Ethical commintment

1. Responsibilities or behavior of the editorial board and editorial committee

1. The description of the peer review processes is defined and made known by the Editorial Board and the Editorial Committee so that the authors know what the evaluation criteria is. Both editorial bodies will always be ready to settle any controversy that arises in the evaluation process.
2. The Editorial Board assumes the responsibility of duly informing the authors of the phase of the editorial process in which the paper is, as well as the resolutions of the opinion.

2. Responsibilities and behavior of publisher

1. The publisher is responsible for everything published in the Journal. They will strive to meet the needs of readers and authors, to constantly improve the quality and impact of the Journal, as well as to push academic and scientific standards.
2. The publisher is willing to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions, and apologies when necessary.
3. The decision of the publisher to accept or reject a paper for publication will be based only on the importance of the paper, the originality, clarity and relevance that the paper represents for the Journal.
4. The publisher undertakes to guarantee the confidentiality of the evaluation process.
5. After the review process, and while the paper is declared “publishable” by the referees, the editor is responsible for deciding which paper will be published in the Journal.
6. The publisher will evaluate the manuscripts and their scientific content without distinction of race, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, ethnicity, nationality, or the political philosophy of the authors.
7. The editor and the Editorial Board will not disclose any information about a manuscript sent to any person other than the author, referees, potential referees, or other editorial advisers.
8. Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript will not be used in personal research by the publishers or members of the Editorial Board without the express written consent of the authors. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review will be confidential and not used for personal benefit. Editors will make fair and impartial decisions and ensure a fair and appropriate peer review process.

3. Responsibilities of the authors

1. Authors must guarantee that their manuscripts are the product of their original work and that the data has been ethically obtained. Furthermore, they must guarantee that their papers have not been previously published or that they are not being considered in another publication. A paper will be considered as previously published when any of the following situations occurs (these criteria refer to previous publications in printed or electronic form, and in any language) when:

1. The full paper has been published.
2. Extensive fragments of previously published materials are part of the paper sent to the Journal.
3. The paper submitted to the Journal is contained in reports published in extenso (30% or more of the paper content).
4. The paper has been published in another language and what the authors submit is a translation of it.

2. For the publication of their papers, the authors must follow the editorial norms for the publication of paper defined by the Editorial Committee.

3. The authors will send the Journal an original of the article without personal information (name, contact details, affiliation, etc.) and excluding their name from the bibliographic references in which it appears.

4. The authors of original research reports must present an accurate description of the work done, as well as an objective argument for its importance.

5. Each paper must contain enough information and references to allow others to use the paper. Fraudulent or deliberately inaccurate statements constitute an unethical behavior and are unacceptable.

6. Authors must ensure that they have written the original papers entirety, and if the authors have used a paper or words of others, it must be properly cited. Plagiarism, in all its forms, constitutes an unethical behavior and is unacceptable. Consequently, any manuscript that commits plagiarism will be rejected and not considered for publication.

7. An author should not publish manuscripts that describe essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submission of the same manuscript to more than one journal constitutes unethical behavior and publication is unacceptable.

8. The sources used must be properly registered. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in the nature of the paper presented. Information obtained privately, through conversations, mails, or discussions with others, should not be used without explicit written permission from the author.

9. Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the study. All those who have made significant contributions should appear as co-authors. The first authors should ensure that all co-authors are included in the paper and that all have approved the final version of the document and have agreed to submit it for publication.

10. Authors must reveal in their manuscript any financial or interest conflict that could influence the results or interpretation of their paper. Sources of financial support (or institutional sponsorship) received for the realization of the paper must be disclosed. Authors must disclose any public or private support or funding for the research, including the funding agency, program, and grant code, if applicable.

11. When an author finds a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her published article, it is his/her duty to immediately notify the Journal Editor and cooperate with the publisher to retract or correct the article.

4. Referees' responsibilities

This journal supports the principles of transparency and good practices determined by the Publishing Ethics Committee (COPE). It also underlines the following points:

1. The referees accept to report on any unethical behavior by the authors and to indicate all the information that justifies the rejection of publication of the papers. In addition, they must commit to keeping the information related to the papers they evaluate confidential.

2. For the review of the papers, the referees must have the necessary guidelines, provided by the Editorial Board, to do this task.

3. The selected referees must notify the Editorial Board, in the shortest possible time, if they are qualified to review the paper and if are able to do it.

4. Any manuscript received for revision must be treated as a confidential paper. It must not be revealed or discussed with other experts, except with the express authorization of the publisher.

5. Referees must behave themselves objectively. Any personal criticism to the authors is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly and with valid arguments.

6. Any inside information, or ideas, acquired from the revision process, must be kept confidential, and will not be used for any personal gain.

7. Referees should not evaluate manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest.

5. Detection and action policies in case of plagiarism

The journal supports the anti-plagiarism principles determined by the International Committee of Ethics in Scientific Publication – COPE.

It also emphasizes that the papers with any trace of plagiarism will be checked for its possible degree of copying. In case of a copy, the author(s) submitting the paper will be sent evidence that prove plagiarism and will be asked for an immediate answer. If the plagiarism is verified De Computis:

1. Inform the author(s) of the plagiarized paper.

2. Inform the editor of the journal in which the original plagiarized article was published.

3. If it had been an article already published in De Computis, it will publish an official retraction of the article.

4. It will not publish any other article by the authors involved in the plagiarism for a period of five years.

5. Any ethical violation related to the article will be resolved using the protocols established by the International Committee of Ethics in Scientific Publication - COPE: http://publicationethics.org/files/All_Flowcharts_Spanish_0.pdf

 

6.The authors will expressly declare which Artificial Intelligence tools they have used and for what purpose.