Peer review process

All articles published in Revista Metropolitana de Ciencias Aplicadas are previously submitted for review by its director and editor. Subsequently, they are sent to two content experts, depending on the subject they approach, who evaluate them using the Open Peer Review method, to comply with the philosophy of the Open Science movement.

Review Guarantee

Authors must submit their article with their personal information (name and last name, email address, ORCID code, academic affiliation and country).

Phases of the evaluation process of an article

Phase 1: sending of the original.

Phase 2: assessment by the editorial team of the journal of the document received; it is analyzed with anti-plagiarism software (Urkund) and it is decided if the work is reviewed by experts or if it is discarded, either for formal or content reasons.

Phase 3: evaluation of the original by two experts in the relevant subject area.

The editor or director sends the original to two experts of the content, with a copy to the authors, who will know who their reviewers are. Experts are asked to consider the following: adequacy of work to the subject; presentation and writing of the text; originality and interest of the content; description of the central theme of the investigation; exposition of the theoretical-conceptual framework; adequacy of the methodology used; presentation and analysis of the results and conclusions; relevance of bibliographic references; and adequacy of tables and figures.

The journal offers instructions and a form, which allows reviewers to evaluate the quality and relevance of the articles.

Phase 4: exchange and consensus between authors and / or reviewers.

Phase 5: sending the result of the evaluation to those responsible for the journal.

The reviewers will issue a single document with the opinion and send it to the editor of the journal and to the authors, who, in correspondence with the information given, will make the decision and decide whether the work should be sent to a third reviewer, when rejected by one of them; in this case, the director has the power to accept the article or not.

Acceptance: an article is approved if the result of the evaluation is positive and the editorial team considers that there is no need to request any changes from the authors.

Non-acceptance: an article is rejected if the result of one or both evaluations is negative.

Modifications are required: the author must correct the suggested changes to be published with the required quality.

In case the author suggests a possible reviewer for the article, the journal reserves the right to take that recommendation into consideration or not.

Phase 6: socialization of the edition.

The edition is made available to the scientific community and readers and other authors will issue criteria about published articles, which will be taken into account for the publication of other contributions of the same or other authors.