About the Journal

Focus and Scope

MISSION:  It is an academic and scientific journal of the Faculty of Social and Juridical Science of Corporación Universitaria Rafael Núñez whose main function is the publication of research results (advanced and final) of the Law program and those who are part of the area of knowledge in Social Science, Law and Political Science.

The electronic publication system of the journal meets the guidelines and international protocols of the digital journal which allows it to be visible worldwide.

VISION: The virtual magazine hopes to gain recognition in five years as  one of the mainstream media and dissemination in scientific research in the area of Social and Legal Sciences in the Caribbean Region.

It is aimed at academics, researchers / academics and professionals interested in updating issues tip of this area of knowledge.

The articles published in this journal should respond primarily to the types of items identified by the national bibliographic index PUBLINDEX, mainly outlined as type 1, 2 and 3, identified as: publishing, article scientific and technological research article reflection and review article, case reports. Below are the characteristics of each type of articles.

EDITORIAL: Introductory article which includes institutional and collective opinion of the Journal and reflects the main issues discussed today.

ORIGINAL ARTICLE / ARTICLE OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH: Work derived from a research that has not been published and makes contributions to scientific knowledge

REFLECTION ARTICLE: Brief writing, philosophical or scientific, where the author exposes in a  sustained manner, his opinion on a specific topic

REVISION ARTICLE: It is a "state of the art" of a specific topic. It should include a summary, an introduction, in order to make reading more clear, complete and agile. It must be based on at least fifty bibliographic references.

CASE REPORT: A case report with emphasis on one aspect or characteristic of it. It must have a literature review.

The journal starts with volume 1 number 1 in 2009 and has an annual basis. It is available at: (http://revistas.curn.edu.co), to sign and submit articles, registration is required at: (http://revistas.curn.edu.co).

  

Section Policies

Artículos

 

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Editorial

EDITORIAL: Artículo introductorio que  recoge la opinión institucional y colectiva de la Revista y que refleja los temas principales que se discuten en la actualidad.

 

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ARTICULO ORIGINAL /ARTICULO DE INVESTIGACION CIENTIFICA Y TECNOLOGICA

Trabajo derivado de una investigación que no ha sido publicado y hace aportes al conocimiento científico

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ARTICULO DE REFLEXION

Escrito breve, filosófico o científico, donde el autor expone de manera sustentada, su opinión sobre un tema específico

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ARTICULO DE REVISION

Constituye un “estado del arte” de un tema específico. Debe incluir un resumen, una introducción,  con el fin de hacer más clara, completa y ágil su lectura. Debe basarse por lo menos en cincuenta referencias bibliográficas

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REPORTES DE CASOS

Presentación de un caso, con énfasis en un aspecto o   particularidad del mismo. Debe tener una revisión de literatura

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Peer Review Process

Articles for the ERG@OMNES  Virtual journal are received the whole year round. Every scientific article enters in a revision process which consists of two steps.

The first step verifies that the item meets all the formal requirements, presentation, consistency, grammar and methodology, although this does not guarantee the final acceptance for publication. The second phase depends exclusively on the evaluation specialists in the field peers. The outcome of the assessment will depend on whether the Editorial Committee of the journal requests any changes to the author or authors. In this phase the theme, the novelty / originality, interest, contribution, validity, benefits and quality of the submission of the manuscript are evaluated.

The verdict of the peers may be "accepted as is," "I accept with minor corrections," "I resubmit it requires major corrections", "reject" or "refer to another specialist." If there were conflicting verdicts or some unforeseen conflict of interest between referees, the evaluation to an additional pair is required. It is power of the Editorial Committee to make the final decision to publish or not a manuscript.

Because it is a process of scientific publishing activity dialogue and academic discussion, any correction of an article approved for publication will be reviewed with the author designated before publication. When an article is approved for publication, the Editorial Committee will decide which of the following issues of the magazine will be included, which will be notified to the author or authors.

The author or authors can follow the process status (reception-review-evaluation-acceptance or rejection and publication) article once identified in the system.

For acceptance of the manuscript, the author or authors should follow the standards of the American Psychological Association (APA).

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open Access under the principal of offering free research to the public to sponsor greater global knowledge to the public.

 File

This journal uses the LOCKSS system to create a file distributed among the participating libraries, allowing those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration.
 

Open Access Policy

Esta revista provee acceso libre inmediato a su contenido bajo el principio de que hacer disponible gratuitamente la investigación al publico, lo cual fomenta un mayor intercambio de conocimiento global.

 

Archiving

Esta revista utiliza el sistema LOCKSS para crear un archivo distribuido entre las bibliotecas participante, permitiendo a dichas bibliotecas crear archivos permanentes de la revista con fines de preservación y restauración. Ampliar información...

 

DECLARATION OF ETHICS AND GOOD EDITORIAL PRACTICES OF ERG@OMNES JOURNAL

ERG@OMNES Journal,  based on the provisions of COPE'S Good Practice Guide for Publishers Publications, and in accordance with the principles of transparency established established there are ethical practices in the publication regarding the author, plagiarism items , data manipulation and conflicts of interest, establishes the following statement of editorial ethics, taking into account the following aspects:

 

1.    Responsibilities of the editors:

 The editor and the editorial board must act justly, objectively and with no type of discrimination (sexual, political, religious, ethnic) in the application of the procedures described on this declaration.

Works based solely in their academic merits will also be edited and published, that is without considering any type of business influence or conflict of interests.  Therefore, the editor must be free of any conflict of interested related with the authors or work financers who incline him to accept or reject a particular article.

The decision made by the editor, no matter what, will be based on the concept of the peers. When there is a suspicion of plagiarism, the committee will use the free available software.

The members of the editorial committee must not reveal information of any of the articles submitted to the journal. The only ones they can talk to about this will be the authors and peers. At the same time, confidentiality will be guaranteed using the double blind evaluation, where the authors do not know who the peers are and vice-versa.

When a member of the editorial committee sees mistakes in any article already published in the AGLALA, he must inform the other members to proceed with a correction or whatever the case merits They must also accept  and follow the pertinent procedures to solve possible complaints or misunderstandings of ethic character of conflict of interest, acting according to the editorial policies and ethic norms of  Corporación Universitaria Rafael Núñez.  

2.    Responsibilities of the authors:

 The authors must only submit original and unedited texts, which they must declare at the moment they register their work in the AGLALA. It is also the author’s responsibility of the author who inscribes the work or in his defect the one who is going to keep in contact with the editor, see that all the authors approve the content of the manuscript and that all the people who made significant contributions to the work appear as authors. Additionally, the correspondence author must guarantee that the work has not been published or accepted in any other journal or publication and that it has not been considered for publication in any other journal.

In case that part of the content has been previously published, the authors must recognize and cite the respective sources and academic credits. They will recognize that the article does not infringe copyright, property or institutional rights. Therefore, charts, figures or patents which need a special permission to be reproduced must be accompanied by a letter giving permission for reproduction of whoever has the copyright.

The presentation of articles must be objective. There must not be any false or distorted affirmations because this constitutes a non-ethical behavior. At the end, articles must also have information of the manuscript about the sources of financing and declaration of conflict of interests.

 The authors must confirm their copyright rights with a letter of relinquishment addressed to the journal.  They must become actively involved in the peer revision process by timely contributing the peers or editorial board requests. Carefully revise the final version of the article to inform about any mistakes there may be and which should be corrected. In case of finding any significant errors once their article is published, the authors must notify the editorial board, cooperation with the publication of an errata sheet on where necessary, remove the article from the published number.

 

3.    Responsibilities of peers/revisers:

 Peers must contribute to the evaluation process of the articles by given their objective concepts which are free from value judgment, respectful, constructive and timely. If he does not consider himself an expert or qualified to revise the article, he must say so once he has read the summary, before the receives the complete article. At the same time, he must state if he has a conflict of interest related with the work or the financers of the same which inclines him to accept or reject the article.

It is the peers’ responsibility to tell the authors of any relevant references they have not included in the work. They must also warn the editorial committee of any episode of double publication that has not been noticed by the journal or if it presents any plagiarism elements. 

Handle the information received from the editorial committee or the author in strict confidence, making a correct use of the same. Nevertheless, it is his decision to keep or reject the article in the evaluation process.

4. Process to follow in case of non-ethical behavior:

Editors must take reasonable measures to identify and prevent publishing works where non-ethical or bad conduct in research has been found.  As to the content of an article, the invention and manipulation of data and plagiarism are considered non-ethical behavior. They constitute scientific fraud. Manipulation of citations and falsification of data also constitutes unethical conduct and also omitting the name of an author, among others.

Initially the communication of the author’s non-ethical behavior must be done to the editor of the journal. Later to the editor and the members of the editorial board will be the ones in charge of starting the investigation. The information of non-ethical behavior must be done in writing and it must be accompanied of sufficient proofs to start the investigation.

Non-ethical behavior considered as a misdemeanor by the editor may be solved with the authors without having to consult with the editorial board. 

 In case the non-ethical behavior is catalogued grave, the editor, together with the editorial board must:

-           Send an official communication in writing addressed to the authors and peers in which the bad conduct is listed, considering any available evidences.

-       The editorial board must decide if it should warn employers of institutional affiliation entities of any non-ethical behavior of the authors.

-           if the accusation of inappropriate conduct are not backed up by convincing evidence, the editors may request the advice of an expert.

-           The authors may have the opportunity of answering inappropriate grave conduct accusations.

-           Authors must make corrections, modifications or if necessary, remove the article from the journal.

-       Instruction for authors

Each author is responsible for the content of his work, spelling, consistency and other requirements of written discourse. Entries must be original. This policy does not preclude accept an original rejected by other journals, or a complete work after the publication of a preliminary study in abstract or poster presented at a scientific conference. When an original is sent, the author must report on all submissions to other journals, or any previous work that could be considered prior publication or duplicate of an identical or very similar work.

 

Before submitting your article, please review the order of the same as explained in the point relates to the requirements of the manuscript or guide for authors as stated herein.