It is the Editor-in-chief’s responsibility:
To carry out all editorial duties in a responsible and fair way, without discrimination on grounds of gender, sexual orientation, religious or political beliefs, ethnic or geographical origin of the author.
To ensure that all correspondence is communicated in a professional and courteous manner at all times.
To consider and accept submissions exclusively on their academic merit, without commercial or other influence that may compromise intellectual standards.
To promptly correct any significant inaccuracies or misleading statements in published work once they have been brought to the editor-in-chief’s attention.
To investigate all complaints made against an author using open and fair procedures, allowing the author reasonable opportunity to respond to the complaint and to retain all documentation associated with the complaint.
To produce clear aims and scope for the Journal and to ensure that all Calls for Papers are unambiguous and not open to misinterpretation.
To appoint a diverse international editorial board whose knowledge and experience reflect the aims and scope of the Journal, who act as ambassadors for the Journal, and who are willing to act as peer reviewers for the Journal.
It is the Peer Reviewer’s Responsibility
To ensure papers remain confidential while under review and not retain or copy the papers.
To review papers objectively and in a timely manner.
To inform the editor-in-chief immediately of any potential misconduct related to a paper such as fraudulent material, plagiarism, conflict of interest or other unethical behaviour.
It is the Author’s responsibility:
To assert that the work in the article/paper is that of the author.
To assert that the article/paper submitted is original and not under consideration or accepted for publication elsewhere.
To obtain written permission from copyright holders for reproducing any images, tables, figures or other material that have previously been published elsewhere.
To acknowledge and cite content reproduced from other sources.
To assert that the work contains no material which is obscene, hateful, libellous, in breach of privacy, or otherwise in contravention of the relevant law.
To promptly inform the editor of any significant inaccuracies or misleading statements in their work post publication.
To declare any potential conflicts of interest.
Complaints
The editors should respond promptly to complaints and should enable dissatisfied complainants to take complaints further.
Editors should seek the advice of the publisher (Cityscopio – Associação Cultural) in difficult situations whenever necessary.
Complaints against the editor-in-chief will be investigated by the publisher in the first instance, but afterwards these may be referred to an independent board.
Miscellaneous
Editors should not act as representatives of the Publisher or make statements to the media, post comments or write editorials claiming to represent the publisher without the publisher’s prior agreement.