Code of Ethics

Journal’s policies on authorship and contribution

a) Author’s responsibilities

When submitting a paper, the authors, understood as those who make substantial intellectual contributions to the conception, critical revision, and writing of the work, or the acquisition, analysis or interpretation of data, or the approval of the final document (Lane, 2022), state that:

  • The information provided regarding the institutional affiliation, degrees, level of education, the origin of the research and funding source is truthful.
  • The paper submitted is original and is not in the process of evaluation or has been published in other scientific journals.
  • The paper submitted is within the scope of the journal Precedente.
  • The paper submitted has not been previously rejected by the journal Precedente.
  • They have read and understood the guidelines for authors of the journal before submitting the text.
  • They have not committed plagiarism in any of its different types.
  • They have not committed falsification or fabrication of data.
  • They have the authorizations required for translations submitted to the section Nova et vetera (authorization from the author of the original text and authorization from the editor where the original text was published).

b) Evaluator’s responsibilities

The journal Precedente is a peer-reviewed scientific publication. Each paper that passes the first review by the editor undergoes a review process by at least two peer reviewers competent in the subject matter.

When accepting the arbitration of a paper for the journal Precedente, the evaluators, understood as the reviewers expert in the subject area of the paper to be evaluated, state that:

  • They do not know the author or authors of the submitted paper. And if they do, they will notify the editorial team of a potential conflict of interest.
  • The information regarding the institutional affiliation, ORCID, degrees, and level of education that was entered in the evaluation form is truthful.
  • Under no circumstances will they disseminate the text submitted for review to third parties.
  • They will not use the content of the submitted paper for their own benefit.
  • They will notify the editorial team in the event of a potential conflict of interest of any type, such as a close relationship with the author or with the institutions with which the author is affiliated.
  • They will notify the editorial team if they recognize any type of editorial malpractice by the paper’s authors.
  • They are committed to completing an arbitration with a certain minimum of quality, clarity, precision, and respect. The arbitration will be well supported.
  • They will maintain fluid communication with the editorial team and promptly report the inability to deliver the evaluation within the agreed deadline, if applicable.
  • Under no circumstances will they manipulate the content of the paper submitted for purposes other than making clarifications or corrections addressed to the authors. If they do, they will clearly indicate the modifications.

c) Editorial team's responsibilities

The editor can reject the texts received during a first revision, prior to peer evaluation, if they do not meet the minimum criteria for reception or publication. Some of the rejection criteria are: being outside the scope of the journal, lack of originality, clarity or coherence, and having deficiencies in the development of the text.

The editorial team is committed to:

  • Ensuring the quality and originality of the papers to be published.
  • Ensuring the integrity of the academic literature published in the journal.
  • Maintaining the anonymity of the evaluators during the arbitration process and the double-blind principle.
  • Meeting the publication deadlines established by the journal, that is, publishing each volume within the corresponding period.
  • Answering timely queries, complaints, and claims that may arise.
  • Maintaining fluid and timely communication with the authors, evaluators, and members of the editorial and scientific committees.

Types of plagiarism (UV.es, s. f.)

  1. Plagiarism of content or specific aspects.
    2. Ghost authorship: When the works are done by someone different from the person assuming the authorship.
    3. Falsified data.
    4. Fragment or salami work: Fragmenting a longer work into two or more parts.
  2. Redundant or duplicate study.
    6. Plagiarized translation.

How will the journal manage the complaints and appeals?
The rejection decision by peer reviewers cannot be appealed.
In case of doubt or complaint of any type, please, contact the editorial team at precedente@icesi.edu.co

How will the journal manage the allegations of misconduct in the research?

If a peer evaluator reports malpractice by the authors of the paper (see author’s responsibilities), the journal Precedente will demand due justification and verification from the authors. The submitted text will be rejected if it is impossible to make a correction according to the request. Similarly, if the editorial team finds evidence of malpractice by the authors at any stage of the editorial flow, it will request due justification and verification and reject the submitted text if necessary.

Journal’s policies on conflicts of interest

When submitting an article, the authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest, which are situations with the potential to influence the judgment of people (COPE, s. f.).
When arbitrating an article, the peer evaluators declare no conflicts of interest.

Journal’s policies on intellectual property

Precedente has an open access policy and a Creative Commons license [Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). See Open access policy.

In the event of plagiarism

The journal uses the similarity detection software Turnitin to discover plagiarism in all its forms. A submitted paper can be rejected if plagiarism is detected (including self-plagiarism) and the authors cannot justify it as a human error and correct it.

The plagiarism verification is made in the first stages of the editorial process (before sending the article to the peer revision), but it can be carried out at any time.

In the event of non-authorized translation

A translation submitted to the section Nova et vetera can be rejected if it does not have the following translation authorizations:

  • Authorization from the author(s) of the original text.
  • Authorization from the publishing entity, journal or publishing house where the original text was published.

Obtaining these permissions is the sole responsibility of the authors. The journal Precedente may at any time contact the publishing house or journal where the original text was published and its authors to verify the information.

Journal’s policies on corrections and retractions, and journal’s options for post-publication discussions

Before publishing

In order to guarantee the quality of its publications and minimize the occurrence of grammatical, factual and layout errors in the final texts, Precedente maintains a fluid dialog with its authors in every stage of the editorial process. The authors verify and approve the versions after copyediting and after layout, sequentially, prior to publishing.

Substantial changes in the text (argumentations, conclusions, data, etc.) will not be accepted after a final decision has been made, after copyediting has been approved, or after the respective PDF has been produced. In the case of non-substantial changes (typographical or layout errors), the requested corrections will be made.

After publishing

After publishing, and by following the COPE guidelines for Post-publication discussions and corrections, the journal Precedente will make corrections on the published PDFs only in the event of minimal non-substantial modifications (typographical or layout) that the author requests by the appropriate means for this purpose. For substantial errors, please, contact the editorial team at precedente@icesi.edu.co

Following the COPE’s guidelines on retractions, the retraction of a text will be considered if:

  • There is clear evidence that the results are not reliable due to a major error, fabrication or falsification.
  • It constitutes plagiarism.
  • The findings have previously been published in other places without the corresponding mention of the previous sources or disclosure of the editor, authorization to republish or justification (i.e. Redundant publications).
  • It contains material or data without authorization for use.
  • It infringes the copyright, or there is another serious legal issue.
  • There is evidence of unethical research.
  • It was published solely on the basis of a compromised or manipulated peer review process.
  • The authors did not disclose an important conflict of interest that, in the editor’s opinion, has unduly affected the interpretations of the work or the recommendations of the editors and peer reviewers.