Propuestas

Directrices para autores

The Unicatólica Publishing House of the Fundación Universitaria Católica Lumen Gentium publishes books resulting from research, teaching, dissemination and popularization through its Open Monograph Press (OMP) platform.

All books, regardless of their focus, undergo a two-stage evaluation process:

- Editorial and academic evaluation of the book proposal. In general, the quality of the book's writing, organization and graphic elements are evaluated. Its legal aspects are also evaluated (copyright ownership, reproduction of other texts or images) and the proposal is submitted to an editorial committee for evaluation, in order to determine whether it is making a contribution with respect to already published works, or whether its conditions are of sufficient quality. Proposals that do not pass this first filter will be returned to the author and will not be submitted for content evaluation.

- Content evaluation of the book. The book will be evaluated by two evaluators who are experts in the area of knowledge of the book. The evaluator will read the book in its entirety and issue a concept in which aspects of coherence, argumentative consistency and form are considered. If during the evaluation process there is a conflict of opinions between the evaluators, a third evaluator will be invited. The Editorial Board and its committee, however, will have the autonomy to decide whether to accept or discard the publication of a book, according to the recommendations arising from the evaluation. 

Peer review process

The Unicatólica Publishing House with suitable evaluators in order to guarantee impartiality in the editorial process. When submitting the book, each author/co-author must provide a certification where they state their knowledge and acceptance of its content. The editorial committee of the Editorial is the body in charge of selecting the peer reviewers to initiate the evaluation process. The committee ensures that the selection of peer reviewers are researchers with a specialized academic background and external to the publishing entity.

During the review process, the authors must make the adjustments suggested by the peer reviewers. No changes will be accepted during the layout stage. 

Application

The submission process is open, without interruption, throughout the year, and authors from other universities and countries are welcome. Manuscripts can be received for evaluation in English or Spanish. Applications must be submitted by the OMP. The person responsible for the work must create a user and follow the application process, in which he/she must attach a series of documents as described below. 

Documents to apply for books

Download the forms to be uploaded to the Editorial Seal platform along with the complete text of the book you wish to submit, as well as the guide for the presentation and evaluation of works:

- Book proposal form 

- Author profile form 

- Commitment and book assignment

Note: Remember that together with all the forms you must send the complete text of the work only in Word format, fully editable.

Open access policy

The Unicatólica Publishing House provides immediate Open Access to its content, based on the principle that providing the public with free access to research helps a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Conflict of Interest

Authors must declare that they do not have any conflict of interest, whether commercial, financial, intellectual property, academic relevance by attaching the conflict of interest letter at the time of submission of the manuscript through the OMP platform.

Anti-plagiarism policy

Manuscripts submitted for review in the Editorial must be original and unpublished. The Unicatólica Publishing House will review the originality of all manuscripts submitted to the Editorial through different means, including the URKUND tool. By submitting an article for review, the authors agree that the document will be examined in order to avoid plagiarism and to promote ethical policies in publications.

Code of ethics in publishing and agreement on possible editorial malpractices

The Unicatólica Publishing House expects and will make every effort to ensure that the academic-scientific community faithfully follows international ethical standards throughout the publishing process. The Editorial follows the ethical standards contained in the COPE Best Practice Guidelines For Journal Editors and by the International Standards For Editors and Authors, published by the Committee on Publication Ethics.

Copyright

The Unicatólica Publishing House publishes under the Creative Commons 4.0 license.

Attribution - Non-Commercial - No Derivative Works (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

The Unicatólica Publishing House retains the copyright of the published works, only allows others to download the works and share them with others, as long as their authorship is acknowledged, but they may not be changed in any way or used commercially.

The works are published in the electronic edition at the website of the Editorial under a Creative Commons license 

Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 

CC BY-NC-ND 

Provided that:

(a) Authorship and original source of publication (Book, publisher and URL of the work) are cited.

b) They are not used for commercial purposes.

c) Mention the existence and specifications of this license of use.

Article Processing Charges

The Unicatólica Publishing Housedoes not charge article processing charges (Books Processing Charge [BPC]) for manuscript submitted by authors. Nor is there any charge for the submission of articles.

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El Sello Editorial Unicatólica de la Fundación Universitaria Católica Lumen Gentium publica libros resultados de investigación, docencia, difusión y divulgación a través de su plataforma de Open Monograph Press (OMP).

​Todos los libros, sin importar su enfoque, son sometidos a un proceso de evaluación en dos fases:

- ​Evaluación editorial y académica de la propuesta de libro. Se evalúa, de manera general, la calidad de la escritura del libro, su organización y sus elementos gráficos. También se evalúan sus aspectos legales (titularidad de derechos de autor, reproducción de otros textos o imágenes) y se somete la propuesta a la evaluación de un comité editorial, con el fin de que se determine si está haciendo una contribución con respecto a las obras ya publicadas, o si sus condiciones son de calidad suficiente. Las propuestas que no superen este primer filtro, se devolverán a su autor y no pasarán a evaluación de contenidos.

- Evaluación de contenidos del libro. El libro se somete a evaluación de parte de dos evaluadores expertos en el area de conocimiento del libro. El evaluador, leerá en en su totalidad el libro y emite un concepto en el que se consideran aspectos de coherencia, consistencia argumental y forma. Si en un proceso de evaluación se llega a presentar un conflicto de opiniones entre los evaluadores convocados, se invitará a un tercer evaluador. La Dirección editorial y su comité, no obstante, tendrán autonomía para decidir si aceptan o descartan la publicación de un libro, de acuerdo con las recomendaciones que surjan de la evaluación. 

C onsulte el formato de evaluación aquí

Postulación

El proceso de postulación de propuestas está abierto, sin interrupciones, a lo largo de todo el año, y los autores de otras universidades y países son bienvenidos. Los manuscritos se pueden recibir para evaluación en español o inglés. La postulación debe hacerse por el OMP. El responsable de la obra deberá crear un usuario y seguir el proceso de postulación, en el que adjuntará una serie de documentos que se exponen a continuación. 

Documentos para postular libros

Descargue los formatos que deberá subir diligenciados a la plataforma del Sello Editorial junto con el texto completo del libro que desea presentar, así como la guía de presentación y evaluación de obras:

- ​Formato de propuesta de obra 

- Ficha de perfil de autor 

- Compromiso y cesión libros

Nota: Recuerde que junto con todos los formatos debe remitir el texto completo de la obra únicamente en formato Word, completamente editable.