Vol. 1 No. 1 (2023)

This is the first issue of Rices Journal, and obviously its first editorial, so I would like to present the genesis of this academic project. Like any scientific journal, this publication aims to publish scientific results resulting from research primarily in the socio-humanistic areas. But beyond this generic purpose, Rices Journal aims to be part of an ecosystem that can unite, through different strategies: first, the substantive functions of the university; and second, the organizations of the quadruple helix, a goal not always possible in the Latin American context. In addition to this higher objective, Rices aims to expand the possibilities for researchers in Colombia and Latin America to publish and disseminate their scientific results. Thus, we aim to support the career development of these researchers. At the same time, we are a space for discussion and debate on the approach to different social and human phenomena in our area of ​​interest; understanding that today, phenomena from different areas of knowledge are approached from an interdisciplinary perspective, and the boundaries of science are increasingly blurred. For all the above reasons, we embrace our scope as our social mission. Thus, the Journal of Research, Science, Studies, and Knowledge (RICES) is an open-access scientific publication focused on the social and human sciences, aimed at the national and international community. Its objective is to publish research and review articles, written in Spanish and English, in the areas of economics, politics, pedagogy, naval science, security and defense, and other socio-humanistic sciences. We do all of this under strict bioethical principles and striving for the highest standards of scientific quality.