Ethical policy

Región Científica, consistent with its higher purpose, strives to maintain the quality and scientific and academic integrity of its publications, therefore, welcomes the ethical principles promulgated by the  Committee on Publications Ethics-COPE; Publishing Ethics Resource Kit (PERK) of Elsevier and the  Declaración de Singapur sobre la Integridad en la Investigación; and, by this, declares the ethical, social and professional requirements that authors, peer reviewers and the journal must abide by, for the development of its mission:

Commitments of the journal

  1. The editorial team will use technological tools for plagiarism detection to avoid non-referenced similarities in the articles.
  2. To limit editorial decisions to academic-scientific aspects, inhibiting the effects of nationality, gender, sexual orientation, political position, ethnicity, creed, or any other particularity of human diversity.
  3. Select peer reviewers with expertise and academic trajectory in the subject, under criteria of impartiality and transparency, and always aim to consolidate scientific culture worldwide.
  4. Respect the double-blind policy throughout the editorial flow, thus guaranteeing a transparent exercise.
  5. Consolidate a solid editorial policy, which serves as a filter for the initial review described in the evaluation process. Likewise, to guarantee decision-making under originality, relevance, and scientific development criteria.
  6. To guarantee respect for ethical standards, intellectual property, copyright, and the journal's philosophy.
  7. Maintain effective communication channels among all members of the journal's academic community, always respecting ethical principles and confidentiality.
  8. Edit, publish, reproduce, and distribute articles for non-commercial purposes.
  9. To attend, process, and resolve any conflict that may arise between the interested parties of the journal.
  10. Convene, consult, and abide by the guidelines of the Editorial Committee and the Scientific Committee.

Commitments of the authors

  1. Abide by the guidelines, policies, and editorial standards established by Región Científica and international best practices in scientific publication material.
  2. Submit unpublished articles of their authorship, respecting the general and specific ethical guidelines. In addition, the article should not be submitted for consideration for another publication space during the journal's editorial flow.
  3. Fill out all the forms and documents the journal requires with truthful information.
  4. Avoid plagiarism, invention, misrepresentation, manipulation, or alteration of data. Therefore, any fragment taken from third-party works or from the author's own work must be cited per current regulations.
  5. Respect the non-commercial exploitation of publications. Therefore, they can be reproduced, distributed, remixed, retouched, and created from the article, as long as this principle is not violated.
  6. Guarantee the participation of all authors in the manuscript and the endorsement of the responsible authorities, the community involved, and the entity financing the research/project.

Commitments of reviewers

  1. Abide by the guidelines, policies, and editorial standards established by Región Científica and international best practices in scientific publication.
  2. Accept evaluation processes directly related to their academic, research, or professional experience. Likewise, to make judgments with quality, objectivity, precision, and rigorousness, favoring the consolidation of the world scientific culture.
  3. Avoid reproduction, distribution, or dissemination of the evaluated papers until publication.
  4. To comply with the requirements of the Editor and/or Editorial Committee, if required. Likewise, report any indication of plagiarism or ethical misconduct.
  5. Guarantee the non-generation of personal benefits or appropriation of the content of the evaluated texts.

Conflict of interest policy

Región Científica considers, among other particular aspects that the editorial workflow may generate, the configuration of a conflict of interest between the editor, the editorial team, the authors, and the reviewers when:

  1. They have worked in the same organization/institution for the last three years.
  2. There are economic/commercial interests related to the article.
  3. There have been joint research projects and/or publications in the last three years.
  4. Family, personal, and/or academic ties have existed in the last three years.

In these scenarios and/or any other that may be considered a conflict of interest, Región Científica thanks its authors, editors, and reviewers for expressing the situation in writing to generate the necessary actions. If there is a conflict of interest, authors must report the problem to the journal's Editor in Chief. In turn, those invited to review a manuscript must excuse themselves from doing so if they have a conflict of interest with the authors or the subject. Región Científica guarantees that the most appropriate reviewers will be selected also in terms of thematic and academic compatibility.

In no case will Región Científica encourage such misconduct, nor will it knowingly allow such misconduct to occur.

If the journal's editor or editors become aware of any allegations of research misconduct, the editor will address the allegations, retracting or correcting articles when necessary. The editor will publish corrections, clarifications, retractions, and apologies, if necessary.

In any case, Región Científica will use the guidelines of the Committee on Publications Ethics-COPE as guiding criteria for resolving conflicts of interest that may arise.

Declaration of Financing

Authors should declare the details of the institution(s) that provided financial support for the conduct of the research and/or the preparation of the article, as well as briefly describe the role played by the sponsors in the design of the study, the collection, analysis, and interpretation of the data, the writing of the article or the decision to submit the article for publication. If there was no involvement, please indicate this as well.