Ethical Policies

 

Ethics Policy and Negligence Statement

The Journal of History UdeC is responsible for publishing academic articles related to the historical discipline, establishing rigorous academic and ethical standards that will be present throughout the process of selection, evaluation and publication of the same. This is equally applied to all who are part of the same process: author(s), the editor of the magazine, the reviewer and the publisher. That is why plagiarism or any other behavior that is at odds with ethics is strictly prohibited.

 

By considering the above, the following responsibilities are established:

Editors and co-editors:

A) They are responsible for selecting the articles that will be published in the journal, must comply with the ethical standards established for the journal and with all legal guidelines, including, but not limited to those that are not allowed to defamation, infringement of copyright and plagiarism. The editor is free to discuss the decisions related to the selection of articles with the co-editors, the academic committee or the peer reviewers. The selection of the articles must be performed considering only the academic merits, excluding any other type of influence.

B) The editor will develop the revision of the manuscripts and will make decisions about the articles according to the principle of non-discrimination, that is, the race, gender, sexual orientation, ethnic or geographic origin, religion, nationality or political ideology of the authors.

C) Both editor and the co-editors must comply with the principle of confidentiality, which implies a total prohibition on revealing information about the manuscript in the evaluation process by sending to persons other than the corresponding author, evaluators, potential evaluators, and/or editorial boards of other journals.

D) The publisher and co-editor are prohibited from using unpublished manuscripts in their own research, unless they have obtained the written consent of the author, thus complying with the required transparency. Likewise, the editor and the co-publishers must refrain from evaluating or pronouncing on manuscripts that represent conflicts of interest as a result of any possible connection: competitive or mutual, personal, institutional, etc

E) Adopt and apply the necessary procedures against the existence of claims and complaints (accompanied by the respective documentation), carried out for behaviors that are incompatible with the ethical policies established by the journal, such as the plagiarism of any article (s) published (s). In the face of this type of situation, the opportunities required for the author (s) to respond to the complaints made must be provided; as well as investigating all situations that are exposed as claims, without considering the date of publication of the article (s).

Responsibilities of the reviewers / evaluators:

A) The reviewers or evaluators must consider that every manuscript they receive for evaluation is a confidential document and therefore, its discussion or presentation to third parties or individual beings are prohibited.

B) By considering the time allocated in the assessment of articles, the reviewers or evaluators must inform the editor about the rejection of the revision of the article in the case that he / she knows that he / she will not be able to revise the manuscript in a timely manner, with the thoroughness required or, if it lacks the required knowledge to evaluate the article.  Reviewers or evaluators must comply with the timeliness in the delivery of the article evaluations.

C) All criticisms and comments made during the review / evaluation process must be conducted in a neutral manner, complying with clear objectivity standards, where these are articulated with solid academic arguments.

D) Reviewers can also help publishers by communicating with authors and offer suggestions for improving the article through editorial communication. Evaluations provide critical information for the editor and for the decision-making process.

E) Reviewers must take into account the relevant published material that is not cited by the author and if there is any considerable resemblance between the published articles and the manuscript under consideration, thus complying with the acknowledgment of sources.

F) The information or ideas collected through the peer review must remain private and not be used for the benefit of the reviewer or evaluator, thus complying with the principle of transparency of interests. Reviewers should refrain from manuscripts that represent a conflict of interest as a result of any possible connection, whether competitive or mutual, with institutions, companies, authors, etc.

Responsibilities of the authors

A) The authors are responsible for presenting the original research, a truthful description of the work needed for an article, and an objective discussion of the importance of the results. Fundamental data should be explained frankly in the article. The written report must include enough details and references so that others can repeat the investigation. Deliberately false or incorrect statements constitute unethical activities and will not be tolerated.

B) Redundant, numerous or simultaneous publication: In general terms, an author should not try to publish identical materials, basically delineating the research in more than one journal or another type of primary publication. The presentation of the same material in several journals and / or the publication of the same work in different journals include unethical behavior and will not be tolerated.

C) Authors must guarantee that totally original manuscripts are presented, and that the text or materials that the authors have used are correctly referred to them. Plagiarism or falsification in any form is a behavior that is at odds with it and will not be tolerated.

D) The authorship belongs to those individuals who significantly contributed to the training, design, execution, or understanding of the article. All individuals who contributed significantly to the article should be mentioned as co-authors. Other persons who contributed to other substantive parts of the investigation must be recognized or listed as contributors. The main author has the responsibility to include all the co-authors and collaborators in the manuscript and to guarantee that all the co-authors have reviewed and approved the final version of the document and consented to its presentation for publication.

E) The recognition of sources: the adequate recognition of the work of other authors in the article is required. Authors should include the publications of those who influenced the formation of the substance of their work. Research in private, such as conversation, communication, or dialogue with third parties, is prohibited, except in the case of explicit written permission of those individuals. Information collected through confidential methods, such as manuscript revisions or grant applications, is prohibited, except in the case of the explicit and written permission of the author providing such services.

F) All authors must indicate in their final manuscript any financial conflict or other type of interest that could interfere with the results and interpretations in their investigations. All funding for the project must be disclosed.

G) When an author is aware of a fundamental lack or inaccuracy in his published article, he is required to promptly notify the editor of the magazine or editorial and help to recover or correct his work.

 

Method of handling unethical behavior: The recognition of unethical conduct

- When identifying unethical behaviors and actions, they must be reported to the editor and editor of the journal, regardless of the date of publication of the article.

- Misconduct and unethical actions include, but are not limited to, the examples described above, such as plagiarism or falsification of the investigation.

- The unethical conduct informant must offer sufficient information and evidence to initiate an investigation. All complaints must be seriously considered and treated in a similar manner, until a corresponding result or agreement is achieved.

 

Investigation

   - The editor is responsible for choosing the appropriate form of the research and may request the advice of the writing committee, the academic committee, or the reviewer when making this choice

   - The evidence must be collected in a confidential manner, in order to avoid leakage of information about the investigation process, cautioning that accusations that exceed the denounced conduct are disseminated.

Punishment (in order of increasing severity, can be administered separately or in combination).

   - Notify the author or reviewer of a misunderstanding or misapplication of the ethical standards of the journal in his article.

   - Write an energetic letter or statement addressed to the author that expresses the unethical behavior and issue a warning.

   - The publication of a formal observation with the details of the inappropriate behavior.

   - The publication of an editorial comment detailing the inappropriate behavior.

   - The withdrawal and formal elimination of the works in question from the journal, along with notifying: the supervisor of the author or department of the reviewer, the groups of abstracts and indexes, and the audience of the publication.

   - Enforce a formal embargo on the  presentations of the authors for a specific period.

This statement is based on COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors (http://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines) and Elsevier's recommendations.