Ethical code

COMMUNICATION PAPERS. MEDIA LITERACY AND GENDER STUDIES's  Ethics and Malpractice Statement

The Journal of Communication Papers – Media Literacy & Gender Studies’s ethics and malpractice statement are based on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors, available at www.publicationethics.org

All pieces involved in the publishing process (Editors, Reviewers, Authors and Publishers) are expected to agree on the following ethical principles:
(i) All submissions must be original, unpublished (including as full text in conference proceedings), and not under the review of any other publication synchronously.

(ii) Each manuscript is reviewed by one of the editors and at least two referees under double-blind peer review process.

(iii) Plagiarism, duplication, fraud authorship/denied authorship, research/data fabrication, salami slicing/salami publication, breaching of copyrights, prevailing conflict of interest are unethical behaviors.

(iv) All manuscripts not in accordance with the accepted ethical standards mentioned above will be removed from the publication. This also contains any possible malpractice discovered after the publication. In accordance with the code of conduct the editorial team will report any cases of suspected plagiarism or duplicate publishing.

Publication Policy

The journal adheres to the highest standards of publication ethics. It adopts the ethical publishing principles published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) and World Association of Medical Editors (WAME); you can visit the link below for the principles expressed under the title Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing: https://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines-new/principles-transparency-and-best-practice-scholarly-publishing

Submitted manuscripts should be appropriate to the purpose and scope of the journal. Original, previously unpublished manuscripts or manuscripts that are not under evaluation in another journal at the same time and whose content and each author has approved submission are accepted for evaluation.

In the manuscripts submitted to the journal for publication, the name of any of the authors cannot be deleted from the imprint, a new name cannot be added to the imprint, and the order of authors cannot be changed without the written permission of all authors.

Plagiarism, duplication, false authorship/ denied authorship, research/data fabrication, article slicing, slicing and dicing, copyright infringement, and concealment of conflict of interest are considered unethical behaviors. All studies that do not comply with accepted ethical standards are removed from publication. In addition, the publication of unlawful and/or unethical studies detected after the publication process is stopped in the same way.

Plagiarism Check

All manuscripts are scanned for plagiarism using iThenticate software. Authors are informed if plagiarism/self-plagiarism is detected. If necessary, editors may check the manuscript for plagiarism at various stages of the review or production process. High similarity rates may result in a manuscript being rejected before or even after acceptance. Depending on the type of manuscript, a similarity rate of less than 20% is mandatory for publication.

Double-Blind Review Process

After the plagiarism check, the editor-in-chief evaluates the eligible manuscripts, especially in terms of originality, methodology, the importance of the subject matter, and compatibility with the journal’s scope. Then, the editor-in-chief submits the manuscripts that meet the formal requirements to at least two referees from Spain and/or abroad for a fair double-blind review. Finally, the editor-in-chief approves the publication of the manuscript after the changes deemed necessary by the referees are made by the author(s).

Research Ethics

The Communication Papers Journal upholds the highest standards and adopts the international principles of research ethics. It is the responsibility of the authors to ensure that manuscripts comply with ethical guidelines.

- The principles of integrity, quality, and transparency must be ensured in the design, review of the invention, and conduct of the research.

- The author(s) should inform the participants and/or the research team about the purpose of the research, methods and possible anticipated uses, and the requirements and risks, if any, of participation in the research.

- Confidentiality of information provided by research participants and confidentiality of respondents must be ensured. The research should be designed to protect the autonomy and dignity of the participants.

- Research participants should participate in the research voluntarily and not be under coercion.

- Harm to participants should be avoided. The research should be planned in a way that does not put participants at risk.

- Research independence must be clear and explicit; any conflict of interest must be stated.

- In experimental studies, written informed consent must be obtained from participants who decide to participate in the research. In addition, consent must be obtained from the legal guardian of children and those under guardianship or those with confirmed mental illness.

- If the study will be carried out in any institution or organization, approval must be obtained from this institution or organization that the study will be conducted.