The Revista de Filosofía UCSC requires all contributions to comply with the principles of academic integrity, originality, transparency, and authorial responsibility. Authors are responsible for the authenticity of the work submitted, the accuracy of its sources and materials, and compliance with all applicable ethical, editorial, and legal requirements.

This policy governs the integrity and originality of manuscripts and the attribution of authorship. Conflicts of interest, ethical approval of research, and the ethical responsibilities of authors, reviewers, and editors are governed by the journal’s Ethics Policy. Permitted and prohibited uses of artificial intelligence are addressed in the Policy on the Use and Limits of Artificial Intelligence.

Originality, unpublished status and exclusive submission

Manuscripts must be original and unpublished in the form in which they are submitted to the journal. They must not have been published previously, in whole or in part, in the same or another language, and must not be under consideration by another publication at the same time.

In the case of translations, the submitted version must be unpublished, and those responsible for it must obtain any necessary permissions when required by the rights governing the original text.

Works derived from theses, conference papers, or other academic documents may be considered provided that this circumstance is disclosed at the time of submission, the manuscript constitutes a substantial reworking, and the original source is properly identified.

Prior deposit of a version of the manuscript in an institutional repository or preprint server will not in itself be considered prior publication. Its existence must be disclosed upon submission, and the corresponding link or identifier must be provided. Once the work has been published, the deposited version must be updated to include the article’s full reference and DOI.

Plagiarism and other practices contrary to academic integrity

Direct quotations, paraphrases, ideas, arguments, and materials derived from the work of others must be properly identified and attributed in accordance with the journal’s citation guidelines. The reuse of previously published material by the same authors must also be expressly cited and academically justified.

Practices contrary to academic integrity include, among others, plagiarism, undisclosed reuse of previously published material, redundant publication, unjustified fragmentation of research, fabrication or falsification of sources or data, misleading alteration of materials, and deliberate misrepresentation of results or conclusions.

Identity fraud, submission of false documentation, manipulation of the review process, and inclusion of irrelevant references for the purpose of artificially increasing citation indicators also constitute breaches of integrity. The journal will neither request nor permit the inclusion of citations that are not relevant to the manuscript.

Authors are responsible for the lawful use of images, tables, graphs, photographs, translations, documents, and any other materials included in the manuscript, as well as for obtaining the necessary permissions when such materials are protected by third-party rights.

Similarity screening

All manuscripts may be examined before publication using the institutional similarity-detection system employed by the journal.

The similarity percentage is only a preliminary indicator. It does not automatically establish plagiarism and does not in itself constitute grounds for rejection. The responsible editor shall assess the nature, extent, origin, and context of the identified similarities.

When similarities that may constitute an irregularity are identified, the journal will inform the authors and provide them with an opportunity to offer an explanation. After examining the available information, the responsible editor may allow the process to continue, request revisions, or reject the manuscript.

Concerns arising after publication will be examined in accordance with the journal’s policy on corrections, retractions, and other post-publication measures.

Authorship and contributions

Authorship must be limited to those who have made a substantial intellectual contribution to the work. To qualify as an author, a person must have participated significantly in the conception or development of the research, the formulation of its arguments, or the analysis of its sources; contributed to drafting or critically revising the manuscript; approved the submitted version and any subsequent revisions; and accepted responsibility for their own contribution and for the integrity of the work.

Obtaining funding, providing general supervision or administrative support, performing exclusively formal corrections, or holding a senior position does not in itself justify attribution of authorship.

Honorary, guest, or courtesy authorship and the exclusion of persons who meet the authorship criteria are prohibited. Those who have contributed without meeting these criteria should be named in the acknowledgements, provided that they have consented to being identified.

The person submitting the manuscript acts as the corresponding author and is responsible for confirming that all authors are aware of and approve the manuscript, the order of authorship, the declarations provided, and all versions submitted during the editorial process.

Any request to add or remove an author or change the order of authorship after submission must be made in writing, be properly justified, and have the express agreement of all persons involved. The responsible editor shall determine whether the requested change is admissible.

Single-authored works are not required to include an author contribution statement. In multi-authored works, each person’s contribution must be identified using the CRediT taxonomy and only the roles that correspond to the work actually performed. This taxonomy describes contributions but does not replace the journal’s authorship criteria.

Use of generative artificial intelligence

Generative artificial intelligence systems cannot be recognised as authors or co-authors because they cannot assume responsibility for the content of a manuscript, approve its publication, declare conflicts of interest, or manage copyright.

Any use of these tools must be declared fully and transparently. The declaration must identify the tool used and, where available, its version; explain the purpose and extent of its use; and indicate the sections or tasks in which it was involved.

Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, traceability, and legality of the submitted content, including any parts created or modified using artificial intelligence. Undisclosed substantive use may be considered a breach of academic integrity and may result in the measures established in the Ethics Policy.

Outputs generated by these systems do not constitute academic sources and must not be cited as such. They may be cited only when the system or its outputs are themselves the object of the research and the reference is methodologically necessary.

The specific conditions governing the use of these tools and the obligations applicable to authors, reviewers, and editors are established in the Policy on the Use and Limits of Artificial Intelligence.

Mandatory declarations

At the time of submission, all contributions must include the following declarations:

1. Use of generative artificial intelligence.
2. Conflicts of interest.
3. Funding.
4. Author contributions, only for multi-authored works.

Conflict-of-interest declarations must be made in accordance with the Ethics Policy. When a relevant conflict exists, the person involved and the nature of the conflict must be identified and, where appropriate, the measures adopted to manage it must be stated.

When the work has received institutional or financial support, the funding body, programme or project and its code or identifier, where applicable, must be identified. Any involvement of the funder in the design of the research, preparation of the manuscript, or decision to publish must also be disclosed.

Declarations of ethical approval and informed consent will be required only where applicable, in accordance with the criteria and procedures established in the Ethics Policy.

During double-anonymous review, declarations that could identify the authors must be included in a separate file or recorded in the platform’s metadata and must not appear in the manuscript sent to reviewers.

All mandatory declarations will be included in the published version in a final section placed before the references.

When there is no information to disclose, the following statements must be used:

Use of generative artificial intelligence: The authors declare that they did not use generative artificial intelligence systems in the preparation of this work.

Conflicts of interest: The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest related to the research, authorship, or publication of this work.

Funding: This work received no specific funding from public, commercial, or not-for-profit organisations.