ESIC Market

Editorial Policy

The publication of articles in ESIC Market, which employs a double-blind peer review system, requires ethical behaviors from all parties involved: Editorial Team, Editorial Board, authors and reviewers. The duties of all of them have been made explicit in accordance with an ethical code that can be consulted and that all parties have accepted. In this respect, ESIC Market adheres to the principles established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) as well as to the DOAJ's Principles of Transparency and Good Practice in Academic Publishing.

Transparency

Conflicts of interests
The Editorial Team, Editorial Board, authors and reviewers must disclose any conflicts of interest related to financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence their work. In those cases, the Editorial Team will act accordingly.

Informed consent
Authors must include a statement certifying that they have obtained informed consent for the publication of any images or any other supplementary material in their article that is not their property.

Dataset publication
Authors have an ethical and legal responsibility to respect the privacy rights of research participants. Ideally, authors should obtain informed consent from participants for potential publication of the study at the time of data collection. Authors should ensure that publication of data does not compromise the anonymity or confidentiality of participants or violate applicable data protection laws. Authors should indicate in the submission of the paper whether informed consent was obtained from participants for publication of data. If informed consent was not obtained, authors must state the reason and clarify the source of the data in their study.

MALPRACTICE

Duplicate publication

Articles must be original and not published or submitted for publication elsewhere. ESIC Market allows and encourages pre-publication on recognized community preprint servers for other scientists to review before formal submission to the journal. Details of the preprint server in question and accession numbers should be included in the cover letter accompanying the manuscript submission. This policy does not extend to preprints made available to the media or advertised outside of the scientific community before or during the submission and evaluation process.

Plagiarism

ESIC Market does not allow any kind of plagiarism. An initial test will be made before the paper goes to the peer review process and a final test will be made once the paper has been accepted and before the paper goes to the spelling and orthotypographical corrections phase.

Authors should note that reproducing text from their own past publications is a recycling of text (also known as self-plagiarism) and is most of the times considered unacceptable. If a manuscript contains text that has been published elsewhere, authors must notify the journal at the time of submission and the Editorial Team will make decisions in this regard.

If a case of plagiarism comes to light after the publication of an article, ESIC Market will carry out a preliminary investigation using the guidelines of the COPE. If plagiarism is proven, the journal will contact the institution to which the author belongs and funding agencies, as appropriate. The document containing the plagiarism will be immediately withdrawn from the journal.

Use and  of AI tools

ESIC Market does not allow the misuse of AI (including the use of generative AI). An initial test will be made before the paper goes to the peer review process and a final test will be made once the paper has been accepted and before the paper goes to the spelling and orthotypographical corrections phase.

If a case of misuse of AI comes to light after the publication of an article, ESIC Market will carry out a preliminary investigation, using the guidelines of the COPE. If the misuse of AI is proven, the journal will contact the institution to which the author belongs and funding agencies, as appropriate. The document that has misused the AI will be immediately withdrawn from the journal.

Authors can use AI solely and exclusively to improve the language and readability of the paper.

Manufacture and/or falsification of data

ESIC Market does not allow the manufacturing (fabrication or invention) or the falsification (technical manipulation) of information. The fabrication and falsification of information call into question the integrity and credibility of the data and, as such, are among the most serious problems in scientific ethics. For this reason, ESIC Market will be very attentive to these cases and if they are detected, the papers involved will be immediately withdrawn from the journal at any stage.

MODIFICATIONS, RETRACTIONS AND DELETIONS OF PAPERS

Errata and corrections

Authors who find errors in a published paper must inform the journal about it. Errors that do not affect the understanding of the text (typographical or formatting errors) will not be considered in order to maintain the integrity of the papers already published. However, when errors affect the visibility, citation possibilities or correct understanding of the article, it will be published a notice of the detected error with the metadata of the published article, an appropriate correction note, and a file with the corrected paper. In addition, a link will be created between both files to ensure the correct understanding of the situation.

Withdrawal

Authors may request the withdrawal of their article before its publication. To do so, they must submit a formal written request, including a well-reasoned justification. In the case of co-authorship, the request must be signed by all co-authors.

The decision to withdraw a paper will be made by the Editorial Team under the guidelines of the COPE and after consulting, if necessary, the Editorial Board.

Retraction

An article will be retracted in the event that:
- It has been previously published in another journal or publication. 
- It contains fraudulent use of data.
- It has been sent to different journals at the same time. 
- It includes libelous or gratuitous comments that damage the personal or professional honor of third parties.
- It incurs in plagiarism or misuse of AI. 
- It omits a conflict of interest during the revision and publication process.
- It incurs problems related to authorship.

When a published article is retracted, a retraction note will be issued and linked to the original text. This ensures that the original article remains unaltered and publicly accessible. The retraction note indexed to the paper must include a brief explanation of the reasons for the retraction. Partial retractions are not possible, but only of the entire article.

Deletion

Articles that infringe the legal rights of third parties or are subject to a court order will be immediately removed from the journal. Although ESIC Market preserves the paper's metadata, the text will be replaced by a notice stating that the article has been removed for legal reasons.

The decision to retract or delete a work will be made by the Editorial Team under the guidelines of the COPE and after consulting, if necessary, the Editorial Board.

APPEALS AND COMPLAINTS OF PAPERS

Appeals

Authors wishing to appeal a decision of the Editorial Team must submit a formal and well-justified appeal report throughout the platform (including the ID of the manuscript) to the Editorial Team, who will make a decision in the following weeks. Only one appeal is allowed for each manuscript. If appeals are successful, authors will be provided with instructions on how to proceed. If appeals require further consideration, the Editorial Team may use the authors' appeal and the article to start the peer review process again.

Complaints

Complaints about the processes or ethical codes used by ESIC Market will be handled by the Editorial Team, who must seek with their decisions to guide and improve the processes and procedures.

PUBLICITY

ESIC Market does not publish advertisements or carry out commercial prospecting works.