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1. The multidisciplinary journal Perspectivas Investigativas (RMPI), is a bilingual multidisciplinary journal (Spanish and English) which publishes four numbers or editions: January-March, April-June, July-September and October-December. It is a peer-reviewed scientific journal which publishes original research articles in Spanish and English which must have been carried out with the strictest epistemological and methodological rigor for contributing to scientific growth.

2. Proposals of empirical rigor will be accepted. It means all researches must follow some stages, such as: revision, reflection, critical discussion of the research field, methodological rigor, and social, educational and technological impact to debate topics of interest and controversy which can be presented from different research approaches. One of the greatest interests to the magazine is to promote the several types of Disciplinary.

1. Proposals sent to be reviewed in the journal must follow these characteristics: a) unpublished researches.
2. b) Perspectivas Investigativas will not accept researches that have been published in whole or in part or those that are in the process of publication or have been proposed to other journals for editorial evaluation.
3. c) When authors submitting the manuscript, they assume and accept that there is no conflict of interest between the parties, as well as with third parties or institutions. It means authors must affirm the authenticity of the proposal. Perspectivas Investigativas will be responsible for the content, exclusive dissemination, socialization of knowledge, once the research has been evaluated by the experts in the arbitration process.
4. d) The articles must follow the editorial standards to be admitted to the review process by pairs
5. e) Once the article is approved by the referees, a grammatical revision will be carried out.
6. f) Once all the previous criteria have been concluded, Perspectivas investigativas Journal will proceed to publish in the immediately available number.
7. Proposals must be submitted exclusively through the journal's OJS system. Those that do not fully comply with the editorial standards of publication will be rejected by the editorial committee of Perspectivas Investigativas Journal with the possibility that the authors, once appropriate, may present them as a new submission through the OJS platform. Proposals will be sent in:
8. Proposals from a maximum of 4 authors are accepted. Authors must provide name and surname, e-mail address, institutional affiliation, ORCID. For researchers without affiliation, they must include: Independent researcher.
9. “A4” size paper in Word (21 cm wide by 29.7 cm long), they will have a maximum extension of 6,000 words for empirical researches and a maximum of 8000 words in researches based on review or reflection (including title, abstract, descriptors, references, diagrams, tables).
10. For the title of the article in Spanish and English, the font Arial 12 will be used, in bold, in centered lowercase, only capital letters will be used depending on the orthographic norm.
11. Authors must write the title of the article in Spanish and English in Arial 12, in bold, lower case centered; only capital letters will be used depending on the spelling rule.
12. The rest of the manuscript will be written in Arial 10. The authors must write bold and capital letters some section titles such as: INTRODUCTION, METHOD, RESULTS, DISCUSSION, REFERENCES.

The review and reflection articles, may adapt the scheme presenting their nature of research.

1. The sections should be introduced to present the body of the paper, for example:

     RESULTS

     The results of the research are described below:

1. Manuscripts should be written single spacing, on one side only, with margins of 2 cm on each side, justified, with paragraphs separated by space of 6, in exclusive vertical orientation. Do not use tables, diagrams, in horizontal orientation.

1. Two proposals must be sent, one with data from the authors, the next without data from the authors.
2. In the proposal without data of the authors, only the title of the work will appear in Spanish and English in the first page, in order to maintain anonymity. The authors must ensure that the text does not contain keys or suggestions that identify them, an abstract, in Spanish and English, not exceeding 150 words, will be included.
3. The summary should be structured in the following sections: Objective, Method, Results and Conclusions; both in English and Spanish versions and  between 3 - 5 words taken from the UNESCO Thesaurus will be included, being used as descriptors of the abstract.
4. If applicable, the proposal will be made up of a maximum of 5 tables and 6 figures or graphics which should be identified in the body of the research before being inserted into the content (the authors may combine the use of figures and graphics, without the sum of both exceeding a total of 6).
5. A figure is understood as an image taken from other sources, or constructed by the authors to explain a certain topic.
6. A graphic is understood as the construction of an image from statistical data from the survey or information gathering technique applied.
7. Diagrams, figures, or graphs will be done under APA 7th regulations in their most recent or current version. Avoiding empty spaces and making the most of the space occupied.
8. All manuscripts will be reviewed anonymously. Authors should suggest three potential reviewers they consider suitable to evaluate their work clearly indicating their name and e-mail address. Likewise, authors can indicate any person that they do not wish to be involved in the review process of their research.
9. All manuscripts must follow APA standards (Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7ª 2019 edition).
10. Empirical researchers must follow IMRDC structure: Introduction, Method, Results, Discussion, Conclusions and References). All researchers must be redacted in third person.
11. Title of research: it must be specific, it means authors must be concreted about the intention of the study, not exceeding 15 words, it should be written in Spanish and English.
12. Abstract: it must be structured with information such as: objective, method, results, discussion and conclusions, in Spanish and English. No more than 150 words.
13. Descriptors or keywords will be taken from UNESCO thesaurus (3 and 5 words). They must be written in lowercase, separated by semicolon, both in Spanish and English. Taking words from a controlled thesaurus guarantees higher editorial quality.
14. Introduction: The most relevant state of the proposed topic should be presented to develop an argumentative essay by the authors. It must be supported by bibliographic references. It highlights the purpose the research and other relevant aspects.
15. Method: The methodological procedure used should be described. It must include approach, type, design, population, techniques and instrument, information analysis, and ethical conflict.
16. Results: The most interesting findings will be presented without making inferences or theoretical contrasts.
17. Discussion: the authors must include information about inferences, deductions, explanations, contrasts, presentation of new results, and other convenient processes, described in the form of an argumentative essay which may contribute to contrast with the introduction section.
18. Conclusion: Authors must set out the main conclusions which are derived from the results and discussion section. It will include the purpose of research and the main findings, as well as their contribution to the scientific and knowledge society, should not be issued evaluative judgments on future works or on the basis that is not demonstrated in the results and it will be able to generate projections from the data obtained in a brief paragraph, (no more than 25 lines).
19. Funding: It is stated whether the research was funded by any institution. If it is self-funded by the authors, it may be placed non-financially or non-monetary.
20. Acknowledgement: the authors will describe who is being thanked for the support provided, such as: institution, students, community, among others,
21. Contribution of each author: When there are 2 or more authors, the responsibility assumed by each author in the development of the research should be explained concretely, and may be indicated by phase.
22. References: Must contain only those cited throughout the manuscript. Do not exceed 20 references in empirical works. In researches based on review or reflection include a minimum of 25 and a maximum of 30 references. Proposals that use the Word assistant to make the references will not be accepted, they must be inserted manually
23. References should include from 90% of articles published in refereed journals, the remaining 10% may be distributed in official government sites (for the extraction of official data) and books that have due scientific editorial support. References from literature or grey literature such as degree thesis, non-refereed journals, personal or institutional blogs, encyclopedias, congress memories, papers, presentations in PREZI or similar, documents from scientific societies, among others, will not be accepted. It is recommended:
24. a) Use references from first order journals that are located in databases such as: Scopus, WOS, at the Ibero-American level such as Scielo, REDALYC, Latindex 2.0
25. b) In the case of review or reflection articles, the use of at least 70% of references from first order journals is mandatory.
26. c) It is recommended to use Scimago Journal & Country Rank (SJR) to locate first order journals. https://www.scimagojr.com/
27. d) For articles related to the area of public health, references should come from journals that are located in the PubMed database and cite in APA style. More information in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
28. e) References can be ordered alphabetically according to (Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th edition of 2020). However, Perspectivas Investigativas Journals will decide to publish the full name of each author present in the reference.
29. f) References from English language journals will be published entirely in this language, for example:

Yeager, Katherine, & Callahan, Yeager Jamie. (2016). Learning to Lead: Foundations of Emerging Leader Identity Development. Advances in Developing Human Resources, 18(3), 286–300. https://doi.org/10.1177/1523422316645510

1. g) References from Spanish language will be published with a translation of the title of the article in English, which must be in brackets. For example:

Tumi-Quispe, Jesús E, & Escobar-Mamani, Fortunato. (2018). Incidencia de factores sociales y políticos en la inversión ambiental del Gobierno Regional de Puno – Perú [Incidence of social and political factors in the ambient environment of the Puno-Perú Regional Government]. Revista de Investigaciones Altoandinas, 20(2), 235-250. https://dx.doi.org/10.18271/ria.2018.367

1. h) For references that do not contain a DOI or are inactive at the time of citation, it will be placed on the reference list as follows:

Conte-Grand, Mariana, & D-Elia, Vanesa. (2018). Desarrollo sostenible y conceptos “verdes” [Sustainable development and “green” concepts]. Problemas del desarrollo, 49(192), 61-84.

1. All references will keep the French indentation in 1,27 cm

 

1. References be used to cite books:

Hernández-Sampieri, Roberto, Fernández-Collado, Carlos, & Baptista-Lucio, Pilar. (2014). Metodología de la Investigación [Investigation methodology] (6a ed.). México D.F.: McGraw-Hill Interamericana.

1. For books written in a language other than Spanish, the original language will be maintained.
2. References for electronic books, web pages or official books will be cited as follow:

 Asamblea Nacional de la República del Ecuador. (2008). Constitución de La Republica del Ecuador 2008 [Constitution of The Republic of Ecuador 2008]. Registro Oficial 449 de 20-oct-2008. Recuperado de https://n9.cl/hd0q 

1. The author or authors must use a software of shortener url to simplify the web address, these are free in the web, for example https://n9.cl/hd0q
2. No long-linked references will be accepted, for example: https://www.oas.org/juridico/pdfs/mesicic4_ecu_const.pdf
3. When the author used in the reference uses two or more surnames, these will be linked by a dash, for example: De-La-Torre, references will not be admitted without this norm, for example: De La Torre. Correct employment: Pérez-Jiménez. After the surnames, the full name(s) of the author(s) should be written, for example: Carlos Alfonso. Surnames and first names should be written according to the data provided in the original article from which the quotation is taken.
4. How to quote in the rest of the research:
5. In texts with less than 40 words: Álvarez (2018), emphasizes: “there is a direct correlation between variables studied” (p. 18).

Another style will be: “there is a direct correlation between variables studied” (Álvarez, 2018, p. 18).

1. In texts with more than 40 words, the autor must write it in a parragragh with 1cm in the left margin and alienated to the right, for example: Alvarez (2018), points out that:

This marketing is manifested in the fact that companies promote the use of biodegradable products, among which we can mention: paper bags, cardboard-based items, naylon-based items, aluminum containers instead of glass, among others, are some of the biodegradable elements that companies are incorporating each time in their sales, in order to reduce the impact on the environment. (p. 19).

Other style will be used on long texts could be:

This marketing is manifested in the fact that companies promote the use of biodegradable products, among which we can mention: paper bags, cardboard-based items, naylon-based items, aluminum containers instead of glass, among others, are some of the biodegradable elements that companies are incorporating each time in their sales, in order to reduce the impact on the environment. (Álvarez, 2018, p. 19).

1. Perspectivas Investigativas Journal highlights unpublished works. The textual quotations to be used in the proposals and the research will have a maximum of 2 textual quotations, being distributed in greater or smaller version to 40 words, according to requirement of the author or authors. Paraphrased quotes are recommended throughout the manuscript.
2. When 2 authors are cited, the author must follow this style: Yeager & Callahan (2016), in paraphrased quotes use: Vega-de-la-Cruz, et al., (2016) o (Vega-de-la-Cruz, et al., 2016).
3. For Caucasian discussions on unavailable information, on references and citations, the author or authors should refer to the APA publication guidelines (Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7ª 2019 edition).
4. Parts of Perspectivas Investigativas Journal:
5. Editorial: A topic of interest for the scientific-academic community is raised in a maximum of 1000 words. it must contain a title, it will not be arbitrated, it is up to the editorial committee's discretion, to designate a researcher to develop a certain topic which will be evaluated to consider their suitability in a certain issue, as well as proposals will be accepted.
6. Research: Empirical works from the various research approaches, containing a maximum of 6000 words (including title, abstract, descriptors, references, figures, tables). It is recommended to use references of 7 years of validity, except for the classics or literature of great interest (The manuscript should be composed of Introduction, Method, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, Funding, Acknowledgement, Contribution of each author, References).
7. Review: Selective work of references in accordance with a theme in order to present a critical view by researchers, contributing to the consolidation of the state of the question, containing a maximum of 8000 words (including title, summary, descriptors, references, figures, tables), minimum 25 and maximum 30 references. It is recommended to use references of 5 years of validity, except for the classics or literature of great interest, in case of working with time lines. In order to present an exhaustive work, we invite you to review https://n9.cl/ustk (The manuscript should consist of an Introduction, Method, and Discussion, Conclusion, Funding, Acknowledgement, Contribution of each author, and References).
8. Analytical research: it includes researches developed from the analytical, hermeneutic method, with the purpose that the author contributes to the growth of the scientific knowledge from findings of investigation, deepening on a certain topic., we invite you to review https://n9.cl/t28b in order to present an exhaustive work (The manuscript should consist of an Introduction, Method, and Discussion, Conclusion, Funding, Acknowledgement, Contribution of each author, and References).
9. Technological products: Concluded investigations where prototypes, patents, software, or others of interest are presented to help improve the quality of life (The manuscript should consist of an Introduction, Method, and Discussion, Conclusion, Funding, Acknowledgement, Contribution of each author, and References), must contain a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 20 references.
10. All proposals must follow to current editorial standards.
11. Summary of article styles:

Section	Tittle (maximum word count)	Abstract (maximum word count)	Descriptors or keywords	Content (maximum word count)	Diagrams (maximum count)	graphics (maximum count)	References	Arbitrated
Editorial	15	No applicable	No applicable	1000	No applicable	No applicable	It is not required to indicate references, however, if the author quotes, he can use the use of references	No
Research	15	150	3 – 5 words taken by  UNESCO thesaurus	6000	6	6 maximum	10 - 20	Yes
Review research	15	150	3 – 5 words taken by  UNESCO thesaurus	8000	6	6 maximum	25 - 30	Yes
Analytical Research	15	150	3 – 5 words taken by  UNESCO thesaurus	8000	6	6 maximum	25 - 30	Yes
Technological product	15	150	3 – 5 words taken by  UNESCO thesaurus	6000	6	6 maximum	10 - 20	Yes

Researches that use the Word assistant to make references will not be accepted, they must be inserted manually

Authorship contributions policy

The Multidisciplinary Journal Perspectivas Investigativas, following the policies of good editorial practices for the publication of scientific journals, agrees that "author" of a published article is a person who has contributed intellectually and methodologically in a significant way in the construction of the manuscript.

In order to externalize the editorial transparency and significant contribution of each "author" in the publication of the scientific article, it is necessary to show the degree of contribution made in the achievement of the manuscript. This section should be written after the conclusion, under the title: "Authorship contribution".

After the title, the name and surname of the "author" should be indicated in a paragraph, followed by the contribution made. Then with the next "author", until the total number of "authors" is exhausted, once the authors are exhausted, the common points of work, if any, should be expressed.

After the title, the name and surname of the "author" should be indicated in a paragraph, followed by the contribution made. Then with the next "author", until the total number of "authors" is exhausted, once the authors are exhausted, the common points of work, if any, should be expressed.

The list of authors should include only those persons who have contributed intellectually to the development of the work. Having helped in the collection of data or having participated in some technique are not in themselves sufficient criteria to be listed as an author. The author of an article must have participated in a relevant way in the conception and development of the article in order to assume responsibility for its contents and must also agree with the final version of the article. In general, the following requirements must be met in order to be listed as an author:

1. To have participated in the conception and design, or in the acquisition of data, or in the analysis and interpretation of the data of the work that has resulted in the article in question, and
2. Have participated in the drafting of the text and any revisions; and
3. To have approved the version that will finally be published.

This journal declines any responsibility for possible conflicts arising from the authorship of the papers it publishes. follows the decision tree recommended by COPE in case of a request for change of authorship of a manuscript received or an article already published (https://publicationethics.org/files/Spanish%20%281%29.pdf).

In the event of any other conflict with authorship or content that arises after the article has been published, the Errata, Corrections and Retractions Policy (https://rperspectivasinvestigativas.org/index.php/multidiscipinaria/errata)

Errata, Corrections and Retractions Policy

The editorial and published articles (research, review, reflection, popular knowledge and technology), in the Multidisciplinary Journal Perspectivas Investigativas, will be kept current, accurate and unalterable as far as possible. However, exceptional events may occur where the correction, retraction or elimination of a manuscript already published may be necessary. This occurrence will be approached by the journal's editorial team with prudence in order to preserve the ethics of the entities involved, for this purpose, it will resort to what is described in the norms recommended by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

In these cases, the regime of rules and control mechanisms of scientific communication has several main procedures for rectification according to the type, severity and consequences of the inaccuracy detected. These may be in the form of a notice of erratum or correction, a retraction and, on rare occasions, the deletion of the article. The purpose of this mechanism is that the changes are transparent and the integrity of the academic record is always guaranteed.

Errata

An erratum notice will be published when it is necessary to correct an error or omission made by the journal after publication that may affect the publication record or the reputation of the authorship or the journal, but where the scholarly integrity of the article remains intact.

All errors will be accompanied by a separate notice. The notice should provide clear details of the error and the changes that have been made to the paper.

In these circumstances:

1. The article shall be corrected.
2. An endnote will be added to the article with reference to the erratum notice.
3. A separate erratum or correction notice will be published linked to the corrected version.
4. The erratum or correction document will be paginated and with DOI.