Author Guide
The Perspectivas Technical-Scientific Journal invites researchers, faculty members, professionals, and graduate students, both national and international, to submit original contributions related to the journal's thematic areas. Manuscripts must comply with the journal's focus, thematic scope, and accepted contribution types. For further information, please consult the Focus and Scope section.
The Revista Perspectivas does not charge authors any fees for manuscript submission, evaluation, processing, or publication. Accordingly, the journal does not apply Article Processing Charges (APCs) or any other charges associated with publication. All accepted articles are published at no cost to their authors.
Authors must prepare their manuscripts using the official templates provided by the journal, available in editable formats for Microsoft Word and LaTeX:
- Microsoft Word: Download template
- LaTeX: Download template
Before submitting their manuscript, authors must verify that the manuscript:
- presents an original and relevant contribution;
- corresponds to the journal's focus and thematic scope;
- complies with the structure and requirements established in the corresponding template;
- presents the objectives, methodology, results, and conclusions clearly and coherently, when applicable;
- uses relevant and appropriately cited bibliographic references;
- complies with the principles of research ethics and integrity;
- has not been previously published and is not simultaneously under evaluation by another journal.
The journal may conduct a similarity assessment of the manuscript as part of the preliminary editorial evaluation, in accordance with its Ethics and Publication Policy.
The submission must include the files and documents requested by the journal to ensure appropriate editorial management and a double-blind peer review process.
Authors must submit:
- PDF manuscript with the complete identification of the authors, including names, institutional affiliations, and other requested information;
- anonymized PDF manuscript, without names, affiliations, or other elements that could directly identify the authors;
- editable manuscript file, in Microsoft Word or LaTeX, according to the template used;
- ethical compliance statement or commitment letter, when required by the journal;
- statement regarding the non-exclusive right of first publication, in accordance with the journal's Access, Copyright, and Licensing Policy.
All authors listed in the manuscript must have approved its submission and agreed to their authorship. Any modification to the list of authors after the editorial process has begun must be duly justified and receive the written approval of all co-authors.
All submitted manuscripts will initially undergo a preliminary editorial evaluation to verify their correspondence with the journal's focus and scope, compliance with the instructions for authors, formal requirements, apparent originality, and applicable ethical provisions.
When correctable formal deficiencies are identified, the manuscript may be returned to the authors for revision before proceeding with the editorial process. Manuscripts that fall outside the journal's scope or fail to meet fundamental editorial or ethical requirements may be rejected at this stage.
Manuscripts that successfully pass the preliminary editorial evaluation and require peer review will undergo a double-blind peer review process. Each manuscript will be evaluated by at least two external and independent reviewers, selected according to their expertise and competence in the corresponding subject area.
The final editorial decision rests with the Editor-in-Chief or the designated responsible editor, taking into consideration the reviewers' reports, thematic relevance, scientific and editorial criteria, and applicable ethical provisions.
Authors are responsible for ensuring that the information presented in the manuscript is accurate and that the scientific contribution is original, relevant, and adequately supported.
Manuscripts must not have been submitted simultaneously to another journal or constitute duplicate, redundant, or fragmented publications.
Authors must declare any conflict of interest that may influence, or may be perceived as influencing, the research or the editorial process.
When required by the nature of the research, authors must obtain the appropriate ethical approvals, institutional authorizations, informed consents, or other permissions required by the applicable legislation and regulations governing the study.
Authors must also obtain the necessary permissions to use and publish materials belonging to third parties, such as photographs, figures, tables, texts, databases, or other copyrighted content.
Revista Perspectivas allows the responsible use of Generative Artificial Intelligence tools to support the development of manuscripts, provided that such use is disclosed and does not replace scientific reasoning, critical analysis, or the authors' intellectual responsibility.
Artificial Intelligence tools may not be listed as authors of the manuscript. Authors are responsible for the accuracy, originality, integrity, and final content of all submitted materials. The use of such tools must be disclosed in accordance with the journal's Ethics and Publication Policy.
When applicable and provided that there are no legal, ethical, confidentiality, or intellectual property restrictions, authors must make available the data, code, materials, or other resources necessary to support the verification and reproducibility of the published results.
The names and email addresses entered in this journal will be used exclusively for editorial purposes and will not be provided to third parties or authorized for use for other purposes.
Authors retain the copyright to their works. Publication in Revista Perspectivas does not imply the transfer of copyright to the journal or to the Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo.
Published articles are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license. This license permits the copying, distribution, public communication, adaptation, and reuse of the content, including for commercial purposes, provided that appropriate attribution is given.
Authors grant Revista Perspectivas the non-exclusive right of first publication for accepted works. This grant does not constitute a transfer of copyright and allows authors to subsequently share, deposit, and reuse their works in accordance with the terms of the applicable license.
Before completing the submission, authors must verify that:
- ✓ The manuscript corresponds to the journal's focus and thematic scope.
- ✓ The manuscript corresponds to one of the accepted contribution types.
- ✓ The official journal template has been used.
- ✓ Both the identified and anonymized versions of the manuscript have been prepared.
- ✓ The editable file has been included in the submission.
- ✓ All authors have approved the manuscript and its submission.
- ✓ The manuscript is not simultaneously under consideration by another journal.
- ✓ The necessary permissions for third-party materials have been obtained.
- ✓ Conflicts of interest have been declared, when applicable.
- ✓ The ethical requirements applicable to the research have been fulfilled.
- ✓ The use of Generative Artificial Intelligence tools has been disclosed, when applicable.
- ✓ The declarations and documents required by the journal have been included.
