INDEX
1. Editorial Process for Manuscript Evaluation and Dissemination Plan
2. Style Manual
    2.1. Template
    2.2. Manuscript Requirements
3. Copyright
4. Declaration of Originality (Annex 1)
    4.1. Contributions of Each Author
    4.2. Author's Affiliation
    4.3. Conflict of Interest
    4.4. Standardization of Author's Signature or Pen Name
5. Digital Document Preservation Policy

 

1. EDITORIAL PROCESS FOR MANUSCRIPT EVALUATION AND DISSEMINATION PLAN

The Peruvian Journal of Management (PJM) has a three-phase manuscript evaluation process. Additionally, there is a fourth phase for the dissemination of the published document, as described in Fig. 1.

Figure 1. Editorial Process for Manuscript Evaluation

 

*Continuous publication will start with the second issue.

First Phase: Internal Evaluation

The editorial team makes the initial screening (Fig. 1). In other words, they ensure that it complies with the author's guidelines and assign an editor to manage the manuscript. Subsequently, the editor's filter is applied, where the quality of the document's content is evaluated, ensuring adherence to best practices, research ethics, and author guidelines. If the article does not meet the criteria established in this phase, the editors could reject it and the authors will be informed of the decision made.

The processing time for this phase by the editors will be approximately 15 business days. In case of a high volume of submissions to the journal, the maximum response time for this first phase will be one month. If necessary, the editor will return the manuscript to the author to address some initial observations. The author must address these observations and return the manuscript to the journal within a maximum period of 10 business days.

Second Phase: External Evaluation

If the manuscript successfully passes the first phase, it will proceed to the double-blind peer review. The document will be sent to at least two expert researchers in the corresponding field of knowledge, who will provide a detailed assessment of the reasons for their decision, whether positive or negative. The aim here is to ensure maximum objectivity in the article selection process. In cases where there is a discrepancy in the reviewers' assessments, and when it’s necessary, the editor will request a third reviewer for the final judgment. If not, the editorial committee will make the decision.

Segunda Fase

Reviewer's Report Reviewers submit their observations and comments using the form provided on the website (link). Subsequently, the editor in charge of the manuscript will send the observations and comments to the authors along with the corresponding verdict. Addressing reviewer comments After receiving the reviewers' verdict, the editor in charge of the article will communicate the reviewer’s comments and the status of the article to the authors. If the article requires modifications, the authors must address the observations within a maximum period of 15 calendar days. Authors can use the available templates (Template 1) (Template 2) as a guide to respond to the reviewer’s comments through the editor. Revision of the parts indicated by the reviewers. After the peer-review process, the authors have 15 days to address the reviewers' comments. The editors will then make a final decision on whether to accept the article. If the article is accepted, it will move on to the third phase. However, if necessary, the article may undergo a second round of revision before final editing.

Third phase: Layout and design.

The final decision on acceptance is communicated to the corresponding author of the manuscript. In addition, each published article will include its dates of receipt, approval, and publication. After the necessary corrections are made in the layout and design process, the article will be published in the continuous publication mode with its respective DOI (starting from the second issue). This will allow the document to reach a wide audience immediately and generate greater visibility for the research.

Fourth phase: Dissemination of the article

The PJM is committed to the dissemination of science, which is why it has a dissemination plan that seeks to provide published articles with maximum exposure, dissemination, and visibility of the research. This plan includes the following characteristics:

1. Open access diamond: The journal provides open access to the full text for everyone.
2. Social media: The DOI of the article, abstracts, findings, and relevant results are shared across various social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, X, LinkedIn, ResearchGate, among others. This approach will broaden the exposure of research and encourage online discussions, thus creating a larger scientific community. Authors are encouraged to set up their Orcid so that their article is automatically visible on their profile. Additionally, sharing the published article on their networks is suggested to generate discussions within their community about the main findings.
3. Institutional email announcements and newsletters: Announcements and newsletters are generated via institutional email to promote PJM publications. This strategy will allow for greater visibility and reach of publications to undergraduate and graduate students, both within the university and in other organizations.
4. Use of altmetrics (alternative metrics):The journal uses altmetrics to measure the impact of documents on the social networks and web through PlumX and Altmetric.com with the benefits provided by the article's DOI.

2. STYLE MANUAL 

Please note that when submitting your manuscript, you must attach it using the journal's specified template. This Word document must be anonymized. Additionally, you must include Annex 1 and the original files used to generate the tables or graphs present in the article. For example, if the tables or figures were created in Excel, you must attach the corresponding Excel file.

2.1 TEMPLATE

Template with the format and style of the article [Template]

Articles that have a quantitative approach must use the following template [Quantitative article]

2.2 MANUSCRIPT REQUIREMENTS 

Authors are requested to prepare their articles before submission using the following guide:

Format	Manuscripts must be submitted using the anonymized Word format template. You can follow the instructions in the following video to prepare your manuscript: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASV1viaNq1Q
Length of the article	Original articles must have a minimum of 4500 words and a maximum of 7500, not including references. Reviews must have a minimum of 5000 words and a maximum of 8500, not including references. For articles oriented to the area of law or taxation, documents of up to 13000 words will be accepted, excluding references.
Title of the article	The title of the manuscript must not exceed 120 characters. Authors are encouraged to use concise and eye-catching titles that capture the attention of readers. The title must be in both Spanish and English.
Author details	The names of all contributors must appear in the correct order for publication, along with each author's respective ORCID. In addition, the corresponding author must be clearly indicated (Annex 1).
Structured abstract	The abstract must be a maximum of 250 words and should have the following structure: Objectives: Clearly describe the general objective or specific objectives of the research. Methodology/Design: Provide a detailed explanation of the study design and methodology. If the PRISMA methodology is used, the corresponding flowchart must be included in the manuscript. Results: This is the most relevant part and should address the research question or general objective. Originality/Value: Highlight the value of the obtained results and their significance in the corresponding research area. Practical Implications (optional) Social Implications (optional) They should be in both Spanish and English.
Tables and Figures	Figures and tables should provide additional, non-redundant information from the text. The total number of elements, including tables and/or figures, must not exceed 10 and should not exceed one page in vertical format. The configuration of tables and figures must follow the APA 7th edition format." Tables: If it contains decimal numbers, you can consider between one and four digits after the decimal point. Tables should be in editable text formats and not as images or screenshots. Images and Figures: Figures must be in png or jpg format with a resolution of at least 300 dpi. Please note that the original documents in which the graphs and tables were created must be attached. Their proportion in terms of width and height should be considered. If there are graphs in the two- or three-dimensional system, the names of their axes should be clearly presented. They must be submitted in their original creation formats. To facilitate peer review, authors are requested to place tables and figures in the corresponding sequence within the text, rather than placing them at the end.
Text	Text size 10, single spacing (1), justified text alignment, and Sitka Display font (Template).
Keywords	Authors are encouraged to include 5 to 10 keywords in both Spanish and English to help readers find their article through information searches. Selecting relevant keywords can be facilitated by referring to similar articles or considering suggestions from reviewers aiming to enhance the article's visibility.
Document typology	The journal accepts original articles and review articles. Original articles include: quantitative, qualitative, bibliometric, business law, or taxation approach. For more information refer to "Types of manuscripts" (link)
Citations and References	Rigorously review the final references and only include those that have been cited in the text. The journal uses the APA 7th edition citation style. References should include active links (https) to facilitate the reading of the documents. For example: Vargas Castillo, J., Cuellar Ascencio, D., Mendoza Francia, A. y Saavedra Chumpitaz, A. (Comps.). (2020). Citas y referencias: citar vs. plagiar. Recomendaciones y aspectos básicos del estilo APA. http://repositorio.ulima.edu.pe/handle/ulima/3829 To cite a dataset or open data To cite preprints
Languages	Manuscripts are accepted in Spanish or English. With title, abstract and keywords in Spanish and English. The texts in Spanish (title, abstract and keywords) have been written or verified by an official translator or a person expert in this language.

 

3. COPYRIGHT

All published works are subject to a Creative Commons BY 4.0 license. This license allows sharing the material in any medium or format, as well as adapting, transforming, and building upon the material for any purpose. Both possibilities are only allowed to the extent that the attribution condition is met. This condition requires giving appropriate credit to both the author and the journal, providing a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. This can be done in any reasonable manner, but not in a way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use of the material.

Property Rights:

The Creative Commons BY 4.0 license allows authors to retain the patrimonial rights of their work without restrictions. If any work published by the PJM journal is distributed, disseminated, or any other action contemplated in the license, the author or authors and the journal must be mentioned in a visible and explicit manner.

For more information, please visit (link).

Self-archiving:

PJM encourages authors to promote articles published in the journal on their academic and social networks and in institutional repositories after the final version of the article has been published in the journal. This is allowed as long as bibliographic information is provided that accredits its publication in the journal.

4. DECLARATION OF ORIGINALITY (ANNEX 1) 

Since the journal will only accept original and unpublished research, authors must sign and submit Annex 1, which includes an affidavit of the originality of the article, authorization for publication, and consigns the information of the authors and any conflicts of interest. It will also specify the contributions of each author according to the CRediT guidelines.

Having knowledge of the aforementioned, you can proceed to download the form in the following link (Annex 1) and complete it.

4.1 CONTRIBUTIONS OF EACH AUTHOR 

The PJM journal adheres to the guidelines established by CRediT on the taxonomy for authorship attribution.

According to CRediT guidelines, authors should explicitly declare the contribution of each one in the manuscript. It is important to emphasize that, regardless of contribution and the recording system, all authors are equally responsible for the article.

This taxonomy provides a standardized framework for acknowledging individual contributions in research, aiming to achieve accurate authorship recognition and maintain transparency and collaboration in research. The established roles are:

1. Conceptualization: Ideas; formulation or evolution of overarching research goals and aims.
2. Methodology: Development or design of methodology; creation of models.
3. Software: Programming, software development; designing computer programs; implementation of the computer code and supporting algorithms; testing of existing code components.
4. Validation:Verification, whether as a part of the activity or separate, of the overall replication/reproducibility of results/experiments and other research outputs.
5. Formal analysis: Application of statistical, mathematical, computational, or other formal techniques to analyse or synthesize study data.
6. Investigation:Conducting a research and investigation process, specifically performing the experiments, or data/evidence collection.
7. Resources: Provision of study materials, reagents, materials, patients, laboratory samples, animals, instrumentation, computing resources, or other analysis tools.
8. Data curation: Management activities to annotate (produce metadata), scrub data and maintain research data (including software code, where it is necessary for interpreting the data itself) for initial use and later re-use.
9. Writing – original draft:Preparation, creation and/or presentation of the published work, specifically writing the initial draft (including substantive translation).
10. Writing – review & editing: Preparation, creation and/or presentation of the published work by those from the original research group, specifically critical review, commentary or revision – including pre- or post-publication stages.
11. Visualization: Preparation, creation and/or presentation of the published work, specifically visualization/data presentation.
12. Supervision: Oversight and leadership responsibility for the research activity planning and execution, including mentorship external to the core team.
13. Project administration: Management and coordination responsibility for the research activity planning and execution.
14. Funding acquisition: Acquisition of the financial support for the project leading to this publication.
    

4.2 AUTHOR'S AFFILIATION 

Authors are required to declare their institutional affiliation, including the city and country. Whenever necessary, it is possible for authors to have more than one institutional affiliation.

The affiliation in any article must represent the institution or institutions in which the research was presented, conducted, supported and/or approved. Additionally, authors should consider the affiliation policy or contractual obligations of their institution(s) before submitting their articles. For authors affiliated with universities, they must provide the academic unit, school or department, and finally the normalized name of the institution, city and country. If the authors are affiliated with companies, the name of the department, division or section should be indicated first, followed by the name of the company, city and country. Academic titles or positions held by the authors should not be included.

4.3 CONFLICT OF INTEREST 

Authors must declare any real or potential conflict of interest that they may have. This information should be provided in Annex 1 (declaration of originality, publication authorization, conflict of interest, and authors' contributions).

For more information, you can review the code of ethics at the following link. The journal will take the necessary measures in case of suspicion or confirmation that the authors have made a false declaration.

4.4 STANDARDIZATION OF AUTHOR'S SIGNATURE OR PEN NAME

Authors are requested to sign with their normalized author name accompanied by their ORCID identifier. This is in order to standardize their scientific signature and maximize their visibility. Some considerations:

• Do not treat it as a superficial matter, as it will generate a unique bibliographic identity.
• It does not have to be the exact or complete name of an author.
• The signature must be identifiable and avoid any possibility of homonymy.
• The author's signature should last throughout the research career.

You can follow additional suggestions in the following link

 

5. DIGITAL DOCUMENT PRESERVATION POLICY

The journal's content is stored on the Universidad de Lima's servers, where periodic backups are made to keep it safe. This way, the journal ensures the preservation and availability of its content for future generations. Additionally, the journal uses LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe), a program developed by the Stanford University Library that offers open-source technologies and services for secure and reliable digital preservation. This ensures the preservation and availability of its content.

 

6. BIBLIOGRAPHY

Cambridge University Press (2021). Author Affiliations FAQs. https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/authors/journals/author-affiliations#1a

Cambridge University Press (2021). Publishing Ethics: Academic Research. https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-file-manager/file/5b44807ace5b3fca0954531e/CUP-Research-Publishing-Ethics-Guidelines-2019.pdf

Redalyc (s.f.). Normas de Colaboración. https://www.redalyc.org/redalyc/media/normas/normcol2913.html

 

 

 

 

Last Update: April 1^st, 2024