Ethical agreement

International Journal of Research and Transfer in Communication and the Social Sciences (INTRACOM) follows the guidelines set by EASE (European Association of Science Editors) and COPE (Committee on Publications Ethics) that state a series of good practises for management, edition, review and publishing of the results of scientific research in journals of different areas of knowledge. In this sense:

Regarding authors. Authors must agree to sending original and unpublished works, this is, not previously published or being reviewed for publishing in other scientific journals. They will deliver a work signed with their identities and another that omits said identities and any other detail that can make reviewers learn who is the author of the work. They will accept the guidelines regarding the submission of original works for authors of the journal, as they are stated in the journal’s website and in every issue of the journal, as well as those for the process of reviewing, revision and publishing.

Regarding reviewers. Reviewers must agree to carry out a serious and responsible examination of the works, fulfilling every point in their expert reports, to be arbitered by the journal’s Board, avoiding any conflicting interests.

Regarding the Editorial Board. The Board of Redaction agrees to select reviewers competent in the subject that is being evaluated, and to respect the confidentiality of the submitted works, their authors and other reviewers, so that anonymity is guaranteed throughout the whole reviewing process. They will also avoid reviewing, editing and publishing beyond the period established by the journal’s guidelines.

Corrections and withdrawal

The Editorial Board will run any proposal through one or more plagiarism detection machines and consult the results with the authors before taking appropriate action.

Should any data or information published in the journal prove to be false, erroneous, misleading or fraudulent, the Editors undertake to inform the authors of such circumstances and to await a response from the authors before making an editorial decision. If they are not satisfied with the response, or if there is no response, the Editors may, with the approval of the Editorial Board, decide to retract the publication.

The Journal will address any claims and complaints about the contents published through the journal's Contact. The editors undertake to follow up and proceed to the revision and, if necessary, retraction if these are necessary.

When a retraction or correction of what has been published in the journal is required, the editors shall be guided by the principles contained in the Guidelines for Retracting Articles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).