About the Journal

• 1. Focus and scope

  Revista Logos Ciencia & Tecnología aims at disseminating and disclosing scientific research results from different disciplines on topics related to the Police (criminal investigation, intelligence, prevention, service management and support), its technological processes in local and international contexts, coexistence and security (public or private).

  Revista Logos Ciencia & Tecnología has an international scope and for the purpose of its diffusion and dissemination, it is registered in indexed systems, mainly on open access platforms.

  Each issue is published in an electronic version (ISSN 2422-4200) on the website https://revistalogos.policia.edu.co:8443/index.php/rlct

   

  2. Periodicity or frequency

  Revista Logos Ciencia & Tecnología is a quarterly publication. It is a journal of the Colombian National Police that began its circulation in 2009 and was published uninterruptedly as a semester until 2017 (it had a special edition in 2017). In 2018, it was published in quarterly series (January, April, July and October) and again as a four-monthly journal starting in 2019 (January-April, May-August, September-December).

  Special editions may be published on the basis of public calls for papers or the competition for thematically related works.

   

  3. Instructions for authors

   

  3.1. Rules for presentation of articles:

  3.1.1. Articles must be double-spaced. They should have a maximum of 10,000 words including references, abstracts and keywords. Source: Times New Roman, 12 points. Margins of 2.54 cm. All pages should be consecutively numbered, including the initial and the references.

  3.1.2. The text must be written in an academic language and must be accessible to audiences from different disciplines. It can be presented in Spanish, English or Portuguese. The articles sent, must, in their content, be formulated in third person, even when the author refers to his own authorship work.

  3.1.3. The references, textual quotations, figures and tables must be elaborated according to the norms of the American Psychological Association - APA (last version). Each quotation must be referenced indicating the source and the original page.

  3.1.4. Each article should have a title in which the content of the text is expressed in a maximum of 15 words in a clear, exact and concise manner. The title must be in Spanish, English and Portuguese.

  3.1.5. Structured summary of the article should not be longer than 200 words that quickly and accurately identifies the basic content of the article (objectives, methods, results and conclusions). The abstract should be in Spanish, English and Portuguese.

  3.1.6. The article must include key words no more than six, that give a brief idea of the content of the article. The key words should be in Spanish, English and Portuguese. The area descriptors in EconLit of the JEL classification for articles can be consulted on the web page https://www.aeaweb.org/econlit/jelCodes.php. For verification of keywords in the Thesaurus base, you can consult the web page http://databases.unesco.org/thesaurus/. If a word is not found, it should be made explicit by writing "Author's keywords".

  Note: Authors should ensure that both the abstract and the keywords provide the same information. Since keywords are the marks that search engines use to find articles on the Internet, it is recommended that you choose words that are not part of the title and that highlight the main aspects of the article. It is also recommended that you review the terms and hierarchies in the bibliographic listings (Thesaurus and JEL).

  3.1.7. Any abbreviation used in the article should be written in full the first time it is mentioned, followed by its corresponding abbreviation in parentheses.

  3.1.8. Mathematical notation. Equations or formulas must be aligned to the center with consecutive Arabic numbering enclosed in parentheses to the right. Also, they must have the respective subscripts, superscripts and Greek letters clearly specified.

  3.1.9. The tables and figures will follow the Arabic numbering and, if possible, use short and explanatory titles of the content presented. The term "Table" should be used for all tables and "Figure" for all graphs, photographs, illustrations or maps. When the article is sent, tables and figures in Excel or, failing that, in PDF must also be attached in separate files. If the article includes photographs, these must be supplied as independent files in JPG, TIFF or EPS, at least 300 PPI and at the final size in which they are to be published. The publication format of the journal that involves the content of the article is 11.5 ×18.5 cm and the total size of the pages is 17 × 24 cm. Tables and figures may be inside the article

  The tables and figures may be within the article or alternatively at the end of the article, provided that the location is specified in the article.

  3.1.10. Acknowledgements. Once the article is accepted by the Editorial Committee, authors should include a section called acknowledgements, after the conclusions and before the references. This section should contain the following information: if the research was funded by an institution, the source should be indicated and, if possible, information about the grant, contract, or project from which the resources came. If the research is not associated with any funding source, it should make explicit that it did not obtain institutional resources. In addition, and optionally, this section can include acknowledgements of evaluators or personal thanks, if the author(s) wishes.

3.2. Parameters for the citation

3.2.1. The article will follow the standard citation model developed by the American Psychological Association - APA, latest version, as follows:

- Books: Surname, initial letter(s) of the name(s) of the author(s) (Year). Title and subtitle. Publisher and DOI.

- Chapters in books: Last name, initial(s) of the name(s) of the author(s). (Year), chapter title (without quotes or italics), first name initial and last name of the editor(s), book title (in italics), chapter pages (in brackets), publisher and DOI.

- Journal articles: Surname, initial letter(s) of the name(s) of the author(s). (Year). Title of the article. Publication information: name of the journal (in italics), volume number, issue number, page number(s) and DOI.

- Newspaper articles: Surname, initial letter(s) of the author(s)' name. (Year, date of publication). Title of the article. Journal name (in italics), date of publication, page number(s).

- Internet publications: Surname, initial letter(s) of the author(s)' name. Name of the publication. Address (URL) of the publication. Date of consultation.

When an author is cited in the article, the style of the reference will generally be as follows: Surname (year) when the author's surname is part of the narrative, example: Robinson (2015); (Surname, year) when the surname and date of publication are not part of the writing of the article, example: (Robinson, 2015); if there is more than one article per author for the same year, it will be cited with a letter in sequence followed by the year, example (Robinson, 2015a, Robinson, 2015b, etc.)

3.2.3. In the reference list, all the references cited in the article should be included and all of them should be cited in the article. These must be issued by authorized sources such as prestigious organizations recognized by national or international bodies; national or international scientific journals that allow the data of the articles to be consulted through the Internet, in databases or directly on the site of the scientific journal itself; or books and other documents that offer elements that identify the authors or editors responsible for the content used. Whenever possible, URLs are provided for references.

3.2.4. The references will be updated. Their number may not exceed sixty quotations.

3.2.5. References will be listed at the end of the article in alphabetical order. All citations should appear in the reference list and all of them should be cited in the article.

3.2.6. Legal references will be included after the reference list.

3.2.7. Any doubt about citation should be cleared up by going directly to the rules of the American Psychological Association - APA, (last version).

Note: The articles of the Rev. Revista Logos Ciencia & Tecnología have a DOI identification number, which, according to international editorial policies, must be cited by the authors who use the contents.

3.3. Evaluation

The review process will be double-blind and will have the support of at least two independent expert reviewers selected for this purpose. Once the review process has been carried out by academic peers, the Editorial Committee, through the editor, will communicate the pertinent observations to the author, at the point of his article, so that he can make the corresponding adjustments if selected. In the event that the article is rejected, or that the Committee decides not to publish it, said decision will also be communicated to the author, who will have no claim to any of the journal's authorities.

In all sections of the journal, preference will be given to articles that are particularly relevant to contributing to the development of the police, achieving equity, competitiveness, contributing to coexistence, citizen security, post-conflict, innovation and quality of police services in different contexts.

Note: Sending articles to the Editorial Committee of the Revista Logos Ciencia & Tecnología does not bind or oblige the Committee to publish the related works by the authors. The estimated time for review and acceptance processes of articles is between two and six months; if the time of reception of the article and its acceptance exceeds six months, according to the quality and evaluation made by peers, it will be considered for publication in a later issue.

3.4. Assignment of Publication Rights

The submission of articles implies that the authors authorize the publishing institution to publish them in electronic version and/or on web pages and to host them in national and international databases. In addition, a letter of declaration of originality signed by the authors or owners of the accepted articles will be required, where they authorize the use of the economic rights of the author (reproduction, public communication, transformation and distribution) to the National Police of Colombia, to include their article in the Rev. The authors of accepted articles must fill out the form for authorization of use of intellectual property rights.

All co-authors must also sign it in a copy. The authorization includes the format or material support, and extends to the use in optical, magnetic, electronic, network, data messages of the respective copy or number of the publication. The scope of this authorization allows the incorporation of titles, authors, abstracts, keywords and the full texts of articles in national or international databases or electronic pages of serial publications.

When the author(s) submit(s) an article for consideration by the Editorial Committee, they accept that: a. a. In consideration of the inclusion of their document in the Journal and/or on web pages, each author or co-author will receive one (1) magnetic copy of the respective edition. b. They will not submit the same document for publication in other journals until they obtain a response from the Editorial Committee. c. A declaration of originality signed by the author(s) of the article will be requested.

3.5. Sending the Articles

Authors who wish to submit papers should send an anonymous version of their paper, in Word format, to https://revistalogos.policia.edu.co:8443/index.php/rlct

However, to ensure submission, authors should send the article, author information, copyright assignment format and originality to dinae.logosct@policia.gov.co

When sending articles to the journal's editorial manager, authors should at least fill in their full name, the institution to which they belong, the last academic degree obtained, the ORCID and their institutional e-mail address.

Articles are received throughout the year. According to the period of receipt of articles, external peer review and publication, concepts or status of the article are sent between two and six months from the date of receipt of the article.

Note: Authors should ensure that the email account (or server) used to communicate with Revista Logos Ciencia & Tecnología does not send unwanted messages (spam) or block messages sent by the OJS editorial system.

3.5.1. Authorship criteria. The name and surname of each author should be indicated in order of priority (the number should be justified by the subject, its complexity and its length). Collaborations should not be included as authors, such as support staff or surveyors.

3.5.2. Identification annex. In a separate file to the article, the information corresponding to the title, the name(s) of the author(s), the affiliation or institution to which he/she belongs or his/her position, last professional title, complete mailing address and e-mail address will be sent. You must also include the Open Researcher and Contributor ID - ORCID and the link to Google Scholar. This information that identifies the author must be included in a footer without following the consecutive numbering of these, but with an asterisk (*). The e-mail address is used for correspondence and proofreading purposes. It should also record information regarding type and number of identity document, place and date of birth, and academic background.

Note: The responsibility for the content of the articles lies solely with their authors. When an article is submitted for possible publication, it is understood that it was not published nor is it being considered by another journal or editorial body. All articles submitted for publication must be original and unpublished.

3.5.3. Detection of plagiarism Revista Logos Ciencia & Tecnología submits all articles received in its calls for papers to a plagiarism detection tool. When total or partial plagiarism is detected (without the corresponding citation), the article is not sent for evaluation and the authors are notified of the reason for rejection.

4. Target audience.

Revista Logos Ciencia & Tecnología is addressed to the national and international academic and scientific community interested in the topics of police, coexistence and security.

5. Evaluation process.

The articles sent by the authors that comply with the publication norms according to the review of the editorial committee will be presented to peer evaluators, at least 70% of whom will be external to the publishing entity or do not belong to the scientific or editorial committees.

The evaluation methodology follows the principle of double-blind peer review, maintaining special care with the ethical standards established for this type of publication and avoiding conflicts of interest.

First, the editor will immediately acknowledge the authors who submit their articles and then inform them of their acceptance or rejection. The editor reserves the right to reject articles he or she deems inappropriate for publication. Each article received for eventual publication is preliminarily reviewed according to the objectives and Editorial Policy of Revista Logos Ciencia & Tecnología, the minimum standards of academic quality, originality and according to the requirements defined in guidelines for authors. The editor or section editor reviews whether it meets the basic requirements (standards of citation and formal presentation), as well as its relevance for inclusion in a publication (title, identifiers, objective, theoretical framework, methodology, results, conclusions and references) or plagiarism.

Subsequently, the articles that pass this first filter are submitted to an arbitration process in charge of at least two anonymous national or international evaluators, and to the concept of the Editorial Committee. During the evaluation, both the names of the authors and the evaluators remain anonymous, and the results of the evaluation are reported within two to six months; if this time is exceeded, the Rev.

In all cases, the Editorial Committee will consider the value of the proposed works for the development of science and technology, which have greater implications in Colombian and world society, regardless of the national or foreign origin of the authors or their membership in one or another organization.

During the evaluation, both the names of the authors and the evaluators remain anonymous. The final decision to publish or reject the articles is made by the Editorial Committee, according to the reports presented by the evaluators; this decision is communicated to the author by means of a written concept issued by the Editor of Revista Logos Ciencia & Tecnología (approved, approved with modifications, important or rejected).

5.1. Indications for the peer review

Manuscripts will be anonymously reviewed by at least two (2) experts (referees), with sufficient knowledge of the object of study and/or methodology employed. Peers will use the forms to review the articles according to the section. When they finish the review of the article, they will communicate the result of the review to the section editor(s) and Editorial Committee. In all cases, they must complete the forms. The essential criteria that are evaluated for the publication of an article are:

- Correspondence with the profile of interest of the publication and its readers.

- Originality, opportunity, novelty or validity of the proposed study.

 - Relevance to the research or practice in the field.

- Methodological quality and content of the work. Conclusions based on the results and objectives.

 - Compliance with ethical standards.

- Quality of the presentation (structure and writing).

 - Adequacy, timeliness, value and presentation of the references.

 - Fulfillment of the instructions for the presentation of the work.

5.2. Authors should make the adjustments requested by the evaluators and the Editorial Committee within the deadline. Revista Logos Ciencia & Tecnología reserves the last word on the publication of the articles and the number in which they are included, which depends on the fulfillment in the delivery of the requested documentation.

5.3. During the editing process, authors can be consulted to resolve existing concerns. However, Revista Logos Ciencia & Tecnología reserves the right to make minor style corrections. In the evaluation and editing process, the publication's editorial manager is the privileged means of communication with the authors.

5.4. Before publication, the authors will be notified by e-mail so that they can review the content and inform the support team or the editor, as soon as possible, if there are any errors in their text.

5.5. The final decision to publish or reject the articles is notified by means of a written concept issued by the editor. Once each issue is published, the authors of the papers in it will receive electronic information of the publication.

5.6. Proofs and additional copies. Once the article is approved for publication, the proofs will be sent to the author for the corresponding style correction. When the Journal enters into circulation, each author and co-author will receive via e-mail the file on magnetic media of the article.

6. Conflicts of interest, specific rules of research ethics, confidentiality and plagiarism

6.1 Conflict of Interest

6.1.1. Open access. It is a journal with an open access policy and free for the scientific community. It does not charge for sending articles or for reading them. Revista Logos Ciencia & Tecnología provides immediate open access to its content, based on the principle that offering the public free access to research helps to increase global knowledge exchange.

6.1.2. Sponsors. Revista Logos Ciencia & Tecnología is funded by the Colombian National Police.

6.1.2. Advertising. Revista Logos Ciencia & Tecnología does not contain or accept advertising materials, is not responsible for the opinions or criteria of the authors, neither it accept works that have been previously published or are under the consideration of the Editorial Board of another national or foreign journal.

6.1.3. Fees. Revista Logos Ciencia & Tecnología is an open access scientific journal that offers all its production in open access for the scientific community. Likewise, it does not establish any economic fee during the entire editorial process for the publication of articles, including scientific review and layout.

6.1.4. Copyright notice. The authors transfer the copyright to the journal, so that copies and distribution of the contents can be made by any means, as long as the recognition of the authors is maintained, no commercial use is made of the works and no modifications are made.

6.1.5. Financing of the articles If the article received funding from any institution, the author(s) should indicate the source and, if possible, information regarding the grant, contract or project from which the resources came. If the research is not associated with any funding source, it should be made explicit that it did not obtain institutional resources.

6.1.6. Revista Logos Ciencia & Tecnología follows the ethical precepts in academic work accepted internationally by the Committee on Publication Ethics - COPE, which do not admit the presence of undeclared conflicts of interest, plagiarism, scientific fraud, simultaneous submission of documents to several publications, or problems of non-conforming authorship.

6.1.7. In cases of conflict of interest, when the author or evaluator identifies the existence of any conflict of interest, he/she must inform the Journal in a timely manner to analyze, verify, and resolve the situation. If the editor is an author (Publindex policy), a third person "section editor" or director is delegated. The Editorial Committee will not review any article in which it is identified that there is a conflict of interest until it is resolved. If the conflict of interest cannot be resolved, the article will be removed from the editorial process.

6.2. Ethical standards.

Revista Logos Ciencia & Tecnología adheres to the policies of transparency, ethics, and integrity of the Colombian National Police, the code of conduct and best practice guidelines for journal editors developed by COPE, and the San Francisco Declaration on Research Evaluation - DORA (2012). As a basic principle, it submits the published originals to a process of opinion by academic peers.

Revista Logos Ciencia & Tecnología publishes experimental or quasi-experimental studies on human beings or studies that link children or vulnerable populations only if these studies are approved by the competent regulatory bodies at national or international level.

In order to guarantee international standards of ethics for scientific publications, the National Police has an Ethics and Bioethics Committee.

Erratum. In case a significant error is found in the publication, the corresponding author, together with the Editorial Committee, must publish an erratum in the next issue of the Journal, or, according to the situation, consider withdrawing the article.

Revista Logos Ciencia & Tecnología will always be willing to amend errors, provide clarifications and retractions, and issue apologies when necessary. There is no reason to allow any ethical and/or intellectual standards to be compromised by internal or external pressure on the publication. To avoid plagiarism and fraudulent data, translations of documents or transcriptions of any article are not allowed, neither for short papers or papers that are still in the process of research.

6.2.1. Ethical standards for authors

The author must guarantee that all the citations presented in his/her article have the respective academic credit.  

Authors must guarantee that the information in their article is truthful and contains all the evidence that supports the data and analysis presented. In addition, all those who make significant contributions should be listed as authors.

The authors must sign the declaration of originality in which they also certify that all the information is duly cited.

The authors must declare that the article was not published in another journal or in any other media. This article must not infringe on copyright or intellectual property rights with any person or entity.

Revista Logos Ciencia & Tecnología reserves the right to directly reject the article, without the need to consult third parties, for reasons of relevance of the subject, scientific quality or particular editorial interest.

Revista Logos Ciencia & Tecnología expects authors to comply with these standards.

6.2.2. Ethical standards for publishers.

It is the publisher's responsibility, in addition to complying with all parameters, to audit the obligations, rights and duties of the various members and participants of the Revista Logos Ciencia & Tecnología.

6.2.3. Ethical standards of the Editorial Committee.

The Editorial Committee is committed to maintaining the anonymity, affiliation and identity of the authors and evaluators.

The Scientific Committee and the Editorial Board are in charge of accepting the articles that will be published, according to the editorial parameters of Revista Logos Ciencia & Tecnología and the concept of peer reviewers, as well as ensuring the quality and transparency of the editorial process. Revista Logos Ciencia & Tecnología´s Ethics Committee will decide any ethical conflict.

6.2.3. Ethical standards for evaluators

All the evaluators are committed to keep absolute confidentiality about the information contained in the procedures and contents sent by the Journal. They must refrain from disclosing or publishing information about the articles that they have agreed to evaluate, neither, they are allowed to use the information on any other than that requested by the Journal.

The duty of confidentiality will not cease with the completion of the evaluation process. The work can only be cited once it has been published, with the due use of the rules for citation. The evaluators, once they indicate their willingness and are qualified to carry out the evaluation process, commit themselves to issuing objective, respectful concepts with due academic support.

6.3. Privacy Statement

6.3.1. Personal data. Revista Logos Ciencia & Tecnología declares that the personal data registered (names, identification and addresses), are of exclusive use for publication and indexation processes and will not be made public nor will their use by third parties be allowed. Authors must meet the criteria for authorship and the journal will request that the metadata for authors and the declaration of conflict of interest be filled out. All material sent through the Journal's OJS system or via email will only be used with the express consent of the authors.

6.3.2. Revista Logos Ciencia & Tecnología reserves the right to introduce style modifications or to limit the texts that require it, with the commitment to respect the original content.

6.3.3. License. The accepted manuscripts remain the property of Revista Logos Ciencia & Tecnología. However, as Revista Logos Ciencia & Tecnología adheres to the open access policy of scientific publication, it allows their copying and distribution as long as they are acknowledged by their authors. Thus, it maintains a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. International License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

6.3.4. Archiving. Digital preservation follows guidelines for the preservation of digital heritage developed by UNESCO. The Journal uses the LOCKSS network to create an archiving system distributed among collaborating libraries, allowing them to create permanent archives for conservation and restoration purposes https://www.lockss.org/

6.4. Plagiarism detection policy

6.4.1. Anti-plagiarism tools.

Each article submitted to Revista Logos Ciencia & Tecnología will be reviewed through software tools to verify the originality of the article, i.e., that it has not been published previously or that it does not infringe on copyright.

6.4.2. Journal policies in case of plagiarism

In the event that a bad practice is detected, the Ethics Committee will keep in mind the code of conduct and the best practice guidelines for journal editors prepared by COPE, which can be found at http://publicationethics.org/files/Code_of_conduct_for_journal_editors_Mar11.pdf; http://www.popcouncil.org/Frontiers/ScienceWriting/Spanish/PDFS_Spanish/12_4.pdf

If plagiarism is identified in an article, it will be removed from the editorial process, and a copy will be certified to the corresponding entity so that the relevant process can be carried out.