About the Journal
1. Focus and scope
Revista Economía y Política is a scientific publication of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences of the University of Cuenca, whose objective is to stimulate the debate on socioeconomic phenomena at the subnational level, that is, at the regional and city level. Consequently, it has a pluralistic and multidisciplinary approach, including quantitative, qualitative and mixed studies. Rigorous and original papers that address economic, political, social, institutional and environmental dimensions are welcome. Papers on Latin America are particularly welcome.
The main objective of the journal is the dissemination of methodological research results, empirical studies, case studies and selected reviews of the state of the art; as well as the promulgation of the reading and discussion of the aforementioned topics.
Revista Economía y Política, edited by the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences of the University of Cuenca, is published every six months and only in electronic version (ISSN-L No.2477-9075), in Spanish and English depending on the language in which the contribution is received. Each publication is identified with a DOI (Digital Object Identifier System), to improve its positioning in global search engines. The printed version was maintained until Issue No. 29 (ISSN No.1390-7921).
Revista Economía y Política is aimed at students, teachers, researchers, professionals and the general public who work in development and innovation within the areas of specialization of the publication, with the aim that the published contributions can support the activities of the productive sector, as well as the development of new research.
2. Editorial Management
Revista Economía y Política does not establish any cost or APCs for processes of reception, evaluation or publication of scientific articles, without exception.
2.1 Peer review process
The original manuscripts received are filtered through two stages of quality review: the first consists of an evaluation through the "Analysis of Relevance" form made by the Editorial Committee of the journal; this opinion may recommend the direct acceptance of the manuscript or request changes that will be sent to the authors for their modification.
Once the first filter is passed, the article continues with the evaluation stage under the "external double-blind" method, maintaining the anonymity of both the author and the evaluators (see review form). The recommendations of the reviewers can be:
- Publishable without modifications
- Publishable with minor modifications
- Publishable with major modifications
- Unpublishable
As it is a peer-reviewed publication, the Responsible Editor approves its publication based on the opinion of specialized peers. Receipt of a document does not imply a commitment to publication.
After the opinion of the peers, the Responsible Editor will evaluate the recommendations and decide whether or not to proceed to publication, a result that will be communicated to the authors within a maximum period of five months from the manuscript submission.
If the article passes the second stage and has the approval of the Responsible Editor, they will be placed on the waiting list for their typographical correction, layout and publication.
Manuscripts are published in the different editions of the journal, according the under the criteria of the Editorial Board.
Cases of controversy
If there are situations not considered in the general editorial process of the publication or cases of controversy, it will be attended by an Extraordinary Editorial Board to obtain a resolution based on the Journal's Ethics Guidelines and specify the way to proceed with all members involved. The decisions taken in Council are the total responsibility of the Revista Economía y Política, and whoever is under the position of Responsible Editor of the publication.
The opinion of the evaluators is not appealable, the details of all the stages of the editorial process of Economy and Politics are available HERE.
2.2 Frecuency of publication
Revista Economía y Política has two issues each year, corresponding to the months of January and July.
3. Open Access Policy
Revista Economía y Política is an open-access publication entirely free of charge for readers and authors that encourages the reuse and self-archiving of their articles in databases, repositories, directories, and international information systems. In this sense, the journal has a Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License and is included in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
Self-archiving conditions: The reuse of published works by their authors is permitted, specifically: the post-print (final versions after peer review or the PDF version published by the Journal) can be archived, for non-commercial purposes, including its deposit in institutional, thematic repositories or personal web pages, as long as it is redirected through the original link of the publication to the journal's site.
3.1 Copyright
The works published in the Revista Economía y Política are subject to the following terms:
The University of Cuenca in Ecuador, as publishing entity, conserves the patrimonial rights (copyright) of the published works, and favors and allows their reuse under the a Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License, for which they may be copied, used, disseminated, transmitted and publicly exhibited, as long as:
- Cite the original author and source of the publication (journal, publisher, URL and DOI of the work).
- Are not used for commercial or onerous purposes.
- Mention the existence and specifications of this license for use.
- The publication will give each article a Digital Object Identifier (DOI). Example:
Alvarado Guzmán, A. (2019). Exploratory analysis of Ecuador's trade opening vis-à-vis Peru and Colombia. Revista Economía y Política, (29), 9 - 24. https://doi.org/10.25097/rep.n29.2019.01
Full text, metadata and article citations can be tracked and accessed with permission. Our open social policy also allows for the legibility of files and their metadata, fostering interoperability under the OAI-PMH open data and open-source protocol (https://publicaciones.ucuenca.edu.ec/ojs/index.php/REP/oai). The files of the complete publications, as well as their segmentation by articles, are available in PDF, EPUB and XML JATS.
3.2 Readers' rights
The contents of the Revista Economía y Política are presented in open access and readers have the right to access them free of charge from the moment of publication. Our journal does not ask for any economic charge to the reader.
3.3 Publication stored by third parties
Revista Economía y Política ensures the security of its documents, so the articles are stored in reliable databases (such as Dialnet), after publication.
4. Anti-plagiarism policy
All manuscripts received by Revista Economía y Política, are strictly reviewed based on an anti-plagiarism policy that ensures the originality of the articles. To accomplish this task, the StrikePlagiarism system is used, which analyzes the complete texts in search of grammatical and orthographic coincidences, ensuring the originality of the manuscripts, and contributing to compliance with the editorial quality standards of scientific production.
For further information, see the document Revista Economía y Política's Publications Ethics Guidelines.
5. Identification of authorship
This journal uses the persistent digital identifier ORCID ® as a system of authorship standardization.
6. Archive
This journal uses the PKP PN system to create an archival system distributed among collaborating libraries, enabling them to create permanent archives of the journal for conservation and restoration purposes. It also uses different national and international repositories where the publication is hosted, such as Dialnet and Google Drive.
