Submissions

Author Guidelines

FOCUS AND SCOPE

• Ciencia Digital is a quarterly publication of scientific research and dissemination. It publishes original, unpublished and current research papers in Spanish, English and Portuguese, peer-reviewed in double-blind.
• The aim of Ciencia Digital is to promote scientific communication and academic debate by disseminating original and unpublished research results across all areas of knowledge (multidisciplinary), including Health Sciences, Social Sciences, Engineering, and Humanities. The journal focuses on articles that contribute scientific rigor and innovative solutions to contemporary problems from a global perspective.
• The publication is published by Editorial Ciencia Digital (prestigious publishing house registered with the Ecuadorian Chamber of Books with Affiliation No. 663)
• The Scientific Journal is refereed, uses the system of external peer-review, under double-blind review methodology, in accordance with the publication standards of the American Psychological Association (APA seventh edition 2021). Compliance with this system guarantees authors an objective, impartial and transparent review process, which makes it easier for publications to be included in databases, repositories and international reference indexes. (https://normas-apa.org/etiqueta/normas-apa-2021/).

Indexing

• Latindex 2.0 is the product of the cooperation of a network of institutions that work in a coordinated manner to gather and disseminate information on serial scientific publications produced in Ibero-America.
• Scientific Indexing Services (SIS) was founded by renowned scientists. A group of 70 scientists from several countries in different disciplines started SIS with the specific objective of providing quality information to the researcher.
• REDIB is a platform for aggregating scientific and academic content in electronic format produced in the Ibero-American field, offering its users direct access to scientific and academic documents of proven quality
• ESJI brings together in its database the most important scientific journals in Europe and Asia, which publishes the most authoritative and relevant research.
• The MIAR database gathers key information for the identification and analysis of journals. These are grouped into broad scientific areas – further subdivided into more specific academic fields
• Actualidad Iberoamericana is an International Index of journals published in Spanish in various Ibero-American countries.
• ResearchBib is open access with a high-standard indexing database for researchers and editors. Research Bible can freely index journals, research articles, calls for papers, research posts.
• ERIH PLUS is an index of academic journals for the HSS (Humanities and Social Sciences) society in Europe. We provide article search facilitated by Dimensions, which allows you to explore in detail the 10,000 ERIH PLUS journals.
• LatinREV is the cooperative network of journals and associations of academic journals in the field of social sciences and humanities. Its purpose is to provide advice, training and updates on issues related to the sustainability of publications.
• Academic Information Seekers: ROAD, Google Scholar, BASE, and The Directory of Research Journal Indexing (DRJI)
• Consortium Journals: Digital Visionary, Digital Explorer, Digital Awareness, Digital Anatomy and Alpha Publications
• Anti-plagiarism software: Urkud
• Legal Dissemination: Creative Commons Copyright Licenses and Tools and The Research Assessment Statement (DORA)
• Social media, Facebook, Wasp and YouTube.
• Ciencia digital is affiliated with the DOI, which stands for Digital Object Identifier, it is a unique and permanent identifierfor the electronic publications that Ciencia Digital has

ISSN (International Standard Serial Number)

The Journal is published electronically (e-ISSN: 2602-8085) in Spanish, English and Portuguese.

The editorial line of Apertura is: multidisciplinary (in all areas of knowledge)

Periodicity or frequency of publication

• Digital Scienceis quarterly. It publishes four issues a year, in the first days of January, April, July and October.
• The call for papers is open throughout the year.

Language

• Articles are received and published in English and Portuguese, in addition to Spanish.

Digital Formats

• Articles are available in HTML, PDF, EPUB formats.

Section Policies

• Full paper.
  Document that presents, in detail, the original and unpublished results of research work.

Short paper.
A brief document that presents preliminary or partial original results of a scientific investigation, which usually require prompt dissemination.

Review article (Review).
A document resulting from research that analyzes, systematizes and integrates the results of published or unpublished research in a field of science or technology, in order to account for progress and development trends. It is characterized by a careful bibliographic review of at least 25 references.

Tariffs

Ciencia Digital is a Diamond Open Access journal, ensuring that the entire editorial process is free of charge for authors. The fee structure is clearly defined as follows:

• Submission and Evaluation: The journal does not charge any fees for manuscript reception, editorial management, or the peer-review process.

• Publication and Editing: There are no charges for copyediting, layout design, XML tagging, or final digital publication.

• Optional Additional Services: The only costs that may apply, strictly upon the author's request and with no influence on the editorial decision, are:

• Preferential time: the editorial processes to the articles apply a chronological process to the date of receipt, when the author requires publication in a short period (between four and twelve weeks, depending on the availability of the volume), the process will be applied by publication cost, for preferential and differentiated time, for students, teachers and independent researchers. The percentage of articles that receive this treatment is a maximum of 10% of all publications.
• The editorial process for free and cost-effective publications is the same, complying with all the standards required by good editorial practices.

Peer review process

• Once the relevance and scientific solvency of the manuscript has been determined by the Editorial Board, the document is sent to a minimum of two internationally renowned experts in the field, using the internationally standardized system of double-blind peer review that guarantees the anonymity of the manuscripts and their reviewers.
• In the event of dissenting results, they will be referred to a third opinion, which will be final. As a measure of transparency, the list of reviewers is available on the Digital Science page, which is updated annually.
• The result of the evaluation is made known to the author together with the comments, suggestions and observations of the referees, within a maximum period of three months from the date of receipt of the original. In all cases, the evaluations are final.
• When articles are rejected because the topic does not correspond to the Journal's guidelines, double-blind peer review is not performed.
• When the result of the evaluation is positive and modifications have been indicated, the manuscript will be reworked in accordance with the evaluators' suggestions. The author may argue about the aspects with which he or she does not agree, or choose to withdraw the proposal. The new version must be submitted within two weeks; If this expires, the article will be considered rejected. The reworked text will be sent to one of the specialists who originally refereed it to verify that the suggestions were made, and to a new expert in the field to decide whether to accept the original for publication. Once the second version has been accepted by the academic peers, no further modifications may be made, with the exception of adaptation to the rules for the submission of journal originals.

Digital Science

• It is licensed under a Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License.)
• The journal only retains the rights to publish the works, in the digital version.

Copyright.

• The articles published in the Revista Ciencia Digital retain the economic rights (copyright) of the published works, and favor and allow the reuse of them under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Ecuador license, for which they can be copied, used, disseminated, transmitted and publicly exposed, as long as the authorship and original source of their publication is cited. Are not used for commercial or onerous purposes. Mention should be made of the existence and specifications of this license to use.

Open Access Policy.

• Ciencia Digital is an Open Access journal that allows authors to reuse published works for non-commercial purposes, with the purpose of favoring the dissemination of knowledge, which encourages a greater exchange of global knowledge.

Readers' Rights.

• Readers have the right to read all of our articles free of charge, the publications do not charge any money for publication or access to their material.
• Privacy Statement
• We declare that all names, personal data and e-mail addresses entered in the journal Ciencia Digital will be used exclusively for the purposes declared by this code of ethics and editorial policy and will not be available for any other purpose or other person. Publishers will protect contributors' personal data

Archived.

• This journal uses different national and international repositories where the publications are hosted, such as Latindex, Gogle academic, the system is backed up in high performance cloud servers daily automatically all the files of the journal generating optimal level of confidence of the information that is saved
• Ciencia Digital allows you to create permanent archives of the journal for conservation and restoration purposes.

Readability and interoperability.

• The full text, metadata, and citations of articles can be tracked and accessed with permission. Our open social policy also allows the readability of files and their metadata, promoting interoperability under the OAI-PMH protocol of open data and open source. The files, both of the complete publications, as well as their segmentation by articles, are available in open HTML formats, but also in PDF and EPUB and MP3, which makes it easy to read them on any device and computer platform.

Rules for the submission of originals

• The journal Ciencia Digital is a quarterly publication, open to all disciplines. It includes research papers, critical analysis of documentary testimonies, reports of artistic works, news, biographies and reviews of publications within the field of artistic production in all its manifestations.

Instructions for Authors

• The estimated time of publication of the article will be between approximately 6 months considering the publication times of the volumes of the journal, (January, April, July, October), when uploading an article to the journal's website you will automatically receive an email confirming the sending of your publication.
• Within 3 to 6 weeks, the manuscript will be answered for acceptance for review or rejection (according to editorial guidelines)
• Within a period of no more than 4 months, the respective corrections of the peer evaluations will be sent. After verification and compliance with the requested changes and adhering to the journal's editorial guidelines. The certificate of acceptance of its publication will be issued, which establishes the date and volume in which it will be published.

Requirements for the submission of originals

• When sending a text, the author agrees to sign the ethical declaration that appears in the journal formats, in which he states that it is an unpublished, original and relevant collaboration for his discipline. Letters can be sent to publicaciones@cienciadigital.org. The texts will be received through the Ciencia Digital magazine platform and will be mandatory identified with the full names, emails, Orcids and affiliation of the authors. Texts in Spanish, English and Portuguese are accepted. Authors who wish to submit a text in another language should contact the editors.
• It is stated that all the authors have contributed intellectually and physically to the preparation of the manuscript and that they have read and approved the manuscript submitted.
• You have the right to use all images, figures, tables, illustrations, maps, diagrams or others present in the work (if any).
• They acknowledge that the Journal does not necessarily share the statements made in the article.
• To admit that the application and possible publication of the article in this Journal will be governed by the editorial policies of the journal, the institutional regulations of the publishing house Ciencia Digital Editorial and the legislation and jurisdiction of the Republic of Ecuador.
• It is agreed that if the article is published, the copyright will be transferred to the Journal. At the same time, the letter must be signed by all authors and must be sent together with the manuscript. The letter of originality and assignment of rights must be downloaded from our website (https://cienciadigital.org/revistacienciadigital2/index.php/CienciaDigital/formatos).
• The Word file must be one and a half spaced, with margins of three centimeters and must be the final version of the text. The length should fluctuate between 10 and 22 pages for all articles; critical analysis of documentary testimonies and reports of artistic works should be between 5 and 12 pages long; in the case of reviews, news and biographies between 3 and 10 pages. On the first page, the title and subtitle of the collaboration, the name of the author and the institution to which it belongs must be included. All divisions or sections shall be marked with left-aligned headings separated from the text by a preceding and following line. Textual quotations longer than five lines should be transcribed in a separate paragraph, without modifying the general spacing, and at a lower score. Footnote calls shall be composed in flown Arabic numerals, ordered consecutively, and shall be placed after punctuation marks.
• An abstract of the content of the article must be included in a maximum of 250 words, as well as a curriculum summary of the author, no longer than 120 words (with name, affiliation, email, lines of research and publications). It is also necessary to provide between 5 and 7 keywords for the identification of the downloadable format content of the journal's website(https://cienciadigital.org/revistacienciadigital2/index.php/CienciaDigital/formatos).

Critical Apparatus

• The critical apparatus (the set of citations, references, and footnotes that lend rigor and solidity to the text) must follow the guidelines of the APA 7th edition 2021 (standards created by the American Psychological Association). See the APA 7th edition (https://normas-apa.org/etiqueta/normas-apa-2021/).
• Bibliographic references should include: author (first and last name in capital letters), title of the book (city: publisher, year), and pages cited; for example: Ernst Hans Gombrich, Art and Illusion: A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation, trans. Gabriel Ferrater (Madrid: Debate, 1998), 286.
• When citing a work by more than two authors, only the first two should be mentioned, followed by the Latin phrase et al.
• When citing a chapter from a book: author, “Chapter Title,” in author, Book Title (City: Publisher, Year), pages cited; for example: Jorge Sebastián Lozano, “Veritas Filia tempori: Gombrich y la tradición,” in ed. Paula Lizárraga, Gombrich, in memoriam (Pamplona: EUNSA, 2003), 387–406.
• Newspaper and periodical references should include: author, “Article Title,” Publication Name (in all caps), volume number, issue number (publication date): pages cited; for example: Francisco Egaña Casariego, “Joaquín Vaquero Palacios en Nueva York,” Archivo Español de Arte 86, no. 343 (2003): 237–262. For newspaper articles: Author, “Article Title,” Newspaper Name, volume, issue number, section, date, year, page; For example, Teresa del Conde, “Wounded Nature: González Serrano,” La Jornada, vol. 54, no. 24, Opinion section, August 20, 2013, 12.
• If, due to the nature of the text, it is necessary to reference works within it and use the author-year system in parentheses, please also follow the guidelines established by The Chicago Manual of Style; for example: (De La Fuente 1996, 114).
• References to documents in archives should be presented as follows: issuer; title of the document; date; full name of the repository the first time it is cited and, in parentheses, the names of subsequent references; The internal location of the document and the pages consulted should be specified, for example: Archive of the Metropolitan Cathedral Chapter of Mexico (hereinafter ACCMM), Chapter Minutes, Book 22, page 3, January 7, 1684.
• Web pages should be cited as follows: author's name, "title," direct link to the text (accessed and date), for example: Rocío Robles Tardío, "The Metaphor and the Influence of the Railroad in the Formulation of Modern Housing in Le Corbusier," es/servlet/ejemplar?codigo=339925 (accessed December 21, 2018).
• For film references: director, film title (place: production company, year), duration; for example: Federico Fellini, La dolce vita (Rome/Paris: Riana Film/Pathé Consortium Cinéma, 1960), 174 min.
• References to sound recordings will be formulated as follows: composer's name, Title, director, record label, year, for example: Silvestre Revueltas, Tragedy in the form of a radish (not plagiarism), Enrique Diemecke, Gramophone, 1990.

   

Illustrations

• A Word file will be sent as a reference, containing the images and their corresponding captions, numbered according to their appearance in the text, along with the duly completed "Image Submission Form." It is important to ensure that the images meet general requirements, such as sharpness, definition, and proper framing, to achieve good quality.
• If you have plates, slides, or photographs printed on photographic paper, the size must be at least 5 x 7 cm for print quality. Once digitized, the original material will be returned to you.
• If digital images are submitted, they must meet the following requirements: a) photographs and halftones: 300 dpi, in .tif format, and 14 cm wide; b) Line drawings (maps, sketches, diagrams): at 1200 dpi, in .tif format, and 14 cm wide. They must be submitted numbered on a CD (labeled with the author's name, the article title, and the date the disc was burned); or they can be sent by email or Dropbox, in which case the files must be numbered according to their captions.
• Digitized copies of books or magazines are not accepted.
• Captions: the numbering will correspond to the names of the submitted files, followed by: author, title of the work, date, dimensions, city. Source or archive. Photo credit © or to whomever holds the copyright for the image for print and electronic publication.
• Reproduction permissions: the author must submit written reproduction permissions for illustrations that require them for online publication. Only when the journal has inter-institutional agreements can permissions be processed by the legal department of the [Department/Regulations/etc.]. Magazine publications.

Editorial process.

• Once the receipt of the text is confirmed, it undergoes a pre-selection by the journal's editors, who will determine its thematic relevance. Once the work is deemed relevant for publication, it will undergo confidential peer review; in the case of research articles, documentary analyzes, and works, they will be evaluated by two specialists in the field; profiles and reviews will be assigned to a single reviewer.
• The reviewers must be external to the journal's editorial team and have no relationship with the author. They must hold a master's or doctoral degree and have published at least one research article, reflection, or critical review related to the manuscript's topic. An evaluation form will be provided to them, allowing them to articulate their opinion on the quality of the submitted originals.
• Regardless of the results, the content of the evaluations will be provided to the authors. At all times, the anonymity of both reviewers and authors will be preserved.
• The journal editors may request modifications or reject the contribution based on the resolutions of the reviews, which may be: a) approved without changes, b) approved with suggestions, c) approved conditioned on the implementation of the indicated changes, d) or rejected.
• In the event that it is only a matter of addressing suggestions or conditions, the author will detail the changes made to their text. The editors will review the modifications made by the author in relation to the suggestions or conditions of the reports and will then proceed, only if they are met, to their acceptance.
• If the author does not agree with the reviews, they may argue their disagreement in writing. The journal editors, together with the Editorial Board, will assess the situation and, if necessary, will request a third opinion.
• Ciencia Digital requires that authors transfer copyright ownership to the journal Ciencia Digital so that their article and materials can be edited and published in electronic media or any other technology for exclusively scientific and cultural purposes and without profit. For this, authors must submit the copyright transfer letter form, duly filled out and signed. This form will be sent by mail or email in PDF format during the review process.
• Once the text is accepted and the previously mentioned requirements are met, the supplementary material (images and reproduction permissions) will be reviewed. It is the authors' obligation to replace any material that does not meet the quality for printing.
• If necessary, the editors, in agreement with the authors, may request modifications from the authors in order to respect the editorial design.
• The authors must commit to reviewing their article (in order to approve the style correction) as well as the final proofs (to ensure that the sequence of images is correct and that they correspond with their captions). Under no circumstances will major modifications to the text be accepted.
• Code of Ethics and Good Editorial Practices

From the editorial board.

• The editor and the members of the Advisory Board and Academic Committee must maintain absolute confidentiality regarding the materials received and the discussions related to decision-making.
• All names, personal data, and email addresses entered in the Digital Science journal are used exclusively for the editorial purposes stated in this code of ethics, and will not be available for any other purpose or person. The editors protect the personal data of the contributors.
• The editorial board of the journal is obligated to inform the author of any matters related to their contribution during the evaluation process and editorial production.

From the authors. 

• The submitted articles must be the result of original and unpublished research, and must not have been previously published by any printed or electronic means, except for personal and/or institutional repositories with limited dissemination. The texts must not be submitted simultaneously to another publication.
• The authors are solely responsible for the content of the texts and for any litigation or claims related to intellectual property rights, and therefore must indemnify the journal's editorial board.
• The authors must provide all information related to the research that supports the article, as well as specify if it is part of any other ongoing research and if it was presented at any seminar or conference.
• The authors must acknowledge their scientific debts by clearly specifying the origin of their ideas, methodologies, sources, etc., so that readers can consult them and, if they deem it necessary, compare the use that has been made of them.

Authorship changes

It refers to the addition, removal, or rearrangement of the order of authors. Before the article is published, the corresponding author can request the Editor to add, remove, or modify the order of the authors. You must indicate the reason for making the modification and send a written communication signed by all authors certifying that they all agree with the modification. In case of addition or removal, the written communication must include confirmation from the author(s). Once the article is published, additions, removals, or modifications to the order of authors are not accepted.

Of the peer review process.

• The submitted articles are reviewed anonymously by at least two academic peers who are experts in the subject of the text. The reviewers are suggested by the members of the Editorial Committee. In case of a discrepancy between the evaluations, the text is sent to a third referee whose decision defines the final verdict. The Editorial Committee are responsible for weighing lax or biased judgments to ensure a fair and impartial evaluation.
• Authors must ensure that the article and supplementary files do not contain metadata that could jeopardize the anonymous review process.
• The editor will inform the author of the outcome of the reviews along with the comments, suggestions, and observations of the reviewers within a maximum period of 4 months from the date of receipt of the original. The result of the evaluation is final in all cases.
• When the result of the evaluations conditions the introduction of additions and/or modifications, the editor will request the revision of the manuscript according to those indications. The authors have the right to reply, so they can argue about the aspects of the reviews with which they do not agree, as well as choose to withdraw their submission.
• The corrected versions must be submitted within a period not exceeding 4 weeks. The revised text will be sent to the specialists who reviewed it to verify that their suggestions have been addressed. Once the second version has been accepted by the academic peers, no further modifications can be made, except for adaptations to the journal's submission guidelines.
• Reviews are not subject to evaluation.

Of the arbiters

• The evaluator commits to conducting the assessment in the established format and timeframe. In case of being unable to comply with the requirements, they must decline the request.
• When the reviewer identifies the authorship of the manuscript, they must decline the Editor's invitation to review it.
• When reviewers find indications of inappropriate conduct in the articles: plagiarism, self-plagiarism, excessive self-citation, false or manipulated data, erroneous or inadequate citations, double submission of manuscripts, they must inform the editor, who will reject it, indicating the reason. If the misconduct is discovered during the editorial production process, the article in question will be withdrawn; if it happens after it has been published, the electronic version will be removed.
• Reviewers must maintain absolute discretion, which means refraining from disseminating or commenting on the works received for evaluation.
• The editor commits to responding promptly and reasonably to any complaints from authors, reviewers, or readers that are deemed pertinent.

Sanctions

• Ethical violations will be punished depending on their severity. In the case of suspicion or well-founded accusation of plagiarism, an ethics committee composed of peers will be established to investigate the allegations and recommend sanctions. In case of confirmed plagiarism, the article will be withdrawn from the journal and a note will be placed explaining the reasons for its withdrawal.

Ciencia Digital adheres to the code of conduct standards of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE):

            http://publicationethics.org/resources/code-conduct

 

Regulations for Reviewers

• Ciencia digital has a team of national and international reviewers, experts in the topics. The reviewers must operate according to the Reviewer Guidelines, as well as the code of ethics.
• Ciencia Digital adheres to the ethical standards of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the principles of transparency and good practices of the Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA):

https://oaspa.org/principles-of-transparency-and-best-practice-in-scholarly- publishing/

https://publicationethics.org/media/609/download?attachment

Filing policy

This journal uses the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archive among participating libraries, allowing these libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for preservation and restoration purposes. Additionally, this journal uses various national and international repositories, such as Latindex, BASE, REDIB, OPENAIRE, and LATINREV. And the Institutional Repository of the Digital Science Publishing House digitally archives and ensures indexing, which can be accessed from the link: https://cienciadigitaleditorial.org/omeka/.

Publication ethics

Submitting an article means that it has not been previously published, that it is not being considered for publication in any other medium (except theses and degree works) or in any other language, and that it is being submitted with the knowledge of all authors. Failure to comply with this violates the ethical policies of Ciencia Digital.

Conflict of interest

The authors must declare that they have no potential or real financial, personal, or any other type of conflict with other individuals or organizations in the two years following the submission of the article, which could negatively influence the work carried out.

Statement of Ethics and Good Practices

The editorial committee of Digital Science is committed to high standards of ethics and good practices in the dissemination and transfer of knowledge, to ensure rigor and scientific quality. That is why it has adopted as a reference the Code of Conduct established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) for scientific journal editors, which includes the following highlights:

General obligations and responsibilities of the editorial team

 In their capacity as the highest authorities of the journal, the editorial board of the Journal of Science and Research commits to:

• Join efforts to meet the needs of readers and authors.
• Strive for the continuous improvement of the journal.
• Ensure the quality of the material that is published.
• Ensure freedom of expression.
• Maintain the academic integrity of its content.
• Prevent commercial interests from compromising intellectual standards.
• Publish corrections, clarifications, retractions, and apologies when necessary.

Relations with Authors

 Ciencia Digital is committed to ensuring the quality of the material it publishes, informing about the journal's objectives and standards. 

Editorial Decision-Making Process and Academic Integrity

Final decisions regarding the acceptance or rejection of a manuscript for publication in Ciencia Digital are based on a collegiate and rigorous editorial oversight process. This process involves:

1. Initial Technical Review: The Executive Editor conducts a preliminary screening to verify compliance with formatting standards and originality.

2. Peer Review: All manuscripts undergo a double-blind peer-review process, where external experts assess the scientific quality of the content.

3. Editorial Oversight: Based on the reviewers' reports, the Editorial Board (including the Director General, Executive Editor, and Section Editors) deliberates on the suitability of the work.

4. Final Decision: The decision to publish is based solely on the study's importance, originality, clarity, and validity, as well as its relevance to the journal's scope, ensuring editorial independence from commercial or personal interests.

The journal includes a description of the processes followed in the peer review of each submitted work. It includes a manuscript submission guide for authors in which this information is presented and is regularly updated. The right of authors to appeal editorial decisions is recognized.

The editor will not modify their decision on the acceptance of submissions unless irregularities or extraordinary situations are detected. Any changes in the editorial board members will not affect the decisions already made, except in exceptional cases where serious circumstances converge.

Relationships with reviewers

 Ciencia Digital provides reviewers with a manual for manuscript evaluation regarding what is expected of them. The identity of the reviewers is always protected, ensuring their anonymity.

Peer review process

 Ciencia Digital guaranties that the material submitted for publication will be considered as confidential and reserved while it is being evaluated (double-blind).

Complaints

 Ciencia Digital is committed to responding promptly to the complaints received and ensuring that dissatisfied claimants can process all their complaints. In any case, if the interested parties are unable to satisfy their claims, they are considered to have the right to escalate their protests to other authorities.

Promotion of academic integrity

 Ciencia Digital ensures that the material it publishes adheres to internationally accepted ethical standards.

Protection of individual data

 Ciencia Digital guaranties the confidentiality of individual information (for example, of teachers and/or students participating as collaborators or subjects in the presented research).

Monitoring of Misconduct

Ciencia Digital assumes its obligation to act accordingly in case of suspected malpractice or inappropriate conduct. This obligation extends to both published and unpublished documents. The editor will not only reject manuscripts that raise doubts about possible misconduct, but is also considered ethically obligated to report alleged cases of misconduct. The journal will make every reasonable effort to ensure that the works submitted for evaluation are rigorous and ethically appropriate.

Integrity and academic rigor

Whenever it is established that a published work contains significant inaccuracies, misleading or distorted statements, it must be corrected immediately.

In the event that any work is detected to have fraudulent content, it will be withdrawn as soon as it is known, immediately informing both readers and indexing systems.

The following are considered unacceptable practices and will be reported as such: the simultaneous submission of the same work to multiple journals, the duplicate publication or publication with irrelevant changes or paraphrasing of the same work, or the artificial fragmentation of a work into several articles.

Relationships with journal owners and editors

 The relationship between editors, publishers, and owners will be subject to the principle of editorial independence. Ciencia Digital will always ensure that articles are published based on their quality and suitability for readers, and not with a view to economic or political gain. In this sense, the fact that the journal is not governed by economic interests and upholds the ideal of free access to universal and free knowledge facilitates this independence.

Conflict of interest

 Ciencia Digital will establish the necessary mechanisms to avoid or resolve potential conflicts of interest between authors, reviewers, and/or the editorial team itself.

Complaints/Reports

 Any author, reader, reviewer, or editor can submit their complaints to the competent authorities.

 

 Antiplagiarism

• All manuscripts submitted for review are inspected by a strict anti-plagiarism policy that ensures the originality of the articles. The Digital Science Editorial has a license for the URKUND program to review all its articles. The percentage of document similarity is less than 5%, which the journal accepts in the editorial process.

Ciencia Digital has added values such as:

• A PrePrint journal (https://cienciadigitaleditorial.org/ops/index.php/cienciadigitaleditorial)to upload the documents until their evaluation.
• A repository (https://cienciadigitaleditorial.org/omeka/collections/show/2) as a backup for their articles and additional documentation such as peer review, rights session archive, among others.
• A permanent open channel (https://cienciadigital.org/revistacienciadigital2/index.php/CienciaDigital/issue/archive) is available to address researchers' concerns.
•  The articles carry the ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID).
• Each article has its respective DOI (Digital Object Identifier), which is a unique and permanent identifier for electronic publications.