Guidelines for reviewers

Each of the articles received is submitted to an evaluation process in accordance with the principles established for the peer review of COPE https://publicationethics.org/peerreview. A two-stage selection is carried out: internally by a member of the Editorial Committee who will evaluate the originality and relevance of the article, and then externally by peer reviewers who, under the double-blind review modality, will issue their opinion on the scientific quality, structure, rationale, handling of sources and conceptual rigor. Within two (2) months after sending the text, the author will be notified of the result of the evaluation process through the journal's platform. The journal counts on the collaboration of external evaluators outside the editorial team and the publishing institution.

The peer-reviewer must fill out a form available on the journal's platform that will be visible once they accept the review of the article. According to the quality of the text, the peers may decide if the article is publishable, if it should be republished, or if it is not yet ready for publication. The qualification criteria for the articles are: Acceptance; Acceptance conditioned to adjustments; Revise and resubmit for a future call for papers; and Rejected.

Once the evaluation is received, the Editorial Committee should send the results to the authors. In the case of Acceptance conditioned to adjustments, the authors have fifteen (15) calendar days to send the improved version with the suggested indications.

The journal does not issue payments to reviewers. However, in recognition of their work, a certificate of participation is issued upon request, as well as the visibility of their name in the list that is permanently published and updated in the section for reviewers