At Acervo, we are committed to maintaining the highest ethical standards throughout the publishing process. Our policies are guided by the COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) standards and best practices followed by reputable scholarly journals.
1. Editorial Responsibility
- Editors are responsible for ensuring the integrity, fairness, and transparency of the review and decision-making process.
- All submitted manuscripts are evaluated solely on the basis of academic merit and relevance, without discrimination.
2. Author Responsibility
- Authors must ensure that their work is original, unpublished, and not under review elsewhere.
- All authors listed must have made a significant contribution to the work.
- Plagiarism (including self-plagiarism) is strictly prohibited. Authors must properly cite all sources.
- Authors must disclose any conflicts of interest or funding sources.
3. Reviewer Responsibility
- Peer reviewers must maintain confidentiality, objectivity, and constructive feedback.
- They must not use any unpublished material for personal gain.
- Reviewers must declare any conflict of interest that could affect their impartiality.
4. Plagiarism and Misconduct
- Submissions are screened using plagiarism detection software.
- Manuscripts with a similarity index over 10% (excluding references) may be rejected without review.
- Proven academic misconduct such as data fabrication, falsification, or unethical experimentation will lead to immediate rejection or retraction.
5. Duplicate and Redundant Publication
- Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal simultaneously is unethical.
- Republishing the same work with minor changes without proper citation or acknowledgment is considered redundant publication and is unacceptable.
6. Retraction and Corrections
- Articles may be retracted if ethical violations, plagiarism, or errors are discovered post-publication.
- Minor errors that do not affect the findings may be corrected through a corrigendum or erratum.
7. Conflicts of Interest
- Authors, reviewers, and editors must disclose any financial, institutional, or personal relationships that could affect the integrity of the research or review process.
8. Open Access and Licensing
- Acervo publishes open access content under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0) unless stated otherwise.
- Authors retain copyright and grant the journal rights to publish.
9. Data Availability and Reproducibility
- Authors are encouraged to provide data availability statements and share datasets where possible, ensuring reproducibility and transparency.
10. Ethical Approval (If Applicable)
- Research involving human participants or animals must include a statement of ethical approval from an institutional review board.
