About the Journal

RITI publishesresearch reports on digital technologies and their application in other areas and is therefore considered interdisciplinary. It focuses with special emphasis on emerging terms in information science and technology. The journal aims to bridge the existing knowledge gap regarding technology implementation in the diverse science fields that currently have limited dissemination. Through current trends in the knowledge society, RITI seeks to highlight peer-reviewed research advances and results from all fields of science that implement computing, information technology, and digital systems, disseminated as empirical articles, case studies, and literature reviews.

This biannual publication strives to provide an international audience with research manuscripts of the highest quality on the constant evolution of information science and technology in general and their applications in various areas. Researchers, academics, professionals, and students will find this journal a reference source on recent technological applications and developments.

RITI disseminates research in information science and technology and their applications in all areas of science that influence or impact the knowledge society. Topics include, but are not limited to:

Computing and its applications (in social sciences, humanities, urban planning, etc.)
Computer science and its applications
Information systems
Algorithms and programming
Predictive analytics
Engineering applications (any)
Biodiversity applications
Natural language applications
Computer architecture
Network architectures
Cellular automata
Biology (bioinformatics, biotechnology)
Social computing
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Haptic interfaces
Human-computer interface
Internet of Things (IoT)
Malware
Mathematics
Medicine
Modeling
Nanotechnology
Virtual reality
Image and voice recognition
Computer networks
Vehicular networks (VANET)
Sensors
Open source software
Electric vehicle technology
Maritime technology
Digital forensics
Technologies tablets
Surveillance technologies
Flexible and adaptive technologies
Wireless technologies
Mobile technology
Green technologies
Videogames

Peer review process

Phase 1.

The Editorial Board initially reviews all received papers to assess their compliance with the journal's Publication Guidelines and undergoes a similarity assessment to prevent plagiarism using the iThenticate tool.

Within a maximum of one week, the authors will receive an email notification indicating whether their work is suitable for review.

Phase 2.

If they are suitable, the papers will undergo double-blind peer review, with the identity of both the authors and the reviewers remaining anonymous.

Each manuscript will be peer-reviewed by at least two external academic peers, experts in the subject matter of interest, who will determine whether the article is accepted or rejected, based on an academic and scientific analysis of the material. The panel of referees responsible for evaluating the proposals consists of specialists in various areas of educational research, both national and international, who are independent of the journal's editorial team. They will follow the format provided for this purpose.

The list of reviewers participating in the evaluations is listed in each of the published table of contents.

Phase 3.

The correspondence author will receive a response from the Editor via email regarding the outcome of the article evaluation within a maximum of two months. If the reviewers recommend corrections or modifications to the work, the author(s) will have ten (20) days to make them and resubmit the article.

Authors will be promptly informed of the acceptance, rejection, or condition, according to the following decision:

a) "Rejected" (non-appealable).
b) "With Revisions." For possible publication, the article will be returned to the author with the recommended modifications suggested in the opinion, which must be made within the timeframe established by the Editor to determine whether it is accepted or rejected.
c) "Accepted." The article will be published without substantial modifications.

Once the reviewers submit their evaluations to the journal, the Editor, based on the evaluations and the arguments presented, decides on the article's publication in the journal. In some special situations, the journal's final decision may not align with a reviewer's recommendation, as some articles may receive up to three evaluations that can present contradictions. The Editorial Committee makes the final decision based on a comprehensive analysis of all the evaluations received.

Phase 4.

Once the articles are accepted for publication, formatting and publication continue. During this process, articles may be adjusted in terms of form, spelling, or style, in accordance with RITI's editorial standards, with prior approval from the authors.

Accepted articles will be published on the dates indicated by the journal. The author will be notified of the online publication of their article.

Plagiarism

The Journal of Research in Information Technologies uses software tools (Ithenticate) to detect plagiarism. Texts received are reviewed before being sent for editorial review. They will be rejected if the percentage of similarity with another text published or available online exceeds 25%, or at the editors' discretion.

If plagiarism is detected or reported in a published text, the procedure to follow is summarized by COPE in the following diagram.

Publication frequency

The journal is published regularly every six months.

First issue: January-June
Second issue: July-December

However, the contents of each issue will appear periodically over six months (pre-print version), until the issue is considered closed (post-print version, this version is recommended for self-archiving articles in institutional or thematic repositories or personal websites). This system significantly reduces the publication time of the journal's contents, eliminating the need to wait for the entire issue to be edited. The final version will be posted online on June 30th and December 31st of each year.

Submissions are open year-round.

Open access and non-APC policy

This journal provides open access to its content, based on the principle that offering the public free access to research contributes to a greater global exchange of knowledge.

The text published in the Journal of Research in Information Technologies (RITI) is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC) license, which allows third parties to use the published material while citing the authors and RITI, but not for commercial purposes.

All articles published in RITI are distributed openly and are freely available online immediately after publication. RITI does not charge for submitting and processing articles for publication.

Code of ethics

The Journal of Research in Information Technologies subscribes to the Code of Ethics of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), available at publicationethics.org.

Use of generative AI

Authors' use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools, such as ChatGPT and other tools based on large language models (LLMs), is authorized solely and exclusively as a basic support tool for authors to refine or correct spelling and grammar, and to edit and format the text. In such cases, the author is fully responsible for the accuracy and precision of any information provided by the tool, as well as for any possible violations of the journal's Editorial Policies. RITI adheres to the guidelines detailed at Elsevier.