Since 2020, Rhombus Magazine is a biannual publication of the Vice-Rector's Office for Research and Development and the Research Directorate of the Latin American University of Science and Technology of San José, Costa Rica. 

Rhombus Magazine dates back to 2004 and is mainly oriented to the dissemination of unpublished works in the fields of business sciences, engineering, social sciences, and related areas.

It is a free and open access journal, accessible to the public through the University's website. It is published twice a year, in the months of January and July.

It encourages publications by researchers, teachers, and students, whether they are directly affiliated with the institution or not. The journal urges the participation of both domestic and international authors in Rhombus publications.

The journal's content is aimed at all professionals interested in staying up to date and expanding their knowledge in various fields of study, with avant-garde approaches.

Rhombus is an international, peer-reviewed journal that includes articles in the following sections:

1. Journal articles: in this section, 5 scientific articles are published. The articles published should be related to original and applied research on legal doctrine, comparative law analysis or normative development of interest. They should use the IRMD methodology, include a summary or abstract, and 5 key words; and be between 8000 to 9000 words in length (excluding the summary/abstract and references).
2. Essays: up to 2 essays are published in this section. The essays should present a series of arguments and reflections on a specific topic of interest to the Scientific Committee. The purpose of the essay is to express the author's opinion, based on research. Essays should include a summary or abstract, and 5 key words; and be between 3500 to 5000 words in length (excluding the summary/abstract and references).
3. Educational innovation: in this section, up to 2 writings will be published, according to the criteria of the approach called Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). Products from the systematization of experiences in educational innovation and their results are published through the systematic analysis of teaching and its effects on student learning.

The Rhombus Journal is indexed in Crossref and subscribes to the Code of Best Practice in Scholarly Journal Publishing.

Rhombus Magazine is a biannual publication. The periods of publication are in July and January

Manuscripts are accepted throughout the year.

The journal accepts submissions in both Spanish and English.

Submitted manuscripts are not considered submissions until the author sends the complete material to the journal.

The Scientific Council is the body that evaluates the quality and thoroughness of the articles submitted and will take into consideration the relevance, originality, timeliness, impact and compliance with the rules of publication.

The articles that pass the review of the Scientific Council will be sent for evaluation to referees specialized in the relevant topic.

A maximum of 3 months will be allowed for the Editorial Board to issue a decision on the manuscript. After this first review cycle, the manuscript will go through the refereeing system.

The refereeing system adopted is the double-blind system. The final decision for publication will be made by the Scientific Council and after the evaluation process by external peers, the resolution may be: a) accepted without modifications, b) accepted subject to minor corrections or c) rejected. If the article is accepted subject to minor corrections, it will be returned to the author(s) together with the recommendations, so that they can submit a corrected version; having 15 calendar days to do so.

All manuscripts will then be sent for philological review, the authors are required to accept the changes recommended by the professional contracted by ULACIT.

The rejection of the papers or any discrepancy about them will be resolved by the Editorial Board, with no possibility of complaint against the decision of this body.

The published version may be accessed on the journal's website.

The process of evaluation and publication of the document may take approximately six months. However, this period may be shorter or longer, depending on factors that may accelerate the process.

The Rhombus Journal employs a long-term preservation service, wherein each issue of the journal is archived using Open Journal Systems (OJS). Open Journal Systems is an open-source software application designed for the management and publication of scholarly journals.

Originally developed and released by the Public Knowledge Project (PKP) in 2001 to enhance access to research, OJS has become the most widely adopted open-source journal publishing platform globally, with over 30,000 journals utilizing it worldwide.

These journals back up their digital contents in the Alberto Cañas Escalante Library, in a space on the University's own server and in the University's public digital library, coordinated by the Library Directorate, for preservation and restoration purposes.

The evaluation of articles is carried out through a meticulous process of double-blind peer review, where scientific relevance, originality, clarity and pertinence are considered as evaluation criteria. This method is a means of confidentiality, safeguarding the anonymity of both the authors and the evaluators (internal and external). Thus, the privacy of the evaluated content and the confidentiality of the referees' report are scrupulously respected.

The magazine respects and adheres to everything contemplated by Law No. 6683 Law on copyright and related rights of the Republic of Costa Rica, as well as its reform in Law 7979.

Rhombus Journal is committed to ensure the originality of published manuscripts, according to international standards, with the use of the plagiarism detection tool Turnitin Originality.

In case of plagiarism, the article will be automatically rejected, and the author(s) will be notified. In cases of self-plagiarism, the author(s) will be notified and will have 15 calendar days to resolve the situation.

If no response is received or if the changes are not satisfactory, the article will be rejected for publication.

The authors transfer their rights to the articles submitted for publication in the Rhombus Journal. The Rhombus Journal operates under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Sharealike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA) license; e-ISSN: 1659-1623.

The Rhombus Journal ensures immediate open access to its content under the principle of Open Science, which guarantees that research is made available to the public, thereby promoting global knowledge exchange.

The Rhombus Journal is an open access journal, meaning that all its content is freely available without cost to users or institutions. The Rhombus Journal does not charge authors fees for submitting their work, nor does it charge for the publication of their articles.

The Rhombus Journal operates under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Sharealike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA) license. This license allows others to distribute, remix, adapt, and create derivative works from the material in any medium or format, exclusively for non-commercial purposes, provided that credit is given to the original creator. All authors of the Rhombus Journal accept these terms as conditions of publication.

Sending the document to the journal's address, with the complete form "Acceptance of conditions and assignment of copyright" ("Aceptación de condiciones y cesión de derechos de autor"), is an indispensable requirement for the submission of an article to the journals of the Universidad Latinoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnología (ULACIT), and must be signed by the author(s) of the manuscript. The format of this document is PDF with fillable fields for the incorporation of the basic data of the manuscript and the author(s).