Code of Ethics
The Sociedad y Ambiente Code of Ethics is an adaptation of the basic practices of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), which can be consulted at the following link: https://publicationethics.org
1. Allegations of Misconduct
In the event of receiving an accusation, the complainant must send an email or text explaining their complaint to the journal editor, including supporting evidence.
2. Authorship and Contribution
Sociedad y Ambiente requests that, for each manuscript, a declaration be made stating that the proposal is original and has not been submitted simultaneously to another journal in any language, and that all authors agree with the content and order of authorship. Furthermore, the specific contribution of each author is requested in the data form, using the CRediT taxonomy as a guide (see https://credit.niso.org).
3. Complaints or Appeals
The journal's editor receives any complaints or appeals against the journal, its staff, the editorial committee, and the board, and decides how to handle them. This may involve contacting the accused for a correction or, if the complaint or allegation is serious, forwarding it to the Ecosur Ethics Committee for their attention.
4. Conflict of Interest
Sociedad y Ambiente requests that the submission form include suggestions for three potential reviewers. These reviewers must belong to institutions other than the authors' own, and a declaration of no conflict of interest must be submitted regarding them. Additionally, an internal form is used by editors who, upon accepting to coordinate the peer review of a manuscript, declare that they have no conflict of interest with the authors. In the case of manuscripts by Ecosur authors, the peer review process must be coordinated by editors from another institution. The process for addressing potential conflicts of interest is the same as described in practice 1.
5. Data and Reproducibility
Sociedad y Ambiente encourages authors to make data and other elements of their research publicly available on the journal's platform as supplementary material, or to reference open access repositories for self-archiving within the manuscript. The journal accepts manuscripts with preprints, provided that, once the manuscript is published, a link to our website is included on the platform used.
6. Ethical Oversight
Sociedad y Ambiente requests that submitted articles explicitly state informed consent for the use of interviews and workshop transcripts, and that authors ensure the anonymity of informants, particularly in social and anthropological research. It is also suggested that acknowledgments include information on grants awarded and the granting institutions, funding sources, and other relevant details, as well as acknowledgments to reviewers for their contributions to improving the manuscript.
7. Intellectual Property and Licensing
Authors retain the moral rights to their work, as established by law, and only the temporary transfer of economic rights for publication in electronic media is requested, under a Creative Commons (CC) license. We use the CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license, which allows immediate and free access to the content and the use of published material, provided that the authorship of the work and the original publication by the journal are properly cited.
8. Journal Management
Sociedad y Ambiente has all the necessary resources for its management as an independent journal (server, platform, equipment, software, and institutional budget). Furthermore, the editorial team receives ongoing training and holds regular meetings with the Editorial Committee and the Editorial Board.
9. Peer Review Process
The peer review process in Sociedad y Ambiente is a double-blind peer review, ensuring the anonymity of both authors and reviewers. Reviewers must be specialists in the subject matter and must not have any conflict of interest with the authors. A minimum of two reviews per manuscript is required, and further revisions may be requested as many times as necessary to reach an editorial decision, once the initial comments have been addressed. Complaints or appeals will be handled according to the criteria defined in Practice 1.
10. Post-Publication Discussions and Corrections
Sociedad y Ambiente uses an Errata form for post-publication corrections. Requests should be addressed to the journal's editor. Letters to the Editor are also welcome, addressing topics already published in the journal for discussion.