ETHICAL GUIDELINES

Ethical Standards

The journal adheres to the codes of conduct and guidelines published by the Committee on Publication Ethics - COPE.

 Responsibilities

• Editor

To manage, coordinate, decide, select, reproduce, and distribute the journal. Responsible for each published article. Strive to meet the needs of the audience and authors, continuously improve the journal, ensure the quality of published material, defend freedom of expression, maintain academic integrity of the journal, respect the procedures and deadlines committed to for evaluation and publication, and be available to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions, and apologies when necessary.

• Editorial Team

Permanently review compliance with the journal's ethical principles, notify the editor in case of errors in publication, ensure the quality of the journal in both formal and content aspects.

• International Editorial Committee

Support and guide the journal's academic activity, advising on general decisions and key areas for its strategic development.

• Reviewers

Evaluate the content of articles impartially, maintain confidentiality regarding the information and not use it for any purpose other than manuscript evaluation, abstain from evaluating in case of conflicts of interest, and provide suggestions to authors for improving their work.

• Authors

Submit original work that is not being evaluated for publication in other outlets, declare the source of funding received for its publication and any conflicts of interest, declare all references that underpin the work, acknowledge the work of co-authors, verify that all contained information is authentic and not fraudulently using data or plagiarizing, accept the journal's intellectual property rights policy, and undergo the peer review process, correcting the work according to the received observations. For articles reporting results of empirical research, authors must declare approval from their institution's ethics committee and informed consent from participants.

Criteria to Regulate Ethical Performance of Publication

Transparency: The journal's editorial policy, peer review process, manuscript evaluation criteria, and responsibilities of editors, editorial committees, reviewers, and authors are published.

Complaints: The journal follows the procedure established in the COPE flowchart. The mechanism for making complaints involves sending an email to the journal's editor. The editor must respond promptly.

Promotion of Academic Integrity: The editor will ensure that the published research material adheres to internationally accepted ethical guidelines.

Protection of Individual Data: Editors must protect the confidentiality of individual information.

Monitoring of Inappropriate Conduct: The editor has a duty to act if they suspect inappropriate conduct (plagiarism, data fabrication, works previously published in other outlets, undeclared conflicts of interest, failure to recognize appropriate authorship, among others). The editor has a duty not only to reject articles that violate ethical standards but also to follow up on suspected cases of inappropriate conduct. This implies, first and foremost, seeking a response from the accused individuals. If unsatisfied with the response, the editor should ask employers or a regulatory body to investigate the situation. They must make all reasonable attempts to persist in obtaining a resolution to the problem.

Editorial Independence: The editor must make decisions about which articles to publish based on their quality and suitability, rather than based on economic or political benefits that might arise.

Conflict of Interest: The editor must have systems in place to manage their own conflicts of interest, as well as those of their staff, authors, reviewers, and editorial board members.

Our journal uses an academic integrity review and plagiarism detection system through Turnitin software.