«Retos» is a bilingual scientific publication by the Universidad Politécnica Salesiana de Ecuador, which has been edited on a bi-annual basis (April-October) since  2011. The journal focuses on Business and International Management, Management of Technology and Innovation, Marketing, Strategy and Management, Economics and Econometrics, and Public Administration.

It is an arbitrated Scientific Journal that uses an external evaluation system known as peer-review, employing double-blind review, following the American Psychological Association (APA) style. By using this system, the authors have access to an objective, impartial and transparent review process, which facilitates their publication being included in databases, repositories, and international indexed references.

«Retos» is indexed in Scopus, Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) form web of Science, LATINDEX catalog, Regional Online Information System for Scientific Journals of Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal, is part of the Directory of Journals of Open Access -DOAJ, belongs to the Ibero-American Network of Innovation and Scientific Knowledge, REDIB, Network of Scientific Journals of Latin America and the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal, REDALYC, besides is part of the Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals, MIAR.