“…The debate on the quality and integrity of scientific production, which has been accentuated in recent years, has been associated with studies on the quality and relevance of scientific publications. That is, the ability of scientific journals to self-regulate themselves, especially in the conduct of an editorial process that promotes the evaluation of merit, originality, reliability of sources, data, analysis and results, theoretical foundation, and quality of scientific writing of manuscripts submitted to the appreciation of their editorial board and ad hoc reviewers (Cruz et al, 2021).…”