Declaration of ethics and good editorial practices

Statement of Ethics

For Revista M it is essential that during all the phases that make up the editorial process, especially the phases of acceptance and publication of manuscripts, the standards of good research practices are respected. Therefore, the journal follows the Publication Ethics Committee (COPE) Guide: http://publicationethics.org/.

 

Privacy Statement

Likewise, M Magazine adheres to the laws on personal data, namely Law 1266 of 2008 and Law 1581 of 2012 of the National Government of the Republic of Colombia.

In this regard, all information provided to this journal, including names and e-mail addresses, will be used exclusively for the purposes stated by the publication and will not be available for any other purpose or person.

 

About the publication of the contents

The publishing entity, in this case, the Universidad Santo Tomás, with prior authorization signed by the author, is authorized to copy, reproduce, distribute, publish, commercialize the text or article subject to the assignment, by any known digital, electronic or reprographic means, maintaining the obligation to respect in all cases the moral rights of the author contained in Article 30 of Law 23 of 1982, Law 1450 of 2011 and Law 1520 of 2012.

 

Responsibilities of the editorial team

Revista M has an editor and an editorial team, which guarantee the realization of a transparent editorial process that takes place under equal conditions without privileging any author because of their institutional affiliation or academic career. The work of the journal is supported by the editorial and scientific committees, who have an important academic and professional career, who will not be able to evaluate their own articles if they function as authors within the same journal.

In the same way, the editorial team guarantees the confidentiality of the material submitted for consideration by the authors for publication. The results of the evaluations are only communicated to the authors and the anonymity of both authors and evaluators is always preserved.

On the other hand, the editorial team will be attentive to identify and combat plagiarism, as well as other practices that incur in deliberate omission of recognition of consulted sources, manipulation of information and use of content without authorization, reserving the right to reject any material in which this type of procedure is verified.

 

Responsibilities of authors

Authors must guarantee the originality of their works and that they have not been previously published in another medium or sent in parallel for evaluation in other publications. Likewise, they must guarantee that all the material that supports the written text, such as figures, tables, tables, and photographs, has the respective authorizations for its publication and dissemination.

They must also guarantee that their articles are the result of rigorous research processes; whereas the authors listed in the text contributed significantly to both the research and the writing of the document, thus becoming aware of the final text and authorising its publication; In case the article requires adjustments, they must consider the recommendations of the evaluators and the editorial team.

Finally, the content of each published article is the sole responsibility of its authors and therefore does not commit the Universidad Santo Tomás.

 

Responsibilities of evaluators

Peer reviewers must commit to inform the editorial team if there is a conflict of interest or any other situation that may be the cause of inability to evaluate an article, so that the editor can assign another peer reviewer in a timely manner.

Likewise, when accepting the review of the commissioned material, they must guarantee that the evaluation is conducted in an objective, impartial and confidential manner, thus maintaining the criteria established by the journal for the review of articles. In the same way, they must submit their evaluation within the deadlines previously established by the editorial team, filling out the format defined for it, clearly arguing both the final grade and the suggestions made so that both the editor and the authors can understand their comments.

Finally, in case elements of plagiarism are identified or a high rate of similarity between the reviewed article and other published or reviewed documents, peer reviewers must inform the editor of the journal.