Mission and Vision
Mission
Disseminate original and unpublished knowledge related to the different areas of engineering, remaining a forum of national and international excellence to contribute to the development of science and technology.
Vision
Consolidate the Journal as a vanguard publication that disseminates the highest level of research in engineering and technological development that takes place in Mexico and in the world.
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Goals
Objectives
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Guidelines and best editorial practices
These guidelines make reference to the policies of good editorial practices of the Publications Ethics Committee (COPE) and available at: http://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines
From the Editorial Council
The Editorial Council will be formed by leading national and international researchers in the field of engineering. People widely recognized in their profession who are willing to cooperate in improving the quality of the journal and ensure the plurality of the journal in the thematic and institutional way. The Editorial Council primary interest should be to improve the quality of the journal.
Objective
Monitor the operation of the journal in a way that complies with the vision, mission and objectives with which it is committed.
Attributions
Privacy statement
The names and email addresses entered in this journal will be used exclusively for the purposes established in it and will not be provided to third parties or for their use for other purposes.
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Editor's Ethics
The editor is responsible for everything that is published in it and is willing to publish corrections, clarifications and retractions when necessary.
The evaluation process is clearly defined and described in the section of Editorial Policy;Peer review;Details on the website.
The decision of the editor to accept or reject a work for publication is based solely on the importance of the article, the originality, clarity and relevance that the work represents for the journal. To make this decision, it relies on the evaluations of the peer reviewer or reviewers.
Given that the evaluation process has a "double blind" policy, the Journal undertakes to respect the confidentiality of the identity of both authors and reviewers.
The Journal is committed to the transparency of the processes and must promptly inform the authors of the status or stage of the process in which their manuscript is found and the final decision derived from the resolutions of the review. Evaluates the manuscripts and their intellectual content without distinction of ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, ethnic origin, nationality or the political philosophy of the authors.
Likewise, the editor will keep confidentiality regarding any type of documentation, information or process that is generated or exchanged, will be subject to what is applicable to the Ley General de Transparencia y Acceso a la Información Pública Gubernamental y su Reglamento de Transparencia, Información Pública Gubernamental, as well as the Reglamento de Transparencia y Acceso a la Información Pública de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México , published in the Gaceta UNAM on August 25, 2016.
All unpublished material given to know in a received manuscript is confidential and may not be used in personal researches of an editor, without the express written consent of the author. Inside information or ideas obtained through peer review is confidential and will not be used for personal gain.
The editor will make fair and impartial decisions to ensure a fair and appropriate peer review process.
Author's ethics
Any submitted work must be an original creation of the author or authors and must not have been previously published, nor be pending for peer reviewing and / or publication in any other medium, printed or electronic according to the instructions published on the website. A work will be considered as previously published when any of the following situations occurs:
These criteria refer to previous publications in print or digital form, and in any language.
The authors agree not to submit their manuscript simultaneously in more than one journal for evaluation since the submitted work does not contain illegal material and / or selected parts of other scientific documents (from the author or from another) must be correctly quoted, not violate any right and must not constitute more than 30% of the content of the article.
Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical behavior and is unacceptable. Consequently, any manuscript that incurs in plagiarism will be eliminated and not considered for publication.
In case the plagiarism of a published manuscript is discovered, said manuscript will remain published with the legend "Retracted by plagiarism" in any electronic medium (website, indexes, seedbeds, etc.). If the article is accepted for publication, but it is discovered as previously published in another medium, the publication in the Journal will be canceled.
The authors must ensure the authorship of the manuscript submitted, all authors must have worked in the development of the research so they understand and accept that there is no possibility of elimination, increase or substitution of authors for any reason, once the process has begun .
The authors assume responsibility for the entire content of the work submitted, their experiments and their repeatability. All authors must approve the final version of the manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project must be revealed in the manuscript.
Reviewers' ethics
Any manuscript received for review must be treated as a confidential document. It should not be shown or discussed with other experts, except with the authorization of the editor. In case of not being able to evaluate it and if another reviewer can suggest it, it must do so directly to the Journal and eliminate any copy (printed and / or digital) of the document.
Any selected reviewer should notify the editor, in the shortest time possible, if he is qualified to review the research of a manuscript or if he is unable to do so.
The reviewer undertakes to report any unethical conduct by the authors and indicate all the information that may support the rejection of the publication of the manuscript, the review must be conducted objectively. Any personal criticism of the author is inappropriate and considered unethical. Reviewers must express their points of view clearly and with valid arguments.
No unpublished material given to know in a sent manuscript may be used in personal investigations of a reviewer, without the express written consent of the author. All privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be confidential and will not be used to obtain personal benefits. Reviewers should not evaluate manuscripts in which they have a conflict of interest.
Quality policy
The management of the journal and the ascribed personnel commits to publish the best manuscripts with the required level for a publication of scientific and peer reviewed research, providing the necessary and sufficient elements to satisfy the requirements of the interested parties, seeking the continuous improvement of their effectiveness and complying with applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
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Authors who publish in Ingeniería Investigación y Tecnología accept the following conditions:
Anti-plagiarism policy
La revista Ingeniería Investigación y Tecnología rechaza enérgicamente cualquier conducta que pueda considerarse como plagio, tales como presentar manuscritos de otros autores o de los mismos autores (autoplagio). Por esta razón, todos los manuscritos presentados son revisados con herramientas de software para la detección de posibles casos de plagio. Dicha revisión se realiza en diferentes momentos de la evaluación (al recibir el manuscrito, durante el arbitraje y previo a la publicación en caso de que el manuscrito sea aprobado), incluso después de a verse publicado el artículo, en caso de detectarse una situación de plagio, la Revista se reserva el derecho de añadir la leyenda "artículo retractado" al artículo publicado por la Revista.
Los autores deben citar apropiadamente la información obtenida de otras fuentes, incluso si se trata de investigaciones propias que ya hayan sido publicadas. Los manuscritos presentados deben contener información original en al menos 75% de su contenido; no deben haber sido publicados ni estar en proceso de evaluación o publicación por escrito en ningún otro medio (impreso o digital), ni en ningún otro idioma.
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