Submissions

Author Guidelines

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

• The submission has not been previously published or submitted for consideration by any other journal (or an explanation has been provided in the Comments to Editor).
• The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF or WordPerfect format.
• Whenever possible, URLs of references are provided.
• The text is single spaced; 11 point, Times New Roman font; italics are used instead of underlining (except in URLs); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed in the appropriate places in the text, rather than at the end.
• The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Guidelines for Authors.

Articles should be prepared following the general format for the presentation of scientific articles. They should be submitted to the General Editor of the journal Minerva of the University of El Salvador, by sending them to the following address:https://minerva.sic.ues. edu.sv/index.php/Minerva/about/submissions.

Once the Editorial Board of the Revista Minerva, hereinafter referred to as CE-Minerva, has received the scientific articles, they must be submitted to an evaluation process in accordance with the following considerations:

• Style, content and scientific novelty.
• Presentation and technical language in specific area.
• Only unpublished articles will be considered for publication.
• In all correspondence, only one of the authors of the article will be designated.
• The journal only accepts scientific articles in Spanish.
• Authors should appear in order of importance, according to their contribution to the scientific article being published, including the following information: full name, affiliation, e-mail and code number.
• The final version of the scientific article should be sent through the Open Journal System platform of the Journal, submissions by other means, whether printed or electronic, will not be accepted.

CE-Minerva reserves the right to approve, reject or suggest corrections for publication of a scientific article, based on the results of peer review.

Once the corrections suggested by the peer reviewers have been sent to the main author, they will have to correct the observations and then upload the new document to the system within a maximum period of one month. There is a right of refutation of observations, which must be sent in writing and supported by scientific grounds.

Articles submitted by national and international authors, who are not directly related to the Universidad de El Salvador, must have permission to publish from the institution that financed the research, in case they have received a grant for its realization.

Authors will assume responsibility for possible conflicts derived from the authorship of the works or third parties published in the Journal.

General format for the presentation of scientific articles 

• Scientific papers should be submitted in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF or WordPerfect format.
• The article will have a maximum of 8,000 words or a maximum of 20 pages, including tables, figures and bibliography.
• The text should be written in one column, in Times New Roman font number 11, single spaced. The left margin should be 2.5 cm. and the right, top and bottom of 2.5 cm. Pages should be numbered on the bottom right-hand side.
• Elaboration of tables with their corresponding description.

Tables

The table is an element used to display numbers and/or text in column and row format according to APA standards. The table should also include its basic elements and appear in the following order: table number, title, heading, body and footnote (if necessary).

• The title should be clear and simple.
• Acronyms and abbreviations should be written according to international technical standards, otherwise they should be accompanied by a footnote.
• If the size of the table is larger than one page, the row of headings should be repeated on each additional page. Horizontal orientation may also be used in cases where the table is too wide.

Example:

Table 1

Title should be brief, clear and explanatory

Note. Include footnote if needed.

Figures

Figures are graphs, diagrams, maps, photographs, manual drawings and illustrations. They should be presented according to APA guidelines.

• Figures should contain the following elements: figure number, title, image, caption and note if necessary.
• Titles should be concise and explanatory.
• Maps should have at least one graphic scale, which maintains the proportionality of the measurements on the map.
• Photographs must be of good quality (they must be attached to the submission, in JPG, PNG or TIFF format).

Example:

The title of the figure should be concise and explanatory

Note.Illustrative figure from RPubs.

Quotations

Quotations are an important part of the scientific article submitted for publication in the Journal, not only because they take care of the scientific credits of other authors, but also because they provide evidence of the dialogue between knowledge. The rules for citations of the Journal are the APA 7th referencing style.

Example:

Quotation with one author (Zeitlin, 2021), two authors (Martínez-Roque y Ardón, 2021) and more than two authors (LeCun et al., 2015).

Sections of the Journal

• Scientific articles
• Case studies
• Technical Notes
• Review Articles
• Special Reports

Content of submitted papers

Table 2

Content of the papers submitted according to the section in the journal

General elements of an article

Title, authors, affiliation, e-mail (institutional) and ORCID code

Full title of the research paper. It should have a maximum of 15 words. Include the title with its translation into Spanish.

Authors and affiliation. They are placed immediately below the title of the research, ordered according to the scientific contribution to the work and not in alphabetical order. Academic degrees and hierarchical positions are not included.

Abstract (in Spanish & English).. It should be between 150 to 250 words and include a translation into Spanish (Resumen). It should be sufficiently succinct and informative to allow the reader to identify the content and interest of the work and to be able to decide on its reading. It should be written in the past tense and make reference to the place and date of execution; it should also contain the methodological procedure of the work, summarized objectives, giving clues only of its main results and conclusions.

At the end of the abstract should be included a series of terms called Key words by which the article will be included in the databases. The indicated number is 3 to 6 key words and the first letter of the first key word in capital letters and order them according to importance.

Introduction.

It serves as a literature review; it refers to previous works that have been carried out on the topic under investigation, including the most important scientific references. All statements and arguments are supported by bibliographic citations.

It describes the interest of the topic in the current scientific context, as well as a brief review of the current state of knowledge in this field. It should not be very extensive and should answer the question "why this research work has been carried out". It should be kept in mind that the last paragraph summarizes the objective of the research study.

Methodology.

It should include the location of the research in space and time, environmental conditions, the units under study, data collection, economic studies, statistical analysis (variables under study, models and statistical tests, if they correspond to the type of research). Established and well-known methods are supported by bibliographic citations.

Results and Discussion.

. This is the orderly presentation of the findings, which is the true contribution of the research. Tables and Figures can be presented. The sequence of writing does not necessarily have to be chronological, but the one that allows a more coherent and clear exposition of the results obtained. The results of the experiments described in Methodology should be expressed, to be seen and understood quickly and clearly. The first paragraph should be used to summarize in a concise, clear and direct sentence, the main finding of the study. This section should be written using past tense verbs. Units of measurement should be clear, according to the International System of Units and abbreviations fully explanatory, according to international standards.

The discussion of results is the examination of the results, their significance and limitations, emphasizes the new and important aspects of the research. It determines the coherence or contradiction of the data found. This section is the core of the scientific article.

• Conclusions should logically recapitulate the results. They should be independent, concrete and not redundant.
• They should be based on the findings of the work, not be speculative, nor come from the literature.
• They must be in accordance with the objectives of the research.
• Tables or figures should not be mentioned.
• They should not be confused with recommendations.
• Do not use numbers or bullets.

Acknowledgments.It is applicable to institutions or persons who supported the research. Any publication financed by the University of El Salvador must have a mention that says: “This research was carried out with the financial support of the University of El Salvador, Central America.”.

References. In the scientific article, only those bibliographical references that have been directly cited in the manuscript can be listed under this heading and must be made according to the APA 7th referencing style. AAt least 60% of the references used must be no older than 5 years.

Examples:

Conflict of Interests

Possible conflicts of interest arising from the manuscript submitted for publication should be expressed.

Evaluation Process

UOnce the paper is submitted, the Revista Minerva editorial team reviews it within 15 days and if it is considered of interest and meets the criteria indicated in the author guidelines, it moves on to the next phase of peer review. Thus, the papers are reviewed according to the traditional double-blind peer review system, ensuring mutual anonymity between the reviewer and the author(s) of the paper. The journal entrusts the review to experts in the field, members of the journal's Advisory Board and/or external to the editorial team. In view of the review reports, the editor of the journal will make the final decision whether or not to publish the text.

TTake into consideration that, even after having been accepted in the peer review process, a submitted paper may still be rejected if the Journal Editor judges that the text is poorly written, with discontinuities in the discourse, repetitions, gaps, inaccurate or inappropriate statements, or flaws in the bibliography.

The editorial team will communicate to the authors the result of the evaluation and the editor's decision, whether to accept or reject the article.

6. Forthcoming Issues/Articles

There is the option of accepting pre-publication (preprint) of those manuscripts that have completed the editorial process, prior to the publication of the issue. This section uses the OJS Plugin named Forthcoming.

Instructional video for article submission (in Spanish):