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In many scientific journal , the publishing of an article doesn't end when the manuscript has been accepted. In fact, that's when one of the slowest, most technical, and most expensive phases of the editorial process begins: production. File review, typesetting , PDF generation, HTML preparation, XML-JATS markup, metadata review, coordination with authors, validation of changes […]
In almost every scientific journal , a scene repeats itself: overflowing inboxes, attachments with contradictory versions, messages lost among reminders, and overdue reviews. It's the everyday landscape of editorial management based on email, a practice that for years was the norm and that today is […]
For years, scientific editorial management in Spanish has existed in a kind of limbo: a fertile ground for knowledge production, but with limited global visibility. Despite the thousands of articles, journal , and active research groups in Latin America and Spain, international recognition still depends largely on the English language. The […]
In the world of scientific editorial management , especially in the vibrant and often precarious ecosystem of university and scientific society publications, there exists a figure that doesn't appear on any official organizational chart. It's a looming shadow, a role assumed out of necessity rather than vocation. We're talking about the IT editor. This is the researcher […]
Economic sustainability is a recurring challenge for the editorial boards of scientific journal , especially when resources are limited and quality expectations continue to rise. Over the past fifteen years, we have supported journal in medicine, nursing, social sciences, and humanities in Latin America and Spain, and we have observed […]
1. Starting point: a slow-moving indicator. The Journal Impact Factor measures citations received on articles published in the previous two years. Its narrow window penalizes disciplines where knowledge matures slowly. However, accreditation committees continue to look at it. The challenge is to boost that figure without resorting to shortcuts—massive self-citation, […]
Enthusiasm, fear, or caution? Between promises of automation and ethical dilemmas, artificial intelligence is reshaping how science is filtered, reviewed, and disseminated. This article guides you—without sensationalism or alarmism—through the current uses of AI in scientific journal , the boundaries that shouldn't be crossed, and the criteria for deciding whether it's worthwhile
1. The Email That Uncovered Malpractice: A story inspired by a real case reported in the COPE repository; names and details have been changed. Ernesto, a veteran reviewer, found a paragraph of his own—verbatim—in an article published six months later. He discovered that the author had copied the blind review he received from another journal . […]
1. The day Carlos discovered that “the cloud” is also science. Carlos—editor of the Ibero-American Journal of Pediatrics—woke up that Thursday in April to find his website down. A colleague alerted him that he had tried to download the latest issue of the journal and found that the page wouldn't load. While restarting his VPS, Carlos […]
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