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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  • Originality and exclusive submission
    The manuscript is original and unpublished, has not been previously published in any form, and is not under simultaneous consideration at any other journal.
  • Approval of all co-authors
    All co-authors have read, reviewed, and approved the final version of the manuscript and agree with its submission to this journal.
  • Format and structure
    The manuscript complies with the journal's author instructions: it is written using the official template (.docx), in Times New Roman 12pt font, and includes the title, abstract, keywords, and all required sections for the article type.
  • References and identifiers
    References are formatted in IEEE style. Figures have a minimum resolution of 300 dpi. Each figure and table is cited in the text. The ORCID identifier of all authors is included where available.
  • andatory declarations
    The manuscript includes a conflict of interest statement (or explicit absence thereof), a funding sources statement (or absence thereof), and a Data Availability Statement.
  • Ethical considerations
    If the study involves human participants or animals, approval from the relevant institutional ethics committee has been obtained and the approval number is stated in the Materials and Methods section. Informed consent has been obtained where applicable.
  • Use of generative artificial intelligence
    If generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools were used in writing, analysis, or data generation, the use is explicitly declared in the Acknowledgements section of the manuscript.
  • Third-party material
    All necessary permissions have been obtained to reproduce figures, tables, images, or other previously published material from third parties, and their source is properly cited in the manuscript.
  • Cover letter
    A cover letter is included as a supplementary file, containing the significance of the work, its relevance
    to the journal, a conflict of interest statement, and disclosure of any use of generative AI if applicable.

Author Guidelines

Before submitting your manuscript,  please ensure you meet the following requirements:

1. The work is original and has not been previously published, nor is it under simultaneous consideration at any other journal.

2. All co-authors have read, reviewed,  and approved the final version of the manuscript and agree with its submission to this journal.

3. The manuscript is written in Spanish o  English with correct spelling and grammar.

4. The main file is in Microsoft Word format (.docx) using the official AJES template, available at:
https://andeanjournals.org/AJES_template_ESP.docx
(Spanish) and
https://andeanjournals.org/AJES_template_ENG.docx
(English).

5. The abstract does not exceed 200 words and is written in both languages.

6. References follow the IEEE citation style with numbered brackets in order of appearance.

7. Figures and tables are in high resolution (minimum 300 dpi) and cited in the text.

8. Conflicts of interest and funding sources are declared. If none exist, this is explicitly stated.

9. Required ethical approvals have been obtained where applicable (studies involving humans or animals).

10. A cover letter is included as a supplementary file. The letter must include the significance and contribution of the work, its relevance to the journal, a conflict of interest statement, and
disclosure of any use of generative artificial intelligence. An official template is available at:
https://andeanjournals.org/AJES_cover_letter_ES.docx
(Spanish) and
https://andeanjournals.org/AJES_cover_letter_EN.docx
(English).

11. Suggested reviewers (optional): in the cover letter, include at least 5 potential reviewers with their full name, institutional affiliation, and institutional email address. Proposed reviewers must
not have any conflict of interest with any of the authors.

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Copyright Notice

By submitting this manuscript, the corresponding author, on behalf
of all co-authors, declares that the work is original, does not infringe the copyright of third parties, and has not been previously published nor is it under simultaneous consideration at any other journal. All co-authors have made a substantial contribution to the work and have approved this final version.

The authors grant Andean Publishing the non-exclusive right to publish the work in open access. The article will be published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits sharing, adapting, and using the material for any purpose, including commercial use, provided
that appropriate credit is given to the original source.

The authors retain copyright of their work and the right to share it in institutional repositories, reuse it for teaching purposes, and translate it into other languages. Andean Publishing retains copyright only over the design and layout of published articles, not over the scientific content.

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