About

Focus and Scope

Focus
The Journal publishes original articles on research, essays, systematization of professional experiences, methodologies, and best practices; as well as policy analyses, interviews with national and international colleagues, historical analyses, reviews, critiques of books and theses, information on congresses, seminars, and academic and professional activities, and debates on topics of professional interest.

Scope
It is the official publication of the College of Social Workers of Costa Rica, with editorial independence from the Board of Directors. It specializes in the field of social work in Costa Rica and Central America. It constitutes an open space for knowledge, experiences, and contributions not only from academia but also from professionals working in both the private and public sectors. The Journal prioritizes contributions from social work professionals; however, professionals from other fields may participate as long as their contributions align with the Journal’s interests.

Open Access Policy
The Journal provides immediate open access to its content, as it believes that offering the public free access to its publications contributes to the exchange of knowledge and the sharing of experiences.

Journal Interoperability
The Journal makes OAI indexing services available to the general public to ensure interoperability with information systems. It is available at the following link:
https://revista.trabajosocial.or.cr/index.php/revista/oai

Privacy Statement
The names and email addresses included in the Journal will be used exclusively for the purposes stated therein and will not be made available for any other purpose, nor will they be used by any third party. This is intended to maintain the confidentiality and anonymity required by the double-blind peer review system.

The graphic design, images, and texts produced by the Journal are the property of the College of Social Workers of Costa Rica and are protected under the Creative Commons Attribution – NonCommercial – ShareAlike 4.0 International license.

• The Journal provides its users with the appropriate letter format for both individual and collective works.

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Digital Preservation Policy

The Journal is published and managed through the Open Journal Systems (OJS), a content management system designed for journal editorial management. This system preserves and manages document submissions, retains copies of the different stages they go through, and stores reviewers’ comments and evaluation results.

As preservation measures, the following practices have been adopted:

The OJS system is hosted on the web server provided by the College of Social Workers of Costa Rica. The company responsible for its administration maintains daily backups and duplicate copies of the data.

The person responsible for the platform performs weekly backups of manuscripts under editing and final results; these backups are also duplicated on the web server in compressed files.

Locally, the editor maintains copies of submitted manuscripts, reviews, and published articles.

The College of Social Workers maintains a printed archive of issues published before 2017; from that date onward, a digital copy is maintained on the institution’s local server. Additionally, the LOCKSS system is used to create a distributed archiving system among collaborating libraries, allowing them to create permanent archives of the Journal for preservation and restoration purposes.

Descriptions

For Readers

Readers are encouraged to register for the Journal’s publication notification service. To do so, they should use the “Register” link located at the top of the homepage. Once registered, readers will receive email notifications about the publication of new issues, along with details of the articles included.

Reader registration allows the Journal to quantify its audience and attribute a certain level of support to the publication.

Through the “Privacy Statement,” readers are assured that their names and email addresses will be used exclusively for the purposes stated therein.

For Authors

Are you interested in publishing in the Journal? If so, you are advised to consult the “About the Journal” page, where the “Author Guidelines” are established. The first requirement is to be registered with the Journal before submitting; after that, you may log in and begin the five-step submission process to upload your manuscript.

For Librarians

Researchers and librarians are encouraged to include this Journal in their list of electronic journals. It is also important to note that the open-source publishing system used by the Journal is suitable for libraries with academic staff interested in managing their own journals (see Open Journal Systems).

[In the “Information” section of the sidebar, a brief description of the Journal is provided for its potential users: librarians, authors, and readers.]