Ethical code

CODE OF ETHICS AND BAD PRAXIS OF THE MAGAZINE

The ethical code of Naveg@mérica. Electronic journal edited by the Spanish Association of Americanists, is based on the Code of Conduct and Best-Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors (COPE) prepared by the Committee on Publications Ethics (2011), as well as the principles of transparency and good practices of the Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA).
Grammatically, the generic term is used, following the recommendations of the RAE and the criteria of legibility and economy of language, without implying exclusion.

1) Responsibility of the editors

Publication Decision

The editor is responsible for deciding which of the papers submitted to the journal will be published. The editor will evaluate manuscripts without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, ethnicity, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors. The decision will be based on the importance, originality and clarity of the work, as well as on the validity of the study and its relevance to the scope of the journal. Current legal requirements regarding defamation, copyright infringement and plagiarism will also be taken into account.

Confidentiality

The editor and editorial team must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, prospective reviewers, or other editorial advisors, as appropriate.

Disclosure and conflict of interest

Neither the editor nor the members of the editorial board will use unpublished material presented in an article for their own research purposes without the explicit written consent of the author.

2) Responsibility of reviewers

Contribution to decision making

The peer review process (performed in Naveg@mérica by a blind evaluation procedure) helps the editor and the editorial board to make decisions regarding the submitted work and is also a tool for the improvement of the article by the authors.

Availability

Any selected reviewer who does not feel qualified to assess the information presented in a manuscript, or who knows that prompt review will be impossible, should notify the editor and withdraw from the review process. This notification must occur promptly, to avoid delays in the valuation of the article.

Confidentiality

Articles received for review should be treated as confidential documents. They cannot be disclosed or discussed with other people, except in extraordinary cases in which it is of interest for the article's own evaluation and in this situation, the editor's authorization must always be obtained.

Objectivity standards

Reviews must be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author(s) is inappropriate. Arbitrators must express their views clearly and with supporting arguments.

Source acknowledgment

The reviewers must identify the possible reference works that the authors have mentioned, but have not cited in the corresponding section. They must indicate if the observations or arguments derived from other publications are accompanied by the respective source. Reviewers will notify the editor of any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript and any other published work of which they are aware.

Disclosure and conflict of interest

Inside information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal gain. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest derived from competitive, collaborative or other relationships with any of the authors, companies or institutions associated with the work.

3) Rights and duties of the authors

Reporting regulations

Authors of original research reports must present a precise description of the work performed, as well as an objective discussion of its importance. The underlying data must be accurately represented in the article. The article must contain sufficient details and references to allow others to reproduce the work. Fraudulent or deliberately inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.

Access and retention of data

Authors may be asked to provide the raw data from their study along with the article for editorial review and should be prepared to make the data publicly available, if possible. In any case, authors should ensure the accessibility of such data to other competent professionals for at least ten years after publication (preferably through an institutional or subject data repository or other data center), as long as it can be protected. the confidentiality and anonymity of the participants, as well as respect for the legal rights relating to proprietary data. The authors of the article will be responsible for ensuring that the information and raw data of the study have no impediments -neither ethical nor legal- for its scientific dissemination.

Originality, plagiarism and acknowledgment of sources

Authors will only submit completely original papers and will properly cite the work and/or words of others. The publications that have influenced the determination of the nature of the work presented should also be cited.

Multiple, redundant or concurrent publication

In general, papers that describe essentially the same information should not be published in more than one journal. Submitting the same article to more than one journal constitutes unethical editorial behavior and is unacceptable.
Manuscripts that have been published in other journals cannot be submitted. In addition, articles submitted and undergoing peer review cannot be submitted to other journals. However, by submitting a manuscript, the author(s) retain the rights to the published material. In case of publication, the authors allow the use of their work under a CC-BY-NC license [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/], which allows others to copy, distribute and transmit the work. work, as well as adapt it.

Authorship

Authorship should be limited to those who have contributed significantly to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the submitted study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors.
The author responsible for the publication ensures that all contributing co-authors are on the list of authors and that no uninvolved person is included on the list. The person in charge will also verify that all the co-authors have approved the final version of the work and have given their consent for its publication.

Disclosure and conflict of interest

All authors must include a statement disclosing any financial or other conflicts of interest that could be construed as influencing the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project, if any, should be explicitly included.

Fundamental Errors in Published Works

When an author discovers a material error or inaccuracy in his or her own published work, he or she has an obligation to promptly notify the editor or editor and to cooperate with the editor in retracting or correcting the errata.