Policies | Ingeniería Solidaria

Originality

All articles submitted to the peer-review process of the journal Ingeniería Solidaria must be unpublished. We ask authors to refrain from submitting works that have already been partially or fully published by other means—except for online publications of working papers—or translations into other languages. In the case of translations, the relevance and contribution of the topic to the discipline will be analyzed. If evidence of similar or identical previously published documents is detected, the manuscript will be automatically rejected.

Use of generative artificial intelligence

As part of the commitment to academic integrity and transparency in scientific production, all authors must obligatorily complete the Creative Honesty Declaration Form of UCC Scientific Journals. This document must explicitly report the use of generative Artificial Intelligence tools in the preparation of the manuscript, specifying the types of tools used and detailing how they contributed to the development of the article. The percentage of AI-generated content will be verified using the Turnitin tool and must not exceed 30%. Failure to comply with this guideline may result in the rejection of the manuscript.

Types of articles

According to the academic quality requirements of scientific publications, Ingeniería Solidaria 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.

Reflection article derived from research

A document that presents results of completed research already 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 in which the results of studies published on a field of science or technology are analyzed, systematized, or integrated to provide an account of advances and development trends. It is characterized by presenting a thorough literature review of at least 50 references.

Reviews

The National Journal of Dentistry will accept submissions of critical reviews of monographs, articles, research books, and scientific dissemination works in education that may be of interest to the journal's readers.

Languages

Ingeniería Solidaria publishes full articles originally written in English or Portuguese.

Article structure

The basic structure of an article consists of the following: title, abstract, keywords, main body of the text (introduction, methodology, results, discussion, and conclusions), and reference list. The details that authors must consider when preparing their article for Ingeniería Solidaria are widely described in the template created for this purpose. All articles must conform to the article model of the Ingeniería Solidaria publication.

Length

It is suggested that articles have a minimum length of four thousand (4000) words and a maximum of eight thousand (8000).

Periodicity

Ingeniería Solidaria is published three times a year (January, May, September). The journal may also publish special thematic issues at the initiative of the editor, committee members, or external collaborators, and such issues may be published as a special edition within the volume (the conditions or particularities of the special edition will be announced through a specific call for papers).

Peer review system

All articles submitted to the journal will undergo a double-blind peer review process, carried out with the help of external expert reviewers unrelated to the publishing institution for each topic.

Confidentiality

Since the peer review is conducted through a “double-blind system,” with the aim of ensuring independence among all parties (neither authors nor reviewers will have access to information about each other's identity, academic profile, or origin), such information will be known only to those responsible for the publication and will not be disclosed to third parties.

Reviewer profile

Reviewers for Ingeniería Solidaria must have at least a master’s degree, preferably a doctoral degree, with written work published in the area in which they are invited to review, and must be external to the educational institution that endorses the journal. Participation of reviewers is ad honorem and is expected to be assumed as part of an academic reciprocity pact, contributing constructively to strengthen (and validate) the research and knowledge of fellow scholars within the discipline.

Reviewers

Reviewers 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 to the editor, but also to provide comments that may help authors improve their texts or reflect on the scope, possibilities, or shortcomings of their manuscript. Likewise, reviewers must consider that the texts entrusted to them are unpublished, and any improper or unauthorized use of the information contained therein would constitute a serious ethical breach. Additionally, the responsibility of reviewing a manuscript, once accepted, cannot be transferred to third parties, especially if this has not been justified or previously consulted with the editor. Finally, any conflict of interest identified by the reviewer after receiving a manuscript and which may affect their independence must be disclosed.

Exclusivity

Articles submitted for review in Ingeniería Solidaria cannot be simultaneously under evaluation by other journals, nor should they be submitted simultaneously 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. This ensures that the different collaborators (editors, authors, and reviewers) interact under principles of academic integrity. The journal follows the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) for the handling of inappropriate conduct in academic publishing.

Notification of cases

If there is any evidence of ethical issues in the research presented in the works published by the journal—doubts about scientific rigor, suspicion of data falsification or manipulation, undisclosed conflicts of interest, identification of prior publications (“duplicate publications”), authorship issues, or plagiarism—we ask that you immediately contact the journal editor so they can investigate the case and take the appropriate actions. Notifications received regarding ethical problems will be handled with absolute confidentiality, protecting the identity of the person reporting the issue, if requested.

Retractions, corrections, and conflict resolution

The journal follows the guidelines and procedures of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) for handling inappropriate behavior in academic publishing. Likewise, retractions or corrections will be made to articles already published whose content presents errors that affect their scientific quality or appropriate authorship acknowledgment, whether due to unintentional mistakes in the research and publishing process or due to serious ethical issues such as plagiarism, falsifications, data manipulation, among others.

Open access

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

Digital preservation of content

Ediciones UCC will guarantee the digital preservation of the content published so that authors can always retrieve their articles over time and maintain access to the history and evolution of the journal.

Use of content and self-archiving

Authors may self-archive their works in institutional repositories, in the final version (or editor’s version) in which the article was published, provided that the bibliographic data of the original publication are recorded, thus giving proper credit to the journal. Additionally, when self-archiving a published article, authors are encouraged to include a link to the article via its DOI, so that it can be accessed from the journal’s official website. Active participation by authors in disseminating their published work among colleagues, undergraduate and graduate students, and the academic community in general is key to achieving a more effective contribution to the discipline or greater impact on research and academic training processes.

Publication costs

Submission of works to the journal and the editorial process are free of charge; there is no cost at any stage for authors. The journal is fully funded by Ediciones UCC.

Submission

Articles must be submitted in Word format, adjusting the text to the template suggested by the journal and exclusively through the Open Journal System. Along with the article, each author must submit an author file and an ethical pledge and a license agreement granting Ingeniería Solidaria the rights to use their contribution (forms completed in the author rights notice section). When an author submits their article through OJS, the platform automatically sends a receipt confirmation, and the editorial team will verify (as soon as possible) whether the article meets the basic requirements (citation standards, formatting, relevance for a scientific publication, objectives, theoretical framework, methodology, conclusions, and bibliography). Articles not meeting these standards will be rejected. If the articles comply with the publication rules, the peer-review process will begin.

Citation Style - IEEE

Citation styles allow for the organized presentation of the bibliographic support on which a text is based (its background, arguments, methodology, etc.), and facilitate the location and direct consultation of these sources. In the case of Ingeniería Solidaria, the standards designed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, known by the acronym IEEE ("i triple e") and commonly used in engineering publications, have been selected. Below are some aspects to consider for the correct use of IEEE standards and the specific particularities adopted by the journal.

Reference List

The reference list must be organized numerically according to the order in which each reference appears in the text (the first author or text cited is number [1], the second is [2], and so on). Unlike other styles, since there is no alphabetical organization of references by surname, authors' names must be recorded starting with initials followed by the last name: "[2] A. Grotendieck,". Below, we show the scheme for how to cite a book, a book chapter, and a journal article, with some examples for each case.

Scheme

Book

[#] Initials of the name. Last name, Title of the book in italics. City: Publisher, year, pp. (range of consulted pages).
[1] R.H. Ballou, Business Logistics: Supply Chain Management. New York: Prentice Hall, 2003, pp 250-300

Book chapter

[#] Initials of the name. Last name, "Title of the chapter" in Title of the book, edition number. Name of the editor, Ed. City: Publisher, year, page range.
[1] R. Anderson, “Access control” in Security Engineering, 2nd ed. New York: Wiley, pp 93-128

Journal article

[#] Initials of the name. Last name, "Title of the article". Title of the journal (abbreviation), Vol., No. (month), pp. (page range of the article), year.
[1] S. Zhang, C. Zhu, J. K. O. Sin and P. K. T. Mok, "A novel ultrathin elevated channel low-temperature poly-Si TFT". IEEE Electron Device Lett. Vol. 20, Nov., pp. 569-571, 1999.

If you wish or need additional examples for citing other types of texts, please contact the journal editor or consult directly the IEEE page (IEEE style manual) at the following link: http://www.ieee.org/publications_standards/publications/authors/authors_journals.html

Nomenclature

The International System of Units (SI) and the corresponding symbols will be used. In disciplines where common practice is to employ the technical metric system (with force in kilograms), this system may be used, but in such cases the quantities must be followed by their equivalent in SI, placed in parentheses. In those disciplines where other units are customary, these must be placed in parentheses following their equivalent in SI.

Body of the text

Although IEEE Standards do not require mentioning the author(s) when making a reference in the body of the text, Ingeniería Solidaria prefers, in most cases, that the surnames of the authors from whom ideas are taken be mentioned first to avoid grammatical or writing confusion, followed by the reference number in brackets, which must correspond to the complete reference in the final list of the article. For example: "Ortiz [1] presents a methodology for the analysis of mathematical problems." Moreover, all references included in the body of the text must appear in the final reference list. Likewise, no bibliography that has not been used or cited in the text should appear in the reference list (i.e., both parts must correspond exactly). References incorporated in the text must be numbered in order of appearance in brackets —Ortiz [1], Grothendieck [2], Gómez [3]— and must be organized in that same order in the final list, not alphabetically. Finally, if the same reference is used several times in the text, but additional information regarding the section of the text to which it refers is necessary, this should be indicated after the reference number, as follows: "Ortiz [1, p. 84]" or "Ortiz [1, Fig. 16]".

Equations, graphics, tables, and figures

Mathematical expressions must be created using an appropriate formula editor. Special symbols must be defined when they first appear, whether in figures, tables, or the text. Each table, figure, or graphic must indicate its source (or if it is self-produced), referencing the corresponding number. Graphs, figures, and tables must always be provided in an editable format (Excel is suggested). In the case of photographs or images, they must be submitted in a minimum resolution of 350 dpi, in .jpg format, and authors must certify that they have permission to use or reproduce them.

Peer Review System

All articles submitted to the journal for its issues will undergo a double-blind peer review process carried out with the help of external expert reviewers in each subject area.

Selection of Reviewers

If the article is accepted for review, the editor will begin the process of assigning reviewers by locating and inviting two researchers who are experts in the subject of the article. They will receive the full text of the article and a form to guide their evaluation.

Editorial Evaluation

Once the editor receives the article submission, a notification will be sent to the author confirming receipt. Then, the editor will conduct a preliminary review of the article to determine whether it fully complies with the journal's submission guidelines and whether the article aligns with the thematic and editorial scope. The editor has full authority to decide whether the article can be accepted for a full peer review process or whether it should be rejected at the initial stage. Also, in this phase, the editor may return the manuscript to the authors requesting some corrections or clarifications before the article is officially registered for peer review. In such a case, the authors must return the article with adjustments (or any missing documentation, such as the author form or commitment letter) if they wish to continue with the process.

Timelines

Once a reviewer has been assigned to an article, the peer review process is expected to last 30 calendar days. The reviewer will issue one of three types of decisions: approved without changes, approved with changes, or rejected. If reviewers request changes, the authors will be notified so they can submit a revised version of the article, which will then undergo a second review.

Results

The editor will send a decision to the authors based on the evaluations of at least two reviewers. In the case of conflicting reviewer opinions (one approval and one rejection), a third reviewer will be assigned before the editor communicates a final decision to the authors. The evaluation result may be “approved without modifications,” “approved with minor modifications,” “approved with substantial modifications,” or “rejected.” The category “approved with substantial modifications” is comparable to “revise and resubmit,” which implies that the authors must be willing to undertake a significant reworking of the manuscript. Otherwise, the journal will conclude the review process, leaving the authors free to submit the work elsewhere.

Revisions

Along with the decision, if the editor considers it feasible to receive a revised version of an article, a deadline for submitting the new version will be agreed upon with the authors. This may range from two (2) to ten (10) weeks in the case of a substantial revision. 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 make changes using Word’s track changes tool, in addition to submitting a letter addressed to each reviewer, explaining the adjustments made. Without this response document to the reviewers, the editor will not send the revised article to the verification stage.

Verification and Final Version

Verification will generally 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 were minor. Therefore, if minor changes are requested, authors are asked to refrain from introducing major modifications or conceptual or methodological adjustments that have not been reviewed by the reviewers. On the other hand, if the revisions are satisfactory, the editor will notify the authors of the acceptance and request the submission of the final version of the article using a template that will then be sent to editorial production. If, during the preparation of the final version, any major error is detected that requires correcting or substantially modifying the article, the editor must be informed.

Editorial Production

Articles and other types of texts approved for publication in an issue of Ingeniería Solidaria will undergo a professional editorial production process consisting of the following stages: copyediting, layout, proof comparison, verification, and approval of final artwork.

Editorial Follow-up

Authors must submit the manuscript approved for publication using the template provided by the journal, ensuring full compliance with all the instructions included therein. Additionally, authors are responsible for addressing any comments, questions, or corrections that arise during the editing process, within the established deadlines, to avoid publication delays. Verifying the integrity and readability of the text is also the authors' responsibility. Once the articles or texts in editing have been approved in their final artwork for publication, any errors or omissions will be the responsibility of the authors.

Distribution and Access

Each author will receive two complimentary copies of the issue in which the article was published. Likewise, the digital version of the article and the full issue will be available for the author's use to assist in its dissemination among the target audience. Ingeniería Solidaria follows an open-access policy and will seek as many channels and strategies as possible to ensure that the issues it publishes are visible to a broad audience (national and international). However, authors must understand that the impact of the article’s dissemination depends largely on their active participation in the process. Authors are expected to share the digital version of their article with researchers in their field, both nationally and internationally, and to encourage its use as bibliographic support in research and writing processes among colleagues, as well as promoting its consultation in the classroom among undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral students.

Translations

If you wish to translate an article or text published in Ingeniería Solidaria, please write to the journal’s email address (ingenieriasolidaria@ucc.edu.co), addressed to the editor. Published texts in the journal, however, do not require special authorization to be consulted, downloaded, or linked to the journal’s website from personal pages, institutional pages, or repositories.

Legal Notice

The perspectives or viewpoints expressed in the articles and texts published by Ingeniería Solidaria are the responsibility of their authors and do not represent, in any way, the journal, the Publisher, or the Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia. Likewise, the primary purpose of the journal is to provide a service to the academic community and contribute to the advancement of knowledge in Education. Therefore, the process of selecting the material it publishes considers academic, editorial, and legal aspects, which are evaluated in each case to decide on the manuscripts received. 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 concludes that the text does not align with its editorial line or contradicts any of its editorial policies. Similarly, any claim by third parties regarding the use of works or excerpts thereof in an article or text will be the responsibility of the authors, thereby exempting the Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia.