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Before preparing their manuscripts and starting submitting, authors should read carefully the guidelines for authors.

In particular,

- submissions must fall within the Journal’s scope, meet the JCOMAL editorial policy and the specific requirements for their manuscript’s article type.
- After publishing a paper, authors should expect a gap of at least one year before having another paper published. This rule aims to allow a greater diversity of authors in the journal
- Submissions to Special Issues must be invited. Potential authors of Special Issue contributions should read carefully the relevant “call for papers”, if and when open.
- During submission, authors are requested to declare any Conflict of Interest, to confirm that they acknowledge the Open-Access and Copyright policy (see below) and to confirm the submission checklist below.

• I have read and acknowledge the Journal's ethical policy;
• My preprint complies with the Journal stylistic guidelines;
• My preprint includes line numbering;
• Any grants received have been declared in my preprint's "Acknowledgements" section;
• I have properly declared any use of AI tools in my preprint's "Acknowledgements" section;

JCOMAL Open Access and Copyright Terms

This journal operates a double-anonymous peer review policy.

Journal of Science Communication - América Latina allows the following licences for submission:

• Copyright - More Information  
  © the author(s). All rights reserved.
• CC BY 4.0 - More Information  
  Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
• CC BY-ND 4.0 - More Information  
  Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. NoDerivatives — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material. No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
• CC BY-NC 4.0 - More Information  
  Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes. No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
• CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 - More Information  
  Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes. NoDerivatives — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material. No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
• CC BY-SA 4.0 - More Information  
  Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. ShareAlike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original. No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

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