Publication Ethics and Best Practices Statement

The code of ethics of Cuadernos de Investigación Filológica is based on the Code of Conduct and Best-Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors (COPE) developed by the Committee on Publications Ethics (2011), as well as on the principles of transparency and good practices of the Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA).

 

1) Editors' responsibilities

Publication decisions

The editor is responsible for deciding which of the papers submitted to the journal will be published. The editor will evaluate manuscripts without regard to the authors' race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy. The decision will be based on the paper’s importance, originality and clarity, and the study’s validity and its relevance to the journal's scope. Current legal requirements regarding libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism should also be considered.

Confidentiality

The editor and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest

Unpublished material presented in an article will not be used by the editor or members of the editorial board for their own research purposes without the explicit written consent of the author.

 

2) Reviewers’ responsibility

Contribution to editorial decisions

The double-blind peer review process conducted by Cuadernos de Investigación Filológica helps the editor and the editorial board to make decisions about the submitted work and is also a tool for the improvement of the article by the authors.

Promptness

Any selected reviewer who does not feel qualified to assess the information presented in a manuscript, or who knows that prompt review will be impossible, should notify the editor and withdraw from the review process. This notification should be made promptly, to avoid delays in the assessment of the article.

Confidentiality

Articles received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They may not be disclosed or discussed with others, except in extraordinary cases where it is of interest for the assessment of the article itself, and in this situation the permission of the editor must always be obtained.

Standards of objectivity

Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.

Acknowledgement of sources

Reviewers should identify cases in which relevant published work referred to in the paper has not been cited in the reference section. They should point out whether observations or arguments derived from other publications are accompanied by the respective source. Reviewers will notify the editor of any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.

Disclosure and conflict of interest

Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions associated with the papers.

 

3) Authors’ duties

Reporting standards

Authors of original research reports should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behaviour and are unacceptable.

Data access and retention

Authors may be asked to provide the raw data from their study along with the article for editorial review and should be prepared to make the data publicly available, if possible. In any case, authors should ensure accessibility of such data to other relevant professionals for at least ten years after publication (preferably through an institutional or subject-based data repository or other data centre), provided that the confidentiality and anonymity of participants can be protected, as well as respect for legal rights regarding proprietary data. The authors of the article will be responsible for ensuring that the information and raw data of the study are not impeded - ethically or legally - from scientific dissemination.

Originality, plagiarism and acknowledgement of sources

Authors will submit only entirely original works, and will appropriately cite or quote the work and/or words of others. Publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work should also be cited.

Multiple, redundant or concurrent publication

In general, papers describing essentially the same research should not be published in more than one journal. Submitting the same paper to more than one journal constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable.

Manuscripts that have been published in other journals cannot be submitted. In addition, articles submitted and undergoing peer review cannot be submitted to other journals. However, by submitting a manuscript, the author(s) retain the rights to the published material. In case of publication, authors allow the use of their work under a CC-BY licence [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/], which enables others to copy, distribute and transmit the work, as well as adapt it.

Authorship of the paper

Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors.

The corresponding author ensures that all contributing co-authors and no uninvolved persons are included in the author list. The corresponding author will also verify that all co-authors have approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest

All authors must include a statement disclosing any financial or other conflicts of interest that could be interpreted as influencing the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project, if any, should be explicitly included.

Fundamental errors in published works

When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and to cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper in form of an erratum.