Ethics

Ethics

Journal adheres to the codes of conduct and guidelines published by the Committee on Publication Ethics - COPE (http://www.publicationethics.org).

   Responsibilities

• Responsibilities of Editor-in-Chief

Manage, coordinate, decide, select, reproduce and distribute the Journal. She/he is responsible for each published article and will endeavor to satisfy the needs of the audience and the authors, improve the journal constantly, ensure the quality of the published material, defend freedom of expression, maintain the academic integrity of the journal, respect the procedures and deadlines committed to the publication. She/he will be available to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions, and apologies when necessary.

• Responsibilities of Editorial Committee

Permanently review compliance with the ethical principles of the journal, notify the editor in case of errors in publication, ensure the quality of the journal in its formal aspects and content.

• Responsibilities of International Advisory Committee

Support and guide the academic activity of the journal, advising on general decisions and key areas for its strategic development.

• Responsibilities of Reviewers

Impartially evaluate the content of the articles, keep the information confidential and not use it for any purpose other than the evaluation of the manuscript. Refrain from evaluating in case of conflicts of interest and provide suggestions to the authors to improving their manuscripts.

• Responsibilities of Authors

Send works that are original and that are not being evaluated for publication in other media, declare the source of funding received for publication and possible conflicts of interest, declare all references that serve as the basis for the work, acknowledge the work of co-authors, verify that all the information contained is authentic and that the data is not fraudulently used or plagiarized, accept the journal's intellectual property rights policy. Submit the manuscript to the peer evaluation process, correcting the work according to the comments received. For articles that report empirical research results, the authors must declare the approval of the ethics committee of their institution and the informed consent of the participants.

 Criteria to regulate the ethical performance of the publication

Transparency: The journal's editorial policy, peer review process, manuscript evaluation criteria and responsibilities of the editor, editorial committees, reviewers and authors are published.

Claims: the journal follows the procedure established in the COPE flow chart. The mechanism to express complaints consists of sending an email to the editor of the Journal. The editor should respond promptly.

Promotion of academic integrity: the editor will ensure that published research material conforms to internationally accepted ethical guidelines.

Protection of individual data: editors must protect the confidentiality of individual information.

Tracking inappropriate behaviors: The editor has the duty to act if he/she suspects inappropriate behavior (plagiarism, falsification of data, works previously published in other media, undeclared conflicts of interest, non-recognition of the corresponding authorship, among others). She/he have a duty not only to reject articles that violate ethical standards but also to follow up on alleged cases of inappropriate conduct. This implies, first of all, seeking an answer from the accused persons. If she/he is not satisfied with the answer, should ask employers or a regulatory body to investigate the situation, making all reasonable attempts to persist in obtaining a solution to the problem.

Editorial independence: The editor must make decisions about which articles to publish based on their quality and appropriateness rather than on the economic or political benefits that this may bring.

Conflict of interests: The editor must have systems to manage their own conflicts of interest, as well as those of their staff, authors, reviewers and members of the editorial board.

The Journal uses Turnitin, a plagiarism-screening software, to check the originality of content submitted.