Author Guidelines
Manuscript Submission
Manuscripts are required to be written in English and must be in an editable word processor format. Manuscripts will be submitted to the web platform www.ricuc.cl through which all the communication with authors, associate editors, editorial process committee and reviewers will be carried out.
Authors are required to sign up to the platform at Home Page/About/Submissions/Online Submissions/Sign up. The manuscript will be submitted along with a statement of conflict of interest and a statement of the contributions of each of the authors (see ethical requirements for submissions).
The manuscript will be assigned to an associate editor who will select and send it to expert peers on specific topics to its review. The Editor may require reviews and revisions before making a final decision of acceptance or rejection.
Exclusivity of the Contents (Ethical Requirement)
Manuscripts sent to this journal must be original and must not have been partially or completely published or be under any evaluation process in another journal.
Each article received will be reviewed using the Similarity Check tool
Once the manuscript is received, the Journal will review it using the tool mentioned to detect potential plagiarism. If the document does not present any issues, it will be sent for peer review. If the similarity check is not satisfactory, the manuscript will be rejected. Finally, the journal reserves the right to conduct another similarity review at any other stage of the review process if deemed prudent.
The corresponding author is required to submit a signed statement establishing compliance with this requirement when sending the manuscript and a commitment not to subsequently submit it to another journal until the evaluation process is completed (rejection or major review) or it is accepted, but not published within 24 months (see copyright).
Declaration of Interest (Ethical Requirement)
All authors are required to disclose any financial or personal relationships with individuals or organizations that might inappropriately influence their work and conclusions. Some examples of these conflicts of interest include being employed or providing consulting, owning stock, holding patents, or financing. The authors must fill out and sign a statement according to the form provided by the Publisher. If there is no conflict of interest, this must also be disclosed on the form.
Contribution of the Authors (Ethical Requirement)
The corresponding author is required to submit a statement on the contribution of the authors in which the type(s) of the contribution that each author made to the manuscript is identified. The descriptions will be based on the roles proposed by the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT) and consider: conceptualization, data generation and management, formal analysis, financing, research, methodology, project management, resources, software, supervision, validation, visualization, manuscript writing, review and editing of the manuscript.
Manuscript Format
The manuscript will be limited to a length of 5,000 words without considering references.
First Page
Manuscripts should have a title page with the full name of the author(s), his/her/their affiliation and full address for correspondence, telephone, and e-mail. The title and affiliation of the authors must be written in Spanish and English. The corresponding author must be identified and will be responsible for all communications.
Summary, Abstract and Keywords
The summary and abstract should not exceed 200 words each and should summarize the key aspects of the manuscript and a synthesis of the most important relevance, results and conclusions that the manuscript presents. Five keywords should be included both in Spanish and English.
Manuscript Content
The manuscript must be properly written and structured. The structure should include at least the following sections: introduction, development, and conclusions. The introduction should clearly state the purpose of the work. The development and discussion should include the main results and observations of the work and the methodology used. The conclusions should be relevant to the readers and properly supported in the body of the manuscript.
The references should be reduced to those that are essential and directly related to the submitted work. When the reference is a manuscript and has a DOI (Digital Object Identifier) it must always be indicated at the end of the manuscript. In each citation, the data should be entered in the APA format.
Tables and Formulas
Tables and formulas (equations) should be sequentially numbered in the same order as they appear in the text, with Arabic numbers and referring to them as table 1, table 2..., formula 1, formula 2.... etc., accordingly. These must be included in the text in the same order in which they are referenced. With regard to tables, the title should be placed at the top and should not duplicate the results shown in the plots. The system of units to be used will be the International System (IS).
Figures
Figures can include plots, drawings, diagrams, and photographs. The figures sent must be ready for publication, they must be sequentially numbered, in the same order they are referenced in the text, such as figure 1, figure 2, etc., and their title must be placed at the bottom. They should be included within the text as they are cited and, also, should be sent as files, in the original software format in which they were created.
Copyright
Submitting a manuscript to Revista Ingeniería de Construcción means that it represents an original work, not previously published and not considered for publication elsewhere. If the manuscript is accepted as an article for publication, authors must transfer the copyright using a form provided by the Publisher.
Copyright Notice
It is the policy of Revista Ingenería de Construcción (RIC) to safeguard all the contributions of the authors by acquiring the copyrights of the articles published in the journal. For this purpose, RIC must obtain a written copyright transfer from the authors who contribute with their articles.
The aforementioned transfer will allow RIC to publish and reprint the article as well as to index and/or include it in databases or other services to which RIC belongs. These tasks are essential in RIC's effort to disseminate knowledge in the construction engineering field. For this reason, RIC requires the signature of each author of the article in the following document that must be sent once the article is accepted for publication.
The copyrights of the above-identified work are transferred to Revista Ingeniería de Construcción. This transfer becomes effective from the moment of the reception of this “Copyright transfer” document. In addition, the authors also give a 24-month exclusivity period to RIC after the reception of this form. The author keeps the ownership rights, such as Patents and the total or partial use of the article in works like lectures, reviews, and books. If RIC does not publish the article within 24 months after receiving this form, the authors may request its withdrawal keeping the right of their article, and everything that relates to it.
Creative Commons
All the articles published by Revista Ingenieria de Construcción, are covered by the Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY 4.0, for further information please click on http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
