Ethics policy

Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement

The Editorial Team, Editorial Board and Scientific Committee of the journal Quaderns de Filologia wishes to declare their commitment to the academic community in ensuring the ethics and quality of the articles published in this journal. Thus, this journal supports and upholds the COPE Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing. Additionally, Quaderns de Filologia also guarantees the quality and protects the contents of the published materials. The Editorial Team also undertakes a firm commitment to transparency in the disclosure of corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies whenever required.

In accordance with this policy of best practice, Quaderns de Filologia has published in this website a description of the process for the selection on manuscripts. The criteria for the evaluation to be applied by peer reviewers – as described in our evaluation form – are based on the scientific relevance of the contribution to the advancement of the field of study, originality, clarity and adequacy of the research methodology. Our journal guarantees the confidentiality of the whole process, including the protection of the reviewers’ and authors’ identities, of the contents under assessment, of the reviewers’ reasoned report and of any other communication issued by the Editorial Team. Confidentiality will be also kept in case of clarifications or complaints the authors may want to send to the journal boards or to the article reviewers.