Políticas Éticas

ETHICAL PRINCIPLES AND GOOD PRACTICES*

The Revista Científica CINTEC – Accounting, Innovation and Technology Reports is committed to ethics and the quality of its publications. It advocates ethical behavior from all parties involved in publishing in this journal: authors, editor, reviewers and the Scientific Journals Editorial Board. Plagiarism or any other unethical behavior is not accepted.

Editors' Duties

Publication Decision

The editor is responsible for deciding which articles submitted to the journal should be published. The editor is guided by the policies decided by the Editorial Board, the Scientific Committee and the Editorial Board of the CINTEC. These policies must comply with the legal requirements in force regarding defamation, copyright infringement and plagiarism. To make decisions, the editor may consult the Scientific Committee, the Editorial Board and the Journals Editorial Board.

Transparency and respect

The editor should evaluate submitted manuscripts without regard to the race, sex, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, nationality or political philosophy of the authors.

Confidentiality

The editor and other members of the editorial team should not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript, except to reviewers and editorial advisors.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest

The editor should not use unpublished material disclosed in a submitted manuscript in his/her own research without the express written consent of the author. The editor should decline to evaluate manuscripts in which he/she has conflicts of interest due to competitive, collaborative or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies or (possibly) institutions connected to the manuscripts.

Involvement and cooperation in investigations

The editor should take appropriate action when ethical complaints have been filed regarding a submitted manuscript or published article.

Duties of Reviewers

Contribution to Editorial Decisions

Reviewers' reviews assist the editor in making editorial decisions and, through communication with the author, can also assist the editor in improving an article.

Punctuality

Any reviewer who does not feel qualified to review the article or knows that it will be impossible to read it immediately should notify the editor immediately.

Confidentiality

Papers received for review should be treated as confidential documents. They should not be shown to or discussed with others.

Standards of Objectivity

Reviews should be conducted objectively. Reviewers should express their views clearly and with reasoning. Regarding sources: Reviewers should identify relevant published works that have not been cited by the authors. The reviewer should draw the editor's attention to any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript in question and any other published article of which he or she has personal knowledge.

Disclosure and conflict of interest

Privileged information or ideas obtained by the reviewer through the reading of the manuscripts must be kept confidential and must not be used for personal gain. The reviewer should not evaluate manuscripts in which he or she has conflicts of interest due to competitive, collaborative or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies or institutions associated with the manuscripts.

Authors' Duties

General rules

Authors of papers that refer to original research must present an accurate account of the work performed, as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Supplementary data must be accurately represented in the paper. The paper must contain sufficient detail and references to allow others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or intentionally inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.

Originality and plagiarism

Authors must ensure that the works are entirely original and if they use the work and/or texts of others that this is properly cited. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical editorial behavior and is unacceptable.

Multiple, redundant, and simultaneous publication

An author should not publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal at the same time and/or publishing the same article in more than one journal constitutes unethical editorial behavior and is unacceptable. Regarding sources: The work of other authors should always be acknowledged. Authors should cite publications that were important in determining the nature of the work reported. Information obtained privately, such as in conversation, correspondence, or discussion with third parties, should not be used or reported without the explicit written permission of the source. Information obtained through confidential services, such as manuscript refereeing or grant applications, should not be used without the explicit written permission of the author of the work involved in these services.

Authorship

Authorship of the work should be restricted 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. Persons who have participated in certain aspects of the research project should be listed as contributors. The lead author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors are included in the article. The lead author should also ensure that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the manuscript and have agreed to its submission for publication.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest

All authors should disclose in the manuscript any financial or other conflicts that might influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed. Fundamental errors in published work: When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in their published work, it is the author's obligation to immediately inform the journal editor or the Journal Editor and to cooperate with the editor to correct the article.

Editor's Duties

The Editor's Office strives to ensure that advertising, reprints, or any other source of commercial revenue has no impact or influence on editorial decisions. Articles are peer-reviewed prior to publication to ensure the quality of the scientific publication.

* This Appendix is ​​based on Elsevier's recommendations and the Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors of the Committee on Publication Ethics - COPE.