Information For Authors

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Conectividad is a dissemination media that only accepts original and unpublished articles that have not been published or are in the process of evaluation by another publication. Therefore, it requests that the author or authors comply with the submission of the Declaration of Originality and Publication Rights in the Journal Conectividad of the Instituto Superior Tecnológico Universitario Rumiñahui.

The lines of publication of the Scientific Journal Conectividad

Frequency of Publication

          Semiannual

Length of documents:

• Scientific articles are between 10 and 20 pages long and include tables and figures.
• Review articles minimum 20 pages including tables and figures.

Requirements for scientific and review articles

Title: It should be expressed in a maximum of 20 words, describing the object of study and the development of the paper in a precise, exact, and concise way, with bold and centered letters. Times New Roman font, size 14.

The text in the article should be presented in Times New Roman, font size 12, and justified to the format.

Authors: Authors (a maximum of 5 is recommended) should present names and surnames, institutional affiliation, ORCID, and e-mail in the article.

Abstract: It should be structured in two languages, Spanish and English, 200 words at maximum, and should quickly and accurately identify the primary content of the article.

Key words: in Spanish and English (key words) maximum 5. Keywords are the signposts that guide readers to your work, so choose them wisely.

Introduction

The introduction underscores three pivotal elements of the research: its purpose, significance, and the current knowledge on the topic. It emphasizes the importance of the chosen topic and its relevance in the current scientific context, aiming to keep you engaged.

The theoretical framework is addressed succinctly. All authors cited should appear in the list of references at the end of the article.

Materials and Methods

This section describes the steps and instruments used to arrive at the results.

Describe the research design and explain how it was carried out, justifying the methods and techniques used.

Present the description according to the sequence followed by the research: design, population and sample, variables, data collection, analysis, and other elements considered necessary by the author.

Results and Discussion

They may be presented together or separately. Tables and figures, if applicable, should be included, and the author should indicate their location in the article in parentheses. The discussion should end with a commentary highlighting the importance of the results obtained.

Results

Include tables and figures that clearly express the results of the study conducted by the researcher.

The results should serve a dual purpose, fulfilling two critical functions in the study.

The first paragraph of this text should summarize the study's main finding in a concise, clear, and direct sentence.

Discussion

In this section, the obtained results are interpreted, pointing out their importance and indicating their theoretical and/or practical implications.

To that extent:

Conclusions

The conclusions encapsulate the author's scholarly contribution to the world, presenting theoretical generalizations about the research process.

References

Only cite in the list of references those authors used in the work; the range of references is from a minimum of 12 to a maximum of 30 sources. All authors referenced in the paper must match the reference list; do not include other authors; Arabic numerals and not Roman numerals are necessary for any publication's references to numbers and volumes. Please follow the APA 7th edition format for proper documentation of sources and your reference list. It should be presented in alphabetical order and indented French. As noted below:

• Book: Last name, A. A. (Year). Title in italics. Publisher
  Book with publisher: Last name, A. A. (Ed.) (Year).Title in italics. Publisher. URL (optional)
  Electronic book: Last name, A. A. (Year). Title in italics. Publisher (if applicable). URL
• Electronic book with DOI: Last name, A. A. (Year). Title in italics. doi: xx
  Book chapter: only in cases of compilation books and anthologies where each chapter has a different author and a compiler or editor: Last name, A. A., and Last name, B. B. (Year). Title of  chapter or entry. In A. A. Surname (Ed.), Book title (pp. xx-xx). Publisher.
  Periodicals in printed format: Last name, A. A., Last name, B. B., and Last name, C. C. (Date). Title of the article. Name of the journal in italics, volume in italics (number), pp-pp.
  Periodicals with DOI: Last name, A. A., Last name, B. B., and Last name, C. C. (Date). Title of article. Name of the journal in italics, volume in italics(number), pp-pp. DOI link.
  Online periodicals: Last name, A. A. (Year). Title of the article. Journal name in italics, volume in italics (number), pp-pp. URL
• Printed newspaper article: Last name A. A. (Date). Title of article. Name of newspaper, page without abbreviation.
• Online newspaper article: Last name, A. A. (Date). Article title. Name of newspaper. URL
• Online thesis in a database: Author, A. (Year). Title of thesis [Undergraduate, master's or doctoral thesis, name of degree-granting institution]. Name of the database. URL
• Undergraduate thesis online not in a database: Author, A. (Year). Title of thesis [Undergraduate, master's or doctoral thesis, name of degree-granting institution]. Digital file. URL
• Reference to web pages: Last name, A. A. (Date). Title of the page. Name of the web site. URL
• Movies: Director's last name, A. (director) (Year). Name of the film [Film]. Production company. URL
• Television series: Producer's last name, A. (producer) (Year). Name of the series [Television series]. Production company.
• Video: Last name, A. (Date). Name of video [Video]. Source. URL
• Podcast: Last name, A. (Date). Podcast title [audio or video podcast]. URL

COPYRIGHT

The originals published in the electronic edition of the journal Conectividad, under first publication rights, are the property of the Instituto Superior Tecnológico Universitario Rumiñahui, Sangolquí, Ecuador, and it is necessary to cite the source in any partial or total reproduction of the published content (texts or images). Conectividad provides open and immediate access to its content, as we firmly believe in public access to knowledge, which does not prevent the citation of the source from being mandatory for anyone who wishes to reproduce content from this journal.

Likewise, the intellectual property of the articles or texts published in the journal Conectividad belongs to the author(s), who retain their copyright.

ANTI-PLAGIARISM

Conectividad uses plagiarism tools to detect texts received under the TURNITIN system: https://www.turnitin.com/.