Privacy Statement

Ethical standards

Revista de Geografía Espacios (RGE) ascribes and promotes good practices in the publication of articles, both research and theoretical elaboration and bibliographic review. The definition of responsibilities for each of the actors involved is presented in the following guidelines, considering that academic information, institutional affiliations, and contacts are disseminated in our editorial platform.

Editorial Team Responsibilities

The Editorial Team shall ensure regularity in the processes and publication standards during the evaluation of the manuscripts in cautioning the thematic relevance of the material received according to the focus of RGE and any calls that are made. Compliance with the formal requirements set out in the guidelines based on diversity in the research and scientific development perspectives in the context of the disciplinary interest will also be responsible.

The Editorial Team will ensure external peer evaluation procedures in double-blind format for received manuscripts. At all times, the confidentiality of the information regarding the authors, data included in the article, analyses carried out or conclusions during the evaluation process will be safeguarded.

Manuscripts that are not published may not be used by the Editorial Team for other purposes and will be removed from the RGE archive.  If they require mentioning them in relation to other studies, they undertake to consult the consent of the authors.

The Editorial Team will not use for its own or other benefit the information presented in the articles or in comments made by the evaluating peers. In the event of a conflict of interest in any of its members, its work will be referred to another member of the team.

The Editorial Team will respond to any ethical conflict resulting from the submission of manuscripts or complaints and warnings for published articles, safeguarding the prestige of the magazine, the authorship of the articles and the relevance of the published.

The Editorial Team will review manuscripts and make decisions about them regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, ethnicity, nationality, or political ideology of the authors.

Authors will accept these ethical and publishing standards by submitting their contributions to the editorial process.

Manuscripts that comply with RGE guidelines will initiate the external peer evaluation process using the double-blind system. The works must be original and not considered or in simultaneous evaluation for other publications.

Authors shall ensure the absolute originality of their contributions, and that the materials used are duly referred to. An author should not attempt to publish identical materials in more than one journal or other primary publication. The presentation of the same subject in several magazines and/or the publication of the same work in various journals is a practice that RGE will not validate. Plagiarism, understood as misappropriation of the intellectual production of others, will not be tolerated by RGE in any of its forms.

Contributions submitted may have more than one author provided that a collective contribution of the contents and express recognition to those who have collaborated on their outcome is justified. The lead author is responsible for including all co-authors and collaborators and ensuring that all of them have reviewed and approved the final version of the document, consenting in their presentation to be published.

Information obtained by private means may not be published without the consent of the appropriate person or institution.

The authors will ensure consistency in the presentation of their own ideas regarding the ideas cited. Failure to comply with this requirement will be a reason for rejection by the magazine. In the case of data collected or produced by the author, the procedure used, presented the strategy and the process to reach them, their subsequent analysis and the conclusions derived from the study shall be explained. Where appropriate, the author may incorporate annexes to his manuscript to support these requirements.

The sources of funding involved in the development of research or projects set out in the articles, as well as any commitment that might influence the interpretation of the conclusions and reflections, will be expressly recorded by the authors, who will ensure the transparency and veracity of that information. Private investigation (conversations, communications, third party dialogue) is prohibited, except in cases of explicit written permission of such individuals. Information collected through confidential methods, such as manuscript revisions or grant applications, is prohibited, except in the case of the explicit written permission of the author providing such services.

All authors shall disclose, where appropriate, any financial or other interest disputes that could interfere with the results and interpretations of their investigations. All funding for the project must be disclosed.

In case of discovering the existence of a mistake in the publication of his article, the author must immediately inform the Editorial Team, to amend by means of a faith of errata in the following issue.

For the evaluation of manuscripts presented to RGE there are professionals and academics specialized in different areas of Geography, Social Sciences and Humanities, among other disciplines.

Item assignments to evaluators are made according to the Editorial Team criteria. Evaluators can request reassignment of items whose contents do not fit their area of expertise.

Evaluators will ensure confidentiality of the contents of the manuscripts under review, informing the Editorial Team of any indications of authorship that may be submitted by the assigned files. In the event of conflicts of interest, the evaluator shall communicate its restriction to the Editorial Team who will reassign the manuscript to another evaluator.

Any manuscript submitted for review must be considered confidential. This manuscript may not be discussed or presented to interested third parties or not.

Evaluators undertake to ensure the fidelity of the information contained in the manuscripts. If you identify omissions from relevant sources, situations of total or partial plagiarism, you must inform the Editorial Team.

The manuscript under evaluation may not be used in whole or in part by the evaluators. If it is necessary to be quoted by them, given their relevance to other studies, it must have the express collusion of the authors.

To meet the times set for evaluation (four weeks), evaluators must inform the Editor Responsible of the impediments they present for these actions, rejecting the revision of the manuscript. The same applies if you do not have sufficient knowledge about the subject of the article.

Criticism should be made in a neutral manner, with attention to the merits of the work and its procedures. Opinions should articulate their criticism based on reasonable arguments.

Evaluators should consider published material that has not been considered or cited in the review article, as well as detect whether there is any considerable similarity between the published articles and the manuscript under review.

Evaluators should refrain from receiving for review handwritten manuscripts that present a conflict of interest because of any possible connection, whether competitive, mutual, with institutions, companies, authors, others.

Conflict proceedings

Recognition of unethical conduct

- The conduct in compliance with these regulations must be reported in writing to the Responsible Editor of RGE.

- Conduct contrary to and at odds with the ethics stated by RGE includes, but is not limited to, the examples described herein, such as plagiarism or forgery of research.

- The informant of unethical conduct shall provide sufficient information and evidence to initiate an investigation. All complaints must be inferred and treated in a similar manner, until a corresponding outcome or agreement is reached.

Inquiry

- The Responsible Editor will oversee choosing the appropriate form of the investigation and may request the advice of the Editorial Committee or the evaluator when making this choice.

- Evidence must be met with discretion and under privacy criteria for those affected, safeguarding always leaks of information or similar actions that violate the procedure.

Disqualification

- Notify the author or evaluator of a misunderstanding or misapplication of RGE's ethical standards.

Writing a letter or statement addressed to the author expressing unethical behavior and issuing a warning.

The publication of a formal observation with the details of inappropriate conduct.

The publication of an editorial commentary detailing inappropriate behavior.

The formal removal and removal of the work in question from the journal, together with notifying the supervisor of the author or group of evaluators and the publication hearing.

Enforce a formal embargo on the author's presentations for a specified period.

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