Editorial Cost
- Maintaining and managing a scientific journal entails essential operating costs to guarantee its editorial quality, continuity, and visibility in the academic community. These costs include editorial fees, which cover the journal's operating expenses, and outsourced services essential to its operation. These fees are meticulously calculated to include hosting of electronic journals (Domain and Hosting), technical updating of the OJS (Open Journal Systems) web portal, expenses for assigning digital object identifiers (DOI), layout and design of texts (PDF, HTML, ePub, and XML), as well as other critical elements in academic dissemination (indexing services), and verification of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in manuscripts. These funds also support the issuance of certifications and the implementation of advanced tools for verifying the originality of published content.
- In line with the open access model and following the Golden Route, established in the Budapest Declaration during the World Conference on Science for the 21st Century (organized by UNESCO-ICSU, from June 26 to July 1, 1999), RTED implements a cost-based editorial scheme to cover the operational costs of the publication. Under this approach, the expenses associated with the production, editing, and dissemination of open-access scientific articles are covered by a contribution for processing and editing articles, guaranteeing the sustainability of the editorial process and the free availability of knowledge for the global community.
- This contribution applies to all collaborators, whether academic, administrative, teaching, students, or researchers. Its value varies depending on the number of authors, with a maximum allowed of six (6) authors per article. To know the specific details about the cost, those interested are invited to consult the following table:
- Editorial Cost Structure according to the number of Authors:
| Number of authors | Price |
|---|---|
| 1 Author | 99.99 USD |
| 2 Authors | 129.99 USD |
| 3 Authors | 169.99 USD |
| 4 Authors | 199.99 USD |
| 5 Authors | 269.99 USD |
| 6 Authors | 329.99 USD |
* Includes Arbitration: typographical correction, style, layout, and data conservation in the LOCKSS, DOI system, Layout and design of texts (PDF, HTML, ePub, and XML Jats).
- It is important to note that RTED does not offer financial compensation to those who contribute to its publications. Once the article has been evaluated and confirmed that it meets all the requirements established in the Guidelines for Authors, an email will be sent with instructions for making the corresponding payment. For additional questions, the editorial committee is available via email: [email protected].
– Orthographic Correction:
- Transpositions or omissions of characters.
- Inappropriate or inconsistent use of quotation marks.
- Syntactic and grammatical errors.
- Accentuation errors in using abbreviations and symbols or writing figures and magnitudes.
- Incorrect application of capital letters, italics, bold, abbreviation, superscript, and subscript.
- Punctuation failures (ellipses, dialogue scripts, subsections, etc.).
- Incorrect targets (spacing, indentations ...) and alignment errors. Provision (paragraph followed or separated) and incorrect citations.
– Style Correction:
- Ensure correct use of tenses.
- Repair gaps (add missing terms and delete unnecessary ones).
- Eliminate errors and vocabulary inaccuracies.
- Adapt the text to the template proposed by the editorial.
– Data Conservation:
Technological-Educational Journal Docentes 2.0 (TEDJ) uses the LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) system to create a distributed storage system among participating libraries and allows the creation of permanent archives in the journal for preservation and restoration purposes.
– DOI (Digital Object Identifier):
A DOI (Digital Object Identifier) is a way to identify a digital object (e.g., an electronic article in a journal or a chapter in an electronic book...) regardless of its URL so that if it changes, the object remains the same ID. In addition, DOI technology links academic references. TEJD is a member of Crossref, which provides a stable source of information about the digital objects generated by the magazine.
– Layout:
RTED refers to layout as the presentation of the article to the public in the following formats: PDF, HTML, XML, and ePub, since the first image is the one that counts in high quality and professional aspects.
- Once the administrative fee corresponding to the article processing charges (APC) has been paid and the process has begun, the author has a maximum of 5 months to process the suggestions issued by the first referee and a maximum of 1 year to complete the process fully. In addition, once the process has begun, the journal will only refund the money to the author if they comply with the established times for the completion of the peer review process or decide to withdraw the article from the journal once the process has begun. Suppose the author does not submit the corrections within the established period or decides not to comply with the journal's regulations. In that case, the journal reserves the right to reject the article, and the payment will not be refunded once the process has begun.
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