About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Reflexión Política is a scientific and academic journal that adheres to the open access philosophy. It seeks to promote and encourage research, reflection and dissemination of Political Science issues in Ibero-America as one of the purposes of Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga.

It publishes articles in Spanish, English and Portuguese pertaining to scientific research, review and reflection related to analyses of the challenges and debates in Political Science that enrich and offer new perspectives, particularly about public policies, peace studies, party and electoral systems, and international relations.

It is intended for researchers, teachers and members of the scientific community interested in the journal's topics.

The journal was published in print form from 1999 to 2017, but since 2018 it has been published in digital format only.

Registered in:

• The Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America and the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal (Red AL y C).
• The Online Regional Information System for Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal (LATINDEX)
• The Academic Search Premier database, EBSCO Publishing
• The bibliographic portal Dialnet
• The Bibliographic Database of Latin American Citations on Social Sciences and Humanities (CLASE)
• Indexed in the Sapiens Research Ranking
• The Hispanic American Periodical Index (HAPI)
• The bibliometric source of scientific productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean BIBLAT

Reflexión Política was indexed in the IBN Publindex (National BibliographicIndex) COLCIENCIAS CT+I Index (National Indexation System of SpecializedPublications on Science, Technology and Innovation) and according to Resolution 0146 de 2022 Por la cual se publica el listado de revistas clasificadas en la Convocatoria 910 de 2021 para indexación de revistas científicas colombianas especializadas - Publindex 2021 is recognized and classified in Category C.

This journal provides immediate free access to all its issues under the principle of free availability to the public of its research products, resulting in a greater exchange of knowledge and assisting in the construction of the global scientific community. Moreover, no fees are charged at any stage of the publication process, including the scientific review and layout process.

The published material may be distributed, copied and exhibited by third parties as long as appropriate credit is listed. No commercial benefit may be obtained from it, and any work derived from it must be under the same licensing terms as the original work.

This publication is under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Archive

This journal uses the Portico archival system, which is distributed among participating libraries and allows them to create permanent records of the journal for conservation and restoration purposes. 

 

Section policies

SECTION	OPEN SUBMISSIONS	INDEXED	PEER REVIEWS
Credits	X
Links	X
Editorial	X
Presentation	X
Dossier	X
Research	X	X	X
Articles	X	X	X
Review	X	X	X
Works by Featured Guest	X

 

Article Review and Decision-making Process

Stage 1. Reception of articles. Only articles submitted through the journal's official platform six months prior to the issue for which it is applying will be accepted.

Stage 2. Preliminary review. Initially the articles are submitted to a preliminary decision-making round by the Editorial Committee, to verify the paper's thematic relevance and fulfillment of academic and formal requirements. Once the editorial committee approves the article, the author must sign the declaration of originality in order to formally register the article. This stage takes no more than fifteen (15) days from the date on which the article is received.

Stage 3. Assignment of peer reviewers Reflexión Política ensures that a minimum of 70% of the peer reviewers are unrelated to the publisher's institution. Each manuscript shall be assigned two (2) peer reviewers who are specialists on the matter, with the double blind method Each peer reviewer receives a review form, the article in question and a conflict of interest statement form, ensuring author anonymity and indicating the return date. Peer reviewers have a maximum of thirty (30) calendar days to submit their decision.

Stage 4. Decision The decision may be: approved, approved with changes, or rejected. In the event of disagreement between the peer reviewers, a third reviewer may be assigned, or the article may be submitted to the editorial/scientific committee, to decide on publication of the article. The author of the article will only receive the opinion, recommendations and decision; the peer reviewer's personal and academic information is omitted.

Stage 5. Editing The author shall abide by the suggestions made by the arbitrators, and submit the revised article within the next eight (8) business days. The editorial team will review the article in its final version, and may request further adjustments if deemed necessary.

Stage 6. Publication. Articles that ultimately meet all the quality, relevance and innovation requirements of the review process are moved on to style editing, the layout process, and subsequently to digital publication.

 

Indications for the review

Reviewers shall take into account aspects such as:

• Topic novelty
• Relevance of the topic for Political Science
• The article's logical structure and consistency
• Consistency between the central theme and the methodology used
• Argumentative development of the text (argumentation, order and logic of the presentation).
• Relevant, up-to-date bibliography.

Reflexión Política ensures that a minimum of 70% of the peer reviewers are unrelated to the publisher's institution. The peer reviewer must complete the review within thirty (30) calendar days. However, the total review process may take between 1 and 3 months. The decision issued by the reviewers may be:

• Approved
• Approved with changes
• Not approved 

Authors must make the changes requested by the reviewers and Editorial Committee within the indicated time period. The Journal reserves the right to make the final decision regarding publication of the article and the issue in which it is included, which depends on meeting the documentation delivery deadlines.

Publication frequency

Reflexión Política is a biannual publication that presents its Editions in the months of June and December (last day of the month): (i) First number: January - June and, (ii) Second number: July - December.

Number	State	Date of publication in platform
47	Published	June 30, 2021
48	Published	December 31, 2021
49	Published	June 30, 2022
50	Call for submissions

 

Rate of rejection

Numbers	Paper received	Papers reviewed by peers	Papers rejected	Rejection rate
47	30	19	12	63,15%
48	19	13	5	38,46%
49	33	17	10	58,83%
50

 

Ethical Rules

Reflexión Política has established a Code of Ethics that promotes principles of good conduct for the dissemination of scientific knowledge on Political Science derived from systematic research processes. To that end, below is a description of the commitments on the part of the Journal's Editorial/Scientific Committee, Peer Reviewers and Authors. 

Part I: Commitments

Editorial/Scientific Committee

Group of recognized national and international experts with up-to-date scientific production whose function it is to guide the editorial policies and determine the topics and scope of the publication related to: 

• Positioning the journal Reflexión Política in terms of quality and the editorial process, thematic lines, dissemination, publication of unpublished material and the impact for the academic and scientific community.

• Disseminating the published articles among members of Research Groups to which they pertain, as well as on Political Science academic networks and related areas.
• Attend and actively participate in face-to-face and/or virtual conferences announced by the Journal Editor to make decisions related to the editorial policy, article selection and assigning peer reviewers.
• Ensure compliance of the article review process through the double blind method.
• Ensure compliance of the deadlines established by the Journal during the peer review process, which must not take more than 90 calendar days, aiming to keep the authors apprised of: (i) The reception of Articles, (ii) Analysis of originality, (iii) Review by the Editorial Committee upon receiving the article, (iv) Assign peer reviewers, (v) Evaluation by peer reviewers and; (vi) Communicate to authors.

• Detect and take corrective action in the event of any malpractice on the part of the authors, reviewers or members of the Editorial/Scientific Committee during the editorial process for article publication in the journal Reflexión Política.
• Receive and process any notices of requests, complaints, claims or comments related to articles published by the journal. Additionally, publish any corrections to documents published by the journal.
• Maintain the scientific production up to date in CvLAC, ResearchGate, ORCID, Google Scholar, and other databases and platforms in which the Journal is currently recognized.

Peer reviewers:

Group of outstanding national and international experts on thematic lines relevant to Political Science whose function is to conduct a critical evaluation of the documents submitted to the journal and issue an opinion and duly detailed recommendations about the documents in question.

To that end, they shall:

• Complete a review of the assigned document within 30 calendar days. In the event that the Reviewer is unable to complete the review in the time frames stipulated by the journal, he/she shall inform the Editor so that the review can be assigned to another Peer Reviewer.
• Maintain confidentiality of the document assigned for review, and refrain from showing it to third parties.
• Submit the completed review form with observations, comments and suggestions to be taken into consideration by the author.
• Maintain the scientific production up to date in CvLAC, ResearchGate, ORCID and Google Scholar.

Authors:

• Researchers, professors, post-graduate and doctoral students that submit articles derived from research projects to the journal on topics related to Political Science. The authors are required to:
• Submit an original, unpublished article, which has not be submitted to another magazine, unless it has been rejected during the Editorial Process.
• Comply with the guidelines for submitting articles for publication established by Reflexión Política in the Guidelines for Authors section.
• Provide timely responses to questions or concerns posed by the Editor or Peer Reviewers related to the originality and unpublished nature of the document.
• Take into consideration the observations and recommendations made by the Peer Reviewers for correction of the scientific articles.
• Submit to the Journal in a timely manner any information requested by the Editor and/or

Editorial Assistant during the editorial process.

• Maintain the scientific production up to date in CvLAC, ResearchGate, ORCID and Google Scholar.

Part II: Inappropriate conducts not tolerated by the authors

• Submit the document to more than one Journal.
• Plagiarism of information presented in the document, to which end the Journal will make use of the anti-plagiarism platform ithenticate.
• Refuse to make the adjustments recommended by the Peer Reviewers.
• Unjustified withdrawal of the document during the editorial process.

Consequently, if any of the aforementioned conducts are detected in the articles submitted to Reflexión Política, the Editorial/Scientific Committee shall review each particular case and apply any corrections deemed pertinent.

Requests, petitions, complaints and claims

The journal offers any interested party the option of submitting requests, complaints, claims and/or suggestions on topics within our purview through the following communication channels:

 Email: reflepol@unab.edu.co

Telephone No.: 6436111 ext. 293 or 497

Visit us in person or send requests in writing to: Av. 42 # 86 – 11, Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga, Institute of Political Studies, Library Building. Bucaramanga, Colombia.

 

Journal sponsors

Reflexión Política is funded by Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga and is open to access by the academic and scientific community. This Journal does not charge submission and publication fees.