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Author Guidelines

Editorial policy

The proposed papers for publication in the journal must be unpublished works, not allowing publication in another journal. Submitted papers should not be reviewed simultaneously in other journals. They must also conform to the format and editorial policy of the journal. The editorial committee will consider for publication works related to technology, engineering and science, and other works that contribute to the generation of knowledge.

In order to increase the scientific impact, Nexo Scientific Journal  publishes its articles in Open Access, allowing the search, linking, reading, downloading and printing of the complete texts for free according to the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives, provided due recognition is given to the authorship of the work and the initial publication in this journal,  without commercial purposes and the work or a part is not transformed. Authors with accepted papers should not pay for publication. The National Engineering University in Managua, Nicaragua finances the publication costs of the papers.

Peer review policy

All papers are subject to an editorial process. They will be reviewed by members of the editorial committee, who will have the decision to accept or reject articles deemed inappropriate according to the editorial policy of the journal and editorial standards. Likewise, the editorial committee may propose amendments to the papers regarding the syntactic and spelling correction of the works.

In case the paper complies with all editorial requirements and norms, the editorial committee will proceed to send the manuscripts to a Double Blind Peer Review Process, where two experts not belonging to the editorial committee of the journal will determine the following:

1. Publish the paper without modifications.

2. Publish the paper only when recommendations/modifications have been included.

3. Refuse publication of the paper.

In case of discrepancy in the results, the article will be sent to a third reviewer. In all cases, decisions are final. In case of compliance with the review by the experts, the journal will notify the authors of their acceptance for publication.

Nexo Scientific Journal applies a policy of zero tolerance to plagiarism. The detection of plagiarism is a task carried out by the entire editorial committee of the journal and the peer reviewers through search engines, for example Google Scholar. Other practices rejected by the journal are: manipulation of citations and falsification / fabrication of data. The detection of these bad practices implies sanctions, for example: the elimination of papers and even prohibition for authors to continue publishing in the journal.

Take into account that:

1. Editorial decisions are final and unappealable.

2. The authors, when submitting their manuscripts, detach the journal from inconveniences related to authorship and co-authorship, conflicts of interests / competing interests and intellectual property.

4. After publication, no modifications can be made to the manuscript, unless the need for them is demonstrated.

Format and style standards

Note that Nexo Scientific Journalis one of the so-called "Camera ready copy", where the authors send the manuscript in the final format ready for publication. In the following link: download template, The author can find the template for preparing papers, so the document only needs to be modificated with the content of the work, respecting all the format and style guidelines, e.g., the use of the APA international standard for the preparation of manuscript references.

Review process

  • The Editorial Committee will consult and select qualified peer reviewers in the accepted thematic lines, from outside the Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, who will perform anonymous review.
  • The peer evaluators will perform an exhaustive review of the manuscript contents and will present their results through the del Evaluation Format of Nexo Revista Científica, and where necessary, make observations in the document. The review will be made within twenty-one days of receipt of the manuscript by the reviewers. 
  • The results of the peer review contained in the Evaluation Format will recommend one of the following verdicts:
    • The manuscript is ideal for publication.
    • The manuscript requires improvements in its contents and adjustments must be made.
    • The manuscript is rejected.
  • In the case that a delay occurs in the peer review, a reminder will be sent to reviewers by email, and if necessary, a replacement will be obtained for the peer review.

Incorporation of observations:

  • The authors of the manuscript will receive the results of peer review from the Editor in Chief, and they will be given a period of from eight to fifteen days within which the adjusted manuscript must be remitted to the Nexo Revista Científica email
  • It is essential that the observations be incorporated appropriately within the designated time allotment to comply with the editorial process.
  • In the case of disagreements regarding the observations submitted by the peer reviewers, comment must be made to the Editor in Chief, consider in a final evaluation.

Verification of norms:

  • The Editor in Chief will verity the style and citation norms.
  • The Editor in Chief will make the necessary adjustment to comply with criteria and requirements of the indices, directories, catalogues, and storage systems upon which Nexo Revista Científica relies.

Layout:

  • The Editor in Chief will send to the authors the galley proofs in PDF format, so they can make a final evaluation of the layout, with a period of five days to return comments.

Publication:

  • Once passed the previous stages, the Editor in Chief will be in charge of publishing the manuscripts in the Nexo Revista Científica’s electronic portal.

The Editor in Chief will be charged with informing authors regarding publication of manuscripts.

Duties of the Editorial Team

Editor in Chief

In charge of direction, management, and supervision of the publications of Nexo Revista Científica, as well as of the quality and coherence of its contents.

Duties:

  • Ensure scientific and editorial quality.
  • Establish the editorial policies for the journal in conjunction with the Editorial Committee.
  • Review and evaluate the manuscripts received to determine compliance with editorial policies.
  • Produce a review schedule for each received manuscript.
  • Prepare the observations/recommendations for the improvement of quality of the reviewed manuscripts.
  • Assign peer reviewers according to the thematic area of the manuscripts.
  • Assure proper contact between authors and peer reviewers, to facilitate responses to questions and to provide guidance and feedback.
  • Provide copy edit reviews to manuscripts to assure organizational style and compliance with APA guidelines.
  • Review the final version of reviewed manuscripts to determine acceptance or rejection.
  • Convoke and preside over Editorial Committee meetings to coordinate the distribution of responsibilities.
  • Develop and maintain a data base of peer reviewers.
  • Assure the compliance of the journal with established ethical and quality standards.
  • Design a commission when required to handle complaints or incidents regarding ethics issues in published or submitted manuscripts.
  • Maintain contact with data bases to achieve and maintain indexing of the journal.
  • Establish strategies of outreach and promotion of the journal.
  • Participate in conferences and events related to publicity for the journal.
  • Collaborate with other institutions and journals to increase the visibility and impact of the publications in the journal.
  • Make and present semester reports to the Editorial Committee.

Editor Senior

Supervises and manages a section of the journal arranged by accepted topics.

Responsibilities

  • Perform selected duties of the Editor in Chief, when for justified reasons, some of the responsibilities need to be covered.
  • Provide counsel to the Editorial Council in scientific and research matters.
  • Decide, together with the Editor in Chief, whether manuscripts are accepted for peer review process or rejected.
  • Propose necessary measures and actions for the development of the journal.
  • Assure the compliance with norms and scientific and ethical requisites of the journal.
  • Ensure, in coordination with the Editor in Chief, the topical pertinence and the overall rigor of all material to be published.
  • Invite prominent authors to contribute to the section and to participate in the planning of special numbers.

Peer reviewers

Evaluate manuscripts for quality and relevance of content for publication.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain fluid communication with the Section Editor on assigned reviews.
  • Execute evaluations of manuscripts provided by the editorial team of the journal.
  • They evaluate originality, identify new contributions to the field.
  • Verify adequate citation of sources in the manuscripts.
  • Make recommendations regarding the acceptance, need for improvements, or acceptance of manuscripts.
  • Provide constructive feedback.
  • Comply with the ethical standards of the journal.
  • Perform review tasks within the time periods assigned.
  • Propose specific topics for the journal to cover.
  • Propose authors and manuscripts for coming numbers of the journal.

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • The submission has not been previously published or submitted for consideration by any other journal (or an explanation has been provided in the Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in Microsoft Word.
  • All information regarding editorial policy, format and style standards, and copyright notice of the journal have been read and considered in the Author Guidelines.
  • All authors were registered on the journal's website.
  • The text has single spacing; 11 points font size; italics are used instead of underlining (except in URLs); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed in the appropriate places in the text, rather than at the end.

Copyright Notice

The authors who publish in Nexo Scientific Journal agree to the following terms:

  • Authors retain the copyright and grant the journal the right of the first publication under the license Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivative, which allows others to share the work with a recognition of the authorship of the work and the initial publication in Nexo Scientific Journal, without commercial purposes and the work or a part is not transformed.
  • Authors may separately establish additional agreements for the non-exclusive distribution of the version of the work published in the journal (for example, in an institutional repository or a book), with the recognition of the initial publication in Nexo Scientific Journal  (guaranteeing data sharing and reproducibility).
  • Authors are allowed and encouraged to disseminate their works electronically (for example, in institutional repositories or in their own website) before and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges (guaranteeing data sharing and reproducibility), as well as earlier and greater citation of published works.

Privacy Statement

Central American Journals Online (CAMJOL) is a member of the Ubiquity Partner Network coordinated by Ubiquity Press. According to the EU definitions, CAMJOL is the data controller, and Ubiquity Press are the service providers and data processors. Ubiquity Press provide the technical platform and some publishing services to CAMJOL and operate under the principle of data minimisation where only the minimal amount of personal data that is required to carry out a task is obtained.

More information on the type of data that is required can be found in Ubiquity Press’ privacy policy below.

Ubiquity Press Privacy Policy

We take seriously our duty to process your personal data in a fair and transparent way. We collect and manage user data according to the following Privacy Policy. This document is part of our Terms of Service, and by using the press portal, affiliated journals, book, conference and repository websites (the “Websites”), you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Service. Please read the Terms of Service in their entirety, and refer to those for definitions and contacts.

What type of personal data do we handle?

There are four main categories of personal data stored by our journal platform, our press platform, and our book management system; Website User data, Author data, Reviewer data and Editor data.

The minimum personal data that are stored are:

  • full name
  • email address
  • affiliation (department, and institution)
  • country of residence

Optionally, the user can provide:

  • salutation
  • gender
  • associated URL
  • phone number
  • fax number
  • reviewing interests
  • mailing address
  • ORCiD
  • a short biography
  • interests
  • Twitter profile
  • LinkedIn profile
  • ImpactStory profile
  • profile picture

The data subjects have complete control of this data through their profile, and can request for it to be removed by contacting info@ubiquitypress.com

What do we do to keep that data secure?

We regularly backup our databases, and we use reliable cloud service providers (Amazon, Google Cloud, Linode) to ensure they are kept securely. Backups are regularly rotated and the old data is permanently deleted. We have a clear internal data handling policy, restricting access to the data and backups to key employees only. In case of a data breach, we will report the breach to the affected users, and to the press/journal contacts within 72 hours.

How do we use the data?

Personal information is only used to deliver the services provided by the publisher. Personal data is not shared externally except for author names, affiliations, emails, and links to ORCiD and social media accounts (if provided) in published articles and books which are displayed as part of the article/book and shared externally to indexes and databases. If a journal operates under open peer review then the reviewer details are published alongside the reviewer details.

How we collect and use your data:

1. When using the website

1.1 what data we collect

  • When you browse our website, we collect anonymised data about your use of the website; for example, we collect information about which pages you view, which files you download, what browser you are using, and when you were using the site.
  • When you comment on an article or book using Disqus, we are not collecting, controlling or processing the data. More details on the DISQUS privacy policy can be found on their website.
  • When you annotate an article or book, this is done via a 3rd party plugin to the website called Hypothes.is. In using this plugin we are not collecting, controlling or processing the data. More details on the Hypothes.is privacy policy can be found on their website.

1.2 why we collect the data

  • We use anonymised website usage data to monitor traffic, help fix bugs, and see overall patterns that inform future redesigns of the website, and provide reports on how frequently the publications on our site have been accessed from within their IP ranges.

1.3 what we do (and don’t do) with the data

  • We do not collect personal information that can be used to identify you when you browse the website.
  • We currently use Google Analytics for publication reports, and to improve the website and services through traffic analysis, but no personal identifying data is shared with Google (for example your computer’s IP is anonymised before transmission).

1.4 what to do if you want to get a copy of your data, or want your data to be removed

  • Please contact info@ubiquitypress.com to request a copy of your data, or for your data to be removed/anonymised.

2. When registering as an author, and submitting an article or book

2.1 what data we collect

  • When registering an account we ask you to log in and provide certain personal information (such as your name and email address), and there is the option to register using an ORCiD which will pre-fill the registration form.
  • As part of submitting an article for publication, you will need to provide personally identifying information which will be used for the peer review process, and will be published. This can include ‘Affiliation’, ‘Competing interests’, ‘Acknowledgements’.

2.2 why we collect the data

  • Registering an account allows you to log in, manage your profile, and participate as an author/reviewer/editor. We use cookies and session information to streamline your use of the website (for example in order for you to remain logged-in when you return to a journal). You can block or delete cookies and still be able to use the websites, although if you do you will then need to enter your username and password to login. In order to take advantage of certain features of the websites, you may also choose to provide us with other personal information, such as your ORCiD, but your decision to utilize these features and provide such data will always be voluntary.
  • Personal data submitted with the article or book is collected to allow follow good publication ethics during the review process, and will form part of the official published record in order for the provenance of the work to be established, and for the work to be correctly attributed.

2.3 what we do (and don’t do) with the data

  • We do not share your personal information with third parties, other than as part of providing the publishing service.
  • As a registered author in the system you may be contacted by the journal editor to submit another article.
  • Any books published on the platform are freely available to download from the publisher website in PDF, EPUB and MOBI formats on the publisher’s site.
  • Any personal data accompanying an article or a book (that will have been added by the submitting author) is published alongside it. The published data includes the names, affiliations and email addresses of all authors.
  • Any articles published on the platform are freely available to download from the publisher website in various formats (e.g. PDF, XML).
  • Ubiquity Press books and articles are typeset by SiliconChips and Diacritech.This process involves them receiving the book and book associated metadata and contacting the authors to finalise the layout. Ubiquity Press work with these suppliers to ensure that personal data is only used for the purposes of typesetting and proofing.
  • For physical purchases of books on the platform Ubiquity Press use print on demand services via Lightning Source who are responsible for printing and distribution via retailers. (For example; Amazon, Book Repository, Waterstones). Lightning Source’s privacy policy and details on data handling can be found on their website.

2.4 why we store the data

  • We store the account data so that you may choose to become a reviewer and be able to perform those tasks, or to become an author and submit an article and then track progress of that article.
  • Published personal data that accompanies an article or a book forms part of the official published record in order for the provenance of the work to be established, and for the work to be correctly attributed.

2.5 what to do if you want to get a copy of your data, or want your data to be removed

  • You are able to view, change and remove your data associated with your profile. Should you choose to completely delete your account, please contact us at support@ubiquitypress.com and we will follow up with your request as soon as possible.
  • To conform to publication ethics and best practice any personal data that is published alongside an article or book cannot be removed. If you have a query about a publication to which you are attributed please contact info@ubiquitypress.com

3. When registering as a reviewer

3.1 what data we collect

  • To become a reviewer you must first register as a user on the website, and set your preference that you would like to be considered as a reviewer. No new personal data is collected when a registered user elects to become a reviewer.
  • When registering an account we ask you to log in and provide certain personal information (such as your name and email address), and there is the option to register using an ORCiD which will pre-fill the registration form.
  • Reviewers can also be registered by editors who invite them to review a specific article. This requires the editor to provide the reviewer’s First Name, Last Name, and Email address. Normally this will be done as part of the process of inviting you to review the article or book.
  • On submitting a review, the reviewer includes a competing interest statement, they may answer questions about the quality of the article, and they will submit their recommendation.

3.2 why we collect the data

  • The data entered is used to invite the reviewer to peer review the article or book, and to contact the reviewer during and the review process.
  • If you submit a review then the details of your review, including your recommendation, your responses to any review form, your free-form responses, your competing interests statement, and any cover letter are recorded.

3.3 what we do (and don’t do) with the data

  • This data is not shared publicly and is only accessible by the Editor and system administrators of that journal or press.
  • The data will only be used in connection with that journal or press.
  • Data that is retained post final decision is kept to conform to publication ethics and best practice, to provide evidence of peer review, and to resolve any disputes relating to the peer review of the article or book.
  • For journals or presses that publish the peer reviews, you will be asked to give consent to your review being published, and a subset of the data you have submitted will become part of the published record.

3.4 what to do if you want to get a copy of your data, or want your data to be removed

  • If you would no longer like to be registered as a reviewer you can edit your profile and tick the box ‘stop being a reviewer’. This will remove you from the reviewer database, however any existing reviews you may have carried out will remain.
  • If you have been contacted by an editor to peer review an article this means that you have been registered in the system. If you would not like to be contacted for peer review you can reply to the email requesting that your data be deleted.

4. When being registered as a co-author

4.1 what data we collect

  • Co-author data is entered by the submitting author. The submitting author will already have a user account. According to standard publishing practice, the submitting author is responsible for obtaining the consent of their co-authors to be included (including having their personal data included) in the article/book being submitted to the journal/press.
  • The requested personal data for co-authors are at the bare minimum; first name, last name, institution, country, email address. This can also include; ORCID ID, Title, Middle Name, Biographical Statement, Department, Twitter Handle, Linkedin Profile Name or ImpactStory ID.

4.2 why we collect the data

  • Assuming that it is accepted for publication, this data forms part of the official published record in order for the provenance of the work to be established, and for the work to be correctly attributed.
  • Author names, affiliations and emails are required for publication and will become part of the permanent cited record.

4.3 what we do (and don’t do) with the data

  • The co-author’s personal data is stored in the author database. This personal data is only used in relation to the publication of the associated article.
  • Any co-author data collected is added to the author database and is only used in association with the article the user is co-author on.

4.5 what to do if you want to get a copy of your data, or want your data to be removed

  • To receive a copy of your data, please contact info@ubiquitypress.com
  • To conform to publication ethics and best practice any personal data that is published alongside an article or book cannot be removed. If you have a query about a publication to which you are attributed please contact info@ubiquitypress.com

5. When signing-up to receive newsletters

5.1 what data we collect

  • We require you to include your name and email address

5.2 why we collect and store the data, and for how long

  • This data would be collected to keep you updated with any news about the platform or specific journal

5.3 what we do (and don’t do) with the data

  • We use mailchimp to provide our mailing list services. Their privacy policy can be found here

5.4 what to do if you want to get a copy of your data or want your data to be removed

  • All emails sent via our newsletter client will include a link that will allow you to unsubscribe from the mailing list

Notification about change of ownership or of control of data

We may choose to buy or sell assets. In the case that control of data changes to or from Ubiquity Press and a third party, or in the case of change of ownership of Ubiquity Press or of part of the business where the control of personal data is transferred, we will do our best to inform all affected users and present the options.

(Updated: 10 September 2025)