• Disseminate scientific knowledge applied to the discipline of Midwifery from a transdisciplinary perspective.
• Make visible midwifery knowledge through a validated humanist scientific space.
• Strengthen scientific production indicators of professionals working in and contributing to fields related to Midwifery.

Revista Matronería Actual is a peer-reviewed journal. Peer review is defined as obtaining advice on individual manuscripts from expert reviewers in the field.

Each manuscript is assigned by the Editor-in-Chief to the competent Area Editor. The latter will select two external peers, who will provide a double-blind review report of the work (meaning that reviewers do not know the authors' identities, and vice versa). Based on these reports, the Area Editor will make the final decision regarding publication.

We are a continuous-publication scientific journal; articles are published individually as soon as they are ready to be included in the journal, immediately after approval by the respective Area Editor. Additionally, an annual compilation volume of all articles published during the year is released.

Revista Matronería Actual is an Open Access journal adhering to the Diamond Open Access model. This ensures that all published content and articles are available without financial restrictions; likewise, no charges are applied to authors at any stage of the editorial and publication process.

Open access allows readers to download, read, or link to the full texts of articles without seeking prior permission from the publisher or the author(s). These and other terms are established in accordance with the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI, 2002).

The journal permits and encourages researchers to use self-archiving platforms and to promote the use of Open Access journals.

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During the SUBMISSION stage, Revista Matronería Actual screens all manuscripts using Turnitin plagiarism detection software. Plagiarism is considered an unacceptable practice.

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Submitted manuscripts must be original and unpublished, and cannot be under consideration by any other journal while undergoing evaluation by Revista Matronería Actual. Full papers previously published as abstracts, or unpublished papers presented at congresses or seminars, are also accepted.

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Revista Matronería Actual adheres to the Code of Conduct of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Authors are authorized to self-archive and post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or personal websites) after publication; under no circumstances should this be done prior to peer review, layout editing, or proofreading. In the event of an embargo, self-archiving is permitted immediately after its expiration.

This policy is designed to encourage readership and citation of contributions, facilitating wider and faster dissemination of the published work.

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