RIAA

Focus and Scope

Revista de Investigación Agraria y Ambiental (RIAA) and its mission about being disseminators of the research in agrarian areas and other involved sciences in which other disciplines are covered within agrarian and environmental sciences areas (OCDE) through research articles, case study and review articles result of the work of national and international researchers.

Publication periodicity of RIAA is biannual in the periods of January-June and July-December.

Peer Review Process

Firstly, the manuscripts for publication are received by the editor only by OJS. Then, editor reviews than they are orientated to the topics of RIAA and according to the rules of publication. The orthographic corrections can be made directly by the Editorial Committee of the Journal, without consulting the authors. The evaluation is made within the first seven days counted from the receipt of the paper.

Next, the original manuscripts are received by the Editorial Board for peer review designation. The submitted paper will follow a double-blind review by two experts (academicians, specialists or ad hoc arbitrators) for 15 days starting from reviewers agree in OJS.

According to the reviews of the experts (registered in the format of the evaluation concept) if the paper needs additional minor or major revisions, it will be returned or not to the authors. In the case of a favorable and an unfavorable evaluation, a third expert will be invited, and his/her recommendation will be definitive. The Editorial and Scientific Committee will be in charge of resolving any controversy presented with respect to the review, and they will decide which articles are able to publish. The internal decisions taken by the Editorial Committee are unappealable.

Finally, an e-mail will be sent to the author for a final review before publication in online platform or printed version of RIAA. If the author does not respond in the estimated time, it will be assumed that the final version was accepted.

Creative Commons License

Creative commons license 4.0. Recognition – Noncomercial- ShareEqual.

No commercial use of the original work or of possible derivative works is permitted, the distribution of which must be done with a license equal to that which regulates the original work.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

Journal does NOT charge for processing or/and publication of the articles

Publication Fee

Revista de Investigación Agraria y Ambiental does NOT have charges or fees for processing articles (Article Processing Charge [APC]) sending by authors. Nor is charged for the submission of papers.

Copyright

Authors who publish with Revista de Investigación Agraria y Ambiental – RIAA accept the following terms:

The authors transfer patrimonial rights to the Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia – UNAD for free, among which are included: rights to edit, publish, reproduce and share in digital and printed media and grant to RIAA the right of first publication of the licensed work simultaneously under a Creative Commons International License Recognition – Noncomercial- ShareEqual 4.0, which permits the sharing of the work by others with the proper attribution and credit to this Journal, without commercial purposes.

The authors can sign additional contractual agreements by separate for the distribution non-exclusive of the published version of the journal’s work (ex. It can be publish in an institutional repository or in a book), with the credit of its initial publication by RIAA.

Ethics in publishing and good practices

Revista de Investigación Agraria y Ambiental – RIAA as part of its good practices and in search of preserving the agreements established in the publication process, has established the following parameters:

Rights of the authors: Fill in the format found in the Editorial Management System – (Open Journal System) OJS and postulate the publication; through which the publication decision is assumed. Also, if there is a requirement in the editorial process, decisions have been made within the committees, while maintaining objectivity, speed of response and support.

Duties of the authors: Assume the compromise of adjust to the regulations and guides for authors requested by the Journal, as well as the proper permits for RIAA to disclose such information. Besides, the author is fully responsible for ensuring that the manuscript is only published by RIAA and its originality. In the case of developing research with human beings or animal, authors must manage the proper permits to avoid affectation to the involved entities.

RIAA adheres to COPE. More information http://publicationethics.org/

Conflict of interest Statement and confidentiality

In the obligation of the peer reviewers, the academic process must be conducted impartially, objectively, confidentially and if considered freely potential conflicts of interest, whether due to academic, work and/or personal issues in relation to the paper that will be evaluated.

Plagiarism

The Editorial board of RIAA will verify the originality of the manuscript for the cases of inappropriate citation or possible plagiarism, for this purpose Turnitin service (www.turnitin.com) is used as a tool that contrast the text against current and archived web pages, student works and publications of the main scientific publishers at international level.

If a manuscript has minor problems with citations, appropriate changes will be requested to the authors. In any other case, the manuscript will be automatically rejected, even without academic peer review.

Sponsors

Journal story

The Revista de Investigación Agraria y Ambiental (RIAA) is an official publication of the School of Agricultural, Livestock and Environmental Sciences (ECAPMA) of the National Open and Distance University (UNAD), intended to publish articles resulting from original research in the agrarian and environmental sciences and related areas of knowledge, on issues related to advances in animal production, agriculture and sustainable use of natural resources. As examples of related areas, we cite, among others, Ethics, Ecology, Sociology, Geography, History, Law and Economics, when dealing with development perspectives, agricultural styles, agrarian history, sustainable development, environmental ethics, agrarian and environmental policy, environmental, forestry and agrarian legislation or significant and innovative contributions with a systemic, interdisciplinary and / or transdisciplinary vision.

RIAA circulates semi-annually (January-June and July-December) in printed and electronic format with free access. Authors can submit their manuscripts in Spanish and English.

RIAA's mission is to promote communication and collaboration between national and international researchers through the dissemination and transfer of knowledge related to agricultural and environmental sciences, in order to strengthen the generation of new knowledge."

PUBLICATION ETHICS

The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) is a non-profit organization that promotes integrity in research and its publication in scientific journals. The Revista de Investigación Agraria y Ambiental adheres to the 16 principles of transparency and best practices in academic publishing from COPE, DOAJ, OASPA, and WAME as the ethical benchmark for its publications (https://publicationethics.org/guidance/guideline/principles-transparency-and-best-practice-scholarly-publishing):

(a) CONTENTS OF THE JOURNAL

  1. Journal name: The Revista de Investigación Agraria y Ambiental, created in 2013 (https://hemeroteca.unad.edu.co/index.php/riaa/issue/archive), has maintained its name and acronym (RIAA), avoiding any similarity with other publications. Its content includes articles from three different research areas: Agriculture, Livestock, and Environment. This feature enhances its uniqueness compared to other publications.
  2. Journal website: The journal has a unique site for submitting articles (https://hemeroteca.unad.edu.co/index.php/riaa/about/submissions), through personalized author registration, it provides a secure environment that maintains the confidentiality of received publications, as well as the authors' personal data, following the privacy standards of the journal's publisher: the Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia (National Open and Distance University). The university is a Colombian hybrid (presential and distance) educational institution with high technological standards in terms of virtuality and remote access. The system used for article storage and management is OJS (Open Journal Systems). It is integrated with the journal's website, allowing for agile and efficient communication of editorial information to the journal's readers. The journal's website (https://hemeroteca.unad.edu.co/index.php/riaa/index) allows its global consultation by national and international authors, including accurate and up-to-date information on its approach, fields of research, editorial structure, editorial policies, and procedures for reviewing and publishing articles.
  3. Editorial calendar: The journal has a clearly defined publication frequency on the journal's website (https://hemeroteca.unad.edu.co/index.php/riaa/index ): “About” menu, “About the journal” option, “Focus and scope” section.
  4. Conservation of the journal's contents: The journal's contents are stored on the journal's website, which is managed by the publishing house of the National Open and Distance University. Additionally, the journal is included in AmeliCA's Consolidated Journal Index (https://portal.amelica.org/revista.oa?id=130), which is an information system that stores, evaluates and monitors the publication of scientific and academic journals, non-profit.
  5. Copyright: Copyright, governed by Colombian law, is indicated on the journal's website (https://hemeroteca.unad.edu.co/index.php/riaa/index ) : “About” menu, “About the Journal” option, “Copyright” section.
  6. Information on publication licenses: The type of Creative Commons license used by the journal under which articles that pass the review procedure are published can be found on the journal's website (https://hemeroteca.unad.edu.co/index.php/riaa/index ) : “About” menu, “About the journal” option, “Creative Commons License” section.

(b) JOURNAL PRACTICES

  1. Publication ethics policies: The parameters that govern ethics policies used by the journal for the publication of articles are clearly defined on the journal's website (https://hemeroteca.unad.edu.co/index.php/riaa/index ) : “About” menu, “About the journal” option, “Ethics in publishing and good practices” section. The journal has a privacy statement: https://hemeroteca.unad.edu.co/index.php/riaa/about/privacy . Furthermore, the magazine follows the recommendations of the National Copyright Directorate (https://www.derechodeautor.gov.co/es), on moral rights of authors or patrimonial rights of authors and related rights (articles 270 and 271 of the Penal Code), as well as the conciliation procedures that may be corresponding with respect to these rights (Laws 446 of 1998 and 640 of 2001).
  2. Review Policies: The review modality of manuscript that the journal receives for evaluation and potential publication is defined on the journal's website (https://hemeroteca.unad.edu.co/index.php/riaa/index ): “About” menu, “About the journal” option, “Peer review process” section.
  3. Management costs: The journal explicitly states that the management costs of its articles, required for the editorial processing of manuscripts that are published on the journal's website (https://hemeroteca.unad.edu.co/index.php/riaa/index), as well as the maintenance and operation of the journal website, are assumed by its publisher, the Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia.

(c) JOURNAL ORGANIZATION

  1. Journal ownership and management: The journal is also supported by its publishing house, the Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia (https://selloeditorial.unad.edu.co/), in terms of the editorial management and coordination, as well as the design and maintenance of journal website, required for its publication. The Publishing Seal supports the intellectual production of the Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia (https://www.unad.edu.co/), who is the journal's editor. The Publishing Seal guarantees compliance with the journal's editorial, scientific, and visibility quality criteria, supporting the journal's management and the technical and professional publication processes.
  2. Journal editorial organization: The journal has an editorial organization available on its website (https://hemeroteca.unad.edu.co/index.php/riaa/about/editorialTeam). This organization has an editorial director, a co-editor, an editorial board, and a scientific committee. On the aforementioned website, each member of the editorial team has a link to their scientific curriculum, which shows their expertise in the three areas of knowledge covered in the journal: Agriculture, Livestock, and Environment.
  3. Contact information: The journal's website provides the contact information for the editorial director and the support provided by the publishing house, to resolve doubts and problems during the submission and editorial processing of the journal's manuscripts: https://hemeroteca.unad.edu.co/index.php/riaa/about/contact

(d) BUSINESS PRACTICES

  1. Article-Related Charges: The journal explicitly states that the publication of its articles operates under the diamond open access model: there are no submission or publication fees for its authors. The journal does not engage in commercial marketing strategies and has no management fees for authors. The costs required for the publication of articles on the journal's website (https://hemeroteca.unad.edu.co/index.php/riaa/index) are assumed by the journal's editor, la Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia (https://www.unad.edu.co/). Since the second half of 2020, the AmeliCA Consolidated Journal Index has enabled access to the XML, HTML, PDF, ePub and mobile versions of the articles published in the journal (https://portal.amelica.org/revista.oa?id=130).
  2. Income source of the journal: The journal declares that its operating expenses are covered by its publisher, la Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia – UNAD, a public and national university: https://www.unad.edu.co/
  3. Advertising policy of the journal: the journal is known through its website (https://hemeroteca.unad.edu.co/index.php/riaa/index) and through its 17 indexes in different databases (https://hemeroteca.unad.edu.co/index.php/riaa/indexacion).
  4. Marketing to authors: Activities to disseminate the journal's articles to authors are limited to events where the university interacts with other educational institutions or publishers. It is guaranteed that marketing does not restrict readers' freedom to choose the information sources they consider appropriate for their education.

Criteria defining the role of authors: Following the ICMJE recommendations (https://www.icmje.org/recommendations/), the authors of a manuscript submitted to the journal must consider that their participation in an article is defined as follows ( https://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/roles-and-responsibilities/defining-the-role-of-authors-and-contributors.html):

  1. An author makes substantial contributions to the conception or design of a manuscript, or to the collection, analysis, or interpretation of the data contained therein, and
  2. An author drafts the manuscript or reviews it critically to determine its relevant intellectual content, and
  3. An author participates in approving the final version of a manuscript, submitted for publication, and
  4. An author assumes responsibility for all parts of a manuscript, ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the submitted manuscript are appropriately investigated and resolved.

Furthermore, following the recommendations of the ICMJE, it is considered that collaborators who do not meet some of these 4 criteria, although they should not be considered as authors, should be mentioned in the Acknowledgments section of the manuscript ( https://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/roles-and-responsibilities/defining-the-role-of-authors-and-contributors.html).

Conflict of interest: Authors of a manuscript who have any conflict of interest with their publication that could affect the results, discussion, or conclusions of the manuscript must submit a conflict-of-interest declaration form along with the manuscript. Likewise, in the "Conflict of Interest" section, the authors must explain in detail the type and nature of the conflicts stated in the aforementioned declaration. Similarly, following the recommendations of the COPE (https://publicationethics.org/guidance/guideline/ethical-guidelines-peer-reviewers), researchers or academics who work at the same institution as any of the authors or who have been mentors, apprentices, close collaborators or fellows of the authors of a submitted manuscript should refrain from reviewing it to avoid a conflict of interest. Additionally, reviewers of a manuscript should not agree its review, just to see it without the intention of submitting the corresponding review comments and should avoid the improper use of all contents or data of the manuscripts under review, carrying out an evaluation from the scientific, academic, technical, statistical, interpretive and conceptual viewpoint.

Pre-evaluation of manuscripts through Turnitin: Before reviewing submitted manuscripts by academic peers, the journal uses Turnitin (www.turnitin.com) to determine the percentage of similarity with other works and the percentage of text generated by artificial intelligence. In both cases, high values ​​for one or both percentages will result in the manuscript being rejected. The journal is committed to evaluating manuscripts, regardless of the authors' affiliation, taking into account the guidelines established by Publindex, the governing body for scientific publications in Colombia, for the publication and review of articles by researchers linked to the journal's home institution (https://scienti.minciencias.gov.co/publindex/#/noticias/lista), maintaining the transparency and ethics criteria corresponding to a quality scientific publication, edited by a public and national university.

Article corrections: Once an article has passed the review process, after reviewers and authors approve its publication, the authors have one last opportunity to review the article in PDF format before publishing it on the journal's website. However, it is possible that, despite all the reviews, some errors presented during the manuscript layout may not be detected in time. If this is the case, minor corrections will be made to a published article, as long as they do not compromise its substantive content, pagination, metadata, or other ethical and quality aspects.

Article retractions: If a complaint is filed that questions the results validity or scientific quality of a published manuscript, or if the aforementioned manuscript presents an ethical issue, plagiarism or similarity, fabrication or manipulation of data, or other related problems, the journal will retract the published manuscript, preventing access to it and notifying the authors about the source of this complaint. These cases will be analyzed by the journal's Editorial Team before making a final decision on the manuscript retraction. In each case, the recommendations of the National Copyright Directorate will be followed (https://www.derechodeautor.gov.co/es) and the corresponding measures will be taken, taking into account the COPE recommendations.

Petitions, complaints and claims: The authors can contact the editorial team through the official Journal email (riaa@unad.edu.co), to present to the Editorial Director any type of request that clarifies any process related to the manuscripts received or published. 

USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Terms of Use: Authors of manuscripts should review the conditions under which results obtained from artificial intelligence may be used in a manuscript submitted for publication in the journal, to avoid copyright claims. The use of any artificial intelligence must be cited in the text, and the corresponding full bibliographic reference must be presented in the Literature Cited section.

Instructions for use: Manuscript authors may use the assistance provided by artificial intelligence as a tool for analyzing information and subsequently generating new knowledge. The use of text directly generated by artificial intelligence or images manipulated by artificial intelligence in manuscripts submitted to the journal is prohibited. Authors must assume full responsibility for the results obtained from artificial intelligence, with respect to their accuracy, credibility, and suitability, verifying the existence of bibliographic citations that support these results. Authors must ensure that their manuscripts reflect their experience in generating original research that contributes to bridging knowledge gaps, complying with the aforementioned ethical and editorial standards on the journal's website.

Ethical Use: Authors who use artificial intelligence technology in their manuscripts must be aware of the privacy, confidentiality and regulatory terms applicable to this technology, as well as data protection laws, to avoid bias and misinformation.

Peer Review: Artificial intelligence may be used only to a limited extent in the peer review process. A reviewer may use artificial intelligence to improve the feedback quality provided to authors, from a grammatical perspective. However, and above all, the review work must reflect the reviewer's expertise in the research field to which the study presented in the manuscript under review belongs, and the responsibility for the review content provided to authors rests with the reviewers. Total or partial analysis of tables, figures, or text from articles under review using any type of artificial intelligence is not permitted.

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PRIVACY STATEMENT: In accordance with the Personal Data Protection Law (Law 1581 of 2012), the names and email addresses managed by RIAA will be used exclusively for the purposes stated by this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other individual. Manuscripts submitted to the publication are only accessible to the editorial team and external peer reviewers.

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