Conflicts of Interest Policy

A conflict of interest occurs when authors, reviewers, or editors have interests that can influence any stage of the publication process: from biased writing of an article to accepting a self-interest-based submission.

According to the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), these interests can be personal, commercial, political, academic, or economic. The latter, in turn, "can include employment, research funds, share ownership, payment for conferences or trips, consulting and business support" (COPE 44*).

The journal urges authors to communicate conflicts of interest that arise in the writing and/or submission of a publication proposal.

Likewise, the reviewers are obliged to declare any conflict of interest that may influence the task that is requested of them. The journal reserves the right to disallow the corresponding review based on this latest information. For its part, the Editorial Committee of Prometeo Conocimiento Científico is committed to making decisions that favor the absence of conflicts of interest in all phases of the editorial process.

* Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). “Guidelines on Good Publication Practice”. The COPE Report 1999, p. 43-47, publicationethics.org/files/u7141/1999pdf13.pdf