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The Scientific and Technological Journal UPSE (RCTU) of the State University Peninsula of Santa Elena is edited by the Institute for Scientific Research and Development of Technologies (INCYT) uninterruptedly since 2012.
It publishes original and unpublished writings related to Engineering Sciences and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Research and review manuscripts are accepted, which are peer-reviewed in a double-blind system or DBPR (double-blind-peer-review). The journal is edited in Spanish, with a biannual frequency (June and December).
Adherence to this document is essential for the submitted manuscript to be evaluated by the Editorial Board. Otherwise, the submissions will be removed from the evaluation process and immediately returned to the authors.
This guide is organized into four sections: A) Policies, B) Presentation Protocols, C) Writing Guidelines, D) Citation and Reference Standards.
RCTU works with the arbitration modality of double-blind peer-review or DBPR (double-blind-peer-review) with expert reviewers in the area. The reviewers support the free dissemination of open science for readers and authors, ensuring the quality, originality, and relevance of the scientific articles. Considerations as a reviewer The participation of reviewers is fundamental and timely in the editorial process of our journal framed in the open access (Open Access) context and without APC (Article Processing Charge). Acceptance to evaluate a manuscript involves the following:
If unable to carry out the manuscript evaluation process, it is necessary to notify the Editor, stating the reasons for declining the invitation to review. Declaration of confidentiality and conflict of interest for reviewers Confidentiality Commitment: Not to use the proposed article's information (previous results, developed concepts, etc.) for personal benefit and/or expose others or an organization Research Conflict of Interest (COI): When a private or personal interest affects personal criteria or actions, resulting in personal, economic, or professional gain. Arbitration Procedure for Article Evaluation
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The UPSE Editorial management is carried out through the OJS platform; every action taken in this system is confirmed with automated emails to the users. Users are reminded to check the registered email and therefore the OJS platform. In case of technical difficulties with OJS or inquiries, contact revista_upse@upse.edu.ec The process of a submitted article is developed in four phases described in the flowchart of the following link: a) Receipt Phase When submitting an article, the author or authors declare in good faith that the manuscript is original and unpublished and has not been simultaneously submitted for publication to another journal or publisher, whether printed and/or electronic, committing not to submit it to another digital or printed medium while it is under review, nor subsequently, in case it is accepted for publication. Review the manuscript for correct writing, spelling, grammar, and adherence to citation and reference standards. Manuscripts will only be received on the OJS (Open Journal Systems) platform, follow the Manual for Article Submissions. The mandatory documents received by the platform at this stage are:
If any of these documents are missing or their content is incomplete, they will not be accepted by the Editorial Committee for processing. These submitted documents will remain confidential and will preserve anonymity for subsequent review. The publisher will examine the following within an estimated period of one month:
If the article does not meet these three requirements, it will be returned and removed from the database. Alternatively, if there is no response to the observations of this phase for manuscript changes, the publisher will assume that the author has withdrawn from the publication and will remove it from the database. b) Review Phase The journal works with the double-blind peer review system (DBPR) with reviewers who are experts in the field. The Evaluation Criteria for External Reviewers, ensure transparency in evaluation and assess the quality of the submitted manuscripts. The estimated review time is from 1 month to 2½ months. The review process includes the following stages:
c) Editorial Phase In this phase, the publisher considers the following:
The Publisher reserves the right to make style corrections and editorial changes, in writing, morphology, and philology, deemed necessary to improve the manuscript, as well as to correct value judgments and discrimination if necessary. It adheres to the correct use of format, references, and bibliographic citations according to the UNE-ISO 690:2013 standards (Spanish version of ISO 690:2010) of the Numeric System method. d) Production Phase During this phase, the layout of the final version of the article (post-print) is completed, with the graphic editing and style of the journal. The published version (post-prints) of the articles is deposited on the website in PDF and HTML formats. The journal guarantees permanent accessibility through the unique and permanent identifier for electronic publications, DOI (Digital Object Identifier), whose main function is to search and locate a resource (journals, articles, books…) on the web, ensuring its permanence and availability. |
The Article Template. is available. Generally, the manuscript should maintain the following presentation format:
Tables:
Examples about tables: Figures:
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When writing the content, consider the following:
1. Type of manuscripts and structure The document's writing should be between 3,000 and 6,000 words, excluding article data, author(s), abstract, keywords, and references. The types of manuscripts that the RCTU editorial receives are:
If strictly necessary, manuscripts can have appendices at the end. 2. Detail of the manuscript components (IMRYD format) Remove the information of the authors in the manuscript text as well as in the metadata of the Microsoft Word application, to ensure an anonymous review process. (See Anonymous Review Guide). Influence of initial conditions on the speed and acceleration of gravity currents Influence of the initial conditions on velocity and acceleration of gravity current
SUMMARY
Paragraph… Keywords: … ABSTRACT Paragraph… Keywords: … Title: It should be brief and concise; it should not include acronyms or abbreviations. Use technical, precise, and direct language that identifies the content of the article. Avoid words or phrases that do not contribute any meaning. It should not have more than 15 words. Summary/Abstract: It is the synthesis of the article, written in past tense; it does not include bibliographic citations, abbreviations, acronyms and should be between 100 and 150. The Abstract section with the same requirements written in English. The correct drafting of the summary should imply the circumstances of the research problem, the main objective, 2-4 sentences about the methodology used, the main conclusions related to the objectives [5]. Keywords: From 3 to 5 words or short phrases, separated by a comma, they should reflect the content of the article without conjugated verbs, they will be written in alphabetical order from left to right, these cannot be in the title of the manuscript. In the Keywords section they will be written in the same order as the keywords. For specialized and thematic language, it is also recommended to use the UNESCO Thesaurus. Introduction: It describes problem to be investigated and the state of the art; the main objectives of the research should be included. Much of the introduction should be written in the present tense. It reveals the question, why was this work done? It has elements such as: purpose, importance, issues, background, current knowledge of the subject, concluding in objectives and/or hypothesis of the problem. Materials and methods: Written in past tense, it describes how the study was done, the design of the work, the population or sample and how it was selected, place and initial and final dates when the study was conducted, as well as the procedures, the variables, and the statistical methods used for data analysis [5 p.15]. For example, in field experiments, the experimental design used, edaphology and climatic characteristics of the experimental site must necessarily be indicated. This section should answer the questions: what, when, where, how, and with what. Results and discussion: They will be precise and concrete in the past tense, supported by tables and figures (editable). Data CANNOT be presented at the same time in tables and figures. They will be discussed by interpreting and commenting on the criteria of the author and other authors, looking for a scientific explanation of the results obtained; a simple comparison with data reported by other authors does not mean discussion. It is necessary to maintain scientific, methodological, and ethical rigor [6]. Tables and Figures: They allow the author to present large amounts of information in an efficient and understandable way. Figures should not duplicate information already existing in tables. They must be mentioned in the body of the text. For example, “… the data proposed in Table 2 shows…”. In case of statistical tables, keep the color palette of the magazine (hexagonal): #4472c4 (soft blue); #a5a5a5 (lead); #5b9bd5 (light blue); #264478 (dark blue); #636363 (dark lead); #255e91 (blue) #007ab2 (light blue2); #002b5c (blue2).
Conclusions: Written in the present tense, it must be related to the objective of the study; they are concrete and summarized statements of the interpretation of the results; in some cases, aspects to consider in future research can be suggested. This conclusion section is not to repeat results again. Funding: Detail the type of funding that your research work required. For example, it could be one of the following options:
Conflict of Interest: Indicate if there is any conflict of interest in the research. For example, it could be one of the following options:
References: They are placed at the end of the article, and only those necessary for understanding and substantiating the article should be referenced and cited; all references must be cited in the text and vice versa. Strict compliance with standards in references and their correct citation in the text is the exclusive responsibility of the authors; all references must be verifiable via the internet.
IMPORTANT: Do not reference personal consultations, anonymous works, unpublished lectures, works
published in scientific event proceedings, and non-digitized theses, as their origin cannot be
verified..
Depending on the subject, generally up to 25 references, are allowed, excluding review articles (minimum 30), of which 60% must be from the last 5 years, according to the year of article submission. Of the total, a minimum of 5% must come from journals indexed with bibliographic indicators such as WOS and Scopus. |
CITATION AND REFERENCE STANDARDS
For the writing of articles, the UNE-ISO 690:2013 standards (Spanish version of ISO 690:2010) [7, 8] are assumed with the citation and reference method of the Numeric System; this standard provides guidelines for the drafting of bibliographic references and citations in Latin script for information resources. 1. Ways to cite in the body of the text Citation.– It is found in the body of the text and is the guide to the resource that has been consulted or referenced in the bibliographic references of the document. There are textual and conceptual citations. IMPORTANT: The use of textual citations must be minimal and pertinent if strictly necessary. Meanwhile, when using conceptual citations, they should be adequately analyzed and synthesized with a constructive paraphrase recommended for academic texts, instead of mechanical paraphrasing that can constitute plagiarism [3 p. 22]. It must be identified with a consecutive Arabic numbering in the order of appearance of the quote in the body of the text, written in brackets and at the end of the text of the quote before punctuation marks (, . ; :). The textual citation must be identified in quotes (“ ”), plus the page from which the information is extracted, in brackets; but not the conceptual ones, which will go without the quotation marks. Examples: “Magnesium forms a part of the chlorophyll molecule and therefore it can be said that it plays a structural role. However, chlorophyll is an important catalytic molecule that indispensably requires magnesium for its functioning” [2, p. 45]. Assim;, ... The Richardson number provides information about the generation of KH waves, it is a good indicator to estimate where instabilities may first appear [5], this allows… Multiple references should be separated by a comma (,). For example: For this, the study methodology is mixed, based on the UNICEF 1990 child malnutrition framework [3, 5, 6, 7], and uses quantitative methods, based on a probabilistic data pooling model, and qualitative methods, supported by a documentary review. An author's name can be mentioned in the text by writing the first surname or combination of surnames and the year in parentheses; but at the end of the idea, place the corresponding citation to that reference, in brackets. Example with one, two, and three or more authors: Alcívar (2021) points out that the Richardson number provides information about the generation of KH waves, it is a good indicator to estimate where instabilities might first appear [2]. Jarrin-Díaz and Calle (2021) indicate that the Richardson number provides information about the generation of KH waves, it is a good indicator to estimate where instabilities might first appear [2]. Osorio et al. (2021) say that the Richardson number provides information about the generation of KH waves, it is a good indicator to estimate where instabilities might first appear [2]. How to write bibliographic references Reference.– It is a final section of the article, where all the references are detailed in the order they were cited in the body of the text, they are numbered with Arabic numerals; all must be cited in the text and vice versa. Bibliographic references should come from articles published in scientific journals, books, book chapters, theses that are part of library catalogs; all of them available on the internet [1]. How to detail authors.– If the author is not described in the source, the director, editor, translator, institution, or organization can also be considered as the author. Corporate authorship: UNESCO INSTITUTE FOR STATISTICS. Financing education in Sub-Saharan Africa: Meeting the challenges of expansion, equity and quality. UNESCO, 2011. The standard allows writing the full name of the authors or only the initials, but to cooperate with the I4OC Open Citation Initiative, full surnames and names are preferred if possible. First, the surnames in uppercase, followed by a comma (,), and then the name with the first letter in uppercase. It should be noted that some authors prefer compound surnames joined by a hyphen [9], these must be referenced and cited in the same way. Individual authorship: MORGAN, Steve. Cybersecurity Almanac: 100Facts, Figures, Predictions and Statistics. Cybercrime Magazine [En línea]. 2022 [Consulta: 28 abr. 2022]. Disponible en: https://cybersecurityventures.com/cybersecurity-almanac-2022 In the case of two or more authors, write the first surname of the first author, followed by a comma (,), then the names, in the same way, the following authors, and before the last author place the conjunction “and”, separated by a semicolon (;) between authors. Multiple authorship: AVARRO, Andrés; URCUQUI, Christian; OSORIO-DÍAZ, José, and GARCÍA, Melisa. Cybersecurity: an approach from data science [Online]. ICESI University, 2019 [Consulted: April 28, 2022]. DOI: https://doi.org/doi:10.18046/EUI/ee.4.2018 author onwards. For example: QUIROZ, Bianca and Isabel CAMACHO. Any form of writing that is assumed will be done throughout the manuscript. Types of Bibliography.– Remember that each reference must be verifiable via the internet, so the URL must be valid; for electronic books and journals, DOI is preferred. In the Simple Text Query online application, you can get a reference DOI. To describe the references according to the type, consider the following: a) Books.- In print and electronic form, book chapters are also considered. Electronic: LAST NAME/S, author's name. Title of the work (in italics) [online]. Edition (if not the 1st). Place of publication: publisher, year, pages. ISBN (if stated in the book) [consultation date: dd month aa]. Available at: DOI or URL CRESPO-VILLALAZ Carlos. Mecánica de suelos y cimentaciones [online]. 5a ed. México: Limusa, 2004. ISBN 968-18-6489-1 [consultation date: 5 marzo 2022]. Available at: https://deingenierias.com/libros/libros-de-ingenieria-civil/ Printed book: LAST NAME/S, author's name. Title of the work (in italics). Edition (if not the 1st). Place of publication: publisher, year. ISBN (if stated in the book). Available at: URL FERNANDEZ RODRÍGUEZ, E. J. and CAMACHO FERRE F. Practical manual of fertigation in drip irrigation. Madrid, Spain: Agrotécnicas Editions, 2008. Available at: https://agrotecnicas.com/libros/agronomía Book chapters: LAST NAME/S, author's name of the chapter. Chapter title: LAST NAME, author's name of the work. Title of the work (in italics). Edition (if not the 1st). Place of publication: publisher, year, pages. ISBN (if stated in the book) PIMENTEL, J. Between the plant empire and the sacred enigma. Linnaeus, Goethe, and the language of plants. In: OLMOS, R., CABRERA, P. and MONTERO, S. (eds.). The plant kingdom in the religious imagination of the Mediterranean.. Madrid: Polyphemus, 2005, pp. 297-320. JORDÁ GUTIERREZ Concha. Viruses, viroid, and phytoplasmas. JORDÁ GUTIERREZ Concha and others. Tomato crop health. Spain: Phytoma, 1998, pp.197-247 b) Periodicals.– These can be printed or electronic journals. LAST NAME/S, author's name of the article (year). Article title. Journal title [online]. No Volume (No Number), pages. ISSN: 000. [Consultation: date]. Available at: DOI or URL CONTRERAS-MIRANDA Javier and RAMÍREZ MARÍN Miguel (2020). Synthetic insecticides for the control of the brown stink bug (Euschistus heros F.) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). UPSE Scientific and Technological Journal [online]. 7(1), 08-13. ISSN 1390-7697. [Consultation: March 5, 2022]. Available at: https://incyt.upse.edu.ec/ciencia/revistas/index.php/rctu/article/view/505 c) Thesis.– Can also be considered as academic works. LAST NAME/S, Author's First Name. Work Title [online]. LAST NAME/S, Secondary creator's First Name (tutor) [Type of thesis or work]. Academic institution, place, year. [Accessed: date]. Available at: URL LEÓN GARCÍA, Israel Iván. Modeling the phased construction of a cable-stayed bridge with double cantilever [online]. Gómez Martínez, Roberto (tutor) [Type of thesis or work]. Academic institution, place, year. [Accessed: date]. Available at: URL d) Standards.– Can also be considered technical reports. RESPONSIBLE ORGANIZATION. Identification code of the standard. Title [online]. Place: publisher, year. [Accessed: date]. Database Name. ISBN (if available). Available at: URL AENOR. UNE-EN ISO 12571:2015. Hygrothermal performance of products and materials for buildings. Determination of hygroscopic sorption properties. [online]. Madrid: AENOR, 2015. [Accessed: July 18, 2017] AENOR plus. Available at: http://www.bugalicia.org/recursos/aenor/aenormas/ e) Software. – The software company's name is placed at the beginning or after Version. COMPANY. Name [software]. Version (if available). Release or update date [accessed: date]. Available at: URL APPLE COMPUTER, INC. Mac OS X Update 10.15 Intel [software]. October 7, 2019 [accessed: November 27, 2019]. Available at: http://www.apple.com f) Website. - This can be the full site or part of the site. Full: Website Title (italicized) [online]. Editor, date [accessed: date] Available at: Resource URL The Free Dictionary [online]. Farlex, 2003-2016 [accessed: February 26, 2016]. Available at: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ Parts of a website or contributions to a website LAST NAME(S), First Name. Contribution Title. In: Website Title (italicized) [online]. Editor, date (if no date, the expression "no date" can be used) [accessed: date]. Available at: Resource URL GARCÉS, Marina. Philosophy: the free word. In: El País [online]. November 8, 2016 [accessed: November 9, 2016]. Available at: http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2016/11/07/babelia/1478532831_890146.html For more information or questions, you can write to the email address revista_upse@upse.edu.ec or visit the CTU magazine website in the Contacts section.
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