Publication policies

EVALUATION PROCESS

Manuscripts submitted for publication  in  Estado, Gobierno y Gestión Pública, both for thematic dossiers and    regular articles, will go through the following evaluation process, where each step requires  passing the previous one.

Notification of receipt of the article: for the thematic dossier, we will wait for the closing date of the manuscript reception process. For regular reception articles it will be done in the calendar month that corresponds to the submission.

1ST STAGE: PRESELECTION OF ARTICLES

For both sections, The review of the manuscripts will be carried out in three aspects:

1) profile and scope of the journal

2) structure of a scientific article (IMRaD format),

3) compliance with the standards established by the journal    

The manuscript selection process will be conducted by the co-editors, and for the thematic dossier, with the support of the corresponding guest editor. After the initial filter, the manuscripts will be reviewed using the academic integrity review system and similarity detection software, using Turnitin. The maximum similarity percentage accepted is 20%.

Manuscripts that do not pass the pre-selection will be notified through the reception system, explaining the decision. No editorial resolution is required, and they will be archived.

The results of the pre-selection will be communicated within two weeks of notification of receipt and/or the closing of the call.

2ND STAGE: PEER REVIEW

For selected manuscripts, they will be sent for double-blind peer review; that is, without authorship data and to external evaluators who are experts in the subject of the manuscript, providing that they have no relationship with either the author or the institution to which they belong.

The selection of evaluators will be based on their experience in the field, it will be expected that they will have at least a master's degree.

The review period is set at five to seven weeks as the maximum. In exceptional situations, this period may be extended if reviewers are unavailable for the text

To view the review guidelines, click here.

The editorial decision will be made based on the corresponding reviews, which may be:

• Approved
• Approved, with minor modifications
• Make changes and send for further editorial review
• Rejected

For all resolutions, the reviews will be sent online along with the editorial decision.

Authors will have two weeks to address their requests. The new version of the manuscript must be submitted with a change control sheet and the changes sheet attached, detailing the changes made.

For manuscripts that receive discordant evaluations, that is, one approved and one rejected, or one that requires changes and one rejected, the decision to send the text for revision or reject it will be determined by the co-editors, considering the arguments of each opinion. For manuscripts submitted to the thematic dossier section, the decision will be made by consensus with the guest editor.

It is the authors' responsibility to ensure that the manuscript complies with the specific submission guidelines.

3RD STAGE: EDITORIAL REVIEW OF CHANGES MADE

Once the corrected manuscript is returned, the changes made will be reviewed by the co-editors and the final resolution of publication or rejection of the manuscript will be sent.

In conjunction with the review of the modifications made, the manuscripts will be analyzed again in the similarity program (Turnitin).

You should consider:

1. Exceptionally, new changes to the manuscript may be requested, if the modifications have not been fully resolved.
2. A manuscript may be rejected by editorial decision if the deadlines reported are not met without prior notice to the editorial team and if the set of documents requested by the journal is not sent through the evaluation system.

NOTE

Once the publication of the manuscript is accepted, proof of publication will be sent. The articles for theregular reception section will be published in order of acceptance, prioritizing the oldest articles in the system.

Once the article is published, authors may request formal changes within two weeks of publication. They should send their requests to the journal's email address.

ESTIMATED PUBLICATION TIMES

The average number of weeks between submission and publication of the manuscript is 30 weeks.

However, the journal's team will ensure that the evaluation process is timely and efficient.

PUBLISHING FREQUENCY

Estado Gobierno y Gestión Pública is a biannual journal that is published in the months of July and December of each year.

DISCLAIMER

The opinions and contents of the published documents are the exclusive responsibility of their authors and do not necessarily compromise the journal's point of view.

Upon receipt of the articles, editors and evaluators are free to suggest partial modifications to their content without affecting the meaning of the author's arguments. After accepting the articles for publication, the journal can reproduce the contents for dissemination purposes, duly indicating the authors.

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