Aims and Scope

Alfa Revista de Investigación en Ciencias Agronómicas y Veterinarias is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed, diamond open access journal with continuous publication. It focuses on agronomic and veterinary sciences in the South American Altiplano (Bolivia, Peru, Chile, and Argentina). The journal specializes in extreme altitude agricultural and livestock production systems, positioning itself as the essential reference for the Andean region.

The journal accepts submissions in the following fields:

• High-Altitude Agronomy: Adapted crops (>3,500 m), frost/drought resistance, Andean agroecology, high-Andean soil management, high-altitude irrigation technology, plant physiology, Andean biocontrol agents, and soil, drought, climate, or pest resilience.
• Andean Veterinary Medicine: Pathology, zootechnics, preventive medicine, animal reproduction, pharmacology, and their impact on food value chains. Covers camelid health (alpaca, llama, vicuña), high-altitude parasitosis (sarcoptic mange), infectious diseases, and animal welfare in hypoxia.
• Mountain Zootechnics: Camelid genetic improvement, fiber production (alpaca), high-altitude animal nutrition, high-Andean pastoral systems.
• Climate Change and Adaptation: Resilience strategies, agricultural and livestock adaptive measures, climatic risk management, and extreme event prediction.
• Food Security: Sustainable and traditional production systems, rural nutrition, food sovereignty, and Andean value chains.

Alfa Revista de Investigación en Ciencias Agronómicas y Veterinarias publishes original articles from empirical research, field studies, case reports, documentary analyses, narrative reviews, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and methodological proposals, in Spanish or English.

The journal adopts a continuous publication model, enabling immediate dissemination of articles once editorial processes are complete. Content is organized into four annual issues annually.

Alfa Revista de Investigación en Ciencias Agronómicas y Veterinarias is edited by the Centro de Estudios Transdisciplinarios (CET-Bolivia). The journal is committed to scientific integrity, adhering to guiding documents such as: the National Centre for the Replacement Refinement & Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs), the Commitment to Environmental Sustainability and Ecological Interconnection (One Health), and the Singapore Statement on Research Integrity. Its editorial policy strictly integrates Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) standards. This requires all experimental research—particularly in veterinary and agronomic fields—to have institutional ethics committee approval and comply with the 3R principle (Replacement, Reduction, and Refinement; Russell & Burch, 1959). To ensure authorship transparency and accountability, the journal adopts the NISO CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy). Through these frameworks, the journal promotes transparency, academic integrity, and accurate recognition of author contributions. The editorial team maintains absolute neutrality against any bias.

License

Alfa Revista de Investigación en Ciencias Agronómicas y Veterinarias operates under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

Digital Archiving

Alfa Revista de Investigación en Ciencias Agronómicas y Veterinarias ensures long-term digital preservation of its scientific content via a multi-level backup strategy. Primary storage and editorial management occur on the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform, backed by CET-Bolivia.

For international distributed preservation, the journal uses the PKP PN (Public Knowledge Project Preservation Network), employing LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) technology. This creates permanent, decentralized archives for the journal’s conservation, integrity, and restoration during critical technical failures or service discontinuation.

All published articles remain permanently available on the journal’s official website, optimized for retrieval via academic search engines, institutional repositories, and international documentation networks, ensuring open, perpetual access to agronomic and veterinary research.

Access and Publication Fees

Consistent with its diamond open access policy, Alfa Revista de Investigación en Ciencias Agronómicas y Veterinarias guarantees free, immediate access to all articles, promoting knowledge dissemination without economic barriers for readers.

Sponsorship and Funding

The journal is edited by the Centro de Estudios Transdisciplinarios Bolivia, an academic publisher dedicated to promoting research and scientific dissemination in Latin America. This sustains its non-profit open access model and ensures continuity of editorial processes.