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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 Associate Editor 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

The submission of articles is permanently open and structured to guarantee the periodicity of its publications there are two calls per year to submit articles (Call for papers). Two regular volumes are published every year (in June and December). Additionally, one or two special volumes/issues may be published for thematic dossiers or publications derived from scientific events (e.g., conferences or symposiums). Requests for special volumes/issues are submitted to the Editor for consideration, subject to their relevance to the scope of the Revista Tecnológica Espol - RTE^® and the expertise of the Associate or Guest Editor(s). Special volumes/issues follow the same editorial process and policies as described for regular volumes.

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.