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Author Guidelines

Preparing a submission

RICIA accepts manuscripts in Spanish or English within its scope. Work must be original, must not be under consideration by another journal, and must have the approval of every author. Disclose any earlier version in a repository, preprint server, conference, or thesis in the cover letter, identifying any relevant overlap.

Submit an editable manuscript and a separate identification page. The latter must include the title, full author names, actual affiliations, country, corresponding email address, and ORCID identifiers when available. Include author contributions, funding, conflicts of interest, and acknowledgments. Enter this information in the submission system as well.

Anonymization

The manuscript for peer review must omit names, affiliations, acknowledgments, and other information that identifies its authors, including file properties. Refer to your previous work in the third person. If essential information must be temporarily masked, explain why and provide full details in a separate document for the editor. Disclose earlier public versions because they may limit anonymity.

Content and presentation

Provide the title, abstract, and keywords in Spanish and English. The abstract should state the purpose, method or approach, principal findings or arguments, and conclusion. Empirical research should generally include an introduction, methods, results, discussion, and conclusions, with adjustments appropriate to the discipline. Reviews must explain how sources were searched, selected, and analyzed; theoretical papers must explain their approach and substantiate their arguments.

Number tables and figures, provide titles and sources, and refer to them in the text. Use a consistent scholarly reference style and provide enough information to locate each source, including a DOI or link when available. Check that citations and reference entries correspond. State the study's limitations and avoid claims beyond the evidence.

Ethics, data, and artificial intelligence

Describe ethical approvals and consent where applicable. Declare funding and potential conflicts of interest, including their absence. Include a data, code, and materials availability statement identifying their location, how access may be requested, or the restrictions that justify withholding them. Do not publish identifiable personal information or third party materials without the required authorization.

Disclose the use of artificial intelligence tools in the research or manuscript preparation, identifying the tool, version or access date when possible, purpose, and extent of use; if none were used, state this. When AI is used in analysis, describe the procedure sufficiently for assessment. AI tools cannot be listed as authors. Human authors must verify the accuracy of the content, citations, data, and permissions and remain responsible for the entire work.

Revision and publication

Responses to reviews must explain each change and respectfully justify any disagreement. Following acceptance, authors will be asked to provide a final version with complete identification. No submission, review, or publication fees are charged. Articles are published under the CC BY 4.0 license.

Submission Preparation Checklist

  • The manuscript is original, is not under consideration by another journal, and has the approval of all authors. Previous versions and relevant overlap have been disclosed.

  • The work fits RICIA's scope and author guidelines and includes a title, abstract, and keywords in Spanish and English.

  • An anonymized editable manuscript for double blind review and a separate identification page with complete author information are provided.

  • Citations and references are verifiable and correspond to each other. Tables, figures, and third party materials include sources and the necessary permissions.

  • Funding, author contributions, and conflicts of interest are declared. Ethical approvals and consent are documented where applicable.

  • A data, code, and materials availability statement identifies any justified restrictions, and AI use or its absence is declared. Human authors accept responsibility for the content.

  • The ethics and privacy policies have been read. Authors retain their rights and agree to publication under CC BY 4.0 without submission, review, or publication fees.

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Copyright Notice

Authors retain copyright in their work and grant RICIA the right to publish and distribute it under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0).

The license permits sharing and adaptation, including commercial use, provided that appropriate credit is given, a link to the license is included, and changes are indicated. Use must not imply endorsement by the authors. The full license terms must be respected.

Authors must hold the necessary rights or permissions for included materials. Third party items not covered by CC BY 4.0 must be identified with a specific notice. Acceptance of these conditions is requested as part of submission.

Privacy Statement

Personal information provided to RICIA will be used to manage accounts, submissions, reviews, editorial communications, and publication of accepted work. The journal will request only information needed for these purposes.

Access to nonpublic information will be limited to people who need it for their editorial duties and technical services required to operate the platform, subject to appropriate confidentiality obligations. The journal will not use contact information for commercial purposes unrelated to its editorial activities.

Names, affiliations, identifiers, and correspondence details associated with an accepted article may be published as part of its metadata. Manuscripts under review, review reports, and identities protected by the review process will be treated confidentially. Public files must not contain unnecessary sensitive information about authors, reviewers, or research participants.

Questions about access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information may be sent to [email protected]. Requests will be assessed in light of the purposes of processing, preservation of the scholarly record, and applicable obligations.