Ethics and good editorial practices

AMIDI.Biblioteca adheres to principles of academic integrity, editorial transparency, author responsibility, confidentiality, impartiality, respect for copyright, and good scholarly publishing practices. Its editorial processes are guided by the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), available at publicationethics.org, as applied to open-access academic and research book publishing.

This policy applies to authors, coordinators, academic editors, reviewers, members of the editorial team, Editorial Curation, Editorial Board, Scientific Committee, and Writing and Initial Review Committee.

Responsibilities of Authors, Coordinators, and Academic Editors

Authors, coordinators, and academic editors must submit original and unpublished works or, where applicable, works duly authorized for publication, co-edition, or a new co-edited edition in AMIDI.Biblioteca.

When a work has been previously published, this must be declared at the beginning of the editorial process, together with the corresponding documentation: formal authorization, rights validation, applicable license, information on the previous edition, and justification for its incorporation as an AMIDI Co-edition or New AMIDI Co-edited Edition.

Works simultaneously submitted for evaluation, editing, or publication by another publisher, platform, or academic entity will not be accepted, unless there is a formal co-edition agreement.

Authors must ensure that the work is the product of their original contribution; that data, sources, images, tables, instruments, interviews, or evidence were obtained ethically; and that the necessary permissions have been secured when applicable.

All sources used must be properly cited. Plagiarism, undeclared self-plagiarism, misuse of third-party works, unauthorized reproduction of materials, or appropriation of ideas without acknowledgment constitute serious and unacceptable ethical misconduct.

Authorship must be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, development, analysis, writing, critical revision, or final approval of the work. All authors must know and approve the final version submitted for publication.

Funding sources, institutional support, sponsorships, agreements, conflicts of interest, or any relationships that could influence the work must be transparently declared.

When a significant error is detected in a published work, the responsible persons must immediately notify AMIDI Editorial so that a correction, update, editorial note, erratum, or retraction may be considered.

Inclusive, Non-Sexist, and Non-Discriminatory Language

AMIDI.Biblioteca promotes the use of inclusive, non-sexist, and non-discriminatory language, in accordance with academic clarity and the current standards of the Spanish language.

Works that promote hate speech, sexism, racism, discrimination, violence, exclusion, or stigmatization against persons or groups will not be accepted. Where appropriate, the use of collective or inclusive terms is recommended, as well as the presentation of information disaggregated by sex, gender, or other relevant variables.

Responsibilities of the Editorial Team

The editorial team of AMIDI.Biblioteca must act with integrity, impartiality, confidentiality, academic responsibility, and respect for good editorial practices.

Editorial decisions must be based on academic quality, originality, thematic relevance, methodological rigor, clarity, contribution to the field of knowledge, ethical compliance, editorial feasibility, and alignment with the policies of AMIDI.Biblioteca, without discrimination of any kind.

The editorial team must ensure the confidentiality of the evaluation process and protect the identity of authors and reviewers when the process is conducted under a double-blind modality.

AMIDI Editorial may use similarity-checking tools, documentary verification, or misconduct detection procedures to protect academic integrity and copyright.

Works in which plagiarism, fabrication or falsification of data, unauthorized use of materials, copyright infringement, undeclared conflicts of interest, manipulation of the editorial process, or any other serious ethical misconduct is detected will not be published.

The opinions expressed in published works are the sole responsibility of their authors and do not necessarily reflect the position of AMIDI Editorial, AMIDI.Biblioteca, its curators, reviewers, or co-publishing institutions.

Responsibilities of Reviewers

Reviewers must conduct objective, confidential, respectful, and well-argued evaluations based on academic criteria.

Before accepting a review assignment, reviewers must confirm that they have the necessary expertise, availability, and independence, and must declare any possible academic, institutional, personal, professional, or financial conflict of interest.

Any work received for evaluation must be treated as a confidential document. It may not be shared, discussed, reproduced, cited, used, or disseminated with third parties without authorization from AMIDI Editorial.

Reviewers must provide clear, well-founded, and useful comments aimed at improving the work. Personal, offensive, discriminatory, or academically irrelevant criticism will be considered inappropriate.

Information, ideas, data, or materials obtained during the evaluation process may not be used for personal, academic, professional, or institutional benefit.

Conflicts of Interest

All persons involved in the editorial process must declare any real, potential, or apparent conflict of interest that could influence the evaluation, editing, acceptance, publication, co-edition, or dissemination of a work.

When a conflict of interest exists, the person involved must refrain from participating in the corresponding evaluation or editorial decision.

Corrections, Retractions, and Editorial Measures

When significant errors, relevant omissions, authorship issues, plagiarism, duplication, questionable data, undeclared conflicts of interest, or any situation affecting the integrity of a published work are identified, AMIDI Editorial may issue corrections, clarifications, editorial notes, errata, retractions, or temporarily withdraw the work while the case is reviewed.

Failure to comply with this policy may result in editorial rejection, suspension of the process, requests for clarification, withdrawal of the work, retraction, or other appropriate editorial measures.