«Sophia» is a scientific publication of the Universidad Politécnica Salesiana of Ecuador, published since January 2006 in an uninterrupted manner, with a fixed biannual periodicity (january-july), specialized in Philosophy  and its interdisciplinary lines such as Philosophy of Education, Epistemology, Deontology, Aesthetics, Critical Studies, Hermeneutics, Axiology, Ontology, Philosophical Analytics, among others.

It is scientific journal, which uses the peer-review system, under double-blind review methodology, according to the publication standards of the American Psychological Association (APA). Compliance with this system allows authors to guarantee an objective, impartial and transparent review process, which facilitates the publication of their inclusion in reference databases, repositories and international indexing.

«Sophia» is indexed in the directory and selective catalog of the Regional Online Information System for Scientific Journals of Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal (Latindex), in the Scientific Information System REDALYC, in the Directory of Journals of Open Access DOAJ and in repositories, libraries and specialized catalogs of Latin America.

The journal is published in a double version: printed (ISSN: 1390-3861) and digital (e-ISSN: 1390-8626), in Spanish, each work being identified with a DOI (Digital Object Identifier System).

To promote transparency, fairness, and proper recognition of the roles performed by each contributor in scientific production, Sophia journal applies the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT).

Similarly, to safeguard the integrity of the research process and uphold intellectual honesty, Sophia formally declares the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with the purpose of identifying the extent and nature of automated intervention in the creation, writing, analysis, and review of scholarly content.

This declaration constitutes an ethical and procedural imperative aimed at delineating human accountability in the generation of content to be published by Sophia. Furthermore, it seeks to foster a culture of openness and critical engagement with technological tools that appropriately mediate and enhance scientific production.

Such practice reinforces trust and transparency in our publications by promoting the development of robust editorial policies that enable a more precise assessment of the originality, authenticity, and scientific quality of the submitted manuscripts.

In this regard, the explicit disclosure of Artificial Intelligence (AI) usage is considered an essential prerequisite for the ethical, transparent, and rigorous advancement of knowledge within the scientific community.