Punto Sur

The editorial staff of the Punto Sur journal is committed to the scientific community to guarantee the ethics and quality of the published articles and is governed by the Principles of Transparency and Good Practices in Academic Publications established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). At the same time, it guarantees scientific rigor and transparency in the development of the entire editorial process, ensuring an adequate response to the needs of authors and readers, guaranteeing the quality of published manuscripts, protecting and respecting their content and integrity. . Likewise, it is committed to free access to its contents, the promotion of debate and cooperative disciplinary development.

In compliance with these good practices, our journal is based on established international ethics and quality standards to prevent fraud and plagiarism through online supervision mechanisms and specific software. For this, the manuscripts will be original and unpublished, a requirement that the author must state from the beginning of the editorial process.

In order to ensure the academic and editorial quality of the journal, the Editorial Committee reserves the right to approve or reject submitted material, both in initial review instances (before being submitted for evaluation), and final (after the evaluation). evaluation process). Every decision will be determined by strict academic arguments and respect for the regulations established by the journal.

Publishers Responsibility

The editor and the Editorial Committee act in accordance with the criteria of equality, objectivity and impartiality, without any discrimination for reasons of religion, sexual orientation, gender, political, ethnic or geographical origin of the authors. Confidentiality is guaranteed at all times during the evaluation process, the anonymity of the evaluators and the authors, the evaluated content, the reasoned report issued by the evaluators and any other communication issued by the editorial, advisory and scientific boards, if applicable. . In the same way, confidentiality will be maintained in the event of possible clarifications, claims or complaints that an author wishes to send to the editor, the Editorial Committee or the article reviewers.

Likewise, the editor and the Editorial Committee undertake to publish the corresponding corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies when necessary.

Responsibility of the evaluators

The evaluations will be carried out objectively and within a period of no more than four months, with absolute confidentiality treatment. In addition, if for any reason the specialist is unable to evaluate the article, the author will be kept informed of this situation and of the subsequent editorial process.

The evaluations will be carried out by professionals, Argentines or foreigners, who have an equivalent or superior training to that of the authors. They will recommend or not the publication, being able to suggest adjustments and corrections. The evaluation will be carried out following the double-blind modality. Therefore, when the reviewers receive the article to be evaluated, the identity of the authors will remain anonymous. Likewise, when the evaluations are sent to the authors, the identity of the reviewers will also remain anonymous, unless they express their will to the contrary. The evaluators will inform the editor or Writing Committee in a timely and confidential manner of possible evidence of plagiarism. Due to the unpublished and original nature of the texts, they will not be able to use them beyond the context of the evaluation.

In the event of a possible direct or indirect conflict of interest of the referees regarding the manuscript, they must notify the editor of the reasons for such inconveniences. In this sense, the arbitrator can waive the evaluation if he considers it necessary and must communicate it in writing to the editorial board.

Responsibility of the authors

The authors guarantee that the academic proposal is not being evaluated or has been submitted and/or evaluated in another publication, and that the data is real and authentic. The author must notify the editor of any potential conflict of interest that may harm the publication process. Likewise, in the case of shared authorship, it must be established that there was a full consensus of all the parties involved and it must be ensured that the article has not been previously presented or published in another means of dissemination. In addition, in the case of reproduction of tables, figures or images that require special permission, the authors must provide the relevant authorizations to the publishing body. Likewise, in the event that the editor or Editorial Committee requires a review of supports or records of data and analysis related to the text presented, the author is obliged to facilitate access to them. The authors who receive suggestions from the evaluators will have a period of one month to send the new corrected version. In case of finding important errors in an already published text, the author must notify the editor and the Editorial Committee in a timely manner.

Measures to adopt in case of unethical behaviors and/or faults

In the case of detecting unethical behavior and/or some type of fault, this situation must be reported to the editor -preferably in writing- providing the corresponding evidence on which the evaluator or the person who detects the fault is based. In the event that the Writing Committee decides to investigate, the process will be carried out confidentially. For his part, the author will be duly informed of the situation and will be able to formulate a response according to the complaint made.

Likewise, the editor can choose to publish an editorial page pointing out the wrongdoing, explaining the evidence obtained in the research process or, if necessary, remove the article from the journal's website. In addition, the editor can suspend the author's participation in the journal for the period that he deems appropriate.