The journal is completely free and open access. There are no costs for readers, researchers who submit their work for review, or authors who choose to publish. The journal receives exclusive financial support from the San Martín de Porres University Faculty Association, an association that promotes the open and unrestricted dissemination of academic knowledge.

Focus and Scope
Cultura is a multidisciplinary journal with a comprehensive approach that encompasses research in all areas of knowledge developed in the faculties and schools of the USMP. With a rigorous editorial process, we promote academic excellence and the exchange of innovative ideas.
Its scope includes the publication of research in health sciences, technology, education, and social and human sciences, promoting the dissemination of scientific knowledge with high standards of editorial quality to contribute to academic development and the solution of national and international problems.

Periodicity
Cultura was published annually from its inception until 2023. Beginning in 2024, it will be published semiannually with continuous frequency.

Journal Sponsors
Association of Professors of the University of San Martín de Porres (ADUSAMARPO).

History

En 1951 llegó a Lima el sacerdote dominico F. Morlion, fundador de la Universidad Pro Deo en Roma, el mismo que creó un instituto con el nombre de “Centro de Realismo Social”, como filial de aquélla. Su finalidad fue formar obreros cristianos en base a la filosofía tradicional y las ciencias sociales. El Centro se inauguró el 15 de mayo de l95l, siendo su primer director el padre Vicente Sánchez Valer. En 1956 se cambió el nombre por “Instituto para Estudios Filosóficos Sociales”.

Posteriormente, y como homenaje a San Martín de Porres, el primer moreno canonizado Santo por la Iglesia, el presidente del país, Manuel Prado, otorgó el título de “Universidad” al Instituto el 17 de mayo de l962. Su primer Rector fue el padre Vicente Sánchez Valer, habiéndolo sucedido en el cargo las siguientes personalidades: Raúl Peña Cabrera, Ricardo Nugent López Chávez, Luis Gazzolo Miani, Carlos Humberto Vílchez Vera, José Antonio Chang Escobedo, Raúl Bao García y reelecto, en el año en curso, José Antonio Chang Escobedo.

Association of Teacher of the University of San Martín de Porrse

As a result of meetings held by a group of professors concerned about the academic and institutional progress of the University of San Martín de Porres, the decision was made to establish an organization that would give its analyses and proposals an organic character. Thus, in 1972, it was registered in the Public Registry of Lima under the name of the Teachers' Association. Its first Board of Directors was composed of Professors Hugo Ramón Chávez, President; Oscar Rodríguez Cáceres, Secretary of Press and Propaganda; and Julio Mayca Baca, Secretary of Organization.

Félix Romero Villacorta and César Cárdenas Cruzado then served as President, and Professor Johan Leuridan Huys, O.P., was elected President in 1981. In 1983, the institution's bylaws were amended, adopting the name of the Teachers' Association of the Private University of San Martín de Porres, and it was registered under file No. 327 in the Registry of Legal Entities of Lima. Its fifth article establishes the Association's purposes:

To safeguard the validity of the principles that constitute the very essence of the Peruvian University.

To encourage the development and specialization of its members.

To contribute to the development of the university by raising its academic standards.

In 2007, its statutes were last amended, adopting the name of the Association of Teachers of the University of San Martín de Porres. The General Assembly of Associates, held on October 6, 2007, elected the Board of Directors. The Board was registered with the National Superintendency of Public Registries under Registration No. 017808-40. The Board is composed as follows:

President: Johan Leuridan Huys

Vice President: Frank Lizaraso Caparó

Secretary of Records and Archives: Isabel Arrieta Gonzales

Secretary of Research: Luis Cárdenas Lucero

Secretary of Press and Dissemination: Hilda Baca Neglia

Secretary of Social Outreach: Juan Alva Gómez

Secretary of Academic Affairs: Domingo Sáenz Yaya

Secretary of Welfare: Daniel Valera Loza