Editorial policy

Focus and scope
Article types
Peer Review
Publication frequency
DORA adhesion
Editorial ethics
Originality check
Copyright
Privacy policy
Publishing charges
Digital preservation
Digital Object Identifier
Errata and retractions
Claims

Focus and scope

Trilogía Ciencia Tecnología Sociedad is an international open access scientific journal published in January, May and September. It features only original research, review, and reflection articles derived from studies into developments in science, technology, and innovation, as well as their impact on society (e.g., their cultural, ethical, political, and economic effects). It is aimed at an audience made up of the international academic and scientific community in the areas of social and human sciences.

The journal publishes articles about the following topics:

  • Science and technology studies
  • Philosophy and history of science and technology
  • E-learning practices
  • Governance and citizen participation in techno-scientific decisions
  • Public policy on science and education
  • Innovation for social, environmental, and economic transformation
  • Communication and dissemination of science and technology
  • Knowledge management and social appropriation of knowledge
  • Digital arts and new media

The Trilogía Ciencia Tecnología Sociedad journal is a peer-reviewed publication, which uses a double-blind peer review system. It is financed by the Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano, a public entity. In addition, we do not charge any fees for sending, processing, editing or publication of articles. High quality contributions are welcome on a permanent basis.

The journal receives articles for publication in Spanish and English.

Article types

The journal Trilogia Ciencia Tecnología Sociedad receives proposals for manuscripts that fall into the following categories:

Research article: present original research results in detail. They clearly define the problem they address and previous works recently published in the scientific literature in the same field. They also describe the proposed methods and experimental results in a rigorous and complete manner and show the contribution of the work to one of the branches of engineering. Advantages and disadvantages of the results are discussed in relation to the state of the art. Finally, the conclusions respond to the objectives and are derived from the content of the manuscript.

Review article: document resulting from an investigation where the results of published research or not, on a field of science or technology, are analyzed, systematized and integrated, in order to account for progress and development trends. It is characterized by presenting a careful bibliographic review of at least 50 references.

Reflection article: document that presents research results from an analytical, interpretative or critical perspective of the author, on a specific topic, using original scientific sources.

Peer review

The journal's evaluation policy is scientific arbitration under the double blind modality, in which the identity of the authors and evaluators is unknown to both parties. The manuscript will be sent to two academic peers external to the editorial institution (ITM), preferably international, chosen based on the following criteria:

  • Academic training of master's or doctorate in the subject area.
  • Scientific publications in the area of ​​interest in the last 5 years
  • Have an H index of 5 or higher
    Have a different institutional affiliation to that of the publishing institution
  • Have a preferably international institutional affiliation
  • Have an institutional affiliation different from that of the authors of the manuscript
  • Declare no conflict of interest with the publishing institution, the magazine or any of its members (editors, authors, members of the editorial and scientific committee)

The communication with the evaluating peers will be done through the OJS, where they will issue a concept about the academic quality of the content of the manuscript, rigor in the theoretical and methodological treatment and about the novelty or advancement of the author's contribution to the field of knowledge. The evaluators have a maximum of 30 business days to issue their concept in the evaluation format provided by Trilogía magazine, as well as to declare no conflicts of interest and to know the specific rules of ethics in research, confidentiality and plagiarism.

Possible results: According to the critical assessment of the academic quality and scientific rigor of the content, the evaluation process must contain one of the following results:

  • The article may be published subject to minor modifications
  • The article can be published subject to major modifications
  • The article should not be published for the reasons indicated in this review

Cases of controversy: If there is controversy, either because the reviewers' concepts oppose each other or because the author disagrees with the concept, an additional reviewer will be appointed. If the controversy persists, the editor-in-chief, with the possible advice of the Editorial and Scientific Board, will issue a qualified opinion and decide on publication after careful consideration of the peer reviews.

Confidentiality: The Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano, in its relations with third parties, will observe the principles of good faith and respect for intellectual property. For the above and to ensure the impartiality of the academic evaluation of this article, the edito Trilogía Ciencia Tecnlogía Sociedad, reserves the name of the author of the work. The name of the evaluators is also confidential and at no time will the authors be made known. The confidentiality of this document implies that none of its parts can be used for a purpose other than the one established, besides, you can not share them with anyone without the authorization of the editor.

Publication Frequency

Starting January 2022, the journal will be published every four months (January, May and September).

DORA adhesion

Aware of the need to improve ways of evaluating the quality and impact of scientific results, the journal adheres to the San Francisco Declaration on Research Evaluation (DORA).

Editorial ethics

Trilogía Ciencia Tecnología Sociedad, seeking to promote excellent scientific dissemination, is committed to having all the participants in the stages of the publication process meet quality and ethical standards. For that purpose, Trilogía Ciencia Tecnología Sociedad observes the ethical regulations and procedures to settle controversies established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

The following are the duties of each participant in the publication process of the journal.

Duties of editors and professional team of the journal

  • Publication decision: The editor of the Journal ensures the scientific community that the editorial processes conducted by the journal are serious and high-quality, and that it only publishes articles that have undergone a peer-review process and present a contribution in the fields from studies into developments in science, technology, and innovation, as well as their impact on society.
  • Unbiased process: The editor evaluates the manuscripts in an unbiased manner, without any type of discrimination whatsoever, respecting the intellectual independence of the authors, and not favoring any author due to their institutional affiliation or academic career.
  • Confidentiality and nondisclosure agreement: The editor and the professional team of the journal shall not disclose information of authors or reviewers. Additionally, they shall maintain the confidentiality of the content of the manuscript until it has been accepted and published.
  • Conflict of interest: If the journal receives a manuscript in which at least one of the authors has a direct personal or professional relationship with the editor of the journal or is closely related to one of their studies or projects, it is considered a conflict of interest. Therefore, the editor will abstain from participating in the review process of the submitted manuscript and will forward it to the Editorial Board for them to carry out the editorial process.
  • Reviewer selection: The editor will select the peer-reviewers in an objective way, ensuring their competence in the specific field of the manuscript and a critical and expert evaluation of the work with the least possible bias.
  • Respect for decision times: The editors and the professional team of the journal are responsible for respecting review times in the different editorial stages of the manuscript and the publication of accepted articles. They will work for the timely dissemination of the results in each issue.
  • Errors in published articles: When editors find or are informed about an important error that significantly affects the results, conclusions, authorship, or institutional affiliation of a published article, they should make sure that it is timely corrected and informed to the scientific community so that potential readers are aware of the corrections that were made.
  • Procedure in case of ethical issues: The editor of the Journal will take all claims and suspicions of inappropriate behavior seriously and will conduct reasonable procedures to investigate each case, regardless of the moment at which they are identified or reported, even when the article has already been published. In any case, the authors will have the opportunity to respond to the claim.

Duties of authors

  • Originality: The authors shall ensure that the manuscript they submit is original and unpublished, it has not been partially or totally published in any format, and it was not simultaneously submitted to other publications.
  • Data veracity: The authors should confirm the veracity of the data or results obtained during their studies. In other words, they should make sure that the data were not altered or manipulated because such behavior is considered an ethically incorrect and fraudulent practice.
  • Sources of information: The authors should adequately cite the origin of the ideas or literal sentences taken from other previously published works, as indicated in the APA citation style implemented in the journal. They should also make sure that the references are the original sources the information in the manuscript is based on.
  • Authorship: The authors ensure that they have respected the authorship of the individuals that made a significant contribution to the experimental design, data collection, planning, implementation, and interpretation of the results of the study and the drafting of the manuscript. Furthermore, the order or hierarchy of the authors corresponds to their level of responsibility and participation in the work.
  • Funding source and institutional affiliation: The authors should inform the name of the institution they worked for during the study (affiliation). Additionally, they should indicate if the submitted paper is the result of studies carried out with public or private funding. In that case, they should provide the name of such funding source.
  • Conflict of interest: All the authors shall explicitly declare any possible conflict of financial, professional, or personal interests that may inappropriately influence their results or interpretations.
  • Errors in published articles: When authors identify a significant error in the editorial process or the publication of the manuscript, they should immediately communicate it to the editor of the journal so that the publication can be changed, withdrawn, or retracted.

Duties of reviewers

  • Contribution to the editorial decision: Reviewers commit to conduct a critical, objective, constructive, and honest review, properly supporting their recommendation and respecting the intellectual autonomy of the author of the manuscript. If the reviewers deem their expertise not sufficient to conduct the review, they should immediately inform the editor and abandon the process.
  • If the reviewers identify or have a reasonable suspicion of inappropriate behavior (e.g., redundant publication, plagiarism, double submission, data manipulation, conflict of interest, or incorrect authorship), they should immediately warn the editor to take action in that regard.
  • Confidentiality and nondisclosure agreement: The reviewers acknowledge that all the information contained in the manuscript, including text, figures, tables, multimedia material, and appendices is confidential, the property of the authors, and protected by copyright law. They commit to use the information only for the academic review and recommendation process.
  • Respect for review times: Reviewers should submit their review on time. If they cannot meet the deadline for any reason, they should inform the editor of their possible delay and propose a new due date.
  • Acknowledgement of sources of information: The reviewers should ensure that the references in the manuscript are relevant and recent works published on the topic of the manuscript. In case they fail to meet said criteria, they should suggest to delete references and include others that are not cited in the manuscript.
  • Anonymity: In order to guarantee the impartiality of the evaluation of the manuscript, the journal editor does not disclose the identity of the authors of the manuscript. Likewise, the names of the reviewers are confidential and will never be disclosed to the authors. If the identity of the authors has been compromised for any reason, the reviewer should immediately notify the editor.
  • Conflict of interest: The reviewers should inform the editor if they consider they have any kind of financial, professional, or personal conflict of interest with any of the authors of the manuscript. If the reviewers have a conflict of interest, they should reject the review and inform the journal editor about the reason why they cannot conduct such review.

 Duties of readers

Readers should immediately inform the editor if they identify an article published in any issue of the journal that bears similarity to other works previously published or any other inappropriate behavior so that action can be taken in that regard.

Readers commit to respect the copyright of the articles published in the journal, avoiding the use of substantial segments of the works in their publications or adequately citing them.

Originality check

All the manuscripts submitted to this journal are processed and analyzed using text-matching software. If there is evidence of any breach of the code of ethics, this journal will follow the procedure established in COPE FLOWCHARTS to solve cases of suspected misconduct.

Copyright

With the statement of originality, either in a signed letter or by accepting of terms of use in this journal’s submission system, the authors declare under oath that the submitted manuscript is an original and unpublished work created by them, and that all the aforementioned authors made a substantial creative contribution to it. They also declare that no equal or substantially similar article has been published or submitted for publication, in any format or by any means prior to the submission.

In the event that the manuscript is approved for publication, the authors will authorize its publication free of charge to the Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano, including but not limited to the rights of reproduction, public communication, placing disposition, distribution and transformation, without any limit as to the number of copies,formats and the means through which said reproduction, public communication, making available, distribution and transformation will take place, which could be any known or unknown means.


Consent for publication

The authors must state that they will indemnify Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano against any legal, out-of-court, administrative, or any other type of claim regarding the copyright ownership of the articles, and will defend Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano in case of any legal action in connection with the originality or copyright ownership of the works.

In accordance with its editorial policies, ITM authorizes the personal storage or hosting of the articles at the time of the acceptance of the works and in their final version (published) in personal web pages and institutional or thematic repositories.

Since June 2018, the papers in this journal have been published under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike Creative Commons License that requires:

 

Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
 

NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
 

ShareAlike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.

In accordance with the provisions in Agreement 034 of 2014 (ITM Intellectual Property Statute), Article 19, "The ideas expressed in the works and studies published by faculty members, contractors, administrative staff, employees, collaborators, interns, visitors, students, and researchers in any context are the sole responsibility of their authors and are not expressions of the official position of the Institution."

Privacy policy

The personal data included in this publication are the property of their rightful owners, who have authorized that such data be treated in accordance with ITM Resolution 395 of 2014, entitled Políticas para el tratamiento y la protección de datos personales [ITM’s Personal Data Treatment and Protection Policy] and available on the institutional website. For measurements and reports of scientific production, these data will be treated observing the regulations currently in force in that regard, especially Colombian Act 1581 of 2012, and they can be shared for statistics, measurements, and activities derived from ITM’s mission statement.

Publishing charges

The resources for funding the operation of this journal are provided by Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano, a public higher education institution. The journal Trilogía Ciencia Tecnología Sociedad, charges no fee whatsoever for processing, reviewing, editing, or publishing the articles.

Digital preservation

To control, preserve, and guarantee the long-term availability of the works published in this journal, and in compliance with the provisions of the Colombian legal deposit, copies of each issue are sent to the National Library of Colombia, Carlos Castro Saavedra Departmental Library, the National University Library, and the Library of Congress.

Digital Object Identifier

The electronic issues of the Journal and the articles published in them are assigned a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) in order to ensure permanent access, interoperability, copyright protection, and improved scientific visibility.

Errata and retractions

The content of articles published in the Journal may be corrected if, during the review or editing stages or even after publication, the author or Editor finds or is informed of undetected errors.

Depending on the type, seriousness, and/or consequences of the error, the following options can be considered:

Errata refers to the correction of one or more errors in spite of which the article can remain published.

A retraction is the acknowledgement of errors that are sufficiently serious to invalidate the results or conclusions in the article; therefore, the entire article must be removed. Any article that has been demonstrated to breach in any way the publication ethics statement of the Journal will be withdrawn was well.

Retraction and republication will be possible if the Editorial Board considers it was an honest error (e.g., wrong classification or calculation error) that led to an important change in the direction or meaning of the results, interpretations, or conclusions. In that case, a new review will be conducted, and the readers will be informed of the scope of the changes that were made.

All the errata and retraction requests should be sent to trilogia@itm.edu.co, describing the case and attaching the supporting information.

All the errata will be thoroughly analyzed by the Editor and the Editorial Team. In complex cases, the Editor may request expert advice to make decisions and provide ethical solutions for each situation.

In all cases, the Journal will ensure errors are promptly corrected. The Journal will also communicate and detail the changes and the dates when they were made so that readers are aware of the corresponding modifications.         

Before requesting a correction or reporting an error, the following aspects should be taken into account:   

Readers

Readers can report, in a single document, the errors they found in a published article.

If a reader reports a substantial error in the content of a publication, the Editor will analyze the case to verify the situation. If the error is confirmed, the authors will be contacted so that they make the necessary changes and corrections and write a reply to the reader.

If the reader is not satisfied with the answer, direct communication between the reader and the authors will be facilitated.

In any case, the Journal will be informed of such communications. 

Authors

No correction will be accepted if it refers to the order of the names of the authors in a published article or adding or removing authors because that aspect must be agreed upon before the submission of the manuscript.

If an author identifies a substantial error that requires the retraction of a published article, the case should be supported in detail. In case of corrigenda or errata, the specific passage(s) of the text where the error(s) can be found should be specified, and the revised version(s) should be provided. The Editorial Board may consider a peer review of the corrections.

The corresponding author is responsible for clarifying the errors to the co-authors and coordinating the changes required by the Journal.  

Notice of errata

All the replies to the errata will be individually forwarded to the corresponding complainant. Additionally, the changes will be published in a note in the next issue of the Journal and its website. When the corrected version is published, the Journal will specify the error and the changes.

The notices of retraction should clearly state the title of the article that has been partially modified or entirely withdrawn by the author, as well as the reasons behind the retraction.

Los avisos de retractación indicarán, claramente, cuál es el artículo que está siendo modificado parcialmente o que será retirado en su totalidad por el autor, y las causas de la retractación.

Claims 

In case of any disagreement, the authors or peer reviewers can contact trilogia@itm.edu.co, describing their claim and presenting supporting arguments.

The complaint should be clear, concrete, and include sufficient data to demonstrate a possible breach of the publication ethics statement of the Journal. If possible, complementary documents should be attached as proof or evidence of the situation.

The Journal will only receive complaints via email. The Technical Editor will timely analyze, address, and reply to the complaint in a maximum period of three (3) business days. Nevertheless, depending on the complexity of the complaint, the complainant may be informed of additional time required for the investigation.

The complainant should provide contact information (full name, email address, and phone number) to forward communications and reply to the complaint or claim. In case of anonymous reports, the answer will be sent to the email address from which the request was sent.

Depending on the nature and complexity of the complaint, the case will be studied by the Editorial Team, the Editorial Board, or expert staff, and the decisions will be made observing the guidelines or recommendations of the COPE. If necessary, the Journal may request further information and complementary supporting documents to clarify the case. If the accusation is found to be substantial and accurate, the investigation will be escalated to the legal system.

The complaints beyond the jurisdiction of the Journal (e.g., personal complaints against authors, editors, peer reviewers, or the Editorial Team) will be replied indicating the reasons why the complaint falls outside the competence of the Journal.

The Journal will not conduct any investigation if a complaint is offensive, threatening, or defamatory. On the contrary, such complaints will be forwarded to the Legal Department of Instituto Tecnológico Metropolitano and the corresponding authorities.

The Journal may resort to laws, codes, and regulations if a complainant insists on a baseless, false, or malicious complaint. In that case, if the institutional affiliation of the complainant is known, the institution may be notified of the complainant’s behavior.