About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Huella de la Palabra  refers to an arrangement of ideas and arguments supported by research, which allows, as an instrument of reading and communication, to be digested and evoked by the reader. The evolution of the word is remarkable since it is a tool of thought and research to become an instrument of diffusion and transcendence; it grows, mutates, and becomes a tool of thought again, leaving traces during its improvement that are intended to be lasting.

Huella de la Palabra is a multidisciplinary journal whose objective is to promote academic research, especially among university students, but also among researchers and teachers interested in the dissemination of knowledge in the thematic areas covered by the journal such as: Social Sciences (Psychology, Economics and Business, Education Sciences, Sociology, Law, Political Sciences, Geography, History, Journalism and Communications); Humanities (Languages ​​and Literature, Philosophy, Ethics and Religion); Architecture, Engineering, Technology and Medical and Health Sciences.

 

Peer-review process

Submissions are initially evaluated by the editor-in-chief. If the manuscripts do not meet the minimum requirements, detailed in the Checklist for the Preparation of Submissions, they will be rejected. Likewise, the editor-in-chief may reject submissions that do not belong to the disciplines that the journal covers.

Submissions that meet the minimum requirements are subsequently examined by the editor-in-chief. The editor may ask the authors to make pertinent corrections and request complementary files to reproduce the results of the study.

The editor-in-chief then assigns two external peer reviewers, experts in the subject matter of the manuscript, to evaluate the submission. The review process can last a couple of months. The journal Huella de la Palabra has adopted double-blind peer review in which the identity of the peer reviewer and author is anonymized. Each review ends with the recommendation given by the peer reviewer. The peer reviewer may recommend that the editor-in-chief publish the manuscript without corrections. However, the peer reviewer may suggest rejecting the manuscript or publishing it after the author makes major or minor corrections.

If there is a case of controversy, that is, when the opinions of the peer reviewers do not coincide in their final decision, it will be sent to a third reviewer, who will determine the final verdict.

Finally, the editor-in-chief evaluates the recommendations of the peer reviewers. The editor-in-chief may decide to send the manuscript to another peer reviewer, accept it, or reject it. The decision is final and the author cannot appeal it.

The 3 possible evaluations are the following:

• PUBLISHABLE WITH MODIFICATIONS: we support the authors closely in improving their articles, pointing out the corrections that need to be made, in detail in the text itself.
• PUBLISHABLE WITHOUT MODIFICATIONS: the text is ready to continue the publication process.
• NOT PUBLISHABLE: the text requires specific background work, does not contribute to the discipline or has a high percentage of plagiarism, so it cannot be considered to continue with the publication process.

The decisions of the members of the editorial committee to accept or reject a document for publication are based solely on the relevance of the work, its originality and clarity of exposition, as well as on the relevance of the study in relation to the editorial line.
It is guaranteed that the material submitted for publication will be considered as reserved and confidential material while it is being evaluated and, in the event of rejection, no evaluating member may make the original public.
The identity of the evaluators is protected at all times, guaranteeing their anonymity.

 

Open access policy

The journal Huella de la Palabra adheres to the different initiatives that promote free access to knowledge. Therefore, all the contents of the journal Huella de la Palabra are free and open access and are published under a Creative-Commons license of type Attribution 4.0 International

This means that users can read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or link the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the editor or the author. All of the above, in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access.

 

Publication frequency

The journal Huella de la Palabra is published once a year. Issues appear in December of each year.

 

Plagiarism detection and originality report

All papers will be reviewed through Turnitin to detect whether or not they have been plagiarized and send the authors a report of the originality of the work.

Authors will commit to reducing the similarity index of their work to less than 25%, paying special attention to the parts that Turnitin has detected as similar to other academic works already published.

 

Article Processing Charges (APCs)

All manuscripts submitted to the journal are exempt from any review or publication charges.

 

Type of arbitration

Manuscripts considered publishable undergo a type of blind peer review.

 

Rejection of submissions

If the manuscript does not meet the minimum requirements set out in the checklist for the preparation of submissions, the author or authors will first be notified of the reasons for rejection. According to the journal's metrics, the current rejection rate can be calculated based on the following formula:
rejection rate = 100% - [ (published items / total submissions) * 100 ]

 

Ethical statement on publication and malpractice

The publication of articles in the peer-reviewed journal Huella de la Palabra constitutes a permanent process of knowledge production. The journal promotes the publication of open access digital articles. Furthermore, it considers it its duty to ensure the transmission of scientific knowledge, guaranteeing its rigor and quality, under an ethical commitment to the scientific and academic community. The protocols and guidelines described here are good practices commonly used by publishers of international prestige. In this regard, the Code of Conduct established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) for editors of scientific journals is taken as a reference.

 

Obligations and responsibilities.
The journal Huella de la Palabra is committed to:
• ensuring the quality of the scientific material it publishes
• safeguarding freedom of expression
• maintaining the academic integrity of its content, ensuring that the material it publishes conforms to internationally accepted ethical standards.
• being willing to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies when necessary.

 

Obligations of authors
Authors must guarantee the authorship of the documents they present. Authorship corresponds to those who have made a significant contribution to the work. If the work has significant contributions from more than one author, they must appear as co-authors.
Authors must provide contact information to facilitate communication with other researchers in relation to the published work. These details will be disseminated along with it.

 

Originality and plagiarism
Authors must guarantee that they have the rights they present in their work, as well as having made use of the right to cite the work of other authors.
Those originals in which plagiarism is detected will be rejected. Likewise, an author must not submit originals that essentially describe the same work that he or she has already published in another work.

 

Peer review process
The decisions of the members of the editorial committee to accept or reject a document for publication are based solely on the relevance of the work, its originality and clarity of exposition, as well as on the relevance of the study in relation to the editorial line.
It is guaranteed that the material submitted for publication will be considered as reserved and confidential material while it is being evaluated and, in the event of rejection, no evaluator member may make the original public.
The identity of the evaluators is protected at all times, guaranteeing their anonymity.

 

Complaints
The journal Huella de la Palabra undertakes to respond quickly to the complaints received. In any case, if the interested parties are unable to satisfy their claims, it is considered that they have the right to raise their protests to other instances.

Any author, reader or evaluator can send their complaints through the Huella de la Palabra magazine email: lahuelladelapalabra@lasallep.edu.mx

 

Protection of individual data
The journal Huella de la Palabra guarantees the confidentiality of individual information. It is the ultimate responsibility of the authors to have the relevant authorizations for the use of the images and trademarks that appear in their works, as well as other personal data (age, sex, social level, etc.).

 

Monitoring of bad practices
The journal assumes its obligation to act accordingly in case of suspicion of bad practices or inappropriate conduct. Manuscripts that raise doubts about possible misconduct will be rejected.
Every reasonable effort will be made to ensure that the works submitted for evaluation are rigorous and ethically appropriate.

 

Integrity and academic rigor

When it is discovered that a published work contains significant inaccuracies, misleading or distorted statements, it must be corrected immediately.
If any work is detected with fraudulent content, it will be removed as soon as it is known, immediately informing both readers and indexing systems.

 

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Archiving and Digital Preservation Policy

The journal Huella de la Palabra allows self-archiving of accepted and published manuscripts. Authors retain ownership of the copyright and may archive pre-published or post-published versions or pdf versions of Universidad La Salle Pachuca in personal or institutional repositories or libraries whenever they wish without the express permission of the association.

Authors of articles published in the journal have the right to deposit accepted or published versions of manuscripts in institutional repositories. Authors can make their manuscripts publicly available immediately once the journal is credited as the site where they were originally published.

Huella de la Palabr participates in the digital preservation of the Public Knowledge Project Private LOCKSS Network (PKP PLN) which allows for long-term digital preservation in case the journal goes offline. The LOCKSS program allows for decentralized and distributed long-term access preservation of manuscripts. It also allows for digital preservation of authentic versions of manuscripts.