Ethical standards
Ethical standards and good practices
Revista de Filosofía is an academic journal of philosophy addressed to philosophical scholars and students. It publishes original research articles by Chilean and foreign authors. The journal is interested in all areas of philosophy and opened to every philosophical current without discriminating against any of them. Occasionally, it dedicates an issue to a distinguished philosopher or to a memorable philosophical book. Every issue includes a section of book reviews and critical studies about recent philosophical works in Spanish or other languages. In every issue, there is a critical review section covering recent philosophy books, published either in Spanish or in any other language. In order to accomplish this task, the highest ethics and quality criteria are applied to the evaluation, selection, publication, and dissemination process of the works received. For these reasons, Revista de Filosofía follows a series of guidelines that contain responsibilities for each of the steps involved in the publication process.
Editorial committee responsibilities
- The publisher and the editorial committee are obligated to ensure the quality of the published material, as well as apply at all times objective criteria, and exclude any kind of discrimination related to race, gender, sexual orientation, and religious beliefs.
- The publisher and the editorial committee must safeguard the integrity and confidentiality of the information provided by the magazine collaborators.
- The publisher and the editorial committee are prohibited from making use of the unpublished material for personal, group or institutional benefit, without the proper consent of the corresponding collaborators.
- The publisher promises to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions or apologies if necessary.
- The publisher and the editorial committee guarantee the peer review anonymity of the material received.
- It is the responsibility of the editorial committee’s to inform the authors of the evaluation results of their submissions in a timely manner.
Responsibilities of the reviewer
- Reviewers promise to apply clear and objective criteria to their revisions, as well as exclude any kind of discrimination according to race, gender, sexual orientation, and religious beliefs of the contributors.
- Reviewers promise to deal with all material entrusted confidentially. The possibility to discuss or comment on the material with third-parties during the evaluation period is prohibited.
- Reviewers will disqualify themselves from participating in the evaluation at the slightest suspicion of conflict of interests.
- Reviewers are prohibited from making any kind of use of the materials entrusted during the evaluation, selection, and publication periods.
Responsibilities of the contributors
- Contributors must provide a separate statement guaranteeing the reliability of the information along with the submission of the articles.
- Authors must guarantee the originality of the sent materials. Revista de Filosofía does not accept works that have been previously published, regardless of format.
- Revista de Filosofía actively rejects any sort of plagiarism, partial or total. Contributors must rigorously ensure to attribute quotations used to their sources according to the guidelines demanded by the magazine (seecontributors’ guidelines).
- It is the sole responsibility of the contributors to deliver materials in the format the magazine demands (seecontributors’ guidelines). The magazine reserves the right to reject submissions that do not fit its presentation guidelines.
