Evaluation

Evaluation of the content of the paper by independent experts.

In order to guarantee the objectivity and independence of its evaluations, the process of evaluation of all papers shall be anonymous. Under no circumstances shall the authors be informed of the identity of the peer reviewers.

The peer reviewers responsible for the evaluation of a paper shall examine its originality, placing particular importance on the avoidance of plagiarism as well as taking into consideration the following aspects: its scientific interest, its topical interest, its practical applications, its transversality, the international character of the work, the correspondence between the title, its abstract and the content of the paper, its suitability and methodological rigour, the clarity of its expression and its grammatical correctness, the novelty of its conclusions and the thoroughness of the citations employed. The report of the peer reviewer shall indicate his or her favourable or unfavourable opinion by means of a numerical scale from 1 to 140 that ranges from: acceptance (a minimum of 90 points), accepted with suggestions (89-75 points), requires revision (74 – 65 points) and rejected (less than 65 points). The report shall also include a section on suggestions for the improvement of the paper.