RTE Aims
The Revista Tecnológica Espol - RTE of the Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL addresses multidisciplinary issues at a scientific and technological level in a wide variety of areas of knowledge. RTE mainly publishes novel and original scientific research articles by national and international authors. It also publishes, in a special section, technical articles on the presentation and description of practical applications, exploratory studies, and analysis or literary review that support and encourage the work of potential and future researchers.
Therefore, the Revista Tecnológica Espol - RTE is aimed at all professionals, researchers, and students of higher education in all its branches.


Focus and scope by discipline
Arts and Humanities
• Linguistics  • Archaeology • Architecture and Built Environment • Art and Design • Language and Literature • History • Performing Arts  • Philosophy

Engineering and Technology
• Engineering - Chemical  • Engineering - Civil and Structural  • Computer Science and Information Systems  • Engineering - Electrical and Electronic  • Engineering - Petroleum  • Engineering - Mechanical  • Engineering - Mineral and Mining

Life Sciences
• Agriculture and Forestry  • Biological Sciences  • Pharmacy and Pharmacology  • Psychology

Natural Sciences
• Chemistry  • Earth and Marine Sciences  • Environmental Sciences  • Geology  • Materials Sciences  • Mathematics • Physics

Social Sciences & Management
• Accounting and Finance  • Anthropology • Business and Management Studies  • Communication and Media Studies  • Economics and Econometrics  • Education and Training  • Hospitality and Leisure Management  • Library and Information Management  • Social Policy and Administration  • Sociology • Statistics and Operational Research


Section Policies
Articles
Peer review process
The Revista Tecnológica Espol - RTE is a peer-reviewed journal that is governed by the anonymous double blind pair system. The articles sent by the authors are previously evaluated by the Editorial Committee to check if they comply with the publishing rules and thematic policies of the journal. When the article passes this first filter, it is sent to the external evaluators who are experts in the subject addressed by the author. In order to comply with and defend the research ethics, the reviewers do not know the name of the author(s) and the identification of the institution(s) to which the article belongs, entrusting them with deciding whether it responds to the scientific interests of the journal. and if its publication proceeds. In the final assessment, the reviewers decide between the following options:
  1. Accept as is
  2. Accept with minor revisions 
  3. Needs major revisions 
  4. Reject 
If there is disparity of opinion between reviewers of the Scientific Committee, it will be submitted to the judgment of a third expert, who will resolve the conflict of opinions.
Once the evaluations have been received, the final decision regarding the publication of a manuscript will be made by the editor assigned by the Revista Tecnológica Espol.
The review process, from the submission of the manuscript through OJS to the completion of the reviews, takes an average of 6–8 weeks, with certain exceptions.
In the link Reviewer's Guide, the evaluation process to be followed by the assigned blind pairs is detailed step by step.
The Reviewers' specific responsibilities are declared in the link Code of Ethics and good publication practices.
The reviewers assigned for the blind pair process, must complete their evaluations following the criteria established in the following link: Report for reviewers
Publication frequency
The submission of articles is permanently open and structured to guarantee the periodicity of its publications in two calls per year to submit articles (Call for papers). It guarantees the publication of two volumes per year (June and December), plus one or two additional volumes per thematic dossier or publications of scientific events, depending on the number of articles submitted and accepted.
Open access policy

The RTE journal is guided by the definition of open access established by DOAJ, which states that:

  • The copyright holder of an academic work grants rights of use to others through an open license (Creative Commons Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 International License) that allows free and immediate access to the work and allows any user to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or link to the full texts of the articles, track them for indexing, pass them as data to the software, or use them for any other legal purpose.
  • The full text of all the content is available for immediate free and open access.
    • There are no embargo periods
    • There is no need for users to register to read the contents
    • There are no charges for previous print versions of the journal; if any

 

In summary, this journal provides free and immediate access to its content (open access) without any APC (Article Processing Charges) under the principle of making research available and free of charge to the public, which fosters greater global knowledge exchange.

Anti-plagiarism

Revista Tecnológica Espol - RTE uses tools to detect plagiarism in texts received under the TURNITIN system: https://www.turnitin.com/

If any form of plagiarism is found in the articles received, they will be automatically rejected, and the author will be prohibited from publishing in the number for which it is being reviewed and any future numbers.

The Journal reserves the right to report plagiarism to the states that govern higher education, both in the Republic of Ecuador and in the country of origin of the author.

Any other aspect related to Anti-plagiarism is addressed in the declaration link Code of Ethics and good publication practices of our journal.