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GENERAL REFERENCES
The journal Economía y Negocios adheres to the guidelines for publication ethics, defined by COPE to encourage and support good editorial practices. This document has been prepared in accordance with the standards established in Guidelines on Good Publication Practice.
All our collaborators, readers, authors, reviewers, and editors tacitly declare that have read and understood these principles and agree with their application.
ON SCIENTIFIC WORK
All submitted work must follow the highest technical and ethical principles established in national and international standards. The research carried out must be correctly designed and planned, and the authors will commit to save and present, if requested, the documents that validate it. When, due to its nature, it is necessary, the researchers must present the approval documents of a duly constituted ethics committee, which will certify the correctness of the study.
By submitting an article to Economía y Negocios the authors accept the parameters established in this document, as well as the selection processes defined by the Journal and its Editorial Board.
The submission of the article must be adjusted to the conditions indicated in the Author Guidelines.
AUTHORSHIP
As a fundamental principle, all authors must take formal and public responsibility for the entire content of their article. Authors must be prepared to provide any additional information that may be required by the journal to clarify any questions or concerns that arise during the review process.
In addition, the disclosure of individual contributions is also necessary, clearly indicating the participation of each author in the conception, design, analysis, writing and any other activity directly related to the study.
Finally, if there is no task that can be attributed to a particular author, that author should not be credited or included in the document. In no case will "honorary" authorship be accepted by the journal.
In order to establish the authorship of scientific works, an author is understood to be someone who:
Those who do not meet any of these criteria may appear as collaborators in the acknowledgments, but in no way as authors of the manuscript.
Finally, the submission of a manuscript without the permission of one of the authors will not be accepted for any reason.
HANDLING OF COMPLAINTS AND APPEALS
The authors, reviewers or readers of Economía y Negocios have the right to submit any complaint related to the journal. Especially in the case of authors, who have the full right to appeal review and editorial decisions. Complaints will be handled on the basis of the facts; therefore the complainant must argue their case solely on that basis. The journal formally commits itself to a complete and fair analysis of all the reasons, facts and evidence presented.
To file a complaint or appeal, the interested party must send an email to economiaynegocios@ute.edu.ec, addressed to the Editor-in-Chief of the journal. The communication must:
Once the complaint or claim is received, the Journal will establish the following procedure:
JOURNAL POLICIES ON CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
Conflicts of interest are all those situations that could potentially exert an undue influence on the presentation, review, or publication of a manuscript. These conflicts may be financial, academic or professional, contractual or personal, or of any other nature not explicitly expressed.
All persons involved in the processing of a manuscript must declare any potential conflict of interest that may interfere with the objectivity or integrity of a publication. This includes authors who submit a manuscript, reviewers who are asked to evaluate a manuscript, and editors in charge of handling the manuscript. This declaration must be made together with the submission of the manuscript, in the case of authors, or as soon as the manuscript is received for handling or review, in the case of editors and reviewers.
JOURNAL POLICIES ON UNETHICAL PRACTICES
In general, those involved in the process of publishing the journal's articles are committed to maintaining an honest conduct, with a professional technical practice and in good faith, always considering that the process and the results demonstrate ethical work. Those involved in the editorial process undertake, to the extent of their possibilities and responsibilities, to follow up on any complaint or suspicion of scientific malpractice and reserve the right to take the measures they deem appropriate in cases where lack of ethics in any work submitted for evaluation it is verified.
Faced with unethical behavior, the first decision will be made by the Chief Editor, who will analyze the issue and reject any document that includes inappropriate conduct or practices. If the problem or situation is greater, the Chief Editor may first seek advice from the Editorial Board and then from the Journal's Publication Committee.
Some examples of these unethical practices may include:
PROCEDURE IN CASE OF SUSPECTED PLAGIARISM AND DUPLICATE PUBLICATION
The journal will follow the guidelines established by the Publication Ethics Committee (COPE) in handling unethical problems or conduct:
Suspected plagiarism in a submitted manuscript
Suspected plagiarism in a published manuscript
Suspected redundant publication in a submitted manuscript
Suspected redundant publication in a published manuscript
PLAGIARISM AND DUPLICATION
Every source of information used must be identified and referenced. Under no circumstances will the authors submit the same manuscript for evaluation, simultaneously, to more than one journal, congress, or any publication source.
ANTI-PLAGIARISM SYSTEM
Econoía y Negocios has a publication similarity review system, prior to sending it to the peer reviewer, which guarantees that its publications are not covered by similarities or lack of citation.
EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITY
All those involved in the editorial process undertake to maintain total confidentiality about the manuscripts received, their authors and mainly topics. The editors will guarantee that the decision process is made exclusively based on technical considerations, quality and originality of the study, and respect for the usual accepted rules of scientific writing.
Authors' obligations:
General Duties and Responsibilities of the Editorial Board:
The editorial team will be responsible for all the content published in the journal Economía y Negocios. This implies:
Obligations and responsibilities of peer reviewers:
All articles considered for publication will go through the review of two peer reviewers external to the UTE University and one internal peer, to ensure impartiality and verification of knowledge. Among the obligations and responsibilities of these peers are:
JOURNAL POLICY ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Economía y Negocios is an Open Access journal that firmly believes in the free dissemination of scientific knowledge, which is why it guarantees that its contents and services in general will be totally free for readers (without subscription fees), authors (without APC) and general public. Under this consideration, the authors acknowledge and commit to the Open Access policy, also agreeing that the journal will not issue any royalty payments.
The authors retain all copyrights to the original published works without restrictions [© The Author(s)]. The publication will be subject to the terms of the CC BY 3.0 EC license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ec/).
JOURNAL OPTIONS FOR POST-PUBLICATION DISCUSSIONS AND CORRECTIONS
The journal enables post-publication discussions through the academic and social networks provided (see links on the home page of the website). More specifically, each published article will be uploaded to Academia.edu, where authors and readers can initiate and participate in discussions related to the article.
Regarding the corrections, the articles are sent to the authors as soon as they are accepted, like Preprint. During this stage, the authors can request minor changes (format, wording, typographical errors, among others) through an email addressed to economiaynegocios@ute.edu.ec, providing the corresponding justification. The journal will study the case and proceed according to the basis of the request. Any major change or late request must be made as if it were a "complaint or appeal" (see the corresponding section of this document).
ISSN-e: 2602-8050
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