About the Journal

Focus and Scope

The Energy Engineering magazine is a publication in electronic format. In addition to being a peer-reviewed scientific journal, its main objective is to disseminate among the members of the academic and professional community of engineering and basic sciences, the results of scientific and technological research carried out in the fields and specialties focused on energy, fundamentally: the development of technologies, studies on energy policy and management, as well as the pre- and postgraduate training of engineers in energy issues.

In this sense, the magazine aims to support the updating of researchers, teachers, technical personnel and engineering students; promote discussion and scientific analysis both nationally and internationally and contribute to the technical scientific development of our country in the area of ​​knowledge that the journal proposes.

 In our journal, the review process of the articles that is applied is the open arbitration system for which it has an important group of specialists from all over the country and from other institutions in Latin America, the Caribbean and Europe, which allow us to ensure quality of the works that are published, even when the criteria expressed in these works are not the responsibility of the journal, but of the authors, in a process of information transparency, for the sector that requires it. 

Consequently, the journal Ingeniería Energética is considered a bulwark of the scientific and technical policy of our University, for which the articles published in it are aligned with the continuous improvement of the processes related to the energy sector of Cuban society, and of the rest of the international scientific community. 

The Journal of Energy Engineering is oriented to the publication of original articles, based on research results and essays related to the following types of contribution: 

• Editorial: Document written by the editor, a member of the editorial committee or a guest researcher on the guidelines of the thematic content present in the journal and an event or activity of national or international impact or relevance on the date the journal number is published. .• Original scientific and technological research articles: These are documents that present, in detail, the original results of completed research projects. The organization used will generally contain the following sections: Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion. The conclusions should be included in the discussion. 
• Technological innovation articles: These are documents that describe a technological innovation, a new technology or the improvement of a product or technology. These documents must be presented in such a way that the technological innovation is adequately described, with the schemes and procedures organized in such a way that the described technological innovation can be reproduced. It is recommended that the applications and validation of technological innovation be mentioned. 
• Reflection articles: These are documents that present the results of completed research from an analytical, interpretive or critical perspective of the author, on a specific topic, using original sources. These papers may present the development of a new method, a novel application of a known method, a better explanation of a phenomenon, a novel proposition of educational interest, or a discussion of social problems associated with the technical sciences. It is composed of 3 parts: 

Introduction, composed of the general theme in which the subject or object of study is disclosed, the alternate positions or most common or most relevant points of view on the subject, as well as the position of the author or bet of the writer with relation to the topic and in this section announces the specific objectives that will be developed in the text. 

Reflection, in this part all the ideas, arguments and reflections are projected in a coherent way. It is usual to use subtitles to achieve adequate argumentative clarity and correctly sequence the author's persuasive purpose. 

Conclusion, in most of these articles they have a dialogical character and in them the reflections previously exposed are revalued to fully convince the audience of the position of the researcher-author. It is also a stage for self-criticism - limitations or possible variables in future research.

• Review articles: It is a work in which results published in research articles are compared, to examine them and issue a critical appraisal, order it and place it in a perspective that allows reaching important conclusions or presenting the progress and trends of current development. . You can review a topic, or the work of a particular researcher or team of researchers. You must present a thorough and extensive bibliographic review of more than 50 references.  
• Case study: It is an appropriate research design when you want to obtain concrete, contextual and in-depth knowledge on a specific topic. It allows exploring the key characteristics, meanings and implications of the case. You can use a single complex case study, exploring a single topic in depth, or conduct multiple case studies to compare and illuminate different aspects of the research problem.  

A good case study should have the potential to: 

• Provide new or unexpected information about the topic.
• Propose practical measures to solve a problem.
• Open new avenues of research.  

Peer review process 

Method of selection of articles and arbitration

The works sent for publication must be original and unpublished and not have been published in any other medium, the criteria for selecting the articles will be conditioned by their quality and will be subject to a peer review process. 

The selection process begins with the submission of the work by the author or authors in an electronic version. The articles are initially evaluated by the Editorial Committee to check if they comply with the Editorial Rules and if they correspond to the originality and the level required for the journal, then they go through the arbitration process. 

In the process of reviewing the articles, the open arbitration system is applied by pairs of specialists for the purpose of the area of ​​knowledge of the contribution.
ARBITRATION FORM.
Each referee will issue a report on the convenience or not of its publication, this report will be taken into consideration by the Editorial Committee for the publication or not of the article. 

The referees can recommend to the Editorial Committee that the article be: 

-Accepted.
-Accepted with modifications: the author has a term of 15 days to send a new version with the proposed corrections, after this term, if the new version has not been received, the Editorial Committee will consider the article rejected.
-Refused. 

Indispensable aspects for the acceptance of the works presented: 

-Correspondence with the themes of the magazine.
-Originality, novelty or validity of the proposed work.
-Quality of the study of the state of the art.
-Quality of the content of the work.
-Quality of the exhibition in its structure and writing.
-Topicality and importance of bibliographical references.
-Compliance with the Editorial Rules.

The fundamental reasons for the rejection of a work will be:

-Lack of originality.
-Poor scientific strength.
-Poor study of the state of the art.
-The methods and procedures used are not reliable.
-Poor bibliographical references in quantity, quality or value and timeliness.
-It is of little interest to the audience of the magazine.  

Open access policy 

This journal provides immediate free access to its content under the principle of making research freely available to the public, which fosters a greater exchange of global knowledge. 

The journal assumes as its own the principles of open access established in the declarations of Berlin, Bethesda and Budapest, which is why we accept that the work presented be distributed in open access, protecting copyright under a "creative commons" license.

Mission
Provide the dissemination of research work and projects as well as teaching, scientific and technical experiences in the field of energy in the country and in the world. In this way, the journal contributes to the updating and feedback of professionals and students, as well as to scientific discussion and exchange.

Vision
The Energy Engineering magazine intends to be a publication in electronic format. Its objective is to promote communication and exchange between the community of professionals who work on energy issues in the fields and specialties focused on it. Showing results from scientific-technical research: relevance, novelty and important contributions to performance in the profession on the development of technologies, studies on energy policy and management, as well as the pre- and postgraduate training of engineers in energy issues.

Public
It is especially aimed at the academic and scientific community, national and international, focused on the subject of engineering. Engineers, researchers, professors or managers who work in any of the branches of electrical engineering or in any related science or technology constitute the universe of readers and contributors of the magazine. 

Post Frequency

The journal publishes three numbers a year under the continuous publication system. Each of the published issues has its own table of contents. 

Editorial Policy of the magazine

The journal is published in accordance with the principles outlined in the Committee on Publication Ethics-COPE. 

We recommend that you read the flowcharts of the Committee on Publication Ethics-COPE for bad practices in writing articles, plagiarism, changes of authors, etc.

Copyright Statement

The articles published in the electronic journal of Energy Engineering are distributed under a license of use and distribution "Creative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional. 

It allows the non-commercial use of the published articles or part of their content as long as the source is cited. This circumstance must be expressly stated in this way when necessary.
Authors should not include in their articles information extracted from other published or unpublished works without proper citation of the source. The author must cite and give the appropriate attribution to those publications that have influenced and determined the nature of the article to be published in order to guide the reader to previous works that help them understand the published work. 

If an article is accepted for publication, the author has the right to have it published. 

The main author has the right to withdraw their article from the evaluation process at any time without affecting its consideration for future publications.

Rights and Duties of the magazine

When submitting the article, the authors must confirm that the article has not been published in any type of medium before, nor can they have submitted it to another journal simultaneously. In case of having been sent to another journal and not being accepted, they must argue the reasons for the rejection.
The Energy Engineering magazine adheres to and promotes respect for the rules of the Spanish languages ​​(as dictated by the Royal Academy of the Spanish Language. RAE), English and Portuguese.

Except in cases where it is inappropriate, use the International System (SI) of units of measure. After the magnitude expressed in the SI can be added, in parentheses, the value and units in another system of units. 

Policies regarding the contribution of authors

The journal allows the author(s) to maintain copyright without restriction. 

The author keeps the publishing rights but is not allowed to publish the work in another journal. 

All authors of a manuscript must have contributed significantly to the development of the research, in all or most of its phases.To protect the integrity of the authorship of the work, only the professionals who have collaborated in the research or the project and preparation of the article will be listed as co-authors. The main author attests to the fact of having included all the co-authors of the work when submitting the request for publication. 

All co-authors must have reviewed the article, agree with the order of their names, with the content and final form, and be in a position to publicly defend its content. When submitting the request for publication of the article, the Editorial Committee assumes that this has been fulfilled, under the moral responsibility of the sending author. 

Partial contributions to only some of the phases accredit the inclusion of their names in the Acknowledgments section, but do not justify co-authorship of the article. 

In the Acknowledgments section, the authors must attribute the respective credits to all the people and institutions that have contributed to the research, including students. Likewise, the sources of financing or logistical support that made their work possible should be acknowledged. 

The author must not submit changes to the content of his work after it has been accepted and returned to him to make the proposed corrections. If there is a compelling reason to make changes, the author must inform the Editorial Committee and this has the authority to approve or not the proposed changes. 

The editors may request the justification of the participation of all the authors in the case of articles with numerous authors or in other cases where this information is required. 

To allow the replication of the experiments, the authors must make available the information about the materials, data, norms or protocols and the references associated with their research. 

Unique materials (algorithms or computer programs) should be made available to researchers who request them directly from the authors. 

The author must not fragment his research work for publication. The authors who have carried out their work on a system or group of related systems will organize the publication of the same with the purpose that each article gives a complete description of a special aspect of the general study. It is unethical for an author to submit for publication more than one paper describing the same research or project. This unnecessary subdivision scatters scientific information and makes it difficult to collect later. Occasionally, there may be valid reasons for such fragmentation, if this is the case, the authors must justify, in an independent communication to the editor, the reasons that support this fact.

The Editorial Policy of the journal in relation to ethical conflicts establishes that the authors will be morally obliged to declare if there is any financial, personal or professional interest -for reasons other than those of simple interest in contributing to science- in the publication of this article. This statement does not in any way invalidate its publication, but it is an element that the reviewers deserve to know in order to make an impartial interpretation of the published article. To support impartiality in the face of potential conflicts of interest, funders should not participate in the design, data collection, analysis of results, or preparation of the manuscript. 

The journal can correct errors detected after publication, if requested by the authors, as long as the basic results or conclusions are not altered. If the errors are of a major nature, retractions or errata may be published on errors that affect the validity of the results obtained, at the discretion of the editors.  

Policy regarding the work of referees

The referee must objectively judge the quality of the manuscript on its own merits and will respect the intellectual independence of the author or authors. Personal criticism is not appropriate. 

You will express your opinions and opinions in an objective, precise, clear, truthful and convincing manner, in particular negative judgments, so that the editors and authors can understand the basis of your observations.

There can be no conflict of interest between the authors of the manuscript or the people involved (such as family relationships, colleagues, competitors or collaborators among potential referees or editors) and the referees. If a manuscript submitted for review represents a potential conflict of interest or the referee has a personal opinion about it, you must return the manuscript without delay and without review.

Reviewers must be selected in such a way that they have not shared authorship of any article or collaborated directly with the authors in the last 12 months.

The referee must observe any substantial similarity between the article to be reviewed and any other already published or if he is aware of any similar article submitted to another publication, in either case he must immediately inform the editor.

All the content of an article submitted to arbitration is confidential and property of the authors, it will not be used in any way by the arbitrator, nor will it be exposed in any other way except with the consent of the author and with the appropriate attribution.

If a referee has convincing evidence that an article contains plagiarized content or falsified research data or knows that it has been published, they must immediately notify the journal management, which will take the appropriate measures.

In the process of reviewing the articles, the open arbitration system is applied by peers of specialists related to the area of ​​knowledge of the contribution. The reviewers will issue a report on the convenience or not of their publication, this report will be taken into consideration by the reviewer. editor for the publication or not of the article. The referees determine if the proposed articles represent a real contribution to knowledge.

The direction of the magazine is committed to:
. Improve the quality and effectiveness of the review system.
. Foster the respect that everyone involved deserves: authors, evaluators andeditors.

Magazine history 

Ingeniería Energética Magazine

Founded in 1977, Ministry of Higher Education Technological University of Havana, José Antonio Echeverría, Cujae. Edited by the Faculty of Electrical Engineering,
Appointment at: Calle 114 #11901, between Ciclovía and Rotonda. Mariano 15.
Havana. CP 19390. Cuba.