Ethics statement
Duties of editors
Publication decisions
The editors will be responsible for the decision to publish manuscripts received by the journal. Manuscripts will be evaluated according to impartiality and equanimity criteria, not considering any type of criterion that implies inequality with respect to its authors: race, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, ethnic origin, nationality, political ideas. The only criteria accepted for the publication of any manuscript will be limited to its importance and transcendence, its originality and clarity, its validity and its pertinence in relation to the editorial line of the journal. The adjustment of the manuscript to the legal requirements in relation to the good name of persons and institutions, in relation to copyright and those corresponding to plagiarism will also be taken into account.
- Confidentiality
None of the members of the editorial team of the journal, as well as its collaborators, will be able to reveal any information related to the manuscripts received. No one other than the author or the reviewers. In due proportion to the fulfillment of the purposes of the proposed activity and with due prudence.
- Conflict of Interest
Under no circumstances may the materials corresponding to manuscripts received and not published be used by the editors for their own research without the prior written authorization of the author.
Duties of reviewers
- Cooperation with editorial decisions
The purpose of peer review of manuscripts received is to assist the editors in the selection of manuscripts for publication, thus contributing to the decision to publish the articles to be included in the journal, as well as collaborating in the improvement of the quality of the manuscripts.
- Diligence
In the event that an expert selected for the evaluation of a manuscript who does not consider himself competent to judge it, or to do so with sufficient diligence, he should inform the editors and waive the evaluation.
- Confidentiality
Manuscripts received for review should be treated as confidential documents. They should not be used or discussed publicly unless authorized by the editors.
- Objectivity Criteria
Evaluators will perform their task objectively, leaving personal criticism aside. It is the obligation of the evaluators to express their judgments clearly and in a well-founded manner.
- Determination of sources
It is the obligation of the reviewers to determine the existence of published works to which the manuscript refers and which have not been cited in the corresponding section of bibliographical references. Likewise, they must indicate those observations or arguments that appear in the manuscript and are not accompanied by their respective bibliographic source.
The reviewers should also inform the editors of any significant overlap or coincidence between the manuscript and any other publication of which they are aware.
- Conflict of Interest
The information or ideas that may be obtained through the privilege of evaluating manuscripts must always be kept under the secrecy of confidentiality, and no personal gain may be obtained. Likewise, reviewers should refrain from judging manuscripts with which they have a conflict of interest derived from competitive, collaborative or other types of relationships, or derived from links with authors, institutions or companies related to the manuscripts.
Duties of authors
- Compliance with quality requirements
Authors must present original research with a clear and precise exposition of the work performed, as well as an objective discussion of its importance. The data supporting the work must be reflected with sufficient clarity in the manuscript. The manuscript must have well detailed references in a way that allows in a sufficient way that other authors can reproduce the research and verify the results. Any false or intentionally inaccurate statement will be judged as an ethical misconduct and will therefore be grounds for exclusion.
- Access to research data
Authors must provide their research data along with the manuscript for the purpose of editorial evaluation. If necessary, they should also make such data public. In any case, it is understood that it is the obligation of the researchers to make such data available to the scientific community, provided that confidentiality of the participants is guaranteed and that there is no prejudice to any institutional rights that may exist.
- Originality, plagiarism and sources
Manuscripts must be original works and make reference, by means of pertinent citations, to the work of other authors. It should also cite and refer to the work of authors who have been decisive in defining the nature and objectives of the work.
- Multiple, superfluous or simultaneous publication
Papers describing essentially the same research should not be published in more than one journal. Likewise, the same work should not be submitted to several journals. Both cases will be grounds for exclusion.
Manuscripts that have already been published in other journals should not be submitted. Nor should the same manuscript be sent to another journal when it is in the evaluation period. All this without prejudice to the fact that the author always and at all times maintains the full rights of the author in relation to the published work and, therefore, of reproduction and transmission as he/she sees fit.
- Authorship of the article
Authorship should be limited to persons who have contributed significantly to the conception, elaboration or interpretation of the work. All persons who have done so should therefore appear as co-authors.
The principal author undertakes to ensure that only such persons are listed as co-authors and no others. He/she is also obliged to submit the final version of the article to the co-authors for approval and to obtain their authorization for publication.
- Conflict of interest
Authors should declare the sources of funding for their work and should try to avoid any conflict of interest that might affect the results or the interpretation of their conclusions.
- Fundamental errors in the published work
In the event that the author discovers important errors or inaccuracies in his/her published work, he/she has the duty to diligently inform the editors and to collaborate in the correction or, if necessary, rectification of what has been published.
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