Editorial Policies

Review Policy

The review policy is the guide in which the Editorial Committee of the Directivo al Día magazine reviews the scientific contributions it receives.

Editorial evaluation

It is the first review carried out by the editors; It has a maximum duration of 5 days. Some of the criteria considered are:

  1. The relationship of the content of the article with the topics of the magazines
  2. Structure of the article according to the instructions for the presentation of the article that the journal requires
  3. Proper technical vocabulary
  4. General aspects of job novelty
  5. Adequate structure of the abstract, keywords, conclusions and bibliographical references

According to the result of this evaluation, three possible decisions are made:

  • Decision 1: Reject in case of not complying with points 1, 2, 4 and 5
  • Decision 2: Make editorial changes in form and presentation. The author will have one week to complete and deliver the corrected article
  • Decision 3: Accept it without modifications, in this case the article is ready to be submitted for academic evaluation

Each of the decisions will be managed and informed by the main Editor of the journal to the authors and referees, as appropriate in each case.

Academic evaluation

It is carried out from the double-blind peer review system and in strict anonymity. Two arbitrators are used for this process and if there is a contradiction in the arbitrators' decision, the article will be evaluated by a third arbitrator.

Selection of the arbitrators

Directivo al Día magazine has a database of national and international referees, classified by academic category, distributed by disciplinary areas and institutions. In this way, the Editorial Committee of our magazine guarantees that the referees are external to the publishing entity and the entity of the authors who send their contributions.

Academic review time

The article can be evaluated up to 3 times maximum, according to the complexity of the changes and the suggestions of the referees. In a first academic review, the referees will make and issue a first opinion in a maximum period of 3 weeks. If necessary, they will make and deliver a second and third academic report in a maximum period of 2 weeks for each case. The total time of the academic review will not exceed 4 months.

Academic Review Decisions:

Referees can make three types of decisions:

Decision 1. Refuse the work, if the work:

  • Does not make a new scientific contribution
  • The result is outdated
  • It is proven to be plagiarism
  • There is no correspondence between the objective of the research, the methods used and the results obtained.
  • Expose insufficient results and analysis of these in the article

Decision 2. Make changes to the article. On the other hand, the changes have been classified as minimal changes, moderate changes, and complex changes.

  • Minimal changes:
  1. order bibliographic references
  2. consistent writing of the introduction
  3. suitable keywords
  4. titles of tables and figures

In this case, the author will have 2 weeks to correct and submit the article. In case the article is revised for the second time, the author will have 1 week to deliver the corrected article.

  • Moderate changes:
  1. Clarify materials and methods
  2. Rearrange article structure
  3. Redo introduction (clarify novelty/importance and contribution)
  4. Synthesize results
  5. Improve tables and figures

In this case, the author will have 3 weeks to correct and deliver the article; In case the article is revised for the second time, the author will have 1 week to deliver the corrected article.

  • Complex changes:
  1. Clarify the correspondence between: introduction / materials and methods / results and conclusions
  2. Improve discussion of results
  3. Better expose the results, in accordance with the established objectives
  4. Update bibliographic references
  5. Clarify materials and methods in correspondence with the results obtained

In this case, the author will have 4 weeks to correct and submit the article. In case the article is reviewed for the second time, the author will have one week to deliver the corrected article.

Decision 3. Accept the article without modifications.

Each one of the decisions will be managed and informed by the main editor of the journal to the authors, referees and proofreading and style, as well as implementation, as appropriate in each case.

Final evaluation

It is carried out after the article has been edited and processed, it is sent to the author so that the latter, within a maximum period of 5 days, notifies the main editor of the journal of his agreement for its publication. The author may only make minimal changes in grammar and writing. In the event that the author exceeds the established time, the article will be postponed for publication in a number of subsequent editions of the Directivo al Día magazine.