About the Journal

Focus and Scope

The Magazine Prospective is a scientific and technical publication of the Faculty of Engineering of the Caribbean Autonomous University (Universidad Autónoma del Caribe), which aims to encourage the publication of research articles and technological development in the various branches of engineering and education.

The magazine is aimed at teachers, researchers and students of engineering and related careers that promote the advancement of knowledge applied to the development of technology towards the consolidation of a scientific community nationwide. The Magazine Prospective is a biannual basis, with national and international circulation.

The Magazine Prospective receives unpublished contributions in Spanish, English or Portuguese. Accepts three types of work according to:

Type of Articles

1. Articles of scientific research and technological development: Documents that present results derived from scientific research projects or technological development. The processes from which are derived are explicitly mentioned in the published document, as well as the name of the authors and their institutional affiliation.
2. Articles from original reflections about a problem or particular topic: documents that correspond to results of studies conducted by the author or authors of a theoretical or practical problem, which, like the previous ones, met certification standards on the originality and quality by anonymous classified panelists.
3. Review articles: studies carried out by the author or authors in order to give an overview of the state of an specific domain of science and technology, of their evolution over a period of time, and where prospects for development are identified and its future developments. These articles are made by those who have achieved an overall view of the domain and are characterized by an extensive literature review, which is reflected in the large number of bibliographic references reported.

Peer Review Process

The Magazine accepts original works, i.e., that is, -which have not been previously published in any other printed, electronic or digital media, and are not being simultaneously considered in some other way. 

The papers are accepted for publication based on a review of its quality. The Editorial Board makes a first assessment, after which one of the three alternatives is made: it is accepted for the evaluation of the referees or it is rejected without additional evaluation. The papers are rejected because they are not original enough, or because they have serious deficiencies in its formal structure and research, or have poor writing, or do not meet reporting requirements or are not relevant for the purpose of the Magazine. The papers that are previously accepted are sent to referees who are experts in the subject matter of the article and their identity is unknown to the authors, their identity is also unknown for the referees (double-blind mode). Referees have 30 days maximum to make a judgment on originality, methodological quality, presentation and the consistency between results and conclusions. The recommendation of the referees can be: accept, reject or correct the article. The decision to reject the article is final and without appeal; if modifications are required, the recommendations are sent to the authors to prepare a revised and corrected version for which they have 20 days. The authors again sent the article to the Editor of the journal along with a letter detailing the changes implemented in accordance with the recommendations of the referees. The Editorial Board makes the final decision to accept the corrected version considering the concept of the reviewers. 

Publication Frequency

The journal Prospectiva is biannually, with national and international circulation. The articles in the Journal will publish on the web as part of a volume and two numbers with its table of contents.

Open Access Policy

This Journal provides open access to its content, based on the principle that offer the public free access to research support to a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Ethical Standards

The importance of scientific publications and their impact on the academic and industrial environment as well as in the academic growth of teachers and researchers, has led in many cases lack of ethics in these publications. Scientific publications must guarantee a process of acceptance, editing and publishing with the ethical guidelines of the different actors involved in these publishing processes.

The Caribbean Autonomous University UAC undertakes to comply with ethical standards in its publications, promoting a culture that permits action respect for the work of others and good practice in this work.

Policies provided herein are based on ethics in international organizations such as COPE (Committee on Publications ethics) available on the website, the rules for authors, referees and editors are set out in summary. Further information can also be found here:  http://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines

Responsibility of the authors:

-          The article must be original and should not be considered by other publication in the same way and time, or similarly, including publication in different languages.

-          Each one of the authors must sign the presentation letter and transfer of rights, as well as optionally declare any kind of conflict of interest.

-          Any information obtained privately must have written permission from the source.

-          The required data about the suggested referees must contain correct information with appropriate expertise to review the article data.

-          The authors must make sure that references are cited clearly and recognize when their work has been influenced by others´ work, including own articles and research material.

Responsibility of the referees

-          Carry out an objective review of the article, making friendly suggestions and constructive criticism, besides being fair in their assessments.

-          To inform the editor if the work subject to arbitrate has been published previously or is under evaluation in another journal.

-          Maintain the confidentiality of the documents sent, without using the given information there, until they have been published, making the adequate citation.

-          To inform the editor if some type of interest conflict arises.

Responsibility of the publishers

-          Guarantee that the selection processes of articles are based on academic merits and not for financial benefit or personal.

-          To guarantee the confidentiality of the review process and fairness in the selection.

-          To identify the plagiarism (either by substantial copying, paraphrasing without adequate citation, multiple presentation (translation) of documents in different Magazines amongst others) and apply due process in accordance with the manual of good practices. Proper procedures must be handle ethically.

Check that the articles that include research material, tables or images of substantial character or private information, bring the corresponding permits for publication

Other statements

The article submission procedure, initial review by the Editor, double-blind mode  evaluation, layout process and subsequent revision and publication of articles Prospectiva are free. 

Sponsors

Barranquilla - Colombia

Journal History

The Prospectiva journal is a scientific and technological publication of the Engineering Faculty of Universidad Autonoma del Caribe, which was born in 2003 as a necessity of the faculty to encourage students and professors to make contributions to scientific culture through the publication of articles.