Submissions

Author Guidelines

Revista Científica Interdisciplinaria. Investigación y Saberes is a scientific publication of original and unpublishedresearch that contributes to the advancement of knowledge and academic-scientific discussion.

Authors wishing to submit articles for consideration by the Editorial Committee of the Journal should:

1. Send the article to the e-mail address: revistas@utelvt.edu.ec the article must comply with the rules proposed by the Journal for scientific articles.
2. The Journal seeks to publish experimental and theoretical research results of great importance in the form of original articles, reviews, short articles or letters to the editor.

Original articles: articles that represent in-depth research in various scientific disciplines.

Review articles: should normally comprise less than 10,000 words. Meta-analyses are considered reviews. Special attention will be paid to updated references in the review.

1. The article should be in Word format. It should also include: title of the article, author(s) and affiliations. Affiliations should be as detailed as possible and should include university, city and country. In addition, all authors should have e-mail (institutional), ORCID (http://orcid.org/) and Google Scholar (https://scholar.google.com/). It is essential to indicate the corresponding author, otherwise it will be assumed that the first author will be in charge of this function. The text must be typed in Arial font, size 12, single-spaced.
2. Write the article with a maximum length of 8000 words and up to 50 references.

The article should have the following structure: Title, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Materials and methods, Results, Discussion (results and discussion can be combined in a single section), Conclusion, References.

Title: the title should be brief, concise and descriptive. It should not contain references, compound numbers or non-standard abbreviations. In Spanish and English.

Abstract: the abstract should be analytical (objective, methodology, results and conclusions), not exceeding 200 words. The abstract should briefly describe the purpose or objective of the study, how the research was conducted, the most important results and the main conclusions drawn from the results, respectively. References and abbreviations should be avoided. In Spanish and English.

Keywords: authors are asked to provide four to six keywords to identify the main topics addressed. These keywords are used for indexing purposes and must be included in the UNESCO Thesaurus. In Spanish and English.

Introduction: authors should strive to define the significance of the work and the justification for its publication. Any substantive discussion should be brief and restricted to the relevant material.

Materials and methods: the authors should be as concise as possible in the theoretical and experimental descriptions. The section should provide all the information necessary to ensure reproducibility. Previously published methods should be indicated with their references and only relevant modifications should be described.

Results: the results of the study should be clear and concise. Restrict the use of tables and figures to represent data that are essential for the interpretation of the study. Do not duplicate data in both figures and tables. Results should be presented in a logical sequence in the text, tables and illustrations.

Discussion: the significance of the results of the paper should be explored, not repeated. Include in the discussion the implications of the findings and their limitations, how the findings fit into the context of other relevant work, and directions for future research.

Conclusions: can stand alone and be linked to the objectives of the study, with new hypotheses where warranted. Include recommendations when appropriate. Unqualified statements and conclusions that are not fully supported by the data obtained should be avoided.

References: it is the authors' responsibility to ensure that the information in each reference is complete and accurate. References should be in the correct format. All references mentioned in the reference list should be cited in the text and vice versa. It is recommended that bibliographic sources be taken from Scopus and Web of Science.

Send figures, maps and images in a minimum resolution of 266 dpi in jpg or gif format. All these resources should be numbered consecutively and clearly indicate the corresponding source(s). Only horizontal lines should be used in the tables according to APA standards, sixth edition. Cite bibliographic sources of less than 40 words in the text as follows:

(author, year, page). Example: (Rodarte, 2011, p. 52). References longer than 40 words are written separately from the text, with indentation on both sides, without quotation marks and without italics. At the end of the quotation, a period is placed before the data -remember that in quotations with less than 40 words the period is placed after and with quotation marks-.

Bibliographic references will be made based on the APA norms, sixth edition.

Book:

Last name, Initials first name of the author (Year). Title of the book. City, Country: Publisher.

Foucault, M. (1996). El orden del discurso. Madrid, Spain: Ediciones de La Piqueta.

Book with publisher:

Surname, Initials author's first name (Ed.).(Year). Title of the book. City, Country: Publisher.

Shapiro, S. (Ed.) (2007). The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Mathematics and Logic. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.

Book chapter:

Surname, Author's Initials First Name (Year). Title of chapter. In Last name, Initials name of editor or compiler (Ed.) or (Comp.) Title of the book(pp. xx-xx). City, Country: Publisher.

Beamish, P.W. (1990). The internationalization process for smaller Ontario firms: A research agenda. In Rugman, M. (Ed.), Research in Global Strategic Management: International Business Research for the Twenty-First Century; Canada's New Research Agenda(pp. 77-92). Stamford, USA: Jai Pr.

Journal article:

Author's last name, first name initials (Year). Title of article. Journal name, volume(number), pp-pp.

Sharpley, R. and Jepson, D. (2011). Rural tourism: A spiritual experience? Annals of Tourism Research, 38(1), 52-71.

Article with DOI:

Author's last name, first name initials (Year). Title of the article. Name of the journal, volume(number), pp-pp. DOI: xx.xxxxxxx.

Canelas, C. and Salazar, S. (2014). Gender and ethnic inequalities in LAC countries. IZA Journal of Labor & Development, 3(1), 18. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/2193-9020-3-18.

Journal article:

Last name, Initials first name of author.(Date). Title of article. Name of newspaper, pp-pp (if available).

El Economista. (May 12, 2016). Chocolate is Mexican, but little is consumed in Mexico.

Undergraduate or graduate thesis:

Last name, Initials first name of author.(Year). Title of thesis(undergraduate, master's or doctoral thesis). Name of the institution, place.

Díaz, M.A. and Landaeta, H. (2014). Design of a rainwater harvesting system to feed the production plant of Herrajes Dudi S.A.S in the locality of Fontibón (undergraduate thesis). Environmental Engineering Program, Universidad de La Salle, Bogotá, Colombia.

Online:

Author's last name, initials first name (Date). Title of the article. Retrieved from (URL).

Mincer, J. (1974). Schooling, Experience, and Earnings. National Bureau of Economic. Retrieved fromhttps://www.nber.org/books/minc74-1.