Editorial committee
The editorial committee is responsible for defining the editorial orientation of the Center's publications and, in accordance with this, approving, commenting on or rejecting the writings proposed for each publication.
Permanent members:
- Editorial coordination (1)
- Managing director (1)
- Head of Knowledge Management (1)
- Head of Technology Transfer (1)
- Strategic Communication Coordinator (1)
- Program Directors (1)
- Leader of the main area contained in the publication (1)
- Peer reviewer (1)
Editorial production
The deadlines and response times are subject to the availability and production of the Cenicaña Technical Cooperation and Technology Transfer Service.
Submit your publication or text and be part of the construction of knowledge of an agroindustry that is sweet by nature.
Publication components
Cover: Contains the title of the article or text, authors, publication date, ISSN and version number.
Body of the work: The disclosed texts must contain:
- Opening or introduction: It should situate the reader and motivate him to continue reading.
- Development of the topic: Present the components in an orderly manner that is easy for the reader to identify. The language should be objective (in the third person); it is recommended to explain local terms and, if possible, use universal or generic terms. The author's personal positions on the subject matter should correspond to purely technical concepts and should be based on verifiable arguments. Complements to the text such as tables and figures (graphs, diagrams, illustrations, drawings, photographs) that contribute to the rapid understanding of the text are accepted; these elements must meet the quality indicated in the call for papers.
- Closing: It should reinforce the central message of the topic discussed, without repeating figures or details and rather formulating the actions (verbs) that in the present contribute to the desired future.
Bibliographic references: All citations included in the body of the work, tables and figures must appear described at the end, under the title Bibliographic References.
For the writing of citations and bibliographical references, consult the manual prepared by the Knowledge Management Service based on frequently used APA standards and examples adapted to the needs of Cenicaña.
Credits: includes the names of the people who participated in the creation of each version (according to editorial roles).
Recipient's details: space for physical shipping data.
Design and layout
Page size: length: 279.4 mm. Width: 215.9mm.
Orientation: vertical
Typography: Heading level 1: 16 points, centered and bold. Heading level 2: 12 points, left justified and bold. Heading level 3: 11 points, left justified and bold. Heading level 4: 11 points, left justified, underlined. Body text: 12 points, left justified, line spacing 1.15.
Color palette and graphic elements: subject to the Cenicaña brand manual.
Distribution
Digital: The publication of the informative series will be in .PDF format and .html version depending on the case and the relevant strategy. The editorial producer will determine the digital means for distribution.
Printed: A printed version will be sent to the same people and institutions to whom the Cenicaña Annual Report is delivered, including all sugarcane growers who donate to the Center.
Editorial features
Description: publication of informative content for quick consultation, which offers practical and reliable references on a topic or technology. For each publication, promotes a single topic, technology or solution for the sugarcane agroindustry. Related content is linked to the topic or technology being promoted through QR codes.
Objective: promote the adoption of Cenicaña technologies.
Format: printed and digital.
Language: divulgative, converts the technical vocabulary of scientific discourse into a semi-technical vocabulary, so that the target audience can understand what is being talked about.
Target audience: sugar cane producers linked to the sugar mills in the Cauca River Valley and other actors in the production chain.
Periodicity: not periodic.
Authors: Authors are considered to be those who meet ALL of the following four criteria:
- Significant contribution to the conception or design of the study, or acquisition, analysis or interpretation of data: Authors must have made a substantial contribution to some or all stages of the study or technology being promoted.
- Drafting or critical review for intellectual content: Authors must have participated in drafting the paper or in revising it critically for important intellectual content.
- Participation in the approval of the final version of the informative series to be published.
- That he/she has the capacity to answer for all aspects of the article in order to ensure that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are adequately investigated and resolved.
All persons who meet criterion one should have the opportunity to participate in the review, writing and final approval of the manuscript.
Those who do not meet all criteria should be acknowledged in the acknowledgements and listed as contributors.
Extension: 2-4 sheets (4-8 pages, taking into account delivery format)
Structure
Degree: It must be brief and fully correspond to the topic presented in the version.
Opening: It acts as an introduction. It should situate the reader and motivate him to continue reading. The technology should be presented.
Development: presents the components in an orderly manner that is easy for the reader to identify. It should cover the following content:
Essential or required contents:
- Introduction (introduce the technology)
- What is technology:
Description of the technology (if developed in the Opening, it is omitted in the Development). - Benefits of implementation:
Benefits that the end user would have by implementing the technology. - How to implement technology:
What is required, illustrative step-by-step or general methodology to implement the technology. - Bibliographic references
Optional contents:
- Additional information (QR, Webinar, Videos, other texts)
- Costs that the producer would incur to implement the technology
- Conclusions
- Thanks
The language should be objective (in the third person); it is recommended to explain local terms and, if possible, use universal or generic terms. The author's personal positions on the subject matter should correspond to purely technical concepts and should be based on verifiable arguments. To support the argumentation, it is recommended to follow APA style rules.
Simple additions to the text, such as equations, tables and figures (graphs, diagrams, illustrations, drawings, photographs) that contribute to a quick understanding of the text, are accepted; these elements must meet the quality indicated in the delivery format.
Closing: It should reinforce the central message of the topic being discussed, without repeating figures or details and rather formulating the actions (verbs) that in the present contribute to the desired future.
Citations and bibliographical references: All citations included in the text, tables and figures must be described at the end of the chapter under the title Bibliographical References. For the writing of citations and bibliographical references, consult the manual prepared by the Knowledge Management Service based on frequently used APA standards and examples adapted to the needs of Cenicaña.
Publication of informative content for quick consultation, offering practical and reliable references on a topic per publication.
Presentation
The Cenicaña Publishing House, responding to its main purpose of promoting and coordinating the Center's editorial production, invites the entire Cenicaña community to participate in the open call for the publication of products derived from internal or collaborative research processes with other institutions, technology validation processes, innovation processes and/or professional experiences related to topics of interest to the sugarcane agroindustry.
This call aims to promote the intellectual production of the Cenicaña community, through the publication of informative texts, for quick consultation, that offer practical and reliable references about a topic per publication framed in the editorial guidelines of the publication. Divulgative Series.
General objective of the call
Promote the production of informative content by the Cenicaña community, through the publication of support texts for the transfer of technology to the sugarcane agroindustry.
Specific objectives
- Encourage the Cenicaña community to participate in processes of publishing advances or research results or supporting technology transfer.
- Strengthen high-quality publication practices that make Cenicaña's intellectual production more visible.
- Support in the classification and maintenance of research groups, as well as in the measurement and recognition of research professors before Colciencias.
Requirements for submitting text
- The document must have as its central theme an original, current and pertinent theme.
- The document must be submitted in Word format.
- Verdana Fountain
- Font sizes should be: level 1 headings, 16 points, centered and bold; level 2 headings, 12 points, left justified and bold; level 3 headings, 11 points, left justified and bold; level 4 headings, 11 points, left justified and underlined; body text, 12 points, left justified, line spacing 1.15.
- Tables, which correspond to texts arranged within columns and highlighted lines in the document, have a title, column header, table body and footnotes, also known as tables; they must be presented in Excel .xlsx format. The title of the tables goes at the top of them and is cited in the text using an initial capital letter, with consecutive numbering.
- Figures, which are equations, graphs, diagrams, illustrations, drawings and photographs, must be submitted in Excel format .xlsx. .ai. eps. .tif. The title of the figures is at the bottom of them and is cited in the text using an initial capital letter, with consecutive numbering. In the case of a photograph, the format must be .jpg .png .tif. Do not attach photos to the Word file, as they lose quality.
Selection procedure
- Submit the manuscript for publication purposes and the respective authorizations to the Publishing House.
- The documentation submitted will be validated by the Publishing House.
- The Editorial Seal will make the editorial evaluation of the work (in accordance with the Editorial Committee and the guidelines of Cenicaña) and this must be approved.
- Each work will have two evaluators defined under the guidelines of the Editorial Committee. The identity of the evaluators will not be disclosed.
- Every document must follow the estimated times in the phases of the editorial process.
Legal aspects
- The submitted works must be original and free of process and publication commitments with other academic or commercial publishers.
- The works cannot be submitted to other calls at the same time.
- Those who submit the work must be the owners of the rights or have the authorization of the authors.
- Authors must have permission to assign rights for the reproduction of illustrations, photographs, tables or any type of copyrighted material that is not their own. The assignment must explicitly state the rights of publication in favor of Cenicaña.
- The authors of the submitted works must sign the contract for the transfer of rights in favor of Cenicaña.
- Works that have not been approved for publication by the Publishing House or in previous calls will not be taken into account.
- Cenicaña's Knowledge Management area will be responsible for the legal deposit of the work.
Presentation of the works
The works must be sent in digital format, to the following email addresses:
According to the format of the delivery requirements listed above and with the following characteristics:
- The manuscript must be submitted with the following parts: Introduction (present the topic or technology), description of the technology (if developed in the Opening, it is omitted in the Development), benefits that the end user would have by implementing the technology and requirements, conclusions and bibliographical references.
- The email must contain an attached folder with all the graphics (photographs, infographics, statistical tables and the like) in high resolution, and these must also have the respective credits.
Financing
- The Technical Cooperation and Technology Transfer Service will allocate the necessary resources to carry out the editing, style, design, layout and web publishing tasks.
- Printing costs will be covered by the budget of each Cenicaña Research Program or Service.
Schedule
| Opening of the call | February 21th 2025 |
|---|---|
| Closing of the Call | Undefined |
| Publication | According to the phases of the editorial process |
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