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Articles

Research, review, and reflection manuscripts are recommended to be 6,000 to 9,000 words in length, including references. Formatting and style guidelines are described in the Article Preparation Template.

Research Article

This type of document details the original results of research. It should clearly present the research problem and related previous work published in the recent scientific literature. Furthermore, it should rigorously and comprehensively describe the proposed experimental methods and results that demonstrate the work's contribution to the journal's stated areas. The article should also discuss the advantages and disadvantages of these methods in contrast to the state of the art and provide a conclusions section that addresses the stated objectives and is derived from the manuscript's content. See the Article Preparation Template.

Review Article

This document is the result of research that analyzes, systematizes, and integrates the results of published or unpublished research on a field in science or technology. The objective is to report on the advances and development trends in the area in question. It is characterized by presenting a comprehensive literature review of at least 50 references.

Reflective Article

This type of document presents research results from an analytical, interpretive, or critical perspective of the author on a specific topic. It is based on original scientific sources.
Body of the article:
Introduction: a) The main theme, in which the topic or object of analysis is introduced. b) Diverse perspectives, that is, the most typical or important approaches to the topic. c) Author's stance: This represents the position adopted by the writer regarding the topic, and in this section, the specific objectives that will be addressed in the text are presented.
Reflection: In this section, all the ideas, arguments, and reflections are presented coherently. It is common to use subheadings to ensure clarity in the argumentation and to properly sequence the author's persuasive purpose.
Conclusion: The final conclusion of the text reinforces previous reflections to persuade.

 

Citation

Ensure that the bibliographic references present in the article are updated (last five years) and that they correspond to journal articles with high impact (WoS and Scopus).

Copyright

Authors must declare by means of a signed letter or acceptance of terms in the journal's submission platform, that the manuscript submitted is original and unpublished and that it has not been published or submitted for publication in any previous format or medium. If approved for publication, the authors grant CORPORACIÓN UNIVERSITARIA ADVENTISTA the rights of reproduction, public communication, distribution and transformation free of charge, without limitations as to the number of copies, formats and means of publication. However, as provided by law, the author(s) retain(s) their moral rights.

The authors must also guarantee that they will indemnify Corporación Universitaria Advensita against any claim related to the patrimonial rights of the author of the article and will defend the institution against any requirement. This defense includes the payment of legal fees and any other fees related to the legal process.

In accordance with the editorial policies, the Corporación Universitaria Adventista authorizes the self-archiving or deposit of the article in its post-print version in personal web pages and institutional or thematic repositories at the moment of acceptance of the work.

Articles published between 2008 and 2017 did not include a formal Creative Commons license statement. From 2018 onwards, all articles published in UNACIENCIA have been licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license that allows others to:

  • Acknowledgment: You must appropriately acknowledge the authorization, provide a link to the license, and indicate if any changes have been made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in a manner that suggests that you are supported by the license.
  • NonCommercial: you may not use the material for a commercial purpose.
  • NoDerivatives: If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.

In accordance with the provisions of Agreement 001 of 2009 (UNAC Intellectual Property Statute), Article 6 "The ideas expressed in the works or research published or disseminated by UNAC, or expressed by its teachers, employees, third parties or students, are the sole responsibility of their authors and do not compromise the official thinking of the institution".