Ethical standards

            Publishing Ethics

The Via Iuris Journal asks those involved in the editorial process: editors, reviewers, authors and other participants, to strictly submit to the international ethical standards provided by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

See URL COPE: http://publicationethics.org/files/2008%20Code%20of%20Conduct.pdf

            International Ethical Standards

Where relevant, an explanation of the procedures followed in the research will be included to ensure compliance with the principles and ethical standards of the 1975 Declaration of Helsinki and subsequent revisions.

            Plagiarism

When applying for the Via Iuris magazine, the writers send the declaration of originality and authorship of the documents applied for, as well as the reservation that they are not being applied for at the same time as another publication. Nevertheless, and although the magazine makes efforts to avoid plagiarism, in the event that they are submitted, the legal responsibility falls on the author or authors of the contents who are proven to have plagiarized them.

In the case of suspicion of plagiarism by reviewers or editors, the rules laid down by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) will be applied.

To detect plagiarism, the Via Iuris Magazine uses the Safeassign tool, however, reviewers may use others such as the Turnnitin software or those available to them.

The articles that are identified as plagiarism will have a public warning and will be removed from the electronic versions of the magazine. However, the warning will be kept in the tables of contents.

            Conflict of interest

The Journal Via Iuris asks authors, referees, director, editor, co-editor, members of the Editorial or Scientific Committee and other participants or interested parties in the editorial process to declare any situation that may generate a conflict of interest affecting the "validity or integrity of the research" (see: Peiró, García-Altés, Meneu, Librero & Bernal, 2000, p. 1).

It is essential that the source of funding for the research be declared in the article.

            Withdrawal policy

Via Iuris Magazine watches over the quality, originality, relevance, coherence, transparency and ethics of the articles published, however, the responsibility of the contents is exclusively of the authors.

In all cases in which conflicts arise in a well-founded manner, the journal Via Iuris will ask the author or authors for the corresponding clarifications or foundations, and it is they who will be legally responsible for what is imputed.

In case the author or authors do not participate in the corrections or clarifications, the journal will make the clarifications it considers convenient and will publicly state the lack of participation.

            Erratum

In the cases where it is required, the magazine Via Iuris will publish in its content (identified in the table of contents, and arranged at the end of the publication) an erratum at the end of the next issue, with the amendments that may be made. In the case of electronic publication, clarification will be made in the content of the article to which reference is made and it will be duly announced in the table of contents.

These amendments will be made in cases where secondary aspects of typing or spelling errors, names or other cases of minor importance that do not significantly affect what has been published are identified. If the errors identified are of a different nature and compromise the truthfulness and ethics of the contents, they will be dealt with under the policy of retraction or plagiarism, as appropriate.