STATEMENT FOR PUBLICATION ETHICS AND MALPRACTICE BASED ON ELSEVIER RECOMMENDATIONS AND BEST PRACTICE GUIDELINES FOR JOURNAL EDITORS DEFINED BY COPE (PUBLICATION ETHICS COMMITTEE)
Cuadernos de Estudios del Siglo XVIII follows the standard for Ethics and Publication Malpractice established by the Publication Ethics Committee (COPE) at the 2nd World Conference on Research Integrity, Singapore 2010. It is therefore committed to ensuring ethics in publication and quality of published articles.
REUNIDO, as publisher of Cuadernos de Estudios del Siglo XVIII, takes its duties of guardianship over all stages of publishing extremely seriously and acknowledges its ethical and further responsibilities.
The Editorial Board will be of assistance as regards communication with other journals and/or publishers where this is useful and necessary. Conformance to standards of ethical behaviour is therefore expected of all parties involved: Authors, the Journal Editors, Reviewers, and the Publisher.
We are committed to ensuring that advertising, reprint or other commercial revenue has no impact or influence on editorial decisions.
Obligations for authors
Data access and preservation:
Authors may be requested to provide the raw data related to a document submitted to editorial review and should, in any case, be ready to preserve those data for a reasonable time after publication.
Standards for publication:
Authors of original research articles shall present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data are expected to be represented accurately in the paper. A paper must contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behaviour and are unacceptable.
Originality and Plagiarism:
Authors shall comply with the following publication requirements:
- The submitted work must be entirely original.
- The submitted work has not been plagiarised.
- The submitted work has not been previously published.
- If the author/s have relied to other research this shall be cited accordingly.
Multiple, Redundant or Concurrent Publication:
In general terms, an author shall not publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical and unacceptable publishing behaviour.
Source acknowledgement:
The use of others’ research must always be acknowledged. Authors shall cite publications that have been influential in the conclusion of the submitted work. Information obtained privately, for example in conversation, correspondence, or discussion with third parties, must not be used or reported without explicit, written permission from the source. Information obtained in the course of confidential duties, such as reviewing manuscripts or fund applications, must not be used without the explicit written permission of the author of the work involved in these activities.
Authorship of a manuscript:
Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the submitted work. All those who have made significant contributions should be mentioned as co-authors. Other persons or institutions who have contributed substantially to the research project, shall be named in an Acknowledgement section. The main author must guarantee that all the co-authors have been included in the work and that no inappropriate co-author (as defined above) are part of this list; in addition the main author shall ensure that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the work to be published.
Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest:
All authors shall disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflicts of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project must be disclosed. Examples of potential conflicts of interest which should be disclosed include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. Potential conflicts of interest should be disclosed at the earliest stage possible.
Fundamental errors in published works:
When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in their own published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper. If the editor or the publisher learns from a third party that a published work contains a significant error, it is the obligation of the author to promptly retract or correct the paper or provide evidence to the editor of the correctness of the original paper.
Obligations for the Editor(s) and the Editorial Board
Publication decisions:
The editor is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal shall be published. The publication decision will be guided by the policies of the journal’s Editorial Board and will be based exclusively on the academic value and the decision of the reviewers. The editor must stick to the updated regulations pertaining to libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. In addition, he is entitled to carry out decision-making in consultation with reviewers or members of the editorial board and shall not use unpublished information in their own research without the explicit written permission of the author. Editors shall adopt the necessary measures in those cases when ethical complaints have been made concerning a submitted manuscript or published paper.
Impartiality:
The editor shall evaluate the received manuscripts according to their intellectual content without regard to the race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.
Confidentiality:
The editor and the editorial board will not reveal information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, the reviewers, the evaluators or other editorial advisors.
Disclosure and conflicts of interest:
Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor’s own research without the express written consent of the author. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Editors shall excuse themselves (i.e. should ask a co-editor, associate editor or other member of the editorial board instead to review and consider) from considering manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or (possibly) institutions connected to the papers. Editors are entitled to require all contributors to disclose relevant competing interests and publish corrections if competing interests are revealed after publication. If needed, other appropriate actions must be taken, such as the publication of a retraction or expression of concern.
It must be ensured that the peer-review process for sponsored supplements is the same as that used for the main journal. Items in sponsored supplements shall be accepted solely on the basis of academic value and interest to readers and not be influenced by commercial considerations. Non-peer reviewed sections of the journal must be clearly identified.
Participation and cooperation in investigations:
Cuadernos de Estudios del Siglo XVIII will respond to all allegations or suspicions of research or publication misconduct raised by readers, reviewers, or other editors. Cases of possible plagiarism or duplicate/redundant publication will be assessed by the journal. In other cases, the journal may request an investigation by the institution or other appropriate bodies. Every reported act of unethical publishing behaviour must be investigated, even if it is discovered years after publication.
Obligations for reviewers
Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and, through the editorial communications with the author, may also assist the author in improving the paper. Peer review is an essential component of formal academic communication and lies at the heart of the scientific method. Cuadernos de Estudios del Siglo XVIII shares the opinion of those scholars who collaborate and contribute with the revision of the articles.
Promptness:
Any selected reviewer who feels unqualified to evaluate the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt evaluation will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse themselves from the process.
Confidentiality:
Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except when authorised by the editor.
Standards of objectivity:
Reviews shall be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees must express their views clearly with supporting arguments.
Acknowledgement of sources:
Reviewers must identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any observation, deduction, or argument which have been previously published must be followed by the appropriate reference. A reviewer will also inform the editor about any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.
Disclosure and conflict of interest:
Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in a reviewer’s own research without the express written consent of the author. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers shall not consider the evaluation of 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.
Disclaimer
Neither the editors nor the Editorial Board are responsible for authors’ expressed opinions, views, and the contents of the published manuscripts in the journal. The originality, proofreading of manuscripts and errors are the sole responsibility of the individual authors. All manuscripts submitted for review and publication in Cuadernos de Estudios del Siglo XVIII go under double-blind reviews for authenticity, ethical issues, and useful contributions assessment. Decisions of the reviewers are the solely tool for the final decision of publication in these will be conclusive.