Editorial Policies | ReCIA - Journal of the Arts Research Centre

The editorial policies and the code of good practice of ReCIA — Journal of the Arts Research Centre of Altea (hereinafter ReCIA) apply to the entire scientific community involved - Editorial Team, authorship, publication services, etc. These are based on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the FECYT recommendations regarding the Article 37 of the Law on Science, Technology and Innovation on Open Access Dissemination application.

GENDER AND NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICIES

ReCIA applies gender policies from an intersectional perspective. Following the recommendations of the European Union (Toolkit gender in EU-funded research) to promote equal opportunities between women and men in research careers, as well as to promote parity in decision-making, the principles of equal opportunities between persons of different assigned sex (male or female) and non-discrimination based on gender are applied in all areas (editorial management, authorship, review, information). ReCIA also undertakes to follow the SAGER Guidelines for sex and/or gender perspective in research incorporation in the evaluation process of the originals.

In this way, unbiased scientific development is encouraged, equal opportunities are promoted between women and men in the research career as well as for groups historically not very visible in it, and equal presence is guaranteed in positions of responsibility and decision-making, through the following specific actions:

Composition of the board of directors, committees and teams, composed of at least 50% women.
Mandatory use of inclusive and non-sexist language, both in the text and in graphic representations.
Inclusion of full names in the authorship of bibliographies, citations and references of articles, avoiding the abbreviated use of initials to favour the visibility of the scientific production of women, their intersectionalities and groups traditionally underrepresented in the scientific field.
Inclusion of data disaggregated by sex and gender, including non-binary or non-conforming people, as well as the analysis of their interaction with other relevant variables, in the case of studies where sex and gender are relevant.
Positive assessment of the principle of equality and inclusion applied to bibliographic references and documentary sources.
Updating of name changes for trans* people as part of their post-publication correction options, upon request.

ReCIA applies policies of non-discrimination on the basis of gender, sex, ethnicity or social origin, sexual orientation, religion and ability in an intersectional manner in all areas, and therefore promotes this perspective in both the form and content of published works, in the review processes and in the editorial policy itself.

ACCESSIBILITY POLICIES

ReCIA seeks the best accessibility to information for all people, so it follows the basic guidelines recommended by the UMH in its Guide of Recommendations for a Non-sexist and Inclusive Language in terms of text, colours and images, to facilitate the use of tools or software for magnification, contrast or audio-description. Authors of submitted works are therefore requested:

Explain abbreviations and unusual words, developing acronyms and abbreviations in their first use. In the following uses, acronyms and abbreviations may be used.
Avoid the use of italics, ‘@’ or ‘X’ to include different identities.
Provide alternative text for images

EDITORIAL TEAM BEST PRACTICE POLICIES

All persons in any role on the governing body undertake to treat all information in the shared files with confidentiality. They must also be impartial, fair and even-handed in handling incoming work, without discriminating against authorship based on gender, sexual orientation, religious or political beliefs, and ethnic or geographical origins. It must follow reasonable protocols based on good publishing practices to resolve conflicts.

The Editorial Team comprises the Editorial Board, the Editorial Committee, and the Scientific Committee, management bodies responsible for the journal's scientific coordination, editing, and promotion. Their different functions are described below following ReCIA's commitment to good research practices.

Management of the journal

The position of Journal Editor will be appointed at the proposal of the Promoter Group.

Its functions are:

Coordinate and represent the journal by generating relations with other institutions for any purpose related to the journal.
Guarantee the journal's scientific quality and promotion, seeking its inclusion in databases and its evaluation to obtain quality seals. To this end, he/she will be assisted by the other members of the Editorial Board.
Coordinate relations and workflows between the Editorial Board, the Editorial Committee, and the Scientific Board.
Convene and chair the meetings of the Editorial Board.
Report periodically to the Directorate of the CÍA and the Directorate of the UMH Department of Art on the annual operation of the journal, as well as on the needs that may arise for its correct development.
Appoint the Editorial Committee, the Associate Editors, and the Junior Editors.
Appoint Guest Editors in collaboration with the Advisory Board's Promotion Group for each issue, supporting them in the choice of the proposed theme, advising them during the process of selection and publication of articles, and supervising the review of the final design.
Soliciting to the Directorate of the CÍA Laboratories members for the Editorial Board and the Scientific Committee, as well as reviewers.
Notify of receipt of incoming papers to senders.
To certify the acceptance of originals.

It may carry out review work in special circumstances if its speciality or area of research coincides with an article whose authorship is unknown to it, but it may not publish any article in the journal.

Management of the Editorial Board

The Editorial Board Director shall be appointed by the journal's management.

Its functions are:

Convene and chair the meetings of the Editorial Committee, informing the journal's management of its functioning.
Attend the meetings of the Editorial Board as Secretary of it, taking minutes of the same and ensuring their safekeeping.
Coordinate the editorial process to ensure the publication of each issue in due time and form.
Prepare and share information on the call for papers to maximize their reach to a diverse and international audience.
Assist Guest Editors by providing them with all the information and resources necessary to carry out their work.
Maintain, where appropriate, flexible communication with the authors of the works received to share editorial decisions, as well as to request or provide information necessary for the publication process.
Promptly manage trans* people's name changes updating as part of their post-publication correction options, upon request.
Maintain prompt communication with the review team and preserve their anonymity.
Maintain fluid communication with the linguistic and graphic design services, coordinating the layout and final editing process of each issue.
Maintain the website updated with all published articles and expected information.
Ensure that materials submitted comply with editorial standards and policies for publication.

Cannot submit contributions or do review work, as it is responsible for the workflow of the journal and contact with the authorship and review team.

Editorial Committee

Composed of expert members of the CÍA appointed by the journal's management. They may be Associate Editors or Junior Editors.

Their functions are:

To carry out different tasks of the editorial process in coordination with the Editorial Board to ensure the publication of each issue in due time and form.
Prepare and share information on the call for papers for each issue to maximise its reach to a diverse audience.

Editorial Board

Governing body responsible for ensuring compliance with the journal's editorial policies, ensuring the growth and strengthening of the journal. It is composed of national and international experts in the journal's subjects, appointed at the proposal of the people who coordinate the different CÍA Laboratories. The Editorial Board is composed of the Journal's Promoter Group and the Team of Members.

The functions of the Promoter Group and the Team of Members are:

Contribute their expert vision for the correct functioning and positioning of the journal.
Attend the meetings called by the Management.
Collaborate in the search for external reviewers for the works.

Specifically, the Promotion Group will collaborate with the Journal and the CÍA's Management in the Guest Editor's selection for each issue.

Guest Editors

Composed of experts on the issue subject and appointed by the journal's management in collaboration with the Editorial Board's Promotion Group.

Their functions are:

Coordinate and prepare the call for papers, invite experts to participate in the sections and to illustrate the cover of the issue, select the final proposals, and write an editorial article presenting the theme of the monographic issue.
Maintain fluid communication with the Journal's Management and the Editorial Board on the whole process of managing the monographic issue.
Support the Editorial Board in the search for a specialized review team.
Offer support in the review of the final design.
Provide a list of their potential conflicts of interest at any stage of the design and production process of the monographic issue.

They can be authors of an article knowing that they will not receive any favourable treatment (the management will take special care to avoid possible conflicts of interest and to guarantee total anonymity during peer review). They cannot review papers, as they have access to the authorship information.

Scientific Board

Formed by experts in the subject matter of the journal and appointed by the ReCIA Board of Directors at the proposal of the coordination of the CÍA Laboratories.

Its functions are:

Support, promote, and assist in the dissemination of the journal within its scientific scope.
Encourage the collaboration of authors and potential reviewers.
Propose relevant and interesting topics for future issues.

They can be authors of an article knowing that they will not receive any favourable treatment. They can review if their speciality or area of research coincides with an article whose authorship is unknown to them.

AUTHORSHIP POLICIES

Authorship should be limited to those individuals who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, data acquisition, or analysis/interpretation of the research content. In this regard, it is recommended that you refer to the information on authorship in the COPE document (What constitutes authorship?).

The addition or deletion of authors may be reported to the Editorial Board Management indicating the reason, and their information should be included in the manuscript template before peer review.

For articles with more than one author, a change of order may be requested together with the submission of the final version of the article (after peer review).

All persons who made contributions to the paper but do not meet the authorship criteria should only be mentioned in the ‘Acknowledgements’ section.

It is recommended to use the criteria established by the CRediT taxonomy (Contributor Roles Taxonomy) to specify the contribution of each author:

Conceptualisation - Ideas; formulation or evolution of the overall research objectives and goals.
Data curation - Management activities to annotate (produce metadata), cleanse data, and maintain research data (including software code, where necessary to interpret the data itself) for initial use and subsequent re-use.
Formal analysis - The application of statistical, mathematical, computational, or other formal techniques to analyse or synthesize research data.
Acquisition of funding - Acquisition of financial support for the project leading to this publication.
Research - Conducting research and research process, specifically conducting experiments, or collecting data/evidence.
Methodology - Methodology development or design; modelling.
Project management - Responsibility for managing and coordinating the planning and execution of the research activity.
Resources - Provision of study materials, reagents, materials, patients, laboratory specimens, animals, instrumentation, computing resources or other analytical tools.
Software - Programming, software development; design of computer programs; implementation of computer code and supporting algorithms; testing of existing code components.
Supervision - Supervisory and leadership responsibility for planning and execution of research activities, including mentoring external to the core team.
Validation - Verification, either as part of the activity or separately, of the overall replicability/reproducibility of results/experiments and other research outputs.
Visualization - Preparation, creation, and/or presentation of published work, specifically visualization/presentation of data.
Writing (original draft) - Preparation, creation, and/or presentation of the published work, specifically the writing of the initial draft (including substantive translation).
Writing (reviewing and editing) - Preparation, creation, and/or presentation of the published work by members of the original research group, specifically critical review, commentary, or revision (including pre- or post-publication stages).

The contribution of each of the authorship should be recorded at the end of the paper in a note entitled ‘Taxonomy of authorship contribution’.

ANONYMISATION POLICIES

Authors must anonymize their manuscripts to facilitate the blind peer review process. They should replace within the text any personal names with ‘Authorship’ and use generic descriptions of institutions instead of their names. Authorships [4] should use ‘Authorship 1 (year)’ in the bibliography instead of the full reference. The management should anonymize the text and metadata of the document before sending it to reviewers.

ETHICAL OVERSIGHT, CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND FUNDING DISCLOSURE POLICIES

When the author uses animals or human subjects in his/her research, a statement of ethical conduct in compliance with national, local, and institutional standards must be added.

When handling confidential data of human subjects, you must respect their privacy, and obtain express consent for the use of their data and/or image.

The source data of the research should be gender-sensitive, to allow for the identification of possible differences. In case the research approach requires an unequal approach [6], this should be justified in the abstract and introduction of the paper. Gender should be considered in the elaboration of research results.

Potential conflicts of interest should be acknowledged, as well as sources of funding including a brief disclaimer at the end of the article.

ORIGINALITY, PLAGIARISM AND SELF-PLAGIARISM POLICIES

Authors are responsible for submitting original work and for properly citing the work of others. Authors may not submit an article that has already been published or submit an article that has already been submitted to another journal and is still under review.

Authors who wish to publish a different approach to a project or research that is under publication elsewhere must provide both manuscripts for comparison.

Authors are responsible for not committing plagiarism of any kind, whether it is total appropriation, partial copying, paraphrasing of substantial parts without attribution, or use of results of research conducted by others. If substantial use of self-plagiarism is detected, the editorial management will decide whether it is grounds for rejection or request rectifications.

Exceptionally, and at the discretion of the persons responsible for editing the monograph, translations and revisions of texts that enrich the quality of the issue, as well as re-editions of texts that have no editorial distribution in our country (or virtually), may be published at the invitation of the latter. In these cases, the above considerations will not be considered as they will not be considered self-plagiarism.

OPEN ACCESS AND LICENSING POLICY

Unless otherwise indicated, articles published in ReCIA are licensed under the Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license agreement. Third parties are permitted to copy, distribute, and make use of the works provided they comply with the terms and conditions set out in the license.

Attribution - You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes have been made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in such a way as to suggest that you or your use is endorsed by the licensor.
NonCommercial - You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
ShareAlike - If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must disseminate your contributions under the same license as the original.

For more information:

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode.es

COPYRIGHT

The authors have the copyright of the text, as well as the right to publish all or part of it, but must indicate that it was originally published in ReCIA — Journal of the Arts Research Centre of Altea, and inform this journal.

On the one hand, the images, tables, or illustrations accompanying the article must be originals produced by the author, or be accompanied by documentation accrediting the transfer of the rights to publish them (a simple model is provided here, if necessary). Unpublished materials and the content of submissions may not be used for research purposes either by the journal's governing body or by reviewers without the express written consent of the authors.

On the other hand, from ReCIA we defend the scientific interest of visual citation in use where authorship rights are not violated, where therefore the fragments of the visual resources cited are duly credited, and which at the same time allows contributing to the construction of a more open science from the field of research in the arts.

FEE POLICY

There are no publication, translation, or submission costs.

BLIND PEER REVIEW POLICY

The blind peer review process for each article follows the following steps:

Selection of proposals. The Editors and Guest Editors are responsible for the review and selection of the papers most appropriate to the scope and specificity of each issue, with the help of the journal's Management and the Editorial Board. The Editorial Team is committed to a selection process unbiased by personal interests and selects submissions without discriminating against any author based on ethnicity and/or social origin, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ability, or nationality. Any member of the Editorial Board who submits a proposal shall absent himself/herself from the decision-making process.
Plagiarism detection. Selected articles are analysed with plagiarism detection software. If the result of the report shows that the article has more than 20% of the previously published text, it will be reviewed by the invited editorial team, who may reject the article, request changes or ask for clarifications from the authors before continuing the process. As stated at the end of the ‘Submissions’ tab, in the ‘Checklist for the preparation of submissions’, we remind you here that exceptionally and at the invitation of the persons responsible for editing the monograph, the contribution may be a translation or revision of previous work. In this case, the required economic rights must be obtained.
Peer review. Authors are obliged to participate in the peer review process (except in those types of papers that do not require it, see Section Policy) and to cooperate fully by responding promptly to the journal's requests. They may suggest reviewers for their scientific contribution in the abstract submission form, provided there is no conflict of interest. The Editorial Team may assign a maximum of one reviewer suggested by the author to the contribution. The reviewers will be selected by the Editorial Team, considering that their line of research is close to the one presented in the contribution and, therefore, they are qualified to deliver a critical and expert appraisal of the work. The Editorial Team is responsible for finding a minimum of 2 reviewers per scientific contribution without discriminating against any potential candidate based on ethnic and/or social origin, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ability, or nationality.

Reviewers agree to review the manuscript provided by the journal management if they consider that they have no conflict of interest. They will be kindly requested to complete their reviews within two to three weeks of receipt. If more time is needed, they should contact the Editorial Board as soon as possible. Reviewers must acknowledge that they do not know the authorship of the manuscript and undertake not to deliberately attempt to discover its identity. They must treat the manuscript received with confidentiality and provide a critical, honest, constructive, unbiased and justified review to improve the manuscript. They can consult the ‘Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers’ (COPE) to familiarize themselves with the relevant best practice guidelines and act accordingly. If reviewers cannot commit to the requirements set out above, they should decline to review the contribution. They will be asked to complete the assessment following the template provided, justifying each response. They should also suggest whether the contribution should be rejected, accepted as is, or with major or minor revisions. If manipulation or bias in the peer review is suspected, the Editorial Team will follow the COPE guidelines in this regard. If the conflict is not resolved quickly, the Editorial Team will seek another reviewer to continue the publication process. The Editorial Team is committed to maintaining the anonymity of manuscripts, their authors, and reviewers, and the Reviewing Team must cooperate in this regard. Reviews will not be sent directly to the author to avoid identification through the information in the paper. The Editorial Board management is responsible for copying, without any editing, the reviews into a meta-review document (see below). If one or more Editors or Guest Editors submit a manuscript, the Editorial Board management is responsible for blinding the reviewers' personal information from the contribution that could lead to their identification in all files shared among the Editorial Team. After completing their task, reviewers will receive a certificate.

Meta-review. The management brings together in a single document all the reviews and the result of the plagiarism detection of each article. The Editors and Guest Editors add their comments and their decision on the acceptability of the proposal for publication. The Editorial Board is responsible for sharing the meta-reviews with their corresponding authors.
Final decision. After a period of 3 to 5 weeks, the authors of the contributions must send a revised version, together with a document with general information on the changes made, and justified responses to the proposed changes that have not been implemented. Submission of the revised version does not guarantee publication. The Guest Editorial Team checks the changes made and decides on the publication of the article. In case of final acceptance, the ReCIA management will certify the acceptance of the contribution through a digital document. In case of rejection, ReCIA management will notify the authors of this decision by e-mail.
Proofreading and translation. Guest Editors are responsible for reviewing translations in the languages in which they are fluent and for collaborating with the Editorial Team in the search for reviewers who are fluent in the required languages. If the authors know languages other than the one in which they wrote the manuscript, a copy of the translated text is sent (as a suggestion) to detect any translation errors.

COMPLAINTS AND CLAIMS POLICY

ReCIA's good practice in dealing with potential conflicts, negligence or allegations of misconduct follows the online resources available from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) or the Publication Ethics Resource Kit (PERK). ReCIA is committed to addressing complaints, retaining documentation of the process, and granting the right of reply to affected parties in each proceeding.

Conflicts, ethical problems, or misconduct detected concerning authorship:

The persons responsible for managing these will be the journal's Management and the Editorial Committee Management, with the support of the Guest Editors and Associate Editors. If necessary, the matter will also be dealt with by the members of the Editorial Board.

If the affected party finds that the issue is not resolved by the editorial team, he or she may refer the matter to a higher level through the general communication channels of the CÍA - Arts Research Centre.

Conflicts, ethical problems, or misconduct detected concerning the editorial team: This should be reported through the general channels of the CÍA-Arts Research Centre, and higher instances of the Miguel Hernández University of Elche with competence in research.

POLICY OF ERRATA, CORRECTIONS AND RETRACTIONS

If the author discovers a significant error or a relevant inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is his/her obligation to immediately notify the Editorial Board of the journal and to cooperate with the Editors by providing all the information necessary to deal with the case.

Readers, reviewers, and editors are encouraged to raise any suspicions or concerns that may lead to the correction, revision, or retraction of articles, either by contacting the relevant Editor or by sending an email to recia@umh.es and providing the necessary documentation.

Any retraction, correction, or resolution of misconduct related to a published scientific contribution will be accompanied by a full and public motivation for the action taken, added to the online contribution —using a note or complementary attachment— and reported to readers in a note on the credits page of the next printed issue.

The Editorial Team may correct, in the digital version, minor errors —e.g. page numbering or font style, etc.— if they are detected after publication.

Name change policy

Following COPE's recommendations and based on Elsevier's policies, ReCIA facilitates author name changes for trans* (transgender, non-binary, and/or gender-diverse) people or other people with a need to preserve their privacy, in a simple manner and without the need for documentary justification.

The change will be made at the request of the person concerned by writing an email to recia@umh.es, discreetly or with an explanatory note (your choice), both in the authorship and in the text of the article and its metadata. The information will be sent to the databases in which the original published scientific contribution has been disseminated.

ARCHIVING AND PRESERVATION OF DIGITAL ARCHIVES

To facilitate the indexing and archiving of the journal, ReCIA has an internal electronic backup process managed by the IT Services of the Miguel Hernández University, which guarantees the long-term preservation of published documents, as well as the dissemination and collection of papers through OAI-PMH.

This journal is part of the Public Knowledge Project's Private LOCKSS and CLOCKSS Network (PKP-PLN), which generates a decentralized archiving system, distributed among collaborating libraries, to create permanent archives of the journal for the preservation of the original contents and their restoration if necessary.

https://revistas.innovacionumh.es/index.php/recia/gateway/lockss

https://revistas.innovacionumh.es/index.php/recia/gateway/clockss

In addition, the journal develops several processes to ensure the permanent accessibility of the digital objects it hosts on its servers:

Digital preservation metadata.
Use of DOI.
Use of Crossref.
Use of DOAJ.

The files published on this website are available in easily reproducible formats (HTML, PDF).

INTEROPERABILITY PROTOCOLS

ReCia journal provides an OAI-PMH (Open Archives Initiative - Protocol for Metadata Harvesting) interface that allows other portals and information services to access the metadata of the published content according to the Dublin Core format.

Specifications:

OAI-PMH Protocol Version 2.0

Dublin Core Metadata

Path for harvesters: