Ethical Guidelines

The publication of a scientific journal is a process that involves different actors, each of which must rigorously observe ethical standards to ensure that the circulation of specialized knowledge also contributes to respect for the rights and dignity of all the social actors involved in it. the research processes, from the subjects who provide information in the studies, to the readers; through the authors, the Editorial Board, the reviewers, etc. By virtue of this, the Revista Tempus Psicológico proposes the following ethical guidelines:
The journal Tempus Psicológico is fully committed to the principles of peer review. The responsibility for peer review is coordinated by the Editorial Board of the Journal and is supported by experts in the field of the article who have published articles in scientific journals on the subject in the last three years. This evaluation is done under the so-called double-blind modality, that is, the author is not aware of who the evaluators of his article are, nor do the evaluators know who the author of the article they are evaluating is. This in order to guarantee total anonymity for the authors and evaluators during the evaluation process. The responsibility to preserve this anonymity and guarantee high quality standards of the evaluation process lies with the Editorial Board of the Journal.

For this reason, the reviewers and the members of the Editorial Board of the Journal undertake to respect the following ethical standards:

• The decisions of the reviewers and members of the editorial board are individual, not institutional.
• The reviewers and members of the Editorial Board perform their functions independently, without acting as promoters of any particular interest.
• Reviewers and Editorial Board members are bound by strict confidentiality; they must exercise absolute discretion in the performance of their duties and must not reveal the origin and content of manuscripts, names, or the nature of review deliberations. Only the editor is authorized to communicate the results of the evaluation to the authors.
• Reviewers and members of the Editorial Board must respect the intellectual property of the authors whose manuscripts are being evaluated. In no case may they use or transmit the manuscripts they review to anyone, nor appropriate the results of the research they contain.
• Reviewers and members of the Editorial Board who have an interest, direct or indirect, in a favorable or unfavorable decision regarding the review or publication of a manuscript are in conflict of interest and cannot participate in the manuscript review process.
• Reviewers and members of the Editorial Board who have, or believe they have, a personal or professional relationship with the author of a manuscript should inform the Editorial Board of the possibility of a conflict of interest so that the Editorial Board may consider making a change of evaluator if it is pertinent.

ETHICAL COMMITMENT OF THE JOURNAL
1. The journal is committed to promoting works of the highest scientific quality and respecting the authors and evaluators throughout the process.
2. The journal reserves the right to reject the review of an article that does not meet the appropriate level of scientific quality, or that is outside the scope of the editorial policy (decided jointly with the Editorial Board).
3. The journal reserves the right to reject the review of an article whose authors have been found guilty of an ethical violation (sexism, moral or sexual harassment, plagiarism, abuse of power, etc.) by a national ethics and bioethics committee. or international, related to the field of psychology.
4. The journal reserves the right to reject the evaluation of an article that presents data that has not been acquired in accordance with the laws, regulations and accepted methods in the field of psychology.
5. The journal Tempus Psicológico is committed to guaranteeing that the review of the articles is carried out objectively and following the indications and regulations applicable to the evaluators.
6. The Journal protects the confidentiality of all reviewers.

Duties and rights of the authors
1. The authors have the right to a fair and objective evaluation of their work by the Revista Tempus Psicológico. Any editorial decision based on the evaluation reports must be justified with an explanation.
2. The authors must present papers with unpublished data. If any of the data or analysis has been previously published elsewhere, the authors must expressly declare this.
3. The data presented must be acquired in accordance with the local legislation of the country of origin and according to the methods of the field of psychology. The rights of the participants involved in data acquisition must also be respected.
4. Data not directly acquired by the authors that are presented in the article must be explicitly indicated in the text.
5. All authors of an article must have access to the manuscript and consent to their participation prior to its presentation and publication.

RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF EVALUATORS
1. Reviewers must declare any potential conflict of interest with the author(s) of an article before accepting their review. a. Personal relationships (kinship, friendship, conflict).
b. Close institutional relations (same department or laboratory).
c. Close professional relationships (collaborations and/or co-authorship of publications, in the last 5 years).
2. Evaluators must provide a clear and objective report. Criticisms must be explicit and well argued. They must be accompanied by constructive comments that allow improving the content of the article.
3. The agree to comply with the deadlines established by Americae. If the evaluator cannot meet the deadline, he must immediately inform the journal so that a substitute can be contacted if necessary.
4. Evaluators must respect the confidentiality of the author(s) and the article. This rule also applies to those who are invited to review a manuscript and are unable to comply with this request.
5. The Tempus Psicológico Journal guarantees the anonymity of all evaluators (with the exception of those who wish their name to be indicated to the author or authors).