Científica adheres to the guidelines and good practices of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE, publicationethics.org/), which are known by the members of our editorial team. It is also considered necessary to mention the following statements*:

Authorship and contributorship

In Científica, attention is always paid to possible features that show inconsistencies in the manuscripts regarding authorship and co-authorship; the document proposed by COPE for this purpose is used as a guide: How to Recognise Potential Authorship Problems.

Comments, suggestions or complaints about a procedure or person

At any time, Cientifica allows the submission of comments, suggestions or complaints both about its procedures and from members of its professional or scientific editorial team. When referring to a procedure, the Editor-in-Chief meets with its actors to formulate a precise response that will be given in no more than ten business days. In the event that one or more members of the professional editorial team are referred, the Editor-in-Chief, together with those involved, will provide a response in no more than five business days. Finally, in the event that one or more members of the scientific editorial team are referred, the Editor-in-Chief, together with those involved, will provide a response in no more than fifteen business days. For all cases, the ethical guidelines of the document Ethics toolkit for a successful editorial office: A COPE GUIDE will be observed.

Conflicts of interest

If there is a conflict of interest in a manuscript under review and even in a published work, the actions of the COPE schemes are followed (for a manuscript or for an article ), to carry out the resolution that allows it to be eliminated or clarified with publication of relevant details.

Policies on data sharing and reproducibility

Científica journal takes care of the scientific rigor of the data set of both the manuscripts and the articles, ensuring the inherent reproducibility of the research activity. Therefore, the COPE guidelines specified in the corresponding pre-publication and post-publication diagrams are used.

Policy on ethical oversight

If the publishing institution or editor has concerns about an article that raises an ethical issue, either before or after publication, the guidelines in the COPE Guidance for when Institutions Are Contact by Journals are followed.

Policy on intellectual property

In the case of suspicions about data sets before or after publication, such as intellectual property, research or management regulations, the COPE guidelines specified in the corresponding diagrams are used: pre-publication or post-publication.
Also if suspicious patterns are found in the submission process, the suggested actions guide in the document Systematic Manipulation of the Publication Process is used.

Post-publication discussions and corrections (articles)

Critiques or corrections to articles provide a mechanism for readers to raise concerns or seek clarification about the content, provide another interpretation of the original content, and allow other topics to be addressed for your academic community. Cientifica will receive and address, always, the comments and will appropriately publish the responses, replies or retractions of the case considering the definitions and processes set out in the COPE's Handling of Post-Publication Critiques.

Response to complaints or punishment for non-compliance with the code (bad practices or misconduct)

In the case of those involved in the scientific communication process (editors, reviewers, authors), when they are found committing inappropriate conduct described in these statements, they will be removed from editorial tasks and will not be allowed involvement with Cientifica for a period of two years from the date of the resolution taken and notified to those involved. In any case of recidivism, they will be permanently removed from the tasks of our publication.
If inappropriate conduct is clearly observed in any of the above topics by members of the professional or scientific editorial team in Cientifica, the Editor-in-Chief will design the corresponding punishment and communicate it to the parties involved.

Anti-plagiarism tool

Each article received, once it has met the editorial formatting standards, is reviewed with the Turnitin© anti-plagiarism software. To avoid plagiarism, it is expected that authors and other journals take this part of the process seriously. It is expected that within the original content and considering the textual quotes, the percentage of similarity is less than 20%; In major cases, it will be returned for its pertinent adaptation. If you encounter the case of an article already published, plagiarized or substantially derived from a previous work that does not present a new contribution to its field, authors will not be allowed involvement with Cientifica for a period of two years from the date of the resolution taken and notified.

Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies

Our policy only refers to the writing process, and not to the use of AI tools to analyze and draw insights from data as part of the research process. Where authors use generative AI and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process, these technologies should only be used to improve readability and language of the work. Applying the technology should be done with human oversight and control and authors should carefully review and edit the result, because AI can generate authoritative-sounding output that can be incorrect, incomplete or biased. The authors are ultimately responsible and accountable for the contents of the work.
Authors should disclose in their manuscript the use of AI and AI-assisted technologies and a statement will appear in the published work. Declaring the use of these technologies supports transparency and trust between authors, readers, reviewers, editors or contributors and facilitates compliance with the terms of use of the relevant tool or technology.
Authors should not list AI and AI-assisted technologies as an author or co-author, nor cite AI as an author. Authorship implies responsibilities and tasks that can only be attributed to and performed by humans. Each author is accountable for ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved and authorship requires the ability to approve the final ersion of the work and agree to its submission. Authors are also responsible for ensuring that the work is original, that the stated authors qualify for authorship, and the work does not infringe third party rights.

*For the terms of these statements, "article" refers to a published work, while "manuscript" refers to those received or in the process of review.