Submissions

Author Guidelines

Guidelines for authors as of August 18, 2020

The Revista EIA is a biannual Open Access scientific publication, the purpose of which is the refereed publication of science and research findings in the field of engineering, technological development and innovation.

ISSN: 1794-1237

e-ISSN: 2463-0950

The editorial process begins when the authors comply with all the requirements indicated below, any missing document or information will cause delays in the process and your manuscript will be without assigning an editor until the corresponding author provides all the mandatory information.

A manuscript goes to review, within the editorial flow, when all the mandatory complementary files that are requested have been delivered. And the manuscript is in the format indicated below, especially the way of citing in the text and the list of bibliographic references.

We invite all authors to provide their ORCID registration number, this will facilitate the handling of the metadata.

1. Form and preparation of manuscripts

Manuscripts submitted to the Revista EIA must adhere to the submission standards set forth below. Otherwise, the Editor-in-Chief or the Editorial Committee of the Revista EIA reserves the right to reject the publication of works that do not adhere to the editorial policy or the ethical standards of scientific publications. The Revista EIA reserves the right to make formal modifications to the original text or the title of the manuscript.

1) The Revista EIA only accepts for evaluation and eventual publication, original and unpublished articles, of direct realization and exclusive authorship of the author, that do not violate or usurp the copyright of third parties. A careful revision of the texts is recommended, in order to avoid including citations or transcriptions of works that are not properly referenced. To verify this the Revista EIA uses Turnitin software. The similitid index higher than 10% may be grounds for rejection of a manuscript.

2) The Revista EIA accepts original and unpublished works in Spanish, English and Portuguese. The Editorial Committee recommends authors to write their text in English, as this will increase international visibility and citation, both for the authors and for the Revista EIA.

3) The submission of a manuscript must be accompanied by a "cover letter", requesting its evaluation for publication in the journal, declaring that the manuscript is approved by all authors, in which they must recommend possible evaluators (2 national and 2 international ) for the topic presented; and if necessary attach copies of the permissions to reproduce material already published.

Note: The Revista EIA does not make royalty payments for copyright, in case an article is presented that requires this, the Revista EIA will notify the corresponding author to withdraw the article from the editorial process, in case of refusal it is will proceed to reject such manuscript.

4) In writing, each corresponding author, on his own behalf and the other co-authors, must confirm that the manuscript submitted is original and unpublished, that it is not for the consideration of another journal or under study for publication in other forms, such as monograph , book chapter or website, and that it will not be submitted for publication in another medium until Revista EIA makes a decision. (Filling out the cover letter format is mandatory).

5) Manuscripts must be written in letter size and spaced and a half, with symmetrical margins of 3 cm, with a 12-point Times New Roman font. The title of the article must be in Spanish and English, without exceeding 20 words.

6) As it is peer review publication, the Editorial Committee approves its publication based on the concept of specialized reviewers.

7) Manuscripts must be submitted as follows:

7.1 Title page (first page)
This page should be presented in a separate page from the rest of the manuscript, and will contain the following information:
- The title of the article in Spanish (Portuguese) and English. This must adequately describe the content of the work. It will be short, clear and informative and without acronyms.
- The full name (or name and initial of the middle name, if any) and the first surname of the authors (or the two surnames joined by a hyphen). It is recommended that authors define their "bibliographic surname" by using a single surname or, failing that, the two surnames linked by a hyphen, to avoid confusion in the bibliographic databases. In the case of a corporate author, it is recommended that a minimum of one signer and a maximum of six appear. The rest of the participants will appear in an addendum.
- Report the data of each of the authors with full name, undergraduate university degree and the highest graduate degree obtained, email, position and institution where he works, postal and electronic addresses and telephone numbers. In addition, the identification document and date of birth, necessary for the entry of information in the Publindex, Colombia platform.
- Inform the data of the author to whom the correspondence should be addressed: name, postal address, email, institution where he works, telephone, fax with the respective code. The author of the Correspondence must have the consent of all authors for the publication of the article.
- The Corresponding Author is in charge of communicating with the Revista EIA and is responsible for including those who contributed as authors and collaborators, ensuring that all authors agree with the content of the article and that changes, such as: the order of the authors, the addition or removal of authors, has been approved by each author. The Corresponding Author is also responsible for keeping co-authors informed about the status of the article before and after publication.

7.2 Abstracts and keywords (second page)
It is the section that serves to present the work in databases, both national and international; that is why its writing is of vital importance. It must be done in Spanish and English. It will be 250 words or more, where phrases are included that make mention of the results to be published in the manuscript.

It must contain the following information:

- Objective: indicate the fundamental purpose of the investigation.
- Materials and methods: explain the study design, the laboratory test endpoints and the temporal direction (retrospective or prospective).
- Results: record the most relevant and significant results of the study, as well as their statistical assessment.
- Conclusions: mention those that are directly supported by the data and their applicability. The same emphasis should be given to positive and negative findings with similar scientific interest.
At the end of the abstract, ten or more keywords in Spanish must appear according to those included in the controlled languages ​​of the strategic field corresponding to the subject of the article. It is recommended to check the different thesauri that are available on the Internet.
Next the title, the abstract and the keywords in English (title, abstract, keywords) will be attached. They must be a complete and correct translation of the abstract into English.

7. 3 Body of the article (third page and following)

- When writing the text, the impersonal form is recommended (and the tense in the past tense, with few exceptions). It is convenient to clearly divide the article into sections, it is suggested to follow the following scheme:

- Introduction. It will be brief, concise, and should provide only the explanation necessary for the reader to understand the text that follows (including background on the topic). Only those references that are strictly necessary should be cited according to current and relevant criteria in relation to the objectives of the study. It should not contain tables or figures. It must include a last paragraph in which the objective (s) of the work is clearly stated.

- Materials and methods. It should include only the information that was available when the study plan or protocol was written. All the information obtained from its execution must appear in the results section. They will refer, if applicable, the characteristics of the center where the research was carried out, the period or duration, the characteristics and the selection and exclusion criteria, and the techniques used, describing precisely how the study was carried out and why a study was carried out in a specific way, and the type of design.

The methods used, the devices (indicate the brand, model and city of the manufacturer in parentheses, if applicable), the treatment guidelines (the drugs and products used must be cited with generic names and in lowercase letters), the statistical analysis, etc. ., providing sufficient detail so that the experience can be repeated on the basis of the information provided.

Where applicable, the ethical standards followed by investigators in both observational and experimental or quasi-experimental studies should be briefly described.
It must be listed for human studies that have been expressly approved by the local ethics and clinical trials committee (see "Ethical Responsibilities"). For animal studies, the approval of the corresponding local, regional or national entities must be included. The type of design should be concisely stated. Comply with the laws of the Republic of Colombia.

Provide references to established methods, including statistical methods, with references and brief descriptions of methods that have been published but are poorly understood.

Describe new or substantially modified methods, give reasons why they have been used, and assess their limitations.
When possible, quantify the findings and present them with the appropriate measurement error or uncertainty indicators (such as confidence intervals).
Avoid relying solely on testing statistical hypotheses, such as the use of "p" values, which do not provide information on the magnitude of the effect.
Define statistical terms, abbreviations, and symbols. Specify the software used.

In the reviews, in the sources section, it will be described where and how the information search was carried out.

- Results. They should be concise and clear, and include the necessary minimum of tables and figures, according to the type of work. They will be presented in such a way that there is no unnecessary duplication and repetition of information in the text and in the figures and tables.

- Discussion. Authors have to express their own opinions on the subject. The following stand out here: a) the meaning and practical application of the results; b) the considerations on a possible inconsistency of the methodology and the reasons why the results may be valid and their limitations, relating them to other important studies; c) the relationship with similar publications and the comparison between the areas of agreement and disagreement, and d) the indications and guidelines for future research. Authors should avoid claims about economic benefits and costs unless the manuscript includes corresponding economic data and analysis. Do not set priorities or draw premature conclusions from work that is still in progress. If justified, new hypotheses can be put forward, but they must always be clearly identified.

- Acknowledgments. They will only be expressed to those people who have clearly contributed to making the work possible, but who cannot be recognized as authors. All the people specifically mentioned in "Acknowledgments" must know and approve their inclusion in said section.
Technical assistance must be expressed in a paragraph other than the one dedicated to recognizing financial and material aid from institutions, which must be recognized under "Funding" and give rise to a potential conflict of interest.

-References.

1) Citation system used in the Revista EIA you will find it below in a detailed guide on how to make the citations for each specific case: books, journals, dissertations and theses, organization reports. All manuscripts, without exception, must have at least 25 citations and references, this is a requirement of scientific quality.

2) The references are included in the list ordered alphabetically according to the initial of the first surname of the first author of the article. The authors of the article should carefully verify that all citations in the text appear in the reference list. Only the references that were cited in the main text of the work, in the tables or in the figures should appear in the list. This means that other references should not appear in the list, even if the author consulted them during the preparation of the article. The text within each bibliographic reference must be written in Times New Roman, font size 12.

3) Below we give examples of the use of references in direct or indirect citations within the body of the article.

For example, a work published by authors Robert Adams, Jane Baker, and George Curtis in the year
2007 should be cited as Adams, Baker and Curtis (2007). If more than one work from the same year is cited for the same set of authors, lower case letters (starting with “a”) should be used after the year, to distinguish the references in the list at the end. If there are more than four authors, in the citation made in the text, only the last name of the first should be used followed by the abbreviation et al. For example, a work published by authors Robert Adams, Jane Baker, George Curtis, and Carolina Duque in 2009 must cited as Adams, et al. (2009)

4) Citations, bibliographic references and hemerographs are included at the end of the article, after acknowledgments (if present). The initials of the first and last names of all authors must be included.
Do not use et al. References must be based on indexed journals, books or patents (avoid using information obtained from the Internet). They are carried out in the following way:

4.1 Printed journal article

Surname, name (s) of authors. (Year) Article title. Journal title, volume (number), pp Pages. Example:

• Riveros-Jerez, C.A .; García-Aristizábal, E.F .; Rivero-Jerez, J.E. (2013). A comparative study of sensor placement techniques for structural damage detection. Revista EIA, 10 (20), pp. 23-37.

4.2 Electronic journal articles

Surname, name (s) of authors. Article title. Journal title, volume (number), pp. Pages. DOI. Example:

• Mendoza-Isaza, N. A.; Hoyos-Arbeláez; J. A.; Peláez-Jaramillo C. A. (2020). Antioxidant capacity and total polyphenol content of Stevia rebaudiana stem extracts in various in vitro models. Revista EIA, 17 (34), 34006 pp 1-9. https://doi.org/10.24050/reia.v17i34.1282

4.3 Books

Surname, initial (s) name (s). Book title, edition (this data is declared from the second edition onwards), place of publication, publisher, year of publication, pages cited. Example:

• Sierra, C.E. (2012). Origins, evolution, and consolidation of the principle of energy conservation, Medellín, Facultad de Minas - Universidad Nacional de Colombia, pp. 56-89.

4.4 Printed book chapter

Surname - first name (s). (Year). Chapter title, In: (followed by the name of the author of the book when it differs from the author of the chapter, title of the book) or in its (title of the book, when the author of the chapter is the same as the book), place, publisher, pages . Example:

• Moyor, M.A. (1994). Engineering language evaluation, In: Verdugo - Alonso, J. Curricular evaluation: a guide for the intervention of the engineer, 2nd ed., Madrid: Salvat, pp. 324-344.

4.5 Electronic book

Surname - name (s) of the author or institution, Year. Title of the book. Publishing place, publisher. Available at. Example:

• Mitchell, J.A., Thomson, M. and Coyne, R.P. (2017) A guide to citation. E-book library. Germany. Mendeley. Available at: https://www.mendeley.com/reference-management/reference-manager

4.6 E-book chapter

Surname - name (s) of the author or institution, Year. Chapter title, In: (followed by the author's name of the book when it differs from the author of the chapter, title of the book) or in its (title of the book, when the author of the chapter is the same as the book). Publishing place, publisher. Available at. Example:

• Anderson, S. (1998). Multimedia on the internet. In: Training and accreditation of multimedia models. California: Agency for the Evaluation of Multimedia Technologies. University of Florida. Available at: https: // ww.usu.edu./sanderso/multinet.pdf

4.7 Thesis

Surname - name (s) of authors. (Year). Thesis title (degree to which the thesis is applied), place, University, Faculty or School, number of pages. Available in. Example:

• Iturbe-Argüelles, M. del R. (1997). Transporte y dispersión de compuestos químicos orgánicos a través del flujo en medios porosos, tesis (Doctorado en Ingeniería), México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, p.120. htpps://www.unam.edu.mx

4.8 Conferences, congresses, seminars

Conference author, (Year). Name of the congress, conference or meeting, (congress number, year and place

of realization), title of the work or reports, place of publication, publisher, date, pages. Available at. Example:

• Brown, J., (2005). Evaluating surveys of transparent governance. In: UNDESA (United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs), 6th Global forum on reinventing government: towards participatory and transparent governance. Seoul, Republic of Korea, New York: United Nations, 24-27 May 2005. - Available at: http://libweb.anglia.ac.uk/referencing/harvard.htm#sthash.HTzJrBOZ.dpuf

4.9 Report

Surname - initials names of authors, (Year). Report title, place of publication, publisher, year, Serial No. Example:

• García-Guadarrama, J. (2007). Informe de ingeniería ambiental, México, División de Estudios de posgrados de la Facultad de Ingeniería, UNAM, 89 p.

4.10 Others

For newspapers, laws, official publications, archival material, patents, conferences and reports, interviews, course material and lecture notes, databases, computer programs, dictionary references, religious texts, dictionaries, websites, blogs, social media, emails, podcasts, videos, audios, mp3s, unpublished works, personal communications, etc. You can check the following link: https://www.mendeley.com/guides/harvard-citation-guide

1. Instructions for digitation

1) The text must be typed in a single column, in 12 point Times New Roman font.

2) Paragraphs are justified to the left, leaving space between consecutive ones.

3) Do not leave more than one space between words; After a period, a single space must be left, just as after a comma, semicolon, colon or parentheses.

4) In Spanish texts, avoid the use of the periphrastic passive voice (verb to be + past participle), frequently used in English. Thus it is preferable to say (e.g.): "The mixture is prepared at 20 ° C".

5) Do not include page or section breaks.

6) Choose the hyphens well: the long or stripe (-) goes in pairs and joins the preceding and subsequent word; its use is similar to that of parentheses. The short dash (-) is the one on the keyboard, it is used between words and numbers, to which it is attached, that is, without leaving spaces, as a technical-scientific, period 2009-2015.

7) Avoid footnotes; If they are very necessary, they should only contain clarifications or complements of the work that, without affecting the continuity of the text, provide additional information that the author considers essential to include.

8) When acronyms or abbreviations are used, the full equivalence must be noted first, followed by the corresponding acronym or abbreviation in parentheses, and from now on only the respective acronym or abbreviation is written. Avoid excessive use of abbreviations and use only the most common.

9) The equations are prepared in the processor included in Word, in 12 point Times New Roman font.

10) The symbols included in the equations that represent constants, variables and functions, in Latin or Greek letters, must be in italics; mathematical symbols and numbers are not italicized, but normal font. Symbols should be identified after the equation or at the end of the article, in alphabetical order.

11) Words or phrases in the text that you occasionally want to highlight are italicized, not bold.

12) Figures must be named and referenced in the article, in strict order. The title of the figures is typed in the upper part as a separate paragraph from the figure. Photographs are cited and numbered as figures. The text of the figures should be raised in 12 point Times New Roman font and should not be in capital letters.

13) Images and graphics must be high resolution (3000 px by 2400 px / actual size 300 dpi) and must be sent both inserted in the text and in a separate electronic file (jpg or tiff format). Tables, charts and graphs must be sent in their original modifiable file.

14) Tables are not presented but tables, other than images, with a title at the top as a separate paragraph outside the table.

15) Decimals must be separated with a comma (,) and not with a period (.); and the thousands and millions, with a point. If the article is in English, the rules of this language will be followed in its American English format, in the case of figures, decimals will be separated by a point (.) And thousands by a comma (,).

16) The units, dimensions and symbols of the International System of Units (SI) 3rd edition in Spanish, 2019 should always be used. You can consult it at the following link: https://www.cem.es/sites/default/files /files/SistemaInternacionalUnidades.pdf

17) Colors are used in figures (graphs or photographs) always for the readability and good understanding of the reader.

III. Types of items

The Revista EIA  mainly admits the works that present research results, of an engineering (or natural sciences) theme or the strategic fields and the transversal axes defined by the Universidad EIA as institutional focus; essays that contribute to the academic and scientific discussion of engineering in its various branches, among others.

The following is the type of article that can be sent to the Revista EIA:

Scientific and technological research and innovation article. Document that presents, in detail, the original results of completed research projects. It presents the original and unpublished production, results of research, reflection or revision processes. The structure generally used contains four important sections: introduction, methodology, results and conclusions. In no case will contributions such as publications not derived from research, abstracts, communications to conferences, letters to the editor, book reviews, bibliography, institutional bulletins, editorial notes, obituaries, news or translations of articles already published be accepted as research and innovation articles. , opinion columns or conjuncture.

1. Editorial policy

The judgments and opinions expressed in the articles and communications published in the Revista EIA are those of the author or authors and not necessarily those of the Editorial Committee, Universidad EIA. Both the Editorial Committee and the Universidad EIA decline any responsibility for said material. Neither the Editorial Committee nor the Universidad EIA guarantee or support any product that is advertised in Revista EIA, nor do they guarantee the claims made by the manufacturer about said product or service.

1. Obligations of the author

1) Ethical responsibilities.

Protection of people and animals. When experiments that have been carried out on human beings are described, it must be indicated whether the procedures followed are in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible human experimentation committee (institutional or regional) and in accordance with the World Medical Association and Policies reaffirmed by the 212th Council Session in Santiago and the 213th Council Session in Tbilisi available at: https://www.wma.net/policy/

When experiments on animals are described, it must be indicated whether the guidelines of an international research institution or council or a national law regulating the care and use of laboratory animals have been followed.

Confidentiality. The authors are responsible for following the protocols established by their respective health centers to access the data of the medical records to be able to carry out this type of publication in order to carry out an investigation/disclosure for the community, for which they must declare compliance of this requirement. The author has the obligation to guarantee that the requirement of having informed all patients included in the study has been met and that he is in possession of the document signed by them of having received sufficient information and of having obtained their informed consent in writing to participate. in the same. The authors must mention in the methods section that the procedures used in the patients and controls have been carried out after obtaining an informed consent.

Privacy. The author is responsible for guaranteeing the right to privacy of patients, protecting their identity both in the writing of their article and in the images. It will not use names, initials or numbers of the hospital's medical records (or any other type of irrelevant data for the investigation that could identify the patient) neither in the text, nor in the photographs, unless such information is essential for scientific purposes , in which case it may be included in the article provided that the patient or his/her parent or guardian gives informed consent in writing for its publication. The authors are responsible for obtaining written consent, authorizing their publication, reproduction and dissemination on paper and on the Internet with free access on the Internet. They will only have to attach a copy to the Revista EIA if the publisher requests it.

2) Financing. Authors must declare the origin of any financial aid received, acknowledge whether the research has received Ministerio de Ciencias, tecnlogía e innovación de la República de Colombia funding or any other type of government or private aid. They must mention any potential type of conflict of interest related to individual commitments of the authors or with the financing of the study by third parties, mention economic relationships (such as employment contracts, consultancies, ownership of shares, fees or remunerated expert opinions) with commercial firms or private companies that may or may not influence the study.

3) Authorship.  The list of authors should only include those people who have contributed intellectually to the development of the work. Having helped in the collection of data or participated in any technique are not by themselves sufficient criteria to appear as an author. The author of an article must have participated in a relevant way in its design and development in order to assume responsibility for its contents and, likewise, must agree with the final version of the article. In general, in order to appear as an author, the following requirements must be met: having participated in the conception and design, in the acquisition of data and in the analysis and interpretation of the data of the work that has resulted in the article in question. To have collaborated in the writing of the text and in its possible revisions. Having approved the version that will finally be published. The Revista EIA declines any responsibility for possible conflicts derived from the authorship of the works published in the journal.

4) Obtaining permits. Authors are responsible for obtaining the appropriate permissions to partially reproduce material (text, tables or figures) from other publications. These permissions must be requested from both the author and the publisher that has published said material. Publication permission is required from the institution that funded the research.
Declaration that the content of the article is original and that it has not been previously published nor is it sent or submitted for consideration to any other publication, in its entirety or in any of its parts. Authors should be aware that not revealing that the material submitted for publication has already been totally or partially published constitutes a serious violation of scientific ethics.

5) Redundant or duplicate publication. The Revista EIA does not accept previously published material and will not consider for publication manuscripts that are simultaneously submitted to other journals, or redundant or duplicate publications, this that is, articles that substantially overlap one already published, printed or in electronic media. Authors must inform in the cover letter about shipments or previous publications of the same work, in whole or in part, which may be considered redundant or duplicate publication. It is necessary to cite and include the bibliographic reference of these previous publications in the new manuscript. These restrictions do not apply to published abstracts of communications, papers or conferences presented at national or international scientific meetings.

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

• The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
• The submission file is in Microsoft Word document file format.
• Provide the DOI for each citation. This makes it easy to cite your article
• All authors of Colombian nationality, or who work in a Colombian institution must provide their link to CvLac. All authors must provide us with their ORCID record.
• The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed and marked within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.

• Title (máx. 20 words), Abstract (mín. 250 palabras) and key words (10 o more) in Spanish and English.

• MANDATORY - Complementary Documents: The cover letter of the manuscript and the information of authors are sent as complementary files (DOWNLOAD templates SPANISH o ENGLISH). In the OJS.

  All the information on the status of a manuscript can be obtained through the OJS system, the fluidity of the editorial process of a manuscript depends on the authors submitting all the information requested from the moment they are sent.

• The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Guidelines for the author, which is found in About the Journal.
• The instructions are followed to ensure an anonymous evaluation. In this sense, the manuscript to be submitted should not contain data from the authors.  In the case of documents created with Microsoft Office, the author identification should also be removed from the file properties, by clicking on file in the main menu of the Microsoft application: File > Save as > Tools > Security options > When saving, delete personal information from file properties > Save.

• MANDATORY : Tables and figures In the manuscript, each Figure and Table must include the corresponding legend located at the top of it. 

  Tables (in case of figure format) and figures must be loaded  in the OJSin the same shipment as other complementary files (Step 4 of the Author submission),it is requested to load figures in high resolution in JPG format(mín. 300 dpi) in the OJS. 

  If the manuscript cannot be processed, it can be rejected. 

• Within the body of the article, the references comply with the guidelines of the Revista EIA. The references are consulted by the general public. They are ordered sequentially and in the proper format. There are at least 25 references for the articles. In the references a distinction is made between a book, an article and a thesis.

Copyright Notice

Copyright statement

The authors exclusively assign to the Universidad EIA, with the power to assign to third parties, all the exploitation rights that derive from the works that are accepted for publication in the Revista EIA, as well as in any product derived from it and, in in particular, those of reproduction, distribution, public communication (including interactive making available) and transformation (including adaptation, modification and, where appropriate, translation), for all types of exploitation (by way of example and not limitation : in paper, electronic, online, computer or audiovisual format, as well as in any other format, even for promotional or advertising purposes and/or for the production of derivative products), for a worldwide territorial scope and for the entire duration of the rights provided for in the current published text of the Intellectual Property Law. This assignment will be made by the authors without the right to any type of remuneration or compensation.

The authorization granted to the Revista EIA will be in force from the date it is included in the volume and respective number of the Revista EIA in the  Open Journal Systems, as well as in the different databases and data indexes in which the publication is indexed.

All the contents of the Revista EIA are published under the Licencia Creative Commons Atribución-NoComercial-NoDerivativa 4.0 International.