About the Journal

Focus And Scope

The Latin American Journal of Applied Engineering (LAJAE) is an Open Access peer-reviewed scholarly journal that serves as a source of publications focused on the theoretical and practical development of engineering. LAJAE aims to be a channel for the dissemination of research results in science and technology with a multidisciplinary perspective in America and other parts of the world. LAJAE is published semi-annually in electronic format by the Faculty of Engineering, Architecture, and Design of the Autonomous University of Baja California. Since 2018, LAJAE has published academic works in Spanish and English under a double-blind peer-reviewed process.

 

Open Access Policy

The LAJAE provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge and encourages innovation and development. In this regard, LAJAE publishes works under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0  International license (CC BY 4.0).

 

Peer-Review Process

The manuscript is initially reviewed for compliance with the journal guidelines. If the stated criteria are not met, this may result in the manuscript's return for correction before evaluation. Once it has been established that the article meets the guidelines, the editors and some guest editors will conduct the first evaluation of the submitted documents to guarantee that the manuscript is clear, authentic, and relevant to the journal.

LAJAE has implemented a double-blind peer review process in which the identities of the author and peer-reviewer are kept confidential by the editor.

Each submission is sent, in the first round of revisions, to at least two peer reviewers who are external from the publisher and qualified to review the work. 

In this case, the referees will evaluate the manuscript according to the following aspects:

  • The originality of the work.
  • Relevance for scientific knowledge and contribution to engineering.
  • Adequate theoretical basis.
  • Appropriate and properly described materials and methods.
  • Appropriate experimental design, when appropriate.
  • Concise and sufficient data.
  • Statistical analysis when appropriate.
  • Correct interpretation in an in-depth debate.

The peer-reviewers or referees will evaluate each manuscript as suitable for publication, using an evaluation form and making recommendations.

The editor is the one who decides to accept or reject the submission. The editor can accept a submission although having negative recommendations from peer-reviewers.

Article Acceptance

Acceptance is based mainly on the article's relevance, originality, technical quality, presentation, references, and scientific merit. The editors will make the final decision on whether to accept or reject the article. The manuscript could be:

  • Accepted without corrections;
  • Accepted with minor corrections;
  • Accepted with major corrections;
  • Rejected with resubmission invitation
  • Rejected without resubmission invitation

If the manuscript is accepted without correcciones or accepted with minor corrections, there won't be further rounds in the peer-review process. The authors must complete the article proofs and review the final full text.

If the article is accepted after major corrections, there will be another round in the peer-review process with different peer-reviewers.

Once the final manuscript is ready, it is announced and made available to the public.

 

Article Processing Charges (APCs)

There are no fees for the submission, revision nor publication of works in LAJAE.

 

Publication frequency

LAJAE is published annually. The issues are published every twelve months at the end of January.

 

Plagiarism and originality report

All submissions are assessed on Turnitin in order to detect plagiarism. The journal accepts submissions with a similarity index no more than 25%. If the submission has a similarity index higher than 25%, the authors have the opportunity to reduce it.

 

Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement

The publication of an article in the peer-reviewed scholarly journal LAJAE is a process of permanent knowledge improvement.  The journal encourages open publishing digital articles. Additionally, it considers its duty to promote the transmission of scientific knowledge, ensuring its rigor and quality, under the ethical commitment of the scientific and academic communities. The protocols and guidelines described make reference to the Code of Conduct for editors of scientific journals that established the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Duties and responsibilities
LAJAE  is committed to:
• assuring the quality of the scientific material published
• guaranteeing freedom of expression
• maintaining the academic integrity of the content, ensuring that the published material follows internationally accepted ethical norms
• publishing corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies when needed

Obligations of authors
Authors must guarantee the authorship of the documents presented. Authorship corresponds to those who have made a significant contribution to the work. If the work has significant contributions from more than one author, these contributors should appear as co-authors.
Authors must provide contact information in order to facilitate communication with other researchers in relation to their published work. This contact information will appear with the published work.

Originality and plagiarism
Authors must ensure that they have obtained permission to publish any materials presented in their work, as well as having exercised the right to quote other author´s work.
Those manuscripts in which plagiarism is detected will be rejected. Likewise, an author should not submit originals to describe essentially the same work as previously published.

Complaints
LAJAE  should respond promptly to complaints.
In any case, if the individuals involved are unable to satisfy their claims, they have the right to raise their protests to higher authorities.

Protecting individual data
LAJAE  guarantees the confidentiality of individual information. It is the authors’ responsibility to obtain authorizations to publish images and trademarks used in their work, and any other personal data (e.g. age, sex, social status of study participants).

Monitoring malpractice
LAJAE accepts the obligation to act accordingly in cases of suspected malpractice or misconduct. Any manuscripts that raise questions about possible misconduct will be rejected.
LAJAE will make every reasonable effort to ensure that the manuscripts submitted for evaluation are rigorous and ethically appropriate.

Integrity and academic rigor
Any time a published article is suspected of containing major misstatements or misleading or distorted information, it must be corrected immediately.
Any manuscript whose content is found to be fraudulent will be removed immediately from the indexing systems and it will not be available for reading.

Complaints
Any author, reader or reviewer may send complaints by email to LAJAE: lajae.journal@uabc.edu.mx

 

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Archiving and digital preservation policy

LAJAE  allows self-archiving of accepted and published manuscripts. Authors retain copyright ownership and may archive pre-published or post-published versions or publisher's pdf versions in personal or institutional repositories or libraries at any time without the express permission of the journal or publisher.

Authors of articles published in LAJAE have the right to deposit accepted or published versions of manuscripts in institutional repositories. Authors may make them publicly and immediately available upon citation as the site where they were originally published.

LAJAE  participates in the Public Knowledge Project Private LOCKSS Network (PKP PLN) digital preservation that allows for long-term digital preservation should the journal go offline. The LOCKSS programme allows for decentralised and distributed preservation of long-term access to manuscripts. It also allows for the digital preservation of authentic versions of manuscripts.