These guidelines refer to the best editorial practices policies of the Committee on Ethics in Publications (COPE) and are available at: http://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines

Functions and responsibility of the Editorial Board:

• To promote among the national and international academic community the nomination of works for publication in the journal.
• Suggest academic guidelines to update the journal's editorial policy.
• To promote the dissemination of the journal in national and international academic circles.
• Participate as reviewers of works received for publication or recommend other experts as reviewers.
• Support in the selection of reviewers for the work received, as well as deliberate on the best options for reviewers if necessary.

Roles and responsibilities of the editor-in-chief and associate editors:

• Coordinate the actions leading to the fulfillment of the objectives of the journal.
• To ensure a high academic level in the content that is published.
• To receive the works proposed for publication and to request academic opinions.
• Monitor compliance with the recommendations of the reviewers.
• Inform the authors of the phase of the editorial process in which the submitted text is.
• Inform the Editorial Committee about the arbitration process of all materials received, taking care of confidentiality.
• To propose to the Editorial Committee the content of each issue of the journal, based on the texts that are corrected and approved at the time.

Roles and responsibilities of guest editors:

• The Editorial Committee may invite specialists in a specific topic to coordinate, in collaboration with the journal's editors, the content and orientation of the topic to be addressed in the corresponding fascicle.
• Their functions include inviting potential authors, and reviewers, and collaborating with the editors of the journal in the academic review process, always guaranteeing its quality and double-blind nature.
• Prepare a presentation text in which they position the thematic importance of the fascicle and present the works that compose it.

Roles and responsibilities of the technical editor:

• Apply Ithenticate software for similarity detection and plagiarism prevention.
• Coordinate the editorial review process.
• Plan and coordinate the editorial production process of the journal.
• Supervise the technical processing of materials approved by the Editorial Committee once they have met the established academic requirements.
• Supervise the correctness, technical quality of the journal and care of the edition.
• Collaborate to maintain the periodicity established for the publication of the journal.
• To keep the information and processes required by the spaces in which the journal is indexed up to date, as well as to promote its incorporation into new indexes.
• Verify the DOI numbers of each article and that of the corresponding fascicle of the journal and update, if necessary, the submission metadata.
• Formation of the papers approved for publication.
• Incorporate corrections to the work formed.
• Management and updating of content and design of the OJS platform.
• Supervise the preparation of the XML, HTML and ePUB files of each of the articles and their incorporation into OJS.
• Oversee the cover design and legal page of each issue.

Responsibilities of the authors:

• Comply with the journal's publication requirements relating to: originality, unpublished text, relevance, presentation and submission format.
• Present your results honestly and without lies, falsification or manipulation of data.
• Assume collective responsibility, if applicable, for the work submitted and published.
• Relevant sources of funding and conflicts of interest should be noted in the article.
• Cite the work of others accurately and only refer to publications used in the text.
• Authors should inform editors if results have been published previously or if multiple reports or analyses of the same dataset are under consideration for publication elsewhere. They must provide copies of publications or related works submitted to other journals.

Responsibilities of the reviewers:

• They will accept the revision of texts that fit their area of specialty, to carry out an appropriate evaluation.
• It will declare from the beginning of the process if there is a conflict of interest. If you suspect the identity of the authors, notify the journal if this knowledge raises any potential conflict of interest.
• He will reject the revision immediately if it is not possible to deliver it within the agreed timeframe.
• They will issue their evaluation based on originality, the contribution of the article to the topic, the methodology used, the relevance and timeliness of the bibliography used, the style, coherence and quality in the structure and writing of the text.
• Inform the journal editor, or guest editors, immediately if during the evaluation you find or discover that you do not have the necessary experience to evaluate all aspects of the text.
• Their criticisms will be objective, specific and constructive.
• It will clearly define the approval, rejection or conditioning of the text.
• It will issue its evaluation within the agreed period.
• You will respect confidentiality during and after the evaluation process.
• You will not use revised or revised text content.
• You will not involve other people in the review that was requested of you.
• Communicate to the editor of the journal, or guest editors if you detect similarity of the text with another that you have reviewed or if you identify any type of plagiarism.

It is not allowed to transfer the responsibility of making an opinion to any other person, assistant or collaborator.