Functions of the Editorial Team

Director

The Director exercises strategic leadership to guarantee the academic and editorial excellence of the journal, ensuring compliance with the highest standards of quality and scientific integrity. He or she oversees the alignment of content with international indexing criteria and represents the journal before sponsoring institutions and indexing bodies. He or she leads the Editorial Committee, makes final decisions on the acceptance or rejection of manuscripts based on rigorous ethical and methodological criteria, and ensures transparency in the editorial processes. He or she also coordinates the publication of each issue, optimizes the journal's visibility in global databases, and manages its inclusion in the National Registry of Serial Publications, ensuring compliance with national and international regulations.

Executive Editor

The Executive Editor optimizes the clarity, coherence, and academic accuracy of manuscripts through thorough editing, including restructuring content, eliminating redundancies, and standardizing the editorial style. Updates critical metadata for indexing, such as institutional affiliations and bilingual abstracts, and coordinates with specialized translators to ensure the quality of the English versions. Selects and balances articles for each issue, ensuring thematic diversity and scientific relevance. Oversees the workflow toward layout and performs a final pre-publication review to ensure formal and academic excellence.

Scientific Editor

The Scientific Editor leads the peer review process, assigning specialized reviewers and managing strict deadlines to maintain editorial efficiency. Oversees the quality of reviews, intervenes in cases of academic discrepancies, and makes editorial decisions based on scientific evidence. In collaboration with the Editorial Board, ensures that manuscripts meet the stated requirements, including methodological rigor and contribution to the field of study. Manages communication protocols with authors and reviewers, ensuring clarity and professionalism in all interactions. Proofreading Editor

The Proofreading Editor ensures the linguistic and normative perfection of manuscripts, applying spelling, grammar, and style corrections in accordance with the Vancouver Standards. They standardize specialized terminology, proper names, and institutional references, and validate the accessibility and verifiability of cited electronic sources. They update bibliographic metadata in the editorial system to ensure accuracy in international databases.

Editorial Committee

The Editorial Committee plays a fundamental role in the initial evaluation of manuscripts, ensuring their consistency with high-impact scientific and editorial standards. They perform a thorough review of metadata, including the ORCID identifier and the accuracy of titles, abstracts, and keywords in Spanish and English. They verify compliance with formatting standards, the academic structure of the document, and the relevance of illustrations and bibliographic references. They ensure that references meet criteria for updating, source diversity, and the predominance of accessible electronic resources, excluding historical works when appropriate. They implement advanced anti-plagiarism systems and issue detailed reports to ensure content originality.

Layout Designer

The Layout Designer transforms manuscripts into editorial products with high visual and technical impact, aligned with institutional image standards and digital format requirements (PDF, XML). They ensure compatibility with platforms such as SciELO and indexing systems, perform galley proofs to detect typographical or layout errors, and apply advanced markup to optimize information retrieval in academic search engines.

Advisors

Advisors provide specialized expertise in key thematic areas, assessing the scientific soundness of manuscripts and advising the editorial team on complex methodological or disciplinary issues. Their contribution is essential to maintaining the academic rigor and relevance of the journal in its field.

Social Media Managers

Social Media Managers design and implement digital communication strategies to maximize the journal's visibility and impact in the global academic community. They disseminate scientific content, promote interaction with authors and readers, and position the journal on academic and social platforms, strengthening its presence in various indexes through reach and engagement metrics.