Encuentros. Journal of Human Sciences, Social Theory and Critical Thinking is a journal founded by the Center for Geo-Historical and Socio-Cultural Studies of the Rafael María Baralt National Experimental University and currently edited by the Center for Latin American Studies in Political and Social Transformations Foundation. (https://www.celat.org.ve/). Its publication is online and since May 2023 it has been published every four months.

The aim of the journal is to spread the research and reflections that are made from the humanities and social sciences on critical, counter-hegemonic and sub-alternate thinking. The journal is considered as a very wide academic space where contemporary social problems are approached from different areas of study such as Philosophy, History, Education, Political Science, Anthropology and Sociology. Academic articles are published that address the aforementioned topics, but also essays, research advances, book reviews and interviews of interest to academics with relevant contributions in the areas of the journal. All collaborations are evaluated by a Referee Committee.

The journal is aimed at the academic and scientific community of the human and social sciences of Venezuela and Latin America and at those who are interested in delving deeper into the topics, debates and experiences that are the protagonists of our regions, subjects and their socio-cultural transformations.

ENCUENTROS has a new periodicity from May 2023.

2023-03-21

Encuentros. Journal of Human Sciences, Social Theory and Critical Thinking will be published from May (2023) quarterly. The journal has a new periodicity after authorization on the ISSN Portal: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/2610-8046.

¡We qualify in Scimago!

2022-05-15

Encuentros qualifies in the Scimago Journal Rankin 2022 in the Q3 quartile. 

It is one of the 31 Venezuelan scientific journals that qualifies in this important ranking. 

You can check at this link.

Encuentros get into to Scopus

2020-12-17

Encuentros. Journal of Human Sciences, Social Theory and Critical Thinking has been accepted for inclusion in Scopus. The indexing of the contents can be consulted at this link.

No. 27 (mayo-agosto) (2026): Resistencia epistémica ante el avance tecnológico-científico. Preservar la humanidad ante lo artificial.

Published: 2026-08-01

Empathetic communication and teaching performance in higher education: empirical evidence and perspectives for pedagogical improvement

Karina Raquel Bartra-Rivero, Miguel Sebastián Armesto-Céspedes, Fanny Elvira Barrantes-Santos, Catalina Chepa Guzmán-Melgar

57-68

Learning assessment in basic sciences: a social inclusion approach at the University of La Guajira

Carlos Alfaro Camargo, Alexa Angélica Senior Naveda, Hobber José Berrío Caballero

106-116

Aula Invertida en Cadena: Impulso a la competencia oral en el aprendizaje del inglés como lengua extranjera, mediante incentivos culturales y emocionales

César Augusto Narváez Vilema, Elsa Yoconda Narváez Vilema, Cristhian Mauricio Yagos Vilema, Miryan Estela Narváez Vilema

117-130

Aspects of the impact of COVID-19 on academic performance in Colombia, based on Scalar Expectancy Theory and measurement by social strata

Leibniz Huxlay Flórez Guzmán, Sergio Carvajal Montiel, Estefanía Velásquez González, Juan Ricardo Andrés Cabrera Aguazaco

169-185

Limitations of Big Data in the development of predictive models for SMEs

Sandra Carolina López-Solís, Robinson Dueñas Casallas, Luis Pedro Román Palma, José Obdulio Curvelo-Hassán

195-206

Methodology for predicting business failure in informal sectors: A proposal based on the notion of thick description

Susetty Lorena Gómez García, Yenniz Aracely Sánchez Briones, Nila Plaza Macías, Lucía Dolores Loor Bravo

207-219

Tensions in Knowledge Validation in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Alternatives from the Global South

Trinidad Loli Nicèforo Ladislao, Darío Leoncio Villar Valenzuela, Gilmer Homero Gómez Ferrer

220-229

Collective memory, resistance and reconstruction: the experience of the Montoneros in the Peruvian Andes

Edgar Gutiérrez-Gómez, Juan Quispe-Rodríguez, Carmen Rosa Huayta-Chávez, Rosa Cecilia González-Ríos

230-243

Adolescent suicidal ideation: an analysis in the context of vulnerability

Dailibeth Gehan Daza Castillo, Juannys Chiquillo Rodelo, Nicolás Amaya López

254-268

Tourism, employment, and sociocultural challenges in Piura: an analysis of gentrification and its impact on traditional culture

Diana Angélica Ruiz Yenque, Jessica del Pilar Cabel Rabines, Raimundo Ishuiza Tapullima, José Pablo Cotos Mendizábal, Freddy William Castillo Palacios

269-279

Public health and vulnerable populations: a critical analysis from the perspective of social conflicts

Evelyn Juana Garcia-Santillan, Christian Enrique Sanchez-Julca, Víctor Hugo Anticona-López, Luis Augusto Durand-Azcárate

280-289

Generative artificial intelligence and ethics: a critical review of the application of thesis workshops

Guillermo Pastor Morales Romero, Adrián Quispe Andía, Teresa Guía-Altamirano, Shirley María Teresa Quispe Guía

291-300

International treaties for the development of the Colombian-Venezuelan border

Karen Inés Almanza-Vides, Meudis Patricia Quintero Ramos, Carlos Mario Márquez López

301-311

The energy crisis in Ecuador: Macroeconomic impact of unaccounted technical variables

Carlos Iván Rivera Naranjo, Barbara Gisella Cruz-Vargas, Renato Estuardo Paredes Cruz, Stefania Alexandra Correa Guzmán

337-356

The cocoa shell bread: A local development response to drug trafficking and health and environmental protection in South America

Magna Angélica Gutiérrez Rodas, Marlon Homero Núñez Serrano, Evelyn Elizabeth Sánchez Castro, Luis Humberto Tapia Yánez

369-385

Continuous Auditing: competition problems in the face of the analysis of massive data (big data)

María Fernanda Mendoza Saltos, Nancy Paola Carreño Arteaga, Jhoana Lucía Cuzco San Andrés, Gregorio Rigoberto Palma Macías

386-402

Empty Consensus: Perceptive problems on the implementability of educational management based on Big Data in Peru

Franchesca Fiorella Rodríguez Rivera, Carlos Federico Díaz Sánchez, Julio Christian Quesada Llanto, Jesws Rodriguez Salas, Ricardo Martín Dulanto Ramírez

403-418

Structural effects of social networks on academic performance and youth: An analysis from the Age of Emptiness

María Soledad Mañaccasa Vásquez, Mercy Noelia Paliza Champi, Nataly Janeth Sánchez Garay, Emmanuel Moisés Rivas Mañaccasa

419-432

The sherman principle in the digital society: emerging risks of destabilization of digital citizenship

Estrella Azucena Esquiagola-Aranda, Juana Yris Díaz-Mujica, Mercedes María Nagamine-Miyashiro, Yolanda Felicitas Soria-Pérez

433-448

Nonlinear and extracurricular aspects of post-pandemic physical education training. A study based on scientific sources

Carlos Alberto Ferrando Gómez, Jhonn Robert Ruiz De La Cruz, Kathy Flores Cabrera De Ruiz, Jesús Emilio Agustín Padilla Caballero

464-477

Citizen perceptions of the reasonableness of public spending: A study based on water and sanitation services in Moquegua, Peru

Doouglas Borda Sucacahua, Dany Yudet Millones Liza, Jorge Leoncio Rivera-Muñoz, Jakelin Solina Miraval Marquez

478-491

Stakeholders and Tourism Management: A proposal based on the idea of the Relational State in Ecuador

Erika Sonia Quiñonez Alvarado, Alexander Pavel Cedeño Velasco, Diana Patricia Gallardo Dueñas, Renato Estuardo Paredes Cruz

492-504

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