Editorial policies and funding

Editorial policies and funding

Open access and copyright

Revista Ecúmene de Ciencias Sociales follows the diamond open access model. It charges no submission, review, processing, publication, or reader access fees.

All published content is freely and immediately available, supporting the circulation of knowledge as a public good.

All published works are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

Authors retain the economic rights to their work and grant the journal the right of first publication.

Funding and editorial sustainability

Revista Ecúmene de Ciencias Sociales is a diamond open access scholarly journal published by the Escuela Normal Superior de Querétaro (ENSQ), Mexico, with academic support from the Grupo de Estudios en Integración y Cooperación en América Latina (GEICRAL) at the Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina.

The journal charges no fees for submission, review, processing, or publication.

The Escuela Normal Superior de Querétaro provides the institutional support, technology infrastructure, technical assistance, digital hosting, editorial management, and resources needed to sustain the journal.

Researchers, faculty members, and specialists in Mexico and abroad also contribute to its editorial bodies and peer-review processes.

Revista Ecúmene de Ciencias Sociales is nonprofit and uses its resources solely for editorial and scholarly activities and the dissemination of knowledge.

Self-archiving policy

Authors may deposit the published version of their work in institutional or subject repositories, on personal websites, and in academic networks, provided they properly cite its original publication in Revista Ecúmene de Ciencias Sociales.

Digital preservation

The journal uses LOCKSS: https://pkp.sfu.ca/pkp-lockss/

It also maintains backups in institutional repositories and secure digital storage systems.

All published issues are preserved in the institutional repository of the Escuela Normal Superior de Querétaro (https://repositorio.ensq.edu.mx/s/repositorio/page/ecumene).

Additional backups are stored on hard drives owned by the Editorial Team and in Google Drive (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1aQbJ_KZ7XqQMwqNcfpr0FJnvk8oUrYTD?usp=drive_link).

Metadata policy

Revista Ecúmene de Ciencias Sociales (RECS) manages content metadata in Open Journal Systems (OJS) according to international bibliographic description standards. The Editorial Team checks the accuracy and consistency of the metadata before publication.

At a minimum, the following metadata are recorded for each contribution:

  • Authorship: full name, institutional affiliation, country, and ORCID iD.
  • Title, abstract, and keywords in Spanish and English, where applicable.
  • Publication details: journal, ISSN 2683-3077, volume, issue, year, section, and page numbers.
  • Persistent identifiers (DOIs) and dates of receipt, acceptance, and publication.
  • Language and license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).

The journal uses the Dublin Core schema and exposes metadata through OAI-PMH, allowing directories, repositories, and scholarly information systems to harvest, index, and disseminate them. The metadata are freely accessible, updated when corrections are made, and preserved with the content over the long term through LOCKSS and the institutional repository of the Escuela Normal Superior de Querétaro.

Accessibility statement

Revista Ecúmene de Ciencias Sociales (RECS) seeks to provide equitable access to its content and make its website and publications accessible to as many people as possible, including users of assistive technologies.

Standards

The journal uses the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) as a reference. Its website runs on Open Journal Systems (OJS), which offers accessibility features.

Measures in place

  • Semantic structure: headings arranged hierarchically (h1, h2, and h3) to support reading and navigation.
  • Keyboard navigation: site functions can be accessed by keyboard without relying solely on a mouse.
  • Compatibility with screen readers such as NVDA, JAWS, and VoiceOver, and alternative text to describe images.
  • Sufficient color contrast between text and background to support readability.
  • Responsive layout that adapts to different devices and allows text enlargement.
  • Articles available in HTML and PDF so readers can choose the format best suited to their needs.

Accessibility checks

The journal periodically evaluates its website with tools such as WebAIM's WAVE to identify and address barriers.

Continuous improvement

Accessibility is an ongoing process. The journal progressively adopts new practices and standards to improve access to its content.

Contact

If you encounter an accessibility barrier or need content in an alternative format, email ecumene@ensq.edu.mx. We will respond as soon as possible.