About the Journal
USFQ Law Review
| Ecuador Law Journal
USFQ Law Review is a legal, academic and indexed journal, with a double-blind peer review proccess, authorial opening and biannual publication since 2021 with the first number of this volume published in May, and the second in October 2021.
The Journal was born in 2012 as a student initiative. Since then, it is the first legal periodical publication in Ecuador that is fully developed, managed and edited by students of the Law Faculty of Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador.
Its objective is to provide a space for national and international experts in various areas of Law, such as students, professionals and academics, to publish legal research papers in which different perspectives and critical opinions on legal issues of current relevance. In addition, it seeks to be a source of research for its content of high academic level and to raise the quality of legal discussion in Ecuador and throughout the region, responding to the needs of the legal community, both nationally and internationally.
Abbreviation: USFQ L. Rev.
E-ISSN: 1390-8014 | ISSN: 2631-2573
Keywords: Jurisprudence; law; rights; legal theory
Permalink: https://revistas.usfq.edu.ec/index.php/lawreview
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Associated to: Latinoamericana; RELAREDI; LatinREV; Declaration of Mexico (Open Access); DORA;
Content Access: OJS Repository; USFQ Library; LEXIS; Academia.edu; SSRN; Mendeley;
DOI: 10.18272/lr.v6i1
History
USFQ Law Review is an academic initiative, that was born from a group of undergraduate students, supported by professors, from the Law School of Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ. On May 23rd 2012, the first call to submit papers as well as to choose the members of the Editorial Committee was made. On July 19th, the Academic Editorial Board "”an ad hoc body created to select the founding members of USFQ Law Review"” announced the first five members of the permanent Editorial Committee. The selection was made based on the GPA, responsibility demonstrated during their studies, organizational and leadership capacity, interrelation ability, initiative and proactivity. Since then, USFQ Law Review has upheld the mission and vision of its predecessors and has worked to constantly position the journal at a higher level.
USFQ Law Review makes a special recognition to Professor Sophia Espinosa Coloma as the main promoter and support at the early moments of the Journal. Likewise, we thank former Dean Luis Parraguez and former Vice Dean Farith Simon for their trust and openness to this student initiative.
Aims and Scope
USFQ Law Review is a law, academic, and peer-reviewed journal that is published annually. Its purpose is to provide for experts in various areas of Law, such as professionals, academics, and students, with a space in which they may publish law research papers that analyze different perspectives and give critical opinions on relevant law issues. Additionally, USFQ Law Review seeks to be a research resource because of its highly academic content, and to raise the quality of legal debate in Ecuador and throughout the region, addressing the needs of the law community, both nationally and internationally. For this reason, USFQ Law Review publishes papers written in Spanish and English.
Theme/Thematic
USFQ Law Review is an academic journal in which original, legal, academic, and scientific research papers are published. In this sense, it has a single section. In terms of its theme/thematic, it admits and publishes legal works of current relevance. Since the single section of papers is miscellaneous, volumes are not limited to a single, specific topic.
Publication
USFQ Law Review is published in online (E-ISSN: 1390-8014) and print version (ISSN: 2631-2573).
For its publication, USFQ Law Review employs the Open Journal Systems (OJS), developed by Public Knowledge Project (PKP). This system guarantees the registration of the entire editorial process, from the reception of papers to their publication. Only the papers received through this platform are subject to the Publication Process.
USFQ Law Review"™s publisher is University San Francisco de Quito (Ecuador), through its editorial department USFQ Press. More contact information is available.
Periodicity and Processing
Each volume is published bianually in May and October.
The reception of articles is continous. Calls for papers open, for the first issue of each volume, in October of each year, and close in January of the following year. For the second issue, calls for papers open in February, and close in May. However, papers are also received during the whole year in order to be selected in the immediately following call. The articles received are subject to the Publication Process. The processing time of the papers, from their reception to the decision on their publication, is on average 2 months. The processing time between the reception and the publication of papers in the annual volume is on average 7 months.
There is no limitation on the number of publishable articles per volume.
Languages
USFQ Law Review may include papers written in Spanish or English.
Peer Review
USFQ Law Review is an arbitrated journal that employs a double-blind peer review system.
The double-blind peer review system consists of a collegiate body, composed of External Peer Reviewers (EPR), who do not belong to the Editorial Committee and are not affiliated with the publisher institution. The EPR are nominated by the Editorial Committee and chosen by the Editorial Directors based on their knowledge and experience in the journal"™s academic field. The objective of this system is to peer review the papers admitted to USFQ Law Review"™s Editorial Process. Since the type of peer review used is a "double-blind peer review", the identity of the authors is unknown to the EPR, and the identity of the EPR is unknown to the authors. The EPR verify the papers"™ compliance with publication criteria. The EPR are not remunerated.
To preserve anonymity during the Editorial Process and the double-blind quality of the system, names of EPR are not public. For more information contact USFQ Law Review.
Open Access Policy
The entirety of the USFQ Law Review content is Open Access in compliance with the Creative Commons licenses, which promote academic debate and diffusion of ideas and critical stances. Online publication of the journal in the Open Journal Systems (OJS) allows for transparency of editorial processes and access to information free of charge. USFQ Law Review does not charge authors (APCs or submission charges) nor readers. Online content can be accessed at any time, permanently and directly.
Content access: OJS archive; USFQ Library; LEXIS; Academia.edu; SSRN; Mendeley;
Authorship Policy
USFQ Law Review has a open authorship policy: any person can participate as author in its publications.
Additionally, USFQ Law Review applies the four criteria of the ICMJE on authorship. It promotes different types of contributions to an article and its placement in CrediT author statement by ELSEVIER.
Copyright Policy
Authors preserve their copy rights and guarantee USFQ Law Review the right to first publication of the article, under its policies.
USFQ Law Review publishes its content under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). In other words, a third party is free to use USFQ Law Review content whether it is for sharing (copying and redistributing) in any medium or format; or adapting (remixing, transforming and building upon the original content). This is allowed as long as the third party: (i) recognizes (gives appropriate credit to the author and to its first publication in this journal, provides a link to the license, and indicates if changes were made); (ii) does not commercializes (does not make use of material with commercial or onerous purposes); and (iii) shares under the same terms (if the third party remixes, transforms or builds upon the original content, they shall distribute its contributions under the same license as the original).
Authors know and accept that USFQ Law Review will seek to give their published work the broader diffusion as possible, in accordance to its Publication Policy.
Authors can separately adopt other non-exclusive-license agreements for distribution of the published version of the paper, being able to publish and reproduce it in other ways, as long as the first publication in USFQ Law Review is recognized. For this purposes, USFQ Law Review kindly requests a note like so: This text was originally published in USFQ Law Review Volume # Issue # (year of publication).
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Pre-Publication Policy
USFQ Law Review admits to its Editorial Process thesis archived in institutional repositories and works that have been presented in conference minutes, without constituting a breach to the originality publication criteria. Likewise, USFQ Law Review allows and encourages authors to show their pre-print or working paper, before sending it and during the Editorial Process. This can lead to productive academic exchange, as well as a greater and earlier citation of works (refer to The effect of open access and downloads on citation impact). Authors can upload their pre-print or working paper to repositories for pre-publications, including LawArXiv (no license), bepress Legal Repository, SSRN (under working paper category).
Post-Publication Policy
In order to assure the greatest possible distribution, USFQ Law Review reserves the right to produce copies of the papers' print version for its use in diverse mediums other than cyberspace. The electronic version will be distributed in the Journal"™s website as well as in public databases; scientific indexes, and academic, social and scientific social media. In parallel with the publication, authors receive free of charge a copy of the Journal in its electronic and print version.
USFQ Law Review recommends authors to post on the Internet the published version of their work, for example, through institutional or personal websites to enhance the benefits of Open Access (refer to The effect of open access and downloads on citation impact).
Intellectual Property Protection Policy
USFQ Law Review promotes academic honesty, as well as good practices in research. It does not accept, edit, revise nor publish works with copied, invented nor manipulated information. Every article that undergoes the Editorial Process is verified for similarities and possible plagiarism through the system Turnitin® Plagiarism Checker. In this manner, it guarantees the originality of works and assures compliance with editorial quality standards of USFQ Press.
Plagiarism is considered serious misconduct under consequences prescribed in the USFQ Law Review Code of Ethics.
Digital Preservation Policy
USFQ Law Review preserves all of its content through diverse tools like the LOCKSS and CLOCKSS Systems, incorporated in the Open Journal Systems (OJS), for the creation of permanent archives. In this way, it promotes digital preservation and restoration of its content. Additionally, USFQ Law Review content is stored in the Internet Archive repository. Finally, USFQ Law Review backs up all of its digital information in a hard drives in its offices, as well as the University San Francisco de Quito USFQ periodicals library.
Financing sources
USFQ Law Review is financed through its Sponsors, who active and continuously contribute with technical, economic and human resources. In addition, it relies on public support from its Institutional Alliances. Finally, USFQ Law Review receives technical assistance from its publisher, Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Ecuador), through its editorial department USFQ Press.
