Code of ethics

Global Nursing builds on the work of 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 code of ethics. 1. Website: Our journal's website (https://revistas.um.es/eglobal) aims to reflect the editorial management work carried out by the journal, seeking the best possible selection of the manuscripts we receive and 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 subjects of interest. The printed and electronic ISSNs are clearly and easily displayed in the header of the website.
2. Journal name: Enfermería Global 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 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: Enfermería Global has an editorial team composed of a Board of Directors (editorial committee) and an 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. Process for identifying and addressing allegations of research misconduct: The editorial board will take reasonable steps to identify and prevent publication of work that has been found to contain research misconduct, including plagiarism, citation manipulation, data falsification/fabrication, and inappropriate 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 consider rejecting the manuscript or potentially retracting an already published article, if necessary. 8. Datasets: Enfermería Global, on the path toward Open Science, is committed to the deposit of research datasets in line with all policies, mandates, and initiatives that highlight 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.
9. Publication Schedule: Enfermería Global clearly states the quarterly publication frequency in the "continuous publication" mode.
10. Access: Free and open access to all journal content.
11. Archive: All journals published by the University of Murcia are hosted in the DIGITUM institutional repository for digital preservation purposes.

12. Advertising: Enfermería Global publishes the opening and closing news of each issue on the main thematic distribution lists in our publishing field. We also have profiles on Facebook, Instagram, and X for the dissemination of published articles.