Publication Ethics

Magistra Andalusia: Jurnal Ilmu Sastra (MAJIS) is committed to maintaining the integrity, transparency, and reliability of the scholarly record. The journal follows the principles of responsible scholarly publishing and develops its publication-ethics policies with reference to the Core Practices and relevant guidance of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

The journal's publication-ethics framework applies to authors, reviewers, editors, editorial board members, and other parties involved in the publication process. It covers ethical responsibilities throughout the editorial and publication cycle, from manuscript submission and peer review to publication and post-publication correction or retraction.

MAJIS uses a double-anonymous peer-review process and is committed to transparent and responsible editorial decision-making. The journal also maintains policies concerning research integrity, authorship, conflicts of interest, data and reproducibility, ethical oversight, intellectual property, open access, artificial intelligence, and other matters relevant to scholarly publishing.

The following policies provide detailed information about the journal's ethical standards, procedures, responsibilities, and mechanisms for addressing concerns.

Publication Ethics Policies

  1. Allegations of Misconduct

This policy describes how MAJIS receives, assesses, investigates, and responds to allegations of research and publication misconduct, including plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, unethical research, authorship manipulation, peer-review manipulation, duplicate or redundant publication, citation manipulation, and undisclosed conflicts of interest.

  1. Authorship and Contributorship

This policy defines authorship and contributorship requirements, responsibilities of authors and corresponding authors, the use of the CRediT taxonomy, group authorship, acknowledgements, and procedures for changes or disputes concerning authorship.

  1. Complaints and Appeals

This policy establishes procedures for submitting and handling complaints concerning editorial decisions, editorial or staff conduct, journal policies and processes, and publication-ethics matters. It also explains the journal's appeal process.

  1. Conflicts of Interest

This policy defines conflicts of interest and establishes disclosure and management requirements for authors, reviewers, editors, and other participants in the publication process.

  1. Data and Reproducibility

This policy describes MAJIS's requirements concerning data availability, research materials, methodological transparency, reproducibility, and the appropriate use of repositories and reporting standards in humanities research.

  1. Ethical Oversight

This policy establishes ethical requirements for research involving human participants, personal data, identifiable individuals, vulnerable groups, and, where applicable, animals. It also addresses ethical approval, consent to publication, privacy, and protection of research participants.

  1. Intellectual Property, Copyright, and Licensing

This policy explains the journal's requirements concerning copyright, publishing rights, third-party materials, plagiarism, text recycling, preprints, and the licensing of published articles.

  1. Journal Management and Editorial Independence

This policy describes the journal's editorial structure, responsibilities, editorial independence, governance, editorial-board management, training, and transparency practices.

  1. Peer Review Process

This policy describes MAJIS's double-anonymous peer-review model, reviewer responsibilities, confidentiality, conflicts of interest, review procedures, editorial responsibilities, and mechanisms for managing peer-review concerns.

  1. Post-Publication Discussions and Corrections

This policy establishes procedures for post-publication correspondence, corrections, updates, expressions of concern, and other mechanisms for maintaining the accuracy and integrity of the published scholarly record.

  1. Retraction and Expression of Concern

This policy describes the circumstances and procedures for retracting published articles and issuing expressions of concern when the reliability or integrity of the scholarly record is substantially questioned.

  1. Archiving and Digital Preservation

This policy describes how MAJIS preserves published content and maintains access to the scholarly record in the event of technical failure, platform changes, or other circumstances affecting journal availability.

  1. Repository and Self-Archiving

This policy specifies the conditions under which authors may deposit preprints, accepted manuscripts, and published versions of their articles in personal, institutional, or subject repositories.

  1. Open Access

This policy describes MAJIS's open-access model, reader access, reuse rights, licensing conditions, and the rights and responsibilities associated with the journal's open-access publication model.

  1. Generative Artificial Intelligence

This policy establishes requirements for the responsible use and disclosure of generative artificial intelligence and other AI-assisted tools by authors, reviewers, editors, and the journal's editorial office.

The policy addresses authorship, disclosure, confidentiality, research integrity, citation accuracy, data and image integrity, reviewer confidentiality, editorial decision-making, and human accountability.

  1. Author Fees and Waivers

This policy provides transparent information about article processing charges, submission fees, available waivers or discounts, payment procedures, and the separation of financial considerations from editorial decisions.

  1. Preprints

This policy describes MAJIS's position on manuscripts previously shared as preprints, including disclosure requirements and the relationship between preprint versions and the published Version of Record.

  1. Plagiarism, Redundant Publication, and Text Recycling

This policy defines plagiarism, redundant or duplicate publication, text recycling, and related forms of inappropriate reuse. It also describes the journal's screening and response procedures.

  1. Reviewer Ethics and Responsibilities

This policy establishes ethical expectations for reviewers, including confidentiality, conflicts of interest, appropriate use of manuscripts and review materials, respectful and evidence-based evaluation, and responsible use of technology and AI tools.

  1. Special Issues and Guest Editors

This policy establishes ethical and editorial requirements for special issues, guest editors, invited contributions, and other collections of manuscripts published under the journal's name.

  1. Advertising and Direct Marketing

This policy establishes principles for advertising, sponsorship, promotional communication, and direct marketing associated with MAJIS. Editorial decisions must remain independent of commercial or promotional interests.

  1. Privacy and Confidentiality

This policy describes how MAJIS handles personal information, confidential manuscript materials, peer-review records, correspondence, and other information obtained during the submission, review, and publication processes.