SciELO Guide of Good Practices for Strengthening Ethics in Scientific Publishing".

In compliance with these good practices, the journal makes sure to monitor the scientific quality of the publications and the adequate response to the needs of its readers, authors and reviewers. The corrections, retractions and clarifications that are necessary will be published by the editor of the journal. In addition, in the peer review process, the journal has published the type of arbitration it performs in the selection of papers and guarantees the confidentiality of the evaluation process.

ARBITRATION SYSTEM

The quality and rigor of the consigned works will be evaluated in the first instance by the Editorial Committee, who after verifying that the % of similarity in turnitin is not greater than 15%, will request the evaluation of specialist referees in the areas, otherwise the article will be returned in primary correction.

The arbitration system adopted for the journal is double-blind, made up of different specialists in the relevant areas, externally and anonymously. The evaluation of the manuscripts will be made according to criteria of: originality, social relevance, topicality, scientific rigor and compliance with editorial standards.

The final publication decision, after the evaluation process, may be: 1. Publication without modifications, 2. Publication with substantial modifications of form and content and 3. Not publishable

5. STANDARDS AND PRESENTATION OF WORKS

The following rules are essential for the acceptance of papers in the journal. Authors should pay special attention before submitting to the journal:

All articles and collaborations must have an extension between 6,000 and 8,000 words (including tables, figures and references).
Title in Spanish and English. no more than 15 words.
Abstract (150-250 words). Must conform to APA 7th style. edition https://apastyle.apa.org/
Keywords, in Spanish and English (3-6 words). The keywords collected must belong to the ERIC THESAURUS https://eric.ed.gov/
The article can be written in Spanish or English and in word format.
The structure of the body of the article will be adjusted according to the type of manuscript
In research articles (primary): Introduction (presentation and justification of the problem), Method, Results, Discussion and Conclusions.
In secondary studies (meta-analysis, bibliometric studies and systematic reviews): Introduction/presentation of the problem, Theoretical Framework, Method, Results, Discussion and Conclusions.
For the acceptance of manuscripts it is INDISPENSABLE that they conform to the UCV-Scientia Template.
The authors must indicate in the article the following data: ORCID, Author Contributions (see credit taxonomy), Funding, Acknowledgments, Conflict of interest and Ethical Statement.

The author(s) must send the article, attaching the certificate of originality with the respective signatures. Download the format through the link: Certificate of originality.
To facilitate the evaluation process of the manuscript and speed up the report of its possible publication, a final self-review of the work is recommended in the format: Check-authors
The journal does not make any charge or APC for the publication of the article.
If the work includes images, they must be submitted (attached by email) in a separate file with a resolution of no less than 600 dpi, indicating their location in the text of the work.
Before sending the article, the person designated by the authors for this purpose must previously register with the journal.

The journal accepts manuscripts previously deposited in preprint servers (declare this condition in the submission).

If the data collected is hosted on a server, reference should also be made to it, it is desirable that the complete data be available at the time of sending.

(*) REFERENCES

The number of references will be a minimum of 10 and must be adjusted according to the following guideline, in accordance with the APA 7th edition (American Psychological Association) standard. The list must include, exclusively and in its entirety, the references cited in the text or in the sources of the graphic content (if applicable). References that are not cited in the text will be removed from the list. The list of references must be presented in alphabetical order by author's last name. For several references by the same author, these should be in reverse chronological order (from the oldest to the most recent). References with the same first author; and, with the second and third different, they are ordered alphabetically, considering the last name of the second or third different.

References to works that are available online must include the exact URL where the work is located, in the case of scientific articles, the DOI address. By way of illustration, the following are examples of the types of reference that are most frequently included in the articles published by the journal. We suggest consulting http://www.apastyle.org/ APA standards to see more examples and cases.

*Authors should verify the validity of online resources. When referring to these, the links should lead directly to the resource.