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Originality

All articles or reviews submitted to the peer review process of the journal Cooperativism & Development must be unpublished, original, and self-authored. We ask authors to refrain from submitting works that have already been partially or fully published elsewhere—except for online publications of working papers or translations into other languages. If evidence of similar or identical documents already published is detected, the work will be automatically rejected.

Type of Articles

According to the academic quality requirements for the indexation of Colombian journals (National Bibliographic Index – Publindex), Cooperativism & Development primarily seeks to publish the following types of articles:

Scientific and Technological Research Article

A document that presents, in detail, the original results of completed research projects.

Reflective Article Derived from Research

A document that presents the results of completed research published in other academic journals from the analytical, interpretative, or critical perspective of the author on a specific topic, using original sources.

Review Article

A document resulting from completed research that analyzes, systematizes, or integrates the results of published research in a field of science or technology to account for advancements and development trends. It is characterized by a careful bibliographic review of at least 50 references.

Reviews

Cooperativism & Development will accept the submission of critical reviews on monographs, articles, research books, and scientific dissemination in education that may be of interest to the journal's readers. The journal will have a space where selected articles or essays from contests or national academic events in which the journal participates may be published.

Languages

The journal Cooperativism & Development will publish complete articles originally written in Spanish, English, or Portuguese.

Article Structure

The basic structure of an article consists of the following: title, abstract, keywords, body of the text (which may vary according to the type of article and the author's intention), and a list of references. The details that an author must consider when preparing their article for Cooperativism & Development are more extensively described in a template developed for this purpose.

Purpose and Coherence

It is expected that all articles submitted to Cooperativism & Development have an explicit purpose and aim for a contribution of interest to the journal's readers. Similarly, beyond the possible structure the author decides to use to organize the content of their article (review or essay), it is expected that the texts follow a coherent scheme, implicitly containing three essential elements: introduction, articulated development of the topic, and conclusion.

Length

It is suggested that articles have a minimum length of six thousand (6000) words and a maximum of eight thousand (8000) words. Critical reviews should not exceed one thousand five hundred (1500) words.

Thesauri

The journal suggests the use of the following thesauri for the incorporation of keywords in the document: UNESCO Thesaurus and Econlit.

Authors

It is expected that authors submitting to the journal present original texts of their own creation, derived from rigorous research processes that have not been previously published, using sources appropriately as bibliographic support and any other material protected by copyright. The texts must also be carefully written, considering the style and citation requirements corresponding to the journal's standards.

Reviewer Profile

The reviewers of Cooperativism & Development must have at least a master's degree and written production published in the area in which they are invited to evaluate.

Confidentiality

Since peer review will be carried out through a "double-blind" system, to ensure greater independence between the parties (neither authors nor reviewers will have knowledge of each other's identity, academic profile, or origin), this information will only be handled by the journal's editorial team and will not be disclosed to third parties. The records of each article's process will be kept for indexation or peer review verification purposes.

Peer Review System

All articles submitted to the journal for its issues will undergo a "double-blind" peer review process with the help of expert reviewers in each subject. Peer participation is ad honorem, and it is expected to be treated as an academic reciprocity pact, in which peers aim to constructively contribute to strengthening (and validating) research and contributions from other colleagues within the discipline. In the case of reviews, which are dissemination documents, they may be reviewed by the editor or other members of the journal's editorial team. Their publication will be decided based on thematic and textual coherence, relevance to the field, or according to the interest or timeliness of the proposed discussion.

Reviewers

Reviewers of the journal are expected to conduct a thorough and constructive reading of each article they agree to review, aiming not only to issue a recommendation of approval or rejection for the editor but also to provide comments that allow authors to improve their texts or reflect on the scope, possibilities, or shortcomings of their manuscript. Reviewers must also consider that the texts entrusted to them by the editor are unpublished, and any unauthorized use of the information contained therein would constitute a serious ethical breach. Additionally, the responsibility of reviewing a work, once accepted, cannot be transferred to third parties, especially without prior consultation and justification to the editor. Finally, any conflict of interest identified by the reviewer after receiving a work, which could potentially undermine their independence in drafting a review, must be reported.

Exclusivity

Articles submitted for peer review at Cooperativism & Development must not be under evaluation by other journals, nor should they be simultaneously submitted to other peer review processes.

Ethics

The journal and its editorial team will promote, through their policies and actions, ethics in research processes, the appropriate use of content protected by copyright, and the quality of the works published, ensuring that the various collaborators interact under principles of academic integrity.

Notification of Cases

If there is evidence of ethical issues in the research presented in the works published by the journal, doubts about its scientific rigor, suspicion of falsification or improper manipulation of data, undisclosed conflicts of interest, identification of prior publications ("salami slicing"), authorship issues, or plagiarism, please contact the journal editor immediately so that the case can be investigated and appropriate actions can be taken. Notifications about ethical issues will be handled with complete confidentiality, protecting the identity of the person reporting the problem, if so requested.

Retractions, Corrections, and Conflict Resolution

The journal follows the guidelines and procedures of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) for handling inappropriate conduct in academic publishing. Retractions or corrections of already published articles will also be made if their content presents errors that affect their scientific quality or proper attribution of authors, whether due to unintentional mistakes in the research and publishing process or serious ethical issues such as plagiarism, falsifications, data manipulation, etc.

Open Access

The journal publishes its content in open access, without any embargo period. Furthermore, all published works appear under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), and their use must comply with these licensing terms.

Digital Preservation of Content

The Editorial Fund will ensure the digital preservation of the content published, so that authors can always retrieve their articles over time and maintain access to what has been the journal's history and evolution.

Content Use and Self-Archiving

Authors may self-archive their works in institutional repositories, in the final version (or the publisher's version) in which the article was published, provided the bibliographic data of the article's original publication is recorded, thus giving credit to the journal. Additionally, when self-archiving a published article, it is recommended that authors include a link to the article via its DOI, so it can be consulted on the journal's official website. Authors' active role in disseminating their published works among colleagues, undergraduate and graduate students, and the academic community at large is key to a more effective contribution to the discipline and a greater impact on research and academic processes.

Publication Costs

Submitting works to the journal and their editing process is free; there is no cost at any stage for authors. The journal is fully funded by the Editorial Fund of the Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia.

Submissions

Article submissions must be sent according to the template suggested by the journal (see Submission Checklist), exclusively through the OJS platform. Along with the article, each author must submit a fully completed author sheet as well as a statement of originality and ethical commitment.

Citation Style - APA Sixth Edition

Citation styles allow for an organized presentation of the bibliographic support on which a text is based in its background, arguments, methodology, etc., and facilitate the location and direct consultation of those sources. In the case of Cooperativism & Development, the standards designed by the American Psychological Association, known by the acronym APA, and commonly used in social sciences publications, have been selected. Below are some aspects that need to be considered for the correct use of APA Sixth Edition norms and the particularities incorporated by the journal.

Reference List

References should appear in alphabetical order by the first letter of the reference. Works by the same author should be organized chronologically. Below is the scheme for citing a book, a book chapter, and a journal article, with some examples for each case.

Scheme

Book

Surname, A. A. (Year). Title. City: Publisher.
Manzanal, M. & Rofman, A. (1989). Las economías regionales de la Argentina. Crisis y políticas de desarrollo. Buenos Aires: CEUR.

Book Chapter

Surname, A. A. & Surname, B. B. (Year). Title of the chapter or entry. In Surname, A. A. (Ed.), Title of the book (pp. xx-xx). City: Publisher.
Banks, C. G. & May, K. E. (1999). Performance management: The real glue in organizations. In Kraut, A. I., & Korman, A. K. (Eds.), Evolving Practices in Human Resource Management: Responses to a Changing World of Work. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Inc.

Journal Article

Surname, A. A., Surname, B. B., & Surname, C. C. (year). Title of the article. Publication title, volume(issue), xx-xx. Bunk, G. P. (1994).
La transmisión de las competencias en la formación y perfeccionamiento profesionales de la rfa. Revista Europea Formación Profesional, 1, 8-14.

If you wish or need additional examples for citing other types of texts, please contact the journal editor or consult the APA website directly at https://bit.ly/343ZQwR

Body of the Text

When making a reference in the body of the text, the author's last name and the work's date are included in parentheses within the sentence. References to personal communications are cited in the text but not included in the reference list. If the sentence includes the author's last name, only the date is written in parentheses, and if not, the last name and date are written in parentheses. If the work has more than two authors, all surnames are cited the first time, and in subsequent mentions, only the first author's last name followed by "et al." is used. If there are more than six authors, "et al." is used from the first mention. All references cited in the body of the text must be listed in the reference list at the end of the article. Similarly, the reference list should not include any bibliography that has not been used and cited in the text (i.e., the correspondence between both parts must be exact).

Graphic Aspects and Other Particularities

Each table, figure, or graph must indicate its source (or if it is of the author's own making), citing the reference with the corresponding number. Graphs, figures, and tables must always be supplied in an editable format (Excel is suggested). In the case of photographs or images, they must be sent in a minimum resolution of 350 dpi, .jpg extension, and authors must certify that they have permission to use or reproduce them.

Article Peer Review Process

As previously described, Cooperativism & Development will follow a "double-blind" peer review system to evaluate and decide on the publication of its main articles. Below is a more detailed account of the stages involved in the peer review process:

Selection of Reviewers

If the article is accepted for peer review, the editor will begin the process of assigning reviewers, locating and inviting two expert researchers on the article's topic, who will receive the full text of the article and a form that will guide their evaluation.

Receipt and Editorial Evaluation

Once the editor receives the article submission, a notification will be sent to the author confirming the delivery. Then, the editor will conduct a preliminary review of the article to determine whether the journal's submission parameters have been fully met and whether the article corresponds to the thematic and editorial line. The editor has full authority to decide whether the article may be accepted for a full peer review process or rejected in the first instance. Also, at this stage, the manuscript may be returned to the authors requesting some corrections or clarifications before the article is officially registered for peer review. If so, the authors must return the article with adjustments (or the missing documentation, such as the author sheet or the commitment letter) if they wish to continue the process.

Evaluation Times

The usual time for a complete peer review cycle (locating reviewers, invitation and acceptance, receiving the review, delivering it to the authors) should not exceed one quarter. However, for some topics, it is not easy to locate reviewers who are willing and have the appropriate profile to evaluate, so the deadlines will be agreed upon directly with each reviewer, considering their availability (and ensuring that the process is conducted as efficiently as possible).

Results

The editor will send a result to the authors based on the opinion of at least two reviewers. In the event of a conflict in the reviewers' opinions (one approval and one rejection), a third reviewer will be called upon before the editor communicates a decision to the authors. The evaluation result may be "approved without modifications," "approved with minor modifications," "approved with substantial modifications," or "rejected." The "approved with substantial modifications" result is equivalent to "revise and resubmit," implying that the authors are willing to make a significant reworking of the proposal. Otherwise, the journal will conclude that peer review process, allowing the authors to submit the work to another publication.

Corrections

Along with sending a result, if the editor deems it viable to receive a revised version of an article, a deadline for submitting the new version will be agreed upon with the authors, ranging from two (2) to ten (10) weeks in the case of substantial adjustments. If the authors fail to meet the agreed deadlines, the editor may terminate the article's process, discarding its publication in the journal. Furthermore, to facilitate verification of the revised version, authors must modify their article using Word's track changes tool and send a letter to each reviewer explaining the adjustments made. Without submitting that reply to the reviewers, the editor will not send the revised article to the verification phase.

Verification and Final Version

Verification will often be carried out with the help of the reviewers, but the editor may also directly review the adjustments made to the article if the corrections have been minor. Therefore, if minor adjustments are requested for an article, authors are asked to refrain from incorporating substantive changes or changes that imply a conceptual or methodological adjustment not verified by the reviewers. On the other hand, if the adjustments have been satisfactory, the editor will inform the authors of the approval and request the submission of the final version of the article in a template that will be sent to editorial production. If, during the preparation of the final version, a significant error that requires correction or modification of the article is detected, the editor must be informed.

Editorial Production

The articles and the various types of texts approved for publication in an issue of Cooperativism & Development will undergo a professional editorial production process consisting of the following stages: style correction, layout, proofreading, verification, and approval of final proofs.

Editorial Follow-Up

Authors must submit the manuscript approved for publication in a template provided by the journal, ensuring full compliance with all the instructions supplied there. Additionally, authors are responsible for addressing any comments, questions, or corrections that arise during the editing process within the agreed-upon times to avoid publication delays. Ensuring the integrity of the text content and its readability is also the authors' responsibility. Once the articles or texts in editing have been approved in their final version for publication, errors or omissions will be the authors' responsibility.

Distribution and Access

Each author will receive two complimentary copies of the issue in which their article was published. Additionally, the digital version of the article and the full issue will be available for the author's use to support its dissemination among the target audience. Cooperativism & Development follows an open access policy and will seek as many channels and strategies as possible to ensure that the published issues are visible to a broad audience (national and international). However, authors must be aware that the impact of the dissemination of their article largely depends on their active participation in the process. Authors are expected to send the digital version of the article to researchers in their field from their countries and abroad, as well as to promote its use as bibliographic support in research and writing processes among their colleagues, or encouraging its consultation in the classroom among undergraduate, master's, and doctoral students.

Reproduction and Translations

If you wish to reproduce or translate an article or text published in Cooperativism & Development, please write to the journal's email (cooperativismoydesarrollo@ucc.edu.co), addressed to the editor. However, texts published in the journal do not require special permission to be consulted, downloaded, or linked to the journal's website from personal pages, institutional pages, or repositories.

Legal Notice

The perspectives or points of view expressed in the articles and texts published by Cooperativism & Development are the responsibility of their authors and do not, in any way, compromise the journal, the Editorial Fund, or the Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia. Furthermore, the journal's primary purpose is to serve the academic community and advance knowledge in Education, so the process of selecting the material it publishes considers academic, editorial, and legal aspects that are evaluated in each case to decide on the submitted manuscripts. Subject to these factors, the journal is not obligated to publish any text and may decline its publication at any stage of the process if it is deemed not to align with its editorial line or contradicts any of its editorial policies. Similarly, any claims by third parties regarding the use of works or excerpts from them in an article or text will be the responsibility of the authors, thus exonerating the Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia.

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