About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Producción Agropecuaria y Desarrollo Sostenible is the institutional journal of the Dirección de Investigación y Proyección Social, under the seal of UNICAES EDITORES; This is in tune with the institutional plan and vision of the Universidad Católica de El Salvador. The magazine was created in 2012 with an annual periodicity.

Producción Agropecuaria y Desarrollo Sostenible disseminates original articles, research results and reflections made by the authors in the agricultural area and territorial development, to contribute to the development of these and the debate of them.

It is an open publication that seeks the exchange of knowledge between professionals in the agricultural and sustainable development area, interested in improving agricultural practices, territorial development and continuous professionalisation. By their nature, the ideas expressed in each issue are the direct responsibility of the writer.

Peer Review Process

All articles are reviewed by the Scientific - Editorial Coordination, which verifies compliance with the criteria requested for publication.

After this review, the documents are sent to the Scientific Arbitration Committee. The process under which the articles are arbitrated corresponds to the double blind modality, in order to issue an opinion with the least possible subjectivity, providing quality and credibility to the content. For each article, a total of three specialist arbitrators are assigned within the theme. The distribution of the referees may vary depending on the number of specialists, the subject (multidisciplinary approach) and the scope of it.

The Editorial Coordination of the journal takes a maximum of 60 days to review the content aspects and notify the author about its acceptance, observation and / or rejection of the article. Accepted the articles and made the adjustments and the precisions to that it would have place, these happen to grammatical and orthographic correction, in whose process the particular style of each author is respected. This correction is of form, never of content. In addition, each referee must attach the valuation form of the article

In special cases, in which the author (authors) receives a notification with observations and they do not comply with them, the publication or rejection of the article is at the editor's discretion.

Publication Frequency

Producción Agropecuaria y Desarrollo Sostenible is published annually

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Editorial Board

Nery F. Herrera Pineda 
Director and Editor
nery.herrera@catolica.edu.sv   

Wendy V. Canizales Aparicio
Style Correction
wendy.canizales@catolica.edu.sv

Cristian Enrique Meléndez 
Translation to English
cristian.melendez@catolica.edu.sv 

Francisco J. Sandoval Viana 
Design and Layout
francisco.sandoval@catolica.edu.sv

Publisher

Universidad Católica de El Salvador