About the Journal
About the Journal
*Ciencia, Cultura y Sociedad* is a biannual open-access scientific journal operating under a diamond open-access model and a rolling-acceptance system, managed by the Publications Office of the Office of the Vice-Rector for Research and Outreach at the Evangelical University of El Salvador (UEES).
Its objective is to strengthen, encourage, evaluate, and disseminate scientific output and research activity, ensuring that it is discoverable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable by the academic community and society. This purpose focuses on the fields of Social Sciences, Economics, Engineering, and Legal Sciences and their various specialties as the journal’s central thematic areas, in line with the principles of social responsibility that govern institutions of higher education. In this way, it seeks to make the knowledge generated available to serve the academic community and society at large.
The journal accepts contributions from diverse geographical contexts, aimed at strengthening the exchange and construction of scientific knowledge. Manuscripts containing politically, religiously, culturally, or economically oriented content that promotes confrontation, devaluation, or any form of disparagement will not be accepted.
About the Review Process
The journal Ciencia, Cultura y Sociedad adopts the double-blind peer review system, in which authors and reviewers remain mutually anonymous. This approach is implemented to ensure objective evaluation processes, reducing potential biases and subjective assessments.
However, depending on specific editorial requirements, alternative review methods may be used, such as the single-blind system or open peer review, without compromising the standards of quality, academic rigor, and professionalism that characterize the editorial process.
About the Editorial Line
The journal Ciencia, Cultura y Sociedad is a diamond open-access publication, independent of government agencies and external business entities, and unaffiliated with any particular interests regarding specific topics. Likewise, it maintains an editorial stance free from political, religious, partisan, or economic affiliations, ensuring neutrality and integrity in the management and dissemination of scientific knowledge.
The journal aims to contribute to the analysis of the country’s diverse realities through the publication of scientific articles, in accordance with the guidelines of the institutional research policy. Within this framework, it promotes a systemic and sequential approach that integrates the functions of fostering, promoting, evaluating, disseminating, and publishing research, linking institutional lines and projects with teaching and social outreach, and focused on strengthening human talent in research.
Additionally, it considers key aspects such as research funding and the diversification of its sources, ensuring the sustainability of scientific activity. Collectively, these efforts aim to ensure that the dissemination and promotion of knowledge contribute to the training of well-rounded professionals, with access to quality information and a future-oriented perspective.
Objective of the Journal
To promote the visibility of the scientific output of internal and external researchers, as well as undergraduate and graduate students, ensuring appropriate review processes. Likewise, to serve as a platform for the dissemination of institutional research conducted by the Office of the Vice-Rector for Research and Outreach at the Evangelical University of El Salvador (UEES), together with research centers, various academic units, and departments that generate research within the institution.
Frequency of the Journal
The journal Ciencia, Cultura y Sociedad is published biannually, releasing two issues per year: the first covering the period from January to June and the second from July to December, a format implemented beginning with Volume 9 in 2014.
It also operates under a rolling submission system, meaning the journal accepts manuscripts year-round; however, it issues specific calls for papers that formally define the opening and closing periods for submission.
Target Audience
The journal *Science, Culture, and Society* is primarily aimed at the academic community in the fields of the social sciences, economics, engineering, and legal studies, along with their various specializations, with an initial focus on the institutional academic community. However, it is also open to anyone interested in expanding their knowledge in scientific, technical, and professional fields, both within the Salvadoran context and internationally.
