The Revista    Científica    de    la    UCSA  disseminates scientific research papers produced by professionals in the fields of Engineering, Social Sciences, Business, and Humanities. It publishes original research articles, review articles, current topics, case reports, and letters to the editor.

The journal is an open access publication, which means that all its content is freely and unrestrictedly available to users and their institutions. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles without prior authorization from the editor or authors, in accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative definition. 

The journal is published quarterly (April, August, and December), charges no fees for evaluation or publication, and accepts preprints hosted on specialized servers. Authors may deposit preprint versions of their works in institutional, thematic, or personal repositories, even before formal evaluation or publication.

Editorial Policy

The Revista Científica de la UCSA is committed to publishing its issues in digital format, as well as distributing them in databases and libraries in the country and the world. All articles received will be reviewed by one or two area editors, who will determine if the text is relevant to the theme of the magazine.

All articles accepted by the Editorial Board are sent for evaluation by external national and/or international academic peers. The article arbitration process is carried out in a double-blind manner, guaranteeing the confidentiality and anonymity of authors and arbiters.

The evaluators issue their opinion in one of the three options: a) Accepted without modification, b) Accepted incorporating the proposed modifications, c) Rejected.

The factors on which the decision on the acceptance-rejection of works by the Magazine Committee is based are:

• Originality and novelty
• Utility and interest
• Clarity of presentation and methodological strictness
• Basis for conclusions
• Relevance

The following are grounds for immediate rejection of a manuscript:

• Multiple or redundant presentation.
• Deliberate use of false or inaccurate data.
• Plagiarism.
• Forgery.
• Defamation.
• Falsification of information and documentation.
• Falsification of authorship, including authors who did not collaborate in the work.

Authorship

It is understood that the corresponding author acts in good faith on behalf of all authors of the manuscript and accepts shared responsibility for the originality and accuracy of the work submitted. The order in which authors appear must be jointly agreed upon by all co-authors.

The editorial committee may request a detailed description of each author's contributions to the work. Individuals who collaborated on the project but do not meet the criteria for authorship may be acknowledged, with their consent, in the Acknowledgments section.

The opinions, data, and conclusions expressed in the articles are the sole responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the position of the journal.

Copyright and License

Authors retain full copyright over their works published in the UCSA Journal.

By submitting a manuscript and accepting its publication, authors grant the journal a non-exclusive license to carry out the first publication of the article in any format or medium, recognizing the journal's right to disseminate the work.

Articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en

This license allows third parties to share (copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format) and adapt (remix, transform, and build upon the material), even for commercial purposes, as long as appropriate credit is given to the authors and the original source of publication is acknowledged.

Plagiarism detection

The journal currently uses PlagScan software to detect plagiarism in manuscripts submitted for review.

Interoperability 

The UCSA Scientific Journal implements the OAI-PMH (Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting), allowing metadata harvesting by other distribution systems.

Harvesting URL: HERE

Digital Preservation 

The UCSA Scientific Journal uses the LOCKSS system to create a distributed storage network among participating libraries, enabling the creation of permanent archives for preservation and restoration purposes.

The journal’s OJS platform is backed up daily using incremental and differential methods, allowing recovery of modified or deleted data.

All published documents are digitally preserved in various formats to ensure long-term accessibility and future transfer if necessary.

In the event of hardware failure or system interruption, the journal has a backup server with identical configuration, allowing seamless replacement. A synchronization system is also in place between the backup and primary servers.  https://revista.ucsa-ct.edu.py/ojs/index.php/ucsa/gateway/clockss

Privacy Statement 

The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of the journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.