Section Policy: Editorial

Scientia et PRAXIS is a multidisciplinary scientific journal published by the Academia Mexicana de Investigación y Docencia en Innovación (AMIDI), a non-profit academic institution registered with RENIECYT-SECIHTI (No. 2200092) and the Registro Nacional de Editores (INDAUTOR), Mexico.

1. Editorial Mission and Thematic Focus

The journal publishes original research focused on innovation for sustainable development, understood through its technological, social, economic, and environmental dimensions. It explicitly articulates the theoretical generation of knowledge (Scientia) with its practical application (Praxis). Contributions must promote well-founded solutions with tangible impact and transformative relevance.

Its editorial line is based on the normative frameworks of the Oslo Manual (OECD, 2005; 2018), which defines and classifies innovation into the following categories:

  • Product or service innovation
  • Process innovation
  • Organizational innovation
  • Marketing innovation
  • Business model innovation
  • Social innovation

The journal also aligns with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations 2030 Agenda, encouraging research addressing global challenges such as poverty, health, education, gender equality, climate action, innovation, governance, and social justice.

2. Scientific, Ethical, and Inclusive Principles

Principles of academic rigor, scientific integrity, social responsibility of knowledge, equitable access, and a strong commitment to inclusion guide the journal. It promotes open science, ethical use of emerging technologies, and the elimination of economic, linguistic, or social barriers to participation and access.

It adheres to the recommendations of COPE and UNESCO, promoting the responsible use of artificial intelligence tools in producing, reviewing, and disseminating scientific knowledge.

3. Audiovisual Inclusion and Accessibility

As part of its inclusive commitment, Scientia et PRAXIS publishes each article in three formats: PDF, EPUB, and an inclusive audiovisual resource, the latter featuring AI-generated voice narration and subtitles to facilitate access for individuals with visual or hearing disabilities.

4. Types of Articles and Structure

The journal accepts empirical research articles and welcomes conceptual developments, critical reviews, methodological proposals, and case studies. All submissions must articulate theory and practice, following the Author's Guidelines, which require the following structure:

  • Structured abstract
  • Justification or background
  • Literature review
  • Methodology
  • Results
  • Discussion
  • Conclusions
  • References (APA-7 style)

5. Peer Review Process

All manuscripts undergo a double-blind peer review process, preceded by an editorial review for thematic relevance, originality, and compliance with the submission guidelines. The estimated time for academic review is 15 days, and the overall publication process depends on the manuscript's complexity and the authors' responsiveness.

6. Language and Linguistic Review

Manuscripts are accepted in Spanish and English. Spanish-language texts undergo orthographic and syntactic editing, while English manuscripts are reviewed using Grammarly Premium. All manuscripts are checked with iThenticate to ensure a maximum similarity index of 10%.

7. Periodicity

The journal operates under a continuous publishing model, organizing its content into biannual issues (June and December), allowing for faster dissemination of accepted manuscripts.

8. Article Processing Charges (APC)

Scientia et PRAXIS is an academic open-access journal governed by a self-sustaining, non-profit editorial model, aligned with the principles of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI), Plan S, and the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing promoted by COPE.

This model is aimed at ensuring the quality, transparency, and accessibility of scientific knowledge through editorial practices that uphold open science, editorial ethics, and long-term digital preservation.

Regular Issues – No APC

In its regular issues, the journal does not charge any Article Processing Charges (APC). These issues publish from four peer-reviewed articles, selected through a rigorous double-blind peer review process, prioritizing scientific quality, thematic relevance, and academic contribution.
This no-cost publishing policy reflects the journal’s commitment to free, equitable, and ethical access to scientific production.

Services Covered by the APC – Special Issues Only

The Article Processing Charge (APC) applied to special issues fully covers a comprehensive range of professional editorial services that ensure the scientific quality, international visibility, and long-term digital preservation of each publication. These services include:

  • Assignment of a persistent Digital Object Identifier (DOI) via Crossref, along with the advanced normalization of editorial metadata in accordance with international interoperability standards.

  • Specialized academic editing, including style correction in compliance with international norms, professional layout and formatting of the manuscript in accessible formats (PDF, EPUB), and the creation of an inclusive audiovisual version, which extends the reach to audiences with diverse sensory and cognitive needs.

  • Bibliometric processing and metadata curation, which are essential for the traceability and positioning of the article within academic digital ecosystems.

  • International indexing and visibility, ensured through technical integration with prominent academic platforms such as Crossref, Google Scholar, Dimensions, OpenAlex, Scilit, Semantic Scholar, Lens.org,  among others.

  • Long-term digital preservation, via protocols and partnerships with networks such as LOCKSS, CLOCKSS, and Internet Archive, which guarantee permanent access to published content.

  • Personalized editorial support, which guides authors from manuscript acceptance to final publication, providing timely assistance for both technical and editorial queries.

In addition, Scientia et PRAXIS maintains a proactive and sustained policy of academic visibility and traceability, through strategic integration with multiple international systems, including:

  • Scientific content aggregators

  • Bibliographic databases

  • University digital libraries

  • Digital preservation and metadata catalogs

  • Editorial and periodical catalogs

  • Academic discovery services

  • Scientific indexing systems

  • Metadata search engines

  • Automated harvesters via the OAI-PMH protocol

  • Academic networks and international scientific communities

  • Academic and thematic repositories

  • Indexing and interoperability systems

  • Citation and impact metric visualizers

These initiatives ensure that each article published in the journal achieves maximum visibility, accessibility, citability, and impact, in alignment with the principles of open science, editorial ethics, and global knowledge dissemination.

The journal is published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which allows unrestricted use and adaptation of content, provided the source is properly cited.

9. Disciplines and Thematic Areas

The journal accepts contributions from fields such as management, economics, education, health, technology, engineering, and social sciences, among others, as long as they address issues related to innovation for sustainable development from a scientific and applied perspective.

10. Research Axes

The journal organizes its content around seven cross-cutting thematic axes:

  1. Innovation management and organizational transformation (SDGs 9, 16)
  2. Applied technology for sustainability (SDGs 2, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14)
  3. Social innovation and community development (SDGs 1, 3, 5, 10, 11)
  4. Transformative education and pedagogical innovation (SDG 4)
  5. Knowledge economy, entrepreneurship, and business innovation (SDGs 8, 9, 17)
  6. Public policy, governance, and innovative institutions (SDGs 15, 16, 17)
  7. Artificial intelligence, data analytics, and sustainable digital transformation (SDGs 9, 12, 13)

11. Methodological Approach

The journal accepts studies with qualitative, quantitative, or mixed-method approaches, as long as they are scientifically justified. The following types are valued:

  • Field research
  • Applied case studies
  • Analytical or predictive models
  • Systematic reviews or meta-analyses
  • Innovative methodological proposals

12. Visibility and Indexing

The journal is indexed in RePEc, Latindex Catalog 2.0, WorldCat, CORE, OpenAIRE, Semantic Scholar, OAIster, Zenodo, among other platforms that ensure international visibility, retrievability, and preservation. Each article is assigned a Crossref DOI, facilitating academic positioning and citation.

13. Contact and Communication Channels