Ethics Policy
Revista CS aims at continuously improving its processes of reception, revision, editing, and publication of scientific papers. In doing so, Revista CS follows the COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) recommendations to avoid bad editing practices, adopt agile correction and retraction procedures, and guarantee readers that the published articles meet the quality criteria established by the journal.
The following are considered as bad practices and are grounds for rejection of manuscripts in any stage of the publication process:
- Redundant publication
- Plagiarism
- Falsification of data (pictures, statistics, graphics, etc.)
- Falsification of information (affiliation of the authors, signatures, etc.)
- Impersonation and falsification of authorship
Duties and Responsibilities of the Editor:
-To provide clear and timely information about the journal and the editorial process to authors, readers, and evaluators.
-To decide on final acceptance or rejection of a manuscript based only on its quality, originality, pertinence, and relevance.
-To ensure the quality of articles and documents published in the journal.
-To answer diligently complains and retraction, correction, and clarification requests.
-To publish promptly corrections, clarifications, and retractions, whenever necessary.
-To guarantee an unbiased and anonymous evaluation process of the manuscripts submitted to the journal.
-To identify and state possible conflicts of interest among the editor, editorial team, authors, and evaluators.
-To refrain from using the content of the manuscripts submitted to the journal for their own benefit or for third parties.
-To ensure that all research has been approved by an ethics committee. Nevertheless, approval from an institutional committee does not exempt the Editor from considering on their own if the research meets the ethical parameters.
-To protect the confidentiality of the information presented by authors, evaluators, and readers.
-To maintain updated the guidelines and information for authors and evaluators in the website of the journal.
Duties and Responsibilities of Authors:
-To guarantee the originality and unedited nature of the manuscripts submitted to the journal. It is the authors’ duty to give credit to all the sources used for the production of their works.
-To send their manuscripts through the Open Journal System (OJS) platform by following this link: Submit your manuscript
-To consult and strictly follow the guide for authors before submitting manuscripts: Guide for Authors
-To request authorizations for the use, reproduction, and printing of materials that are neither their property nor their authorship (charts, graphics, maps, diagrams, pictures, etc.).
-To propose only original and unedited manuscripts that are neither simultaneously at evaluation processes in other journals nor have acquired editorial commitments.
-To declare the funding sources of their research as well as any conflict of interest.
-To declare the authorship functions of their research (only those persons who have contributed significantly to the research should be listed as authors).
-To carry out retractions or corrections of errors whenever necessary.
-To provide the full list of the references cited or mentioned in their manuscript.
-To present the guarantee of the ethical committee of the research and the informed consents of the subjects participating in the research.
Duties and Responsibilities of Evaluators:
-To communicate promptly to the Editorial Team of the journal if they accept or not the revision request.
To declare any conflict of interest.
-To evaluate articles objectively and impartially according to the procedure established by the journal.
-To guarantee an anonymous revision and to respect the confidentiality of the manuscripts assigned for evaluation.
-To refrain from using the content of the manuscripts submitted to the journal for their own benefit or for third parties.
-To explain sufficiently each of the observations proposed in the manuscript under evaluation.
-To communicate to the Editor any suspicion or proof of bad editorial practices (plagiarism, falsification of data, etc.)
-To suggest the acceptance, rejection, or acceptance with modifications of the manuscripts, and to send their concept in the times established by the journal through the OJS.
