Ethical Standars

Editorial Ethics

MAD ISSN 0718-0527 is an academic publication with strict editorial ethical standards. All journal procedures are guided by the following principles:

1. On the responsibilities of the editor:

- Treat all authors fairly and equitably;

- Respect the deadlines committed for evaluation and publication;

- exclude from the evaluation process any extra-scientific criteria (economic, ideological, political, religious, etc.);

- only accept articles on their own merits;

- have no conflict of interest with respect to accepted or rejected texts;

- assume full responsibility for the acceptance or rejection of articles;

- in case errors are found in the journal, review and correct promptly;

- protect the anonymity of authors and reviewers in the evaluation process;

- maintain total confidentiality of communications with authors and reviewers;

- constantly review the content of the journal, its technical accessibility, possible errors or mistakes detected and correct them promptly;

- make the journal's selection criteria transparent to the scientific community;

- to put before scientific and academic ethical commitments any extra-scientific interest (economic, ideological, political, political, etc.).

- (economic, ideological, political, religious, etc.);

- maintain open channels of communication with authors and reviewers in case it is necessary to publish corrections, clarifications or apologies.

On the responsibilities of the editorial committee:

- Permanently review compliance with the ethical principles of the journal;

- Advise the editor in case of errors in the publication;

- To ensure the quality of the journal in its formal and content aspects.

3. On the responsibilities of the authors

- To commit to submit only original work that has not been published elsewhere;

- to declare the source of financing received for publication;

- To indicate clearly and precisely, in accordance with the editorial standards of the journal,

- all references that serve as a basis for the paper;

- have contributed significantly to the article;

- submit to the peer review process, correct any errors detected and accept the comments received;

- verify that all the information contained is authentic, that no fraudulent use is made of the data or plagiarism is committed;

- accept the intellectual property rights policy of the journal;

- declare possible conflicts of interest, especially with respect to sponsorship or financing of their research;

- to have the informed consent or approval of the ethics committee of their institution in the case of persons interviewed or mentioned in research results.

4. On the responsibility of reviewers

- Impartially evaluate the content of the articles;

- Refrain from making an evaluation if there are conflicts of interest with respect to the content of the article, its authors or sources.

- content of the article, its authors or funding sources;

- maintain total confidentiality with respect to the information received;

- make constructive observations to improve the quality of the evaluated work;

- indicate to the author relevant sources of information that he/she has not considered;

- not to use the information received for any purpose other than the evaluation of the text.

This declaration of editorial ethics adheres to the codes of conduct and guidelines published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (http://www.publicationethics.org).