Etica, Políticas Editoriales, Privacidad

Ethics and Editorial Policies

Revista Espacios maintains a general policy of continuous improvement of its editorial and administrative processes to guarantee the quality, originality, and impact of the scientific articles it publishes exclusively in electronic format. Our commitment is to offer simple and direct navigation, with agile evaluation and support procedures, following internationally accepted ethical guidelines.

I. Ethical Guidelines and Obligations

1. Obligations of Authors

  • Authorship and Contribution: Those who sign must have contributed significantly to the preparation of the work, agree with the results, and authorize the formal submission of the manuscript.
  • Regulatory Compliance: It is mandatory to strictly adhere to the publication standards of Revista Espacios.
  • Research Integrity: Fragmentation of articles (salami slicing) and simultaneous submission to other journals must be avoided, except for resubmissions following a formal rejection or prior withdrawal.

2. Conflict of Interest

A conflict of interest is considered any link between authors, reviewers, or editors and activities, persons, or institutions that could inappropriately influence opinions or judgments. All parties must early disclose any financial or academic conflicts that could bias the interpretation of the results.

3. Obligations of Editors

  • Editorial Authority: Editors accept or reject articles based on scientific rigor and peer recommendations. They may withdraw manuscripts (received, accepted, or published) if plagiarism, scientific fraud, or serious errors are proven.
  • Impartiality: Evaluation is based exclusively on intellectual content, without regard to race, ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, or political philosophies.
  • Confidentiality: They must preserve the anonymity of reviewers and the confidentiality of works in progress.

4. Obligations of Reviewers

We adopt the single-blind external peer review modality, supported by a Reviewer Coordinator to facilitate technical communication.

  • Objectivity: They perform fair and independent evaluations based on technical quality, using the evaluation forms provided by the journal.
  • Confidentiality: Manuscripts are confidential documents; they may not be discussed with or shown to third parties.
  • Constructive Role: They assist authors in improving their articles through detailed observations and suggestions.

II. General Editorial Policies

Open Access and Interoperability
We are an Open Access publication (Budapest Initiative). We comply with the OAI-PMH protocol and assign a DOI to each article.
Anti-Plagiarism Policy
We use Turnitin®, SmallSEOTools®, and DupliChecker®. Any indication of plagiarism leads to the immediate dismissal of the manuscript.

Copyright and Licensing

Authors retain their copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license.

Funding (APC)

As a non-profit entity, we request an Article Processing Charge (APC) of 110.00 USD (40.00 USD for authors in Venezuela) to cover operating costs, DOI, SciELO marking, and maintenance of the OJS platform.

III. Privacy Statement

Names and email addresses entered in this journal will be used exclusively for the purposes stated herein and will not be made available to third parties for any other purpose. In compliance with the GDPR, users may request the update or deletion of their data at any time.