Publications Ethics and malpractice Statement

Revista de Derecho Político

Publications Ethics and malpractice Statement

A: Publication and authorship

1.  The submitted papers must be original and unpublished. The journal will use anti-plagiarism tools to ensure this.

2. All submitted papers are subject to strict peer-review process by at least two national and international reviewers that are experts in the area of the particular paper.

3. The factors that are taken into account in review are relevance, soundness, significance, originality, readability and language.

4.   The possible decisions include acceptance, acceptance with revisions, or rejection.

5.   If authors are encouraged to revise and resubmit a submission, there is no guarantee that the revised submission will be accepted.

6.   Rejected articles will not be re-reviewed.

7.   The paper acceptance is constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism.

8.   No research can be included in more than one publication.

 

B: Authors' responsibilities

1.   Authors must certify that their manuscripts are their original work.

2.   Authors must certify that the manuscript has not previously been published elsewhere.

3.   Authors must participate in the peer review process.

4.   Authors are obliged to provide retractions or corrections of mistakes.

5.   All Authors must have significantly contributed to the research.

6.   Authors must state that all data in the paper are real and authentic.

7.   Authors must notify the Editors of any conflicts of interest.

8.   Authors must identify all sources used in the creation of their manuscript.

9.   Authors must report any errors they discover in their published paper to the Editors.

 

C: Reviewers' responsibilities

1.   Reviewers should keep all information regarding papers confidential and treat them as privileged information.

2.   Reviews should be conducted objectively, with no personal criticism of the author

3.   Reviewers should express their views clearly with supporting arguments

4.   Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors.

5.   Reviewers should also call to the Editor in Chief's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.

6.   Reviewers should not review manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

 

D: Editors' responsibilities

1.   Editors have complete responsibility and authority to reject/accept an article.

2.   Editors are responsible for the contents and overall quality of the publication.

3.   Editors should guarantee the quality of the papers and the integrity of the academic record.

4.   Editors should publish errata pages or make corrections when needed.

5.   Editors should have a clear picture of a research's funding sources.

6.   Editors should base their decisions solely one the papers' importance, originality, clarity and relevance to publication's scope.

7.   Editors should not reverse their decisions nor overturn the ones of previous editors without serious reason.

8.   Editors should preserve the anonymity of reviewers.

9.   Editors should ensure that all research material they publish conforms to internationally accepted ethical guidelines.

10. Edittors should only accept a paper when reasonably certain.

11. Editors should act if they suspect misconduct, whether a paper is published or unpublished, and make all reasonable attempts to persist in obtaining a resolution to the problem.

12. Editors should not reject papers based on suspicions, they should have proof of misconduct.

13. Editors should not allow any conflicts of interest between staff, authors, reviewers and board members.

E: Policy on the use of Artificial Intelligence systems

The Political Law Review is committed to scientific integrity and transparency in the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI), with the following criteria:

Use of AI by the authors of the papers.

Declaration of use. Authors must explicitly declare the use of any AI tool in the writing of the paper or as a support or assistance tool. They must specify the software used, the functions performed and the specific sections of the manuscript in which AI was used, in a footnote.

Responsibility for authorship. Authors are responsible for reviewing, verifying and guaranteeing the originality of the content that may be generated or assisted by AI systems, which may not infringe the rights of third parties or imply plagiarism, and must avoid errors or inaccuracies.

Use of AI in the review of papers.

The Revista de Derecho Político editorial team may only use AI tools for administrative assistance, editing, manuscript formatting or, where appropriate, plagiarism detection and the use of AI systems, always guaranteeing human supervision.

The persons who undertake the review of manuscripts must undertake to carry out the evaluation and not to substitute their judgement by an evaluation carried out by AI systems, only allowing the use of AI in the evaluation as a mere complementary support or assistance tool, in which case it must be indicated in the evaluation to the editorial team.