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Ethics declaration

Delectus Magazine adheres to the code of conduct for editors of COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics), as well as the recommendations of the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) and the "SciELO Guide to Good Practices for Strengthening Ethics in Scientific Publication".

It is the joint responsibility of the editorial board and the authors of the works to practice scientific ethics; therefore, all articles must comply with the following requirements prior to publication:

  • Authors give their consent for the submission and publication of the article submitted for evaluation by means of a Letter of introduction; declaring that the article is original and unpublished (it has not been submitted for review in any other digital or printed journal, national or international; nor in any other printed or electronic media).
  • The journal does not charge authors for processing and/or publication of articles.
  • The authors agree to assign the reproduction rights of the article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0
  • All articles are submitted to the Turnitin anti-plagiarism program to prevent academic fraud.

 

Responsibilities of the editors and the editorial committee:

• The editor and the editorial committee are responsible for the selection of articles that will be published in the journal. The editor and any member of the journal team must ensure the confidentiality and anonymity of the manuscript with respect to reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisors, or the publisher.

Responsibilities of reviewers:

• Confidentiality.
• Timeliness.
• Input into editorial evaluation.
• Transparency and interests.

Responsibilities of the author:

• Authors are responsible for submitting an original manuscript.

• Authenticity and plagiarism.

• Article authorship must be declared.

Errata and retractions

The Journal follows the recommendations issued by COPE in order to avoid bad scientific practices, it is willing to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions when necessary according to the following types of errors:

1. Major errors (falsification, fabrication or plagiarism): In the event that a published article presents substantive errors detected by the author and that violates the scientific quality, withdrawal or correction may be requested. However, if they are detected by third parties: plagiarism, previous publication, unethical conduct or error, it is the author's obligation to publicly retract, with which the withdrawal or public correction will proceed immediately. The public correction or retraction will be made in the following number.

2. Minor errors (errors in sampling, procedures, or data analysis, failure to reproduce results, accidental omission of information about methods or data analysis): When an error or inaccuracy is discovered significant in the published document, it is mandatory to notify the journal and retract or correct the document.

Conflict of Interest

Any manuscript that is the product of a funded investigation must have permission for publication from the funding institution.

Both authors and reviewers are notified of the importance of declaring any conflict of interest for personal, economic, and political reasons.