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As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published nor has it been submitted for consideration by any other journal (or an explanation has been provided in the Editor's Comments).
  • The Submissions file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF or WordPerfect format.
  • Whenever possible, URLs are provided for references.
  • The text is line spaced 1.5 lines; 12 points font size Times New Roman; italics are used instead of underlining (except in URLs); and all the illustrations, figures and tables are placed in the appropriate places of the text, instead of at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements summarized in the Author's Guidelines, which appear in About the journal.
  • The document must contain original and unpublished information

Author Guidelines

(Author Guidelines updated on January 15, 2022)

Types of Manuscripts

The Gaceta Técnica journal publishes original and unpublished scientific works in the area of ​​civil engineering in all its branches, architecture and urbanism. Including those in alliance between the three disciplines for the dissemination of knowledge and improvement of society

  • Research Articles: unpublished technical scientific contribution, with a maximum of twenty (20) pages. The following sections are mandatory: Introduction, Development and Methodology, Discussion of results, Conclusions, Financing, Acknowledgments, Conflicts of interest of the author (with the entity that finances the research), References, and Author Contributions

  • Essays: Should contain a reflection or critical stance about a problem, situation or issue related to the editorial line of the magazine, will have an extension between five (5) and ten (10) maximum pages. They will be structured as follows: Introduction, Dissertation, Conclusions, Financing, Acknowledgments, Conflicts of interest of the author (with the entity that finances the research), References, and Author Contributions

  • Reviews: that compile the state of the art of a specific area of ​​engineering, architecture, urbanism, and education applied to the afore mentioned areas with a maximum of fifteen (15) pages

  • Disclosure articles, technical notes, or feasible projects: are those contributions product of research, development projects or experiences aimed at informing new developments and / or advances in the specialties covered by the GT journal. They should promote academic dialogue between specialists in the thematic areas relevant to GT, will have an extension between three (3) and fifteen (15) maximum pages. They will be structured as follows: Introduction, Dissertation, Conclusions, Financing, Acknowledgments, Conflicts of interest of the author (with the entity that finances the research), References, and Author Contributions

Paper presentation template

Style

The papers submitted for evaluation must comply with the following publication standards:

  • The monographic contributions can be written in Spanish or English. The original article written with the word processor Word 6 or higher, must be sent to gacetadic@ucla.edu.ve and gacetadic@gmail.com in conjunction with "The constancy of originality of articles" signed by each author
  • The texts should be written in Times New Roman, size 12, justified, 1.5 spaced, with paragraphs without indentation
  • The margins to be used will be: 2.5 on all sides of the page
  • The first page must contain:   

           -Title of work in Spanish and English. The title in Spanish and English, centered, in size 18 using capital letters
           -Name (s) and last name (s) of the author (s), respective institutional address (s) unit and department, emails, ORCID identification
           number (https://orcid.org/), curricular synthesis not to exceed six (6) lines. The name and address of the authors
           in size 10, bold, centered and with simple line spacing 
           -Resumen and Abstract that does not exceed the extension of 250 words each. The summary and the Abstract
           will be written without bleeding
           -Keywords after the Summary, Keywords after Abstracts. They will be presented between three (3) and five (5)
          -Palabras clave and corresponding Keywords, in italics and without indentation. The Resumen will be followed by the Palabras Clave, and the Abstract by Keywords, it is recommended to consult the UNESCO Thesaurus and the Serbiula Thesaurus of Subjects
-Sections should be written in uppercase and highlighted in bold, left alignment and numbered consecutively Arabic
-Use size 10 for the legends of figures and tables, indexes, subscripts and other subordinate texts
-Tables and figures must be numbered consecutively and identified in the upper part for tables, and lower for figures
-If the work includes images, they should be attached to the email in a separate file with a resolution of no less than 250 dpi, indicating in the text of the work their location
-If you include tables, they must be presented in a separate file and indicate your place of placement in the text of the work
-Reference citations in the text and the final list of bibliographical references must present sequential numbering according to the order of appearance
-Regarding the preparation of citations and bibliographic references, IEEE standards will be used (they are available in the Word file)
-What is not foreseen in these rules will be resolved by the Editorial Committee of the journal

Guidelines or Specifications for the Preparation of References

Reference citations in the text and the final list of bibliographic references must present sequential numbering according to the order of appearance in the text, and in brackets. IEEE standards available in the Word file will be used in the "References" tab or consult: IEEE REFERENCE GUIDE, Manual de citas y referencias (extract IEEE)

Journal article

[1] M. Ureña Aguirre and G. Alvarado Aguirre, «Effect of exposure time to fire in flexural strength of reinforced concrete beams», Gaceta Técnica, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 7-18, Jul. 2018.

Book

[2] A. H. Barbat, «Seismic calculation of structures» 1st ed., Barcelona: Associated Technical Editors, 1982.

Chapter of book

[3] J. C. Vielma, A. H. Barbat and S. Oller, «Non-linear structural analysis. Application to evaluating the seismic safety of Structural Analysis », E. Camilleri, Ed., New York, Nova Science Publishers, 2010, pp. 101-128.

Standard or technical report

[4] AISC, «Seismic Provisions for Structural Steel Buildings» American Institute of Steel Construction, Chicago, 2010.

Proceedings

[5] R. Park, «State-of-the-art report: ductility evaluation from laboratory and analytical testing» Proceedings of the 9th WCEE, Tokyo-Kyoto, 1988.

Publication Ethics

·         They will present their scientific contributions with honesty, refraining from omitting the appointment of works of third parties, as well as referencing those that they have not used faithfully.
·         They must send to the editorial committee the "Proof of originality of articles" [3] duly signed by each author, stating the originality of the same and possible conflicts of interest.
·         Avoid sending the same document to other publications in order to be considered for possible publication at the same time.
·         In the event that any contribution has been benefited with contributions from third parties, they should be reflected in the context of the article. In the event that a contribution has been financially benefited either by a public or private entity, this contribution should be reflected in the context of the article. ·         Forward the contributions considering the "Guidelines for Authors"
·         Collaborate with the editorial body by sending in the assigned times the corrections or observations to the document, emanating from the peer review.
·         Send in conjunction with the reissued document considering the observations, the authors will send an additional document indicating where the modifications were made, as well as any additional comments regarding them, if any.

Errata Publications

The authors can publish errata being responsible for their content.

Research articles

Unpublished works of technical scientific contribution, with a maximum of twenty (20) pages. Its conceptual foundation, argumentative rigor, methodological support, analysis of results and conclusions, with an updated bibliographic support is fundamental and obligatory. Therefore, the following sections are required: Introduction, Development and Methodology, Discussion of results, Conclusions and References




Disclosure Article

Are those contributions product of research, development projects or experiences aimed at informing new developments and / or advances in the specialties covered by the GT magazine. They should promote academic dialogue between specialists in the thematic areas relevant to GT, will have an extension between three (3) and fifteen (15) maximum pages. They will be structured as follows: introduction, dissertation, conclusions and bibliographical references.

Essay

They must contain a reflection or critical position about a problem, situation or issue related to the editorial line of the journal, will have an extension between five (5) and ten (10) maximum pages. They will be structured as follows: introduction, dissertation, conclusions and bibliographical references.

Review

Documents that compile the state of the art of a specific area of ​​engineering, architecture, urban planning, and education applied to the aforementioned areas with a maximum of fifteen (15) pages.

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