About the Journal

The Iberoamerican Environment & Sustainability Journal is a publication that covers various topics from different areas of knowledge, which have a direct impact on environmental management. It assumes four categories of scientific work:

  • Research articles
  • Literature reviews
  • Reflection articles or essays
  • Case studies

As long as they are considered as original shipments and respond to one of the following thematic axes:

  • Sustainable use of biodiversity and management of protected areas
  • Sustainable land management and food security
  • Management of environmental risks and climate change
  • Sustainable management of water resources
  • Environmental management in human settlements
  • Sustainable management of urban solid waste
  • Education, culture and environmental communication
  • Sustainable tourism
  • Policy and environmental law
  • Databases, remote perception and GIS applied to environmental management
  • University cooperation for sustainable development
  • Environmental health

The Iberoamerican Environment & Sustainability Journal is aimed primarily at professionals, teachers, researchers and students, mainly from Latin America, whether or not they are members of REIMA A.C., who are interested in publishing the results of their research through it. Its policy uses the continuous publication system, with a biannual frequency. The first issue of the year (January-June) is published in June and the second issue (July-December) in December. It also adheres to the Open Access initiative, in order to promote the immediate socialization of the results that are exposed as part of its content.

Editorial Policies

Peer Review Process Manuscripts are evaluated through blind peer review. Each article is reviewed by at least two external experts. The estimated response time is 6 months.

Open Access This journal provides immediate open access to its content, in accordance with the principles of knowledge sharing; there is no embargo.

Fee Policy No fees are charged for submission, review, publication, or indexing.

Editorial Ethics The journal adheres to COPE guidelines. Policies are in place against plagiarism, data manipulation, and conflicts of interest.

Anti-Plagiarism Policy The editorial board uses iThenticate software to detect matches and similarities between submitted texts and previously published sources.

Retraction and Correction RIAS publishes corrections, retractions, or removals when necessary, following ethical protocols.

AI and Scientific Publishing Responsible use of AI tools is permitted, provided it is explicitly declared in the manuscript.

Authorship Authorship must reflect significant contributions. Use of ORCID is recommended.

Digital Preservation Content is preserved through PKP PN and LOCKSS.

Language and Translation RIAS accepts manuscripts in Spanish, English, and Portuguese. Metadata is translated into all three languages.

Open Data Publication of data in open repositories is recommended when relevant.

Editorial Process The Iberoamerican Environment & Sustainability Journal uses the Open Journal System to manage the editorial process, which automates this procedure.

Interoperability Protocol RIAS incorporates interoperability protocols that allow its content to be harvested by other distribution systems, such as digital repositories and harvesters. The journal uses OJS (Open Journal System 3.2.1.1), which includes the OAI-PMH (Open Archive Initiative–Protocol for Metadata Harvesting) protocol, with support for multiple metadata formats. Protocol: OAI-PMH Version 2.0 Metadata formats: Dublin Core; MARC; MARC21; RFC1807 Harvester URL: https://ambiente-sustentabilidad.org/index.php/revista/oai