About the Journal

Sociedad de Lucha Contra el Cáncer – Ecuador

The Journal ONCOLOGÍA (Ecuador), is the official communication organ of the different nuclei located at national level of the Society of Fight against Cancer of Ecuador (SOLCA). These are found in different cities: Guayaquil, Quito, Cuenca, Portoviejo, Ambato, Loja, etc. In this journal, all published articles are open access and consider original articles, reviews, special articles, clinical cases and letters to the editor for publication.

Also, summaries of the selected papers will be published for presentation at the different scientific events organized by the national offices of SOLCA.

 The articles published in the Journal ONCOLOGÍA (Ecuador) are summarized and indexed in:

  1. Mexican Index of Biomedical Journals (Imbiomed)
  2. Virtual Health Library of Ecuador (VHL-Ecu)
  3. Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS)
  4. INIS Atomindex (International Nuclear Information System)
  5. Latindex - UNAM Catalog and Directory (Regional Online Information System for Scientific Journals of Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal - Autonomous University of Mexico)
  6. Periodic - BIBLAT- UNAM (Index of Latin American Journals in Science)

 

AIMS:

Publish scientific articles related mainly to oncological pathologies

Disseminate scientific events organized by the national headquarters of SOLCA.

Publishing Entity:

 SOCIETY OF FIGHT AGAINST THE CANCER OF ECUADOR (SOLCA) - MATRIZ GUAYAQUIL - HOSPITAL DR. JUAN TANCA MARENGO

 Periodicity:

 Quarterly: April - August - December

 ISSN online:

 2661-6653

 Arbitration:

 Peer review in closed system

 Item Processing Costs:

 The magazine has NO item processing costs

 Costs for Sending items:

 The magazine has NO costs for sending articles

 Exemption policy for authors from developing countries:

 The Journal Oncologia Ecuador has an absolute policy of exemption for authors from developing countries in editing and translation costs.

 Digital archive policy:

The Ecuador Oncology Journal has a digital archive policy in the Lilacs repository, where there is a copy of the article with free access. You can check the repository policies at lilacs.bvsalud.org

Plagiarism detection policy:

The Journal Oncología Ecuador has a plagiarism detection policy. All the articles are scanned with an antiplage software specific to the annual agreement.

Editorial Process of Revista Oncología

Revista Oncología implements a structured, transparent, and peer-review-based editorial process to ensure the scientific quality of published manuscripts. All indicated
times correspond to business days.
Stages of the Editorial Process:


1. Submission and Confirmation of Receipt.
The author submits the manuscript through the ROE system. Receipt is confirmed within a period of up to 3 days.

2. Initial Editorial Evaluation
The editor verifies compliance with the Author
Guidelines o Estimated time: 1 week.
Manuscripts that do not meet the requirements will be rejected. If adjustments are required, the author has 1 week to make corrections.

3. Blind Peer Review
Manuscripts that pass the initial evaluation are sent for blind peer review. Estimated time: 3 weeks.

4. Editorial Decision and Corrections
Based on the reviews, the editor communicates the editorial decision. When modifications are requested, the author has 1 week to make adjustments, followed by a new editorial evaluation of 1 week.

5. Copyediting
Accepted manuscripts undergo copyediting. Estimated time: 1 week.

6. Layout, Typesetting, and Final Approval
The article undergoes layout and typesetting and is subsequently sent to the author for review and final approval. Estimated time: 1 week for each stage.


7. Final Publication
Once approved, the article is published. Post-publication corrections may be made if necessary.

General Considerations
The complete editorial process is estimated to take up to 3 months.
At any stage, the author has a maximum period of 2 months to respond. If the author fails to respond within this timeframe, the editorial process will be
considered terminated, and a new submission will be required.


Open access statement:

The Oncology Journal Ecuador has an open access policy, all articles can be downloaded at no cost.

Copyright and Permissions:

The Journal Oncología Ecuador allows authors to have unrestricted copyright, in addition the journal allows and encourages authors to preserve their publication rights, citing the original source