Introduction:

Science, Technology and Innovation activity currently constitutes a basic pillar in the development of a country. Scientific journals are an essential part of scientific research as they are the main vehicle for the dissemination of results.

Objective:

To carry out a theoretical assessment of the conception of editorial management as a scientific activity.

Method:

Documentary analysis methods were used by selecting information obtained from scientific databases such as SciELO, Scopus and Google Scholar, using criteria: editorial management; scientific journals and science and technology activity.

Results:

Aspects related to the evolution of scientific communication through magazines, their traditionalist, technological and social approaches were addressed; as well as its role in the scientific communication of the results of scientific research and the editorial management for the publication of scientific journals.

Conclusions:

The authors conceive the editorial management of scientific journals as a scientific-technical process with a marked pedagogical character that, through the rigorous evaluation of the research result, purifies and socializes the product of scientific creation.

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