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Responsibilities of the Editor, the Editorial Committee, and the Editorial Board of Littera Scripta. Revista de Filosofía.

The Editorial Team, as a whole, is committed to publishing articles based solely on their academic and scientific merit. Additionally, the editorial board will adhere to high editorial standards, ensuring that any form of discrimination based on race, gender, sexual orientation, or religious beliefs is strictly prohibited.

  1. It is the Editor’s responsibility to request modifications from authors to align the documents with editorial standards.
  2. In cases of non-compliance with editorial standards, or if there is suspicion of a conflict of interest or academic fraud, the Editor or the Editorial Committee will reject the manuscript’s publication.
  3. It is the responsibility of the Editor or the Editorial Committee to submit accepted manuscripts for review by external evaluators, ensuring the anonymity and confidentiality of the text with regard to third parties.
  4. It is the responsibility of the Editor or Director to take appropriate measures, upon request from third parties, to prevent or address cases of plagiarism, self plagiarism, duplicate publication, or any other form of academic misconduct, as well as to manage conflicts of interest. In the event of a conflict, the procedures recommended by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) will be followed. Additionally, if an author chooses to withdraw a submission after an issue has been published, the author must inform the Editor of this decision. The withdrawal will be accepted within a maximum period of two months.
  5. It is the Editor’s responsibility to promptly inform authors of evaluation results for submissions.
  6. The Editor or Director is responsible for making any necessary clarifications, corrections, amendments, or withdrawals of articles to address issues identified after a journal issue is published, such as instances of plagiarism. These actions will be communicated on the journal’s website and social media platforms.
  7. It is the Editor’s responsibility to ensure ongoing communication with authors and evaluators, addressing any questions that arise during review, evaluation, and publication processes.
  8. It is the Editor’s responsibility to handle queries from external parties during the publication process.
  9. It is the duty of the Editor, the Editorial Committee, and the Editorial Board to protect the integrity and confidentiality of the information provided by the journal’s collaborators.
  10. Both the Editor, Director, Editorial Committee, and Editorial Board are prohibited from using unpublished material for personal, group, or institutional benefit without the proper consent and explicit approval of the respective collaborators.

Author’s Responsibilities.

  1. To be recognized as an author of a manuscript, an individual must have made significant contributions in one or more of the following areas: the conception or design of the study; the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data; the writing or revision of the manuscript, where they provide meaningful intellectual input; and they must have given final approval for the version to be published. Individuals who contribute in other ways will not be considered authors but will instead be classified as collaborators and should be acknowledged in the acknowledgments section of the manuscript.
  2. Authors must submit original and unpublished articles, where “original” refers to texts that are exclusively authored by those listed as authors. Any use of third-party material requires authorization from the original authors or must fall under the exceptions outlined by intellectual property law. Additionally, proper bibliographical references must be provided in the format prescribed by Littera Scripta. Revista de Filosofía. (refer to the Guidelines for Authors). “Unpublished texts” are defined as any work that has not been previously published in full or in significant portions.
  3. Authors are not allowed to submit a manuscript to more than one academic journal at the same time.
  4. Authors can submit to a new issue after two calendar years, meaning four consecutive issues, have passed since their last publication in the journal.
  5. Authors must avoid including any identifiable information in the manuscript body or associated metadata to ensure anonymity during the evaluation process by external reviewers.
  6. Authors are required to declare any potential conflicts of interest, if applicable.
  7. Authors should address the corrections requested by both the Editor and the external reviewers.
  8. Authors are required to accept the editorial and intellectual property standards of Littera Scripta. Revista de Filosofía  (see Guidelines for authors).
  9. Authors are solely responsible for the content and opinions expressed in their works.

Responsibilities of external evaluators (peers/reviewers) of Littera Scripta. Revista de Filosofía.

  1. Evaluators must perform an objective analysis of the submitted articles. They may only accept articles for review if they possess the necessary competence, experience, and knowledge to conduct their analysis.
  2. Evaluators must notify the Editor about any potential conflicts of interest.
  3. If they lack the necessary competence, experience, or knowledge to evaluate the manuscript, or if there are conflicts of interest, they must decline the evaluation.
  4. Evaluators are required to keep the manuscript confidential during the review process.
    They must not share its content in any manner without the consent of either the editor or the author.
  5. Evaluators are required to submit their observations on the manuscript within the timeframe set by the Editor. Their feedback must be well-founded and align with the Evaluation Guidelines of Littera Scripta. Revista de Filosofía. Additionally, they should include their recommendation regarding publication.

PLAGIARISM AND SELF-PLAGIRISM

Plagiarism and self-plagiarism are both unethical and unacceptable. In this context, Littera Scripta. Revista de Filosofía disapproves of any instances of total or partial plagiarism or selfplagiarism.

  1. A publication is rejected if one or more authors submit research that essentially duplicates the same findings in multiple journals or academic outlets.
  2. Private information, such as conversations and correspondence with third parties, should not be used without explicit written permission from the source.
  3. Submitting the same article to multiple journals is considered unethical behavior, rendering the manuscript unacceptable.
  4. An author is considered to have committed self-plagiarism when they reuse their own previously published material without properly citing the original work and presenting it as new and original. It’s important to note that simply including a reference may not be adequate, especially if a significant portion of the text is copied. Without clear indication of the extent of the reused content, both the Editor and the reader may not fully understand the scope of the duplication.
  5. Since 2023, the originality of manuscripts has been reviewed by Turnitin (part of Originality), which generates a “similarity report.” This report compares the submitted texts to other works published online. The similarity report helps ensure that accepted documents are not previously published works from other scientific journals and that any use of other texts is properly recognized through appropriate citation standards.
 

The Ethical Standards susbscribed by Littera Scripta. Revista de Filosofía, have been prepared following and adapting the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics, COPE (https://publicationethics.org/core-practices).

MEASURES IN THE EVENT OF PLAGIARISM

If an individual publishes a text in our journal that was authored by someone else, the following actions will be taken: The affected author may contact the Editor or the Editorial Committee via email to explain the situation. Once plagiarism is confirmed, the actual author of the article will be given two options: 1) to republish the document with the correct authorship, or 2) to have the publication removed. In either case, a public apology will be issued to the affected party, as we strongly condemn this practice.