About the Journal
Focus and Scope
Xihmai means -humanity- in Hñahñu, the language of the Otomi who live in the State of Hidalgo, mainly in the Mezquital Valley. Therefore, it will be the word that identifies us, because as Terencio said: “I am a man and nothing human is foreign to me” and even less in a university of Christian inspiration, ecumenical aspiration and Lasallian charism.
Knowledge is not randomly generated. It is always the product of research and many hours of reflection, reading, analysis, experimentation and synthesis, to finally make the result of this research accessible to the recipient.
The usefulness and relevance of the generation of knowledge and its clear expression to make it accessible must have a very clear focus and be understood by those who make up the university, in order to achieve academic solidity in the work carried out.
It is necessary to maintain scientific rigor, both in reflection tasks and in expression work, so that the result really satisfies the needs or solves the problems initially raised. Universities must be at the forefront and be an example of efficiency. This is possible if the university respects itself and demands itself with solid criteria. The educational relevance will be a natural result, it will be the irrefutable conclusion, because behind the final work there will be many hours of research, effort and dedication.
Xihmai, humanity, aims to be that space for students and teachers from our university, or from others, who want to express the product of their reflection. It is a publication edited by the Universidad La Salle de Pachuca, semiannual and refereed, Open Access, of a humanistic nature, specialized in studies on social transformation in the areas of social sciences and humanities, aimed at researchers, academics and students interested in these fields of knowledge.
Section policy
Short reports
 Open submissions |
Indexed |
Peer-reviewed |
Original research studies
| Open submission |
Indexed |
Peer-reviewed |
State of the art
| Open submissions |
Indexed |
Peer-reviewed |
Reviews
| Abrir envíos |
Indizado |
Type of review
Manuscripts considered publishable undergo a double-blind peer review process.
Peer Review Process
Submissions are initially assessed by the editor-in-chief. If the manuscripts don't meet the minimum requirements, outlined in the submission preparation checklist, they are rejected. In addition, the editor-in-chief might reject the papers whether they are out of scope or suitability for the journal policies.
Submissions that pass the initial screening process are later reviewed by the editor-in-chief. The editor-in-chief might ask the authors for corrections and supplementary files.
Afterwards, the editor-in-chief assigns two external peer-reviewers, experts on the topic, to evaluate the submission. The peer-review process might a couple of months. The journal has adopted a double-blind peer-review process in which the identity of the peer-reviewer and author is anonymized. Each review ends with a recommendation provided by the peer-reviewer. The peer-reviewer might recommend the editor-in-chief to publish the manuscript with no corrections at all. However, the peer-reviewer might recommend to reject the paper or publish it after 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, the decision will be sent to a third reviewer, who will determine the final verdict.
Lastly, the editor-in-chief takes into consideration the recommendations from peer-reviewers. The editor-in-chief might decide to send the paper to other peer-reviewer, accept or reject the paper. This decision is final and cannot be appealed.
The 3 possible ratings are as follows:
- PUBLISHABLE WITH MODIFICATIONS: we support authors closely in improving their articles, promptly pointing out the corrections they need to make, 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 evaluator member may make the original public.
The identity of the evaluators is protected at all times, guaranteeing their anonymity.
Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Therefore, all the contents of the Journal are freely accessible and are published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
This means that users can read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or link to the full texts of articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or author. All of the above, in accordance with BOAI's definition of open access.
Publication frequency
Revista Oftálmica is published semiannually. The issues appear in June and December of each year.
Plagiarism and originality report
All submissions are assessed on Turnitin in order to detect plagiarism. The journal accepts submissions with a similarity index no more than 25%. If the submission has a similarity index higher than 25%, the authors have the opportunity to reduce it and resubmit the work to the journal.
Article Processing Charges (APCs)
There are no article processing charges involved in the submission, review or publication of manuscrits in the journal.
Rejection rate
If the submission doesn't comply with the submission preparation checklist, or the author has falsified data or results or there is an violation of the ethical and legal requirements to have conducted the study, the editor will reject the submission. Based on the current journal's metrics, the rejection rate can be calculated based on the following formula:
rejection rate = 100% - [ (published papers / total submission) * 100 ]
Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement
The publication of an article in the peer-reviewed scholarly journal Xihmai is a process of permanent knowledge improvement. The journal encourages open publishing digital articles. Additionally, it considers its duty to promote the transmission of scientific knowledge, ensuring its rigor and quality, under the ethical commitment of the scientific and academic communities. The protocols and guidelines described make reference to the Code of Conduct for editors of scientific journals that established the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Duties and responsibilities
Revista Xihmai is committed to:
• assuring the quality of the scientific material published
• guaranteeing freedom of expression
• maintaining the academic integrity of the content, ensuring that the published material follows internationally accepted ethical norms
• publishing corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies when needed
Obligations of authors
Authors must guarantee the authorship of the documents presented. Authorship corresponds to those who have made a significant contribution to the work. If the work has significant contributions from more than one author, these contributors should appear as co-authors.
Authors must provide contact information in order to facilitate communication with other researchers in relation to their published work. This contact information will appear with the published work.
Originality and plagiarism
Authors must ensure that they have obtained permission to publish any materials presented in their work, as well as having exercised the right to quote other author´s work.
Those manuscripts in which plagiarism is detected will be rejected. Likewise, an author should not submit originals to describe essentially the same work as previously published.
Complaints
Xihmai should respond promptly to complaints.
In any case, if the individuals involved are unable to satisfy their claims, they have the right to raise their protests to higher authorities.
Any author, reader or reviewer may send complaints by email to Revista Xihmai : jnenciso@lasallep.edu.mx
Protecting individual data
Xihmai guarantees the confidentiality of individual information. It is the authors’ responsibility to obtain authorizations to publish images and trademarks used in their work, and any other personal data (e.g. age, sex, social status of study participants).
Monitoring malpractice
Xihmai accepts the obligation to act accordingly in cases of suspected malpractice or misconduct. Any manuscripts that raise questions about possible misconduct will be rejected.
Revista Xihmai will make every reasonable effort to ensure that the manuscripts submitted for evaluation are rigorous and ethically appropriate.
Integrity and academic rigor
Any time a published article is suspected of containing major misstatements or misleading or distorted information, it must be corrected immediately.
Any manuscript whose content is found to be fraudulent will be removed immediately from the indexing systems and it will not be available for reading.
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Archiving and digital preservation policy
Revista Xihmai allows self-archiving of accepted and published manuscripts. Authors retain copyright ownership and may archive pre-published or post-published versions or publisher's pdf versions in personal or institutional repositories or libraries at any time without the express permission of the journal or publisher.
Authors of articles published in Revista Xihmai have the right to deposit accepted or published versions of manuscripts in institutional repositories. Authors may make them publicly and immediately available upon citation as the site where they were originally published.
Revista Xihmai participates in the Public Knowledge Project Private LOCKSS Network (PKP PLN) digital preservation that allows for long-term digital preservation should the journal go offline. The LOCKSS programme allows for decentralised and distributed preservation of long-term access to manuscripts. It also allows for the digital preservation of authentic versions of manuscripts.
