Policies of ethical and scientifics integrity

The Revista de Derecho de la Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción (The Journal) editorial team is committed to the highest ethical standards, quality editing and authorship practices through adhering to the principles of COPE: the Committee on Publication Ethics, Singapore Statement on Research Integrity  and the ELSEVIER: Publishing Ethics Resource Kit, and the Contributor Roles Taxonomy (CRediT), which is expressed in the following criteria:

1. Plagiarism

The Revista de Derecho de la Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción declares that it finds plagiarism unacceptable, which implies that all articles submitted to the review process must have fulfilled the following prior to their acceptance.

Articles submitted to Revista de Derecho de la Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción must be original and unpublished with the consent of all authors. Therefore, authors are requested to use the submission letter format in which they commit to these criteria. The journal will not publish articles previously published in another language.

The fragmentation of large papers may confuse readers or could be detected as plagiarism, thus not complying with the established criteria of originality. Therefore, authors are requested to include the respective citations in case their work mentions previous publications. Likewise, the author must be available for requests from the editorial staff and peer reviewers regarding previously published works on the subject.

All articles received will undergo a strict peer review process and be submitted to the Turnitin plagiarism detection software. If the article does not meet the specified originality criteria, it will be declared inadmissible for publication. If the article has already been published in the journal, it will be withdrawn from the respective volume in which it is available.

The Revista de Derecho de la Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción is committed to its community and, therefore, will implement necessary retractions and corrections to ensure the journal’s transparency and due process in any case of errata detected or reported.

The authors are responsible for the material included in their work such as tables, graphs, photos, figures and other content necessary for the development of the publication and declare that these do not infringe copyright.

Agreement for the assignment of the authors’ property rights.

Form certifying that the article is an original work by the author.

All articles will be subject to a strict peer review process and will be submitted to plagiarism detection software, which implies that there must be no cases of total or partial copying or paraphrasing without due references or any other information misuse or mismanagement practices.

In the event the article does not fulfill the originality criteria, it will not be published in the journal, or it will be removed from the journal in the event such defect is found after the article has been published. The journal will also issue any appropriate retraction or other amendment required for the effects of good publishing practices.

2. Fraud in research

The Revista de Derecho de la Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción only receives articles resulting from research of a scientific nature, and to this effect the author must submit information on the research from which the paper is derived. Also, during the peer review process, the experts consider aspects such as: methodologies, presentation of results, argumentation and derived conclusions to ensure the consistency and accuracy of the presented information, as well as its relevance and contribution to the field of study.

Authors are advised to have available evidence on the information used, because such information and data and other sources of the contents may be requested by the editor and/or the reviewers. Any manipulation, forgery or fabrication of citations and data will be grounds to turn down the article.

3. Submission of a copy of the article

The Revista de Derecho de la Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción establishes in its instructions for authors that the articles submitted for publication must not have been or be currently under review by other publications. The articles must be original and unpublished, and must be submitted with the consent of all the authors, who must make a commitment to Revista de Derecho de la Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción to maintain such conditions until such time as a decision is made on whether or not it will be published.

The plagiarism management policy does not allow the publication of papers that do not adequately handle “paraphrasing.” In cases when the idea is derived from several articles, the original text must be cited using quotation marks and an appropriation citation must be included.

The journal has also established that it will not publish articles that have been previously published in a any language. Revista de Derecho de la Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción does not accept such option.

4. Fragmentation

The Revista de Derecho de la Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción establishes that all articles must be unpublished and original. Since the fragmentation of larger works may cause confusion for readers, authors are advised that if their work mentions other studies that have been previously published, adequate citations must be provided for such studies, and the same information should not be repeated because it could be detected as a match that runs against the originality criteria established by the journal. The author must also be available to reply to any inquiries from the publishing team and the peer reviewers regarding previous works published on the topic.

The Revista de Derecho de la Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción has committed to the community to issue any retractions or erratum that may be required to ensure the transparency of the journal, and to due process in the event of any case that may be detected or reported.

5. Handling of complaints and appeals

The complaint or appeal procedure begins through communication with the journal’s Editor to the institutional Ph.D. Cristian Aedo Barrena, mail caedo@ucsc.cl. The Editor will confirm by e-mail the receipt of the communication and evaluate the merits of the complaint or appeal, informing the Editorial Committee, which has a period of two weeks to decide on the matter.

The Committee may respond by closing the complaint or appeal or by initiating an investigation, which should be communicated to the parties by means of a report.

In the case of initiating an investigation, the parties will be asked to provide further background information or statements of objections based on which a decision will be made. This decision may include the rejection of the complaint, a request for further background information or the approval of the complaint. In all cases, the decision will be communicated by means of the Committee meeting minutes.

When the information involves the confirmation of the complaint or denunciation, the communication will be shared with the parties as well as with the plaintiff’s affiliated institution.

If the complaint or appeal situation warrants it, an amendment or correction of the corresponding publication will be made in a retraction document to be published in the journal.