Commitments of the authors

• Originality and fidelity of the data: The authors of originals sent to the Ideas & Voices Scientific Bulletin certify that the work is original and unpublished, that it does not contain parts of other authors or other fragments of works already published by the authors. They also confirm the veracity of the data, that is, that the empirical data have not been altered to verify hypotheses.

• Multiple and/or repetitive publications: The author must not publish articles in which the same results are repeated in more than one scientific journal or any other non-academic or non-academic publication. The simultaneous proposal of the same contribution to multiple scientific journals is considered an ethically incorrect and reprehensible practice.

• Attributions, citations and references: The author must always provide the correct indication of the sources and contributions mentioned in the article.

• Authorship: The authors guarantee the inclusion of those people who have made a significant scientific and intellectual contribution in the conceptualization and planning of the work as well as in the interpretation of the results and in the writing of the same. At the same time, the order of appearance of the authors has been ranked according to their level of responsibility and involvement.

• Access and retention: If the members of the Editorial Board consider it appropriate, the authors of the articles must also make available the sources or data on which the research is based, which can be kept for a reasonable period of time after publication. and possibly make yourself accessible.

• Conflict of interest and disclosure: All authors are required to explicitly declare that there are no conflicts of interest that may have influenced the results obtained or the proposed interpretations. Authors must also indicate any funding from agencies and/or projects from which the research article arises.

• Errors in published articles: When an author identifies an important error or inaccuracy in his article, he must immediately inform the editors of the journal and provide them with all the necessary information to list the pertinent corrections at the bottom of the article (always in a side note, so as not to alter the publication).

• Responsibility: The responsibility for the content of the articles published in the Ideas & Voices Scientific Bulletin rests exclusively with the authors. The authors also undertake to carry out a review of the most current and relevant scientific literature on the topic analyzed, taking into account the different currents of knowledge in a plural way.

Reviewer Commitments

• Contribution to the editorial decision: Peer review is a procedure that helps editors to make decisions about proposed articles and also allows the author to improve the quality of articles submitted for publication. The reviewers assume the commitment to carry out a critical, honest, constructive and unbiased review of both the scientific quality and the literary quality of the writing in the field of their knowledge and skills.

• Respect for review times: The reviewer who does not feel competent in the topic to be reviewed or who cannot finish the evaluation in the scheduled time, should immediately notify the editors. The reviewers undertake to evaluate the works in the shortest possible time to respect the delivery deadlines, since in the Ideas & Voices Scientific Bulletin the custody limits of the pending manuscripts are limited and inflexible out of respect for the authors and their works.

• Confidentiality: Each assigned manuscript must be considered confidential. Therefore, these texts should not be discussed with other people without the express consent of the editors.

• Objectivity: Peer review must be carried out objectively. The reviewers are obliged to give sufficient reasons for each of their evaluations, always using the review template. The reviewers will deliver a complete critical report with appropriate references according to the review protocol of the Ideas & Voices Scientific Bulletin and the public regulations for reviewers; especially if it is proposed that the work be rejected. They are required to notify editors if substantial parts of the work have already been published or are under review for another publication.

• Text display: The reviewers undertake to accurately indicate the bibliographic references of fundamental works possibly forgotten by the author. The reviewer must also inform the editors of any similarities or overlaps of the manuscript with other published works.

• Anonymity: To ensure that the review process is as objective, impartial and transparent as possible, the identity of the authors is suppressed before

Publishers Commitment

• Publication decision: The editors will guarantee the selection of the most qualified reviewers and scientific specialists to issue a critical and expert appreciation of the work, with the least possible bias. Ideas & Voices Scientific Bulletin chooses to select between 2 and 3 reviewers for each paper in order to guarantee greater objectivity in the review process.

• Honesty: The editors evaluate the articles submitted for publication on the basis of the scientific merit of the contents, without discrimination of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnic origin, nationality, or political opinion of the authors.

• Confidentiality: The editors and the members of the working group undertake not to disclose information related to the articles submitted to the publication to other people than the authors, reviewers and editors. The editors and the Editorial Committee commit to the confidentiality of the manuscripts, their authors and reviewers, so that anonymity preserves the intellectual integrity of the entire process.

• Conflict of interest and disclosure: the editors undertake not to use content from articles submitted for publication in their research without the written consent of the author.

• Respect for time: The editors are ultimately responsible for compliance with the time limits for reviews and the publication of accepted papers, to ensure rapid dissemination of their results. They irrefutably commit to comply with the published times (maximum of 60 days in the estimate/rejection from the receipt of the manuscript in the Review Platform) and a maximum of 120 days from the start of the scientific review process by experts).