Open Science Policy

This journal is committed to the Open Science policies declared by UNESCO, understood as "a set of guidelines, standards, regulations, laws, principles, or orientations for putting the values ​​and principles of open science into practice. Open science policies are crucial for fostering a culture of open science and developing science, technology, and innovation systems that contribute to making research more efficient, reliable, impactful, inclusive, and responsive to the needs of society."

Under this understanding, the editorial team of the journal will ensure the development of strategies aimed at promoting these principles and will implement best practices in open science, with attention to the following aspects:

• All published content will be made available under a  Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license. This license encourages the sharing and adaptation of content for educational and non-commercial purposes, while ensuring that the original authors are credited and that derivative works remain freely available under the same terms.
• Data deposit. Authors must deposit the data underlying their research in recognized open access repositories and include the corresponding link in their manuscript. The use of repositories such as Zenodo, Dryad, and Figshare is recommended (see data policy).
• Preprint policy. Authors will be allowed to submit manuscripts that have been previously deposited on recognized preprint servers (such as arXiv, bioRxiv, SocArXiv, among others). However, an explicit declaration of any previous version of the manuscript must be included in both the cover letter and the article itself.
• Transparency in peer review. The journal does not implement an open peer review system. The evaluation process is blind. However, the journal will publish annual lists of reviewers.
• Metadata sharing protocol. Metadata of articles published in the journal will be structured according to interoperable standards (Dublin Core, OAI-PMH) and made available for harvesting by repositories and indexing systems.
• List of reviewers. The journal publishes a list of all individuals who have participated in the scientific review process, whether the submissions were accepted or rejected. In all cases, participation in the peer review process is publicly acknowledged through the publication of these lists, which are available on the editorial board page.