Assuming the need to make explicit the criteria and procedures that must safeguard the relations between this medium and its authors, as well as to objectify the rights and responsibilities of each one in the process of participation in the public communication space, Revista Encrucijada Americana gives an account and promotes an adequate framework of diffusion practices that we detail below. These are based on the guidelines proposed in this regard by the Committee on Publication Ethics, COPE, in its Code of Conduct and best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors (http://publicationethics.org/)

General Duties and Responsibilities of Editors:

Try to satisfy the needs of its readers and authors;

Constantly improve the magazine;

Ensuring the quality of the material that is published;

Defend freedom of expression;

Safeguard the integrity and confidentiality of the academic records;

Prevent business needs from compromising publishing and intellectual standards;

Always be ready to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies when necessary.

Specific with regard to readers: Whether by direct mention or through particular request, the editors will always give all the information related to the origin of the publication, sources of financing; role of eventual funders or sponsors; origin and / or financial sponsorship of published articles. Likewise, it will publicly have information on editorial policy, editing criteria, indexing works.

Relationship with authors: Editors will take all the necessary steps to ensure the quality of the material they publish, specifying, if applicable, the purposes and standards of requirements of the different sections in which the content is organized.

The decisions of the Editor / s, concerning the acceptance or rejection of a manuscript for publication, will be based exclusively on the importance, originality and clarity of the manuscript, and on the relevance of the study to the declared contents of the journal.

Through publication in the journal of the requirements for preparing manuscripts or originals, the Editor will inform the author about these requirements. By means of the respective publication on the home page of the journal, the Editor will inform the authors of the method of evaluation of originals, review guidelines, response deadlines, appeal mechanisms, treatment of copyright, conflict resolution interest.

Any change in the people and criteria of the journal's editorial direction may not affect the authors (and their works) accepted for publication on a date prior to the changes.

Peer evaluation: The direction of the journal will publish the original evaluation guides or guidelines through which the authors will know what the evaluators of their works will attend to. Encrucijada Americana Magazine will take the measures to ensure and safeguard the privacy of the identities of the peer reviewers. Any change on this will be duly informed to the authors.

The Editors will have an informed mechanism on the reception and treatment of complaints and claims; its response and appeal instances at different levels, up to an eventual final final verdict by the editors and authors, materialized in the appointment of an impartial arbitrator appointed on a case-by-case basis by the parties involved.

Promotion of the debate: The editors will publish all the criticisms or substantiated objections that are received regarding the publication of an article or opinion. Only the presence of bad terms or offenses will prevent this reproduction. The authors of the criticized materials will, in turn, have the opportunity to respond by subjecting themselves to the norms of respect and communicational cordiality.

Promotion of ethical-academic integrity: The Editors will ensure that the contents to be published conform to internationally accepted ethical criteria. If necessary, they will request the relevant ethical evidence from the authors (Ethics Committees, Review Boards, etc.). Obtaining these safeguards will not imply, in any case, that the materials proposed by the authors have per se an ethical guarantee. The Editorial Board of the magazine reserves the right to final sanction.

The Editors will promote the ethical safeguard in both published and unpublished works. For this, priority will be given to addressing the objections with the authors or those directly concerned. If necessary, due to the magnitude or implications of the ethical breaches, they may take the case or cases to other people and institutions.

If it is noticed that significant inaccuracies, misleading or misleading mentions, distorted information have been published in the journal, this journal will turn to the authors for immediate correction in the online version of the journal. Such procedure must be clearly explained in the same publication. In the event that for any reason the said correction is not achieved, the editors reserve the right to cancel the content under discussion.

Commercial considerations: Revista Encrucijada Americana is open access and free in its online version. Notwithstanding this, the magazine's management may approve commercial distribution media without affecting the aforementioned free access.

Conflict of interest: Asia Latin America has mechanisms and formulas to address and resolve various conflicts of interest that arise between its managers; between these and the authors; between authors and reviewers; between your content and your readers.

In the conflicts within its Editorial Board, the meetings of this team, the bilateral consultations between its members, and the final determination by the Directorate of the publication, are the mechanisms of treatment and clearance of inconveniences and problems.

Regarding the journal and its editorial environment (authors, reviewers, readers), the reception of complaints, claims, appeals, rebates and responses transmitted to the Editor, who will determine the steps to follow and the people and instances to appeal, is contemplated.

In the event that complaints are directed against the Editor, the communication must, in the first instance, be addressed to him. If the complaint is not addressed or not resolved satisfactorily, the claimant may contact the Directorate of the magazine, an instance that may, if necessary, resort in common agreement with the claimant, to the determination of a final arbitrator of mandatory ruling for the parties.

Originality. The authors must ensure that the data and results presented in the work are original and have not been copied, invented, distorted or manipulated. Plagiarism in all its forms (including self-plagiarism), multiple or redundant publication, simultaneous submission of proposals to more than one journal, as well as the invention or manipulation of data constitute serious ethical misconduct and are considered scientific fraud. However, it is permissible to publish a work that expands on another that has already appeared as a short note, communication or summary in the proceedings of a congress, provided that the text on which it is based is properly cited and that the modifications involve a substantial modification of what has already been published. Secondary posts are also acceptable if they target totally different readers; for example, if the article is published in different languages or if there is a version for specialists compared to another aimed at the general public. These circumstances should be specified and the original publication cited appropriately.

Plagiarism and self-plagiarism: Undoubtedly, the misuse of third-party resources or of oneself constitutes one of the most serious breaches of ethics and probity in matters of scientific research and publication. On this point there is a vast bibliography where the problem is characterized in its multiple dimensions. This magazine assumes concern for the phenomenon through the following actions:

Detection by electronic means: it undergoes a review and check of job titles, author names and content in web search engines (Google; DDG). Specialized open source tools are also used, such as: plagiarism detect and turnitin, in addition to being aware of advice and guidance from HTW, the main undertaking in the matter (see HTW site): by crossing paragraphs located as suspects, entrusted work to our executive editorial team.

Style detection: by crossing paragraphs located as suspects, a task entrusted to our executive editorial team.

 

On the other hand, presumptions or judgments of (self) plagiarism and other forms of misleading use of previous productions, are subject to the following steps:

Qualification of the suspicion or lack by the Direction of the journal

Communication of the doubt or reliable fact of fraud (with data and evidence) to the author (s)

Indication of the deadline for discharges and / or clarifications. The term, except for reasons of force majeure, is peremptory, and will not extend beyond 30 calendar days from the moment of communication to those affected.

Weighting, where appropriate, of clarifications and assurance endorsements from questioned authors.

Resolution and final verdict, by the Executive Committee, on the final destination of the work put in question in a period not exceeding 60 days. The verdict will be final.

The entire procedure will be in writing and will be duly supported in the journal's management files. If necessary, the Executive Committee of the publication may request the advice or opinion of experts outside the publishing body in order to have elements for the best resolution.

The sanction to which the authors who have effectively committed the lack of plagiarism and self-plagiarism will be subjected (they have not given a clear and conclusive answer to the doubts and objections), will be that of the impossibility of sending new texts and communications to the journal for 3 years. The magazine reserves the right, depending on the nature and effects of the problem to be addressed, to publicly communicate results and / or pass the information on to other administrative and jurisdictional bodies concerned with the matter.

For the purposes of definitions of concepts and qualification of the eventual detection of this fault, this journal will abide by those stipulated by COPE and Plagiat-HTW

Authorship of the work. Whoever appears as responsible for contact with the journal, in the case of multiple authorship, must guarantee the recognition of those who have contributed significantly in the conception, planning, design, execution, data collection, interpretation and discussion of the results of the work; In any case, all the people who sign it share responsibility for the work presented. Likewise, the person who acts as a contact person must ensure that those who sign the work have reviewed and approved the final version of the work and give their approval for its possible publication.

Contact authorship must ensure that none of the firms responsible for the work have been omitted and that they thus satisfy the aforementioned co-authorship criteria, thereby avoiding fictitious or gifted authorship, which constitutes a bad scientific practice. Likewise, the contribution of other collaborations that do not appear as signatories or are responsible for the final version of the work must be acknowledged in a note of the article, as a way of appreciation. If the journal or the signatories of the article request it, the published version will briefly describe the individual contribution of each member of the signing group to the collective work.

Information sources. In the text of the work, the publications that have influenced the research must be recognized, so the original sources on which the information contained in your work is based must be identified and cited in the bibliography. It must not, however, include irrelevant citations for its work or referring to similar examples, and it must not abuse the references to research already established in the corpus of scientific knowledge. The author or author should not use information obtained privately through conversations, correspondence or from any discussion with colleagues on the matter, unless they have explicit permission, in writing, from their source of information and such information is received in a context of scientific advice.