Ethics policy

Diablotexto Digital.  Journal of Literary Criticism is an academic publication of the Department of Spanish Philology at the University of Valencia. It is committed to promoting an ethical conduct in accordance with the principles published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) in the Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors (http://publicationethics.org).

The team of Diablotexto Digital. Journal of Literary Criticism deems it vital that all parties involved in the publication process – editorial team, reviewers, and authors – are aware of and accept the principles outlined in this code, with particular attention to the following commitments:

 THE EDITORIAL TEAM COMMITS TO:

Maintaining the quality of the publication through the work of the editorial board and the the advice of scientific committee, composed of national and international specialists of recognised prestige in the field of Hispanic studies. The opinions of the authors will also be considered.

Respecting the confidentiality of the articles received. Only the editorial board and anonymous reviewers will have access to the files. In this last case, the reviewers will receive a document with the authors¢ references removed or edited to avoid direct recognition.

Protecting intellectual property

Avoiding academic misconduct. In this sense, the detection of plagiarism is grounds for immediate rejection of the article, whether regarding to works of other authors that were not cited or in the articles by the same author that have already been published elsewhere. If plagiarism is detected after the article is published, it will be immediately removed.

Guaranteeing that the evaluation process is free from bias based on factors such as gender, race, religion, geographic origin, nationality, ethnicity, or political believes of the authors. The content of the articles will be assessed solely based on their scientific quality and their relevance to the field of knowledge (Hispanic literature).

The editorial team is responsible for the decision to publish or reject the submitted articles, after receiving the evaluations from two external reviewers. In case of significant discrepancies between the two evaluations, a third evaluation will be requested. The editorial team is committed to using the same criteria to accept or reject all the articles according to their originality, relevance, and clarity of the proposal.

THE AUTHORS must take into account the following principles:

Authorship: Authors who wish to submit an article to Diablotexto Digital.  Journal of Literary Criticism must provide original documents that reflect their own research. Articles being evaluated simultaneously in other journals or books as well as research that has already been presented in part or in full in other places (journals or books) are not allowed to be evaluated. The data provided to the journal will only be used for editorial purposes.   

Responsibility:  The author who submits an article to Diablotexto Digital.  Journal of Literary Criticism assumes full responsibility for providing all identifying information (name, surname, country, affiliation, email) and for the content of the manuscript.

Plagiarism and originality: the authors are committed to submitting original articles and to properly citing all corresponding bibliographic sources.

Conflict of interests: Authors explicitly declare that there is no conflict of interests in the research results. If the authors are affiliated with a project or their research is funded, they must indicate the source of funding and/or the project in which the article is framed.

Correction of errors in published articles: If the authors detect errors in their articles, they will inform the editorial board for necessary corrections to be made.

THE EVALUATORS

The Baza de textos section articles undergo a rigorous anonymous peer-review process. Two external reviewers not affiliated to the University of Valencia will provide their expert assessment on the scientific quality of the evaluated articles to the editorial team.

The evaluators commit to conducting an objective and impartial evaluation of the article. Acceptance or rejection is based solely on the relevance of the work, its originality, interest and compliance with the style and content guidelines specified in the editorial criteria.

The evaluators also commit to respect the deadlines (and, if this is not possible, to inform the journal¢s editorial team well in advance).

The evaluators cannot share, disseminate, or use the information from the articles submitted for review without the corresponding permission from the journal¢s editorial team and/or the authors.