Ethical code

Anales de Psicologia is a scientific journal based on the work conducted by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), the Association of Open Access Scholarly Publishers (OASPA), and the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) to identify transparency principles and best practices for scholarly publishing and establish its ethical code.

1. Website: Our journal's website (https://revistas.um.es/analesps) includes everything necessary for its readers, authors, reviewers, and editors. Editorial management aims to offer the best possible selection of the manuscripts we receive, avoiding information that could mislead readers and authors. Our website includes a statement of objectives and scope and clearly defines the intended audience and main subject areas of interest. The electronic ISSN and basic journal information are clearly and easily displayed in the header of the website.
2. Journal name: Anales de Psicologia is a unique name, sufficiently recognized by the international scientific community and not likely to cause confusion with that of another journal.
3. Peer review process: The manuscript selection and evaluation system used is double-blind peer review. This system follows the standard processes for publishing serial scientific publications. Each article received is reviewed by two referees, ensuring the anonymity of both authors and reviewers. This process is clearly described on the journal's website and in the manuscript submission process, and short review and editing times are not guaranteed.
4. Ownership and Management: The ownership of the property rights to the published content belongs to the Publications Service [Servicio de Publicaciones] of the University of Murcia, as indicated in the submissions section and in the privacy and intellectual property section of the journal's website.
5. Governing Body: Anales de Psicologia has an Editorial Team composed of an Editorial Board (editorial committee) and an Editorial Advisory Board (scientific committee) made up of recognized national and international experts in the topics covered by the publication. At all times, efforts will be made to facilitate equitable gender distribution in the governing bodies and to promote their internationalization. The full names and affiliations of the journal's editors, as well as the journal's contact address, are provided.
6. Copyright and Licensing: The copyright policy is clearly stated in the guidelines for authors and in the journal's open access policy. The copyright holder will be named on all published articles. The latter document clearly states that authors may deposit accepted final versions or copies of published articles in third-party repositories, following the Open Science Principles.
7. Author Fees: Anales de Psicologia is currently a "gold" open access publication. Therefore, it is a peer-reviewed scientific journal whose content is accessible without purchase or subscription, in which the author retains the copyright. This journal requires payment to the author for publishing costs, the so-called APCs (article processing charges) of €216 (+ taxes), upon acceptance and prior to publication. Anales de Psicología is clearly committed to the Open Science paradigm and has signed the "Manifesto on Open Science as a Global Public Good: Non-Commercial Open Access" issued by the 2023 Toluca Summit.
8. Process for identifying and addressing allegations of research misconduct: The Editorial Board will take reasonable measures to identify and prevent the publication of papers in which research misconduct has occurred, including plagiarism, citation manipulation, data falsification/fabrication, and improper use of Artificial Intelligence in the preparation of the manuscript, among others. If we become aware of any allegations of research misconduct related to an article published in our journal, we will follow COPE guidelines for addressing the allegations and assess the rejection of the manuscript or the possible retraction of an already published article, if necessary.
9. Datasets: Anales de Psicologia, on the path toward Open Science, is committed to the deposit of research datasets in line with all policies, mandates, and initiatives that reveal the value of research data, as well as the importance of sharing and reusing them. Therefore, it has opened a collection in DIGITUM, the institutional repository of the University of Murcia, for the deposit of datasets linked to published articles. Authors can also deposit this information in any other general or thematic repository.
10. Publication calendar: Anales de Psicologia clearly informs about the annual publication frequency in the “quarterly” format (three issues per year in January, May and September).
11. Access: Free and open access to all journal content.
12. Archive: All journals published by the University of Murcia are hosted in the DIGITUM institutional repository, Anales de Psicología included, for digital preservation purposes.
13. Funding Sources: The only two sources of funding for Anales de Psicología are: (1) Author Payments (APC) managed by the “Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Murcia”, and (2) provided by the Colegio Oficial de la Psicología de la Region de Murcia (Spain) to assist in the management of the Editorial Board. The journal's website is provided by the “Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Murcia” [Publishing Service of University of Murcia].
14. Advertising: Anales de Psicologia publishes the opening and closing news of each issue on the main thematic mailing lists in our publishing field. It also maintains profiles on Facebook and X (formerly Twitter) for the dissemination of published articles.