Publication Ethics

Perspectiva Educacional publishes articles according to the highest standards of quality and ethics. We maintain these standards of ethical behavior in all the publishing stages and with all the members of our magazine, among them: the authors, the journal editor and the publisher. Plagiarism or any other kind of unethical behavior is strictly forbidden.

Editors' Responsibilities:

  • Publication Selection: the editor of the journal is responsible for the selection of articles that will be published. The editor must comply with the ethical standards of the journal and with all the legal guidelines, including, but not limited to, those that do not allow defamation, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The editor has the liberty to discuss the decisions regarding the article selection with the editorial board, the academic committee or the evaluator.

  • Non-discrimination Clause: the editor will review the manuscripts and make decisions about the articles, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, ethnicity, nationality or political ideology. 

  • Confidentiality Agreement: The editor and any member of the editorial team are prohibited from disclosing any information about the manuscript sent to people other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial counselors or the publisher.

  • Transparency and Interests: the editing team is prohibited from using the unpublished material in their own research unless they had obtained written consent from the author. The editor must refrain from manuscripts that represent conflict of interest as a result of any possible connection, whether competitive or mutual, with institutions, companies, authors, etc.

Reviewers' Responsibilities:

  • Confidentiality: any manuscript submitted for review should be considered a confidential document. This manuscript should not be discussed or presented to third parties or individuals.
     
  • Timeliness: due to the sensibility at the time of reviewing the articles, the reviewers should inform the editor and reject the review of an article in case they know they won’t be able to review the material in a timely manner, or if they don’t have enough knowledge on the article’s subject. 

  • Objectivity: criticisms must be made in a neutral way and opinions should be articulated in a way that the criticisms are based on reasonable arguments. 
  • Entry into the Editorial Evaluation: the evaluations provide critical information for the editor for the decision making process. The reviewers can also help the editors through communication with the authors and offer suggestions to improve the article through the editorial.

  • Recognition of Sources: the reviewers should take into account relevant published material that is not quoted by the author and if there is any significant similarity between the manuscript and already published articles.

  • Transparency: private information and ideas collected through the peer review should remain private and not be used for the benefit of the reviewer. The evaluators must refrain from reviewing manuscripts that represent a conflict of interest as a result of any possible connection, whether competitive or mutual, with institutions, companies, authors, etc.  

Authors' Responsibilities:

  • Principles of the Research: the authors are responsible of presenting the original research, a truthful description of the work needed for an article, and an objective discussion of the importance of the results. Key data should be openly explained in the article. The written report must include enough details and references so others can repeat the research. Deliberately false or incorrect statements constitute unethical activity and will not be tolerated.  

  • Redundant, Numerous or Simultaneous Publication: generally speaking, an author shouldn’t try to publish identical materials outlining the research in more than one journal and/or other primary publication. The presentation of the same subject in several journals and/or the publication of the same work in several journals imply unethical publishing behavior and will not be tolerated.
  • Authenticity and Plagiarism: the authors must guarantee that they will submit entirely original works, and that the text or material that the authors have used are referenced correctly. Plagiarism in any form is unethical publishing behavior and will not be tolerated. 
  • Authorship: the authorship belongs to those individuals that contribute considerably to the formation, design, execution or understanding of the article. All the individuals that contributed significantly to the article must be mentioned as co-authors. Other people that contributed significantly in other parts of the research must be acknowledged or recognized as contributors. The lead author has the responsibility to include all the co-authors and collaborators in the article and guarantee that all the co-authors have reviewed and approved the final version of the document and agreed on its submission for publication.
  • Recognition of Sources: the proper recognition of the work of other authors in the article is required. The authors must include the publications of those who influenced the substance of their work. Private research, such as conversations, communications or dialogue with third parties is forbidden, except in the cases where there is explicit written permission from those individuals. The information collected through confidential methods, such as the review of manuscripts or grant applications is forbidden, except in the cases where there is explicit written permission from those authors that provide such services. 
  • Transparency: all authors must disclose in their final manuscript any financial or other type of conflict that could interfere with the results and interpretations in their research. All the funding of the project must be disclosed.  
  • Mistakes: When authors realize there is a fundamental lack of inaccuracy in their own published research, they must notify the journal director or publisher immediately and help to recover or correct the article. 

Unethical Conduct Management Methods: 

  • When misconduct and unethical actions are identified, they must be reported to the editor.
  • Misconduct and unethical actions include, but are not limited to, the examples described above, such as plagiarism or falsification of research.
  • The informant of unethical conduct must provide information and evidence to begin an investigation. All complaints must be considered seriously and treated in a similar manner, until a corresponding outcome or agreement is achieved.

Research

  • The editor is responsible for choosing the appropriate form of research and may seek the advice of the writing committee, the academic committee or the reviewer in making this choice.  
  • Evidence should be collected in ways that avoid inflaming the situation and the proliferation of allegations. 

Punishment (in order of increasing severity, can be applied individually or in combination)

  • Notify the author or reviewer of a misunderstanding or misapplication of the journal's ethical standards in their article. 
  • Writing of a letter or statement addressed to the author expressing the unethical behavior and issue a warning. 
  • Publishing of a formal observation with the details of the inappropriate behavior.
  • Publishing of an editorial comment that details the inappropriate behavior.
  • Withdrawal and formal elimination of the paper in question from the journal, along with notifying the supervisor of the reviewer’s author or department, groups of abstracts and index and the publication audience.
  • Enforcing of a formal seizure on the author’s submission for a specific period of time. 

Statement based on COPE Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors (http://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines) and recommendations of Elsevier.