ISSN : 2588-0837

OPEN CODE POLICY

The RFJ provides immediate free access to its content under the principle that making research freely available to the public contributes to the greater global exchange of knowledge.

Self-archiving: The reuse of published works is allowed and promoted among authors and readers. That is, the post-print can be archived (or the final version after peer review or the editor's PDF version ), including its deposit in institutional, thematic repositories or personal web pages. RFJ allows authors to own the copyright without restrictions.

IMPORTANT:

1) At the RFJ, the full text of ALL content is available for completely free and open access without delay (i.e., no embargo period).
2) There may be a charge for a print version. However, currently, RFJ distribution is online only and free of charges.
3) It is not necessary to register with the RFJ to read and share its content.
4) We invite readers, libraries, and other institutions to share and reuse the RFJ content to democratize access to scientific-legal knowledge.

IMPORTANT: The authors own the copyright without restrictions.

 

DIGITAL REPOSITORY/ARCHIVE

The RFJ allows libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for preservation and restoration purposes. In addition, this magazine uses different national and international repositories, such as Google Scholar among others. And the Institutional Repository of Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador - PUCE (Ecuador) digitally archives and guarantees indexing at the same time.

 

CONFLICT OF INTERESTS

The authors must declare that they do not have any potential or real conflict of a financial, personal or any other type with other persons or organizations in the following two years after submitting the article, which may negatively influence the work carried out. See the form "Conflict of Interest" in the Open Journal System.

 

CHANGES IN THE AUTHORITY

It refers to the addition, removal, or re-accommodation of the order of the authors. Before the article is published, the author for correspondence can request the Editor, add, remove, or modify the order of the authors. You must indicate the reason for making the modification and send a written communication signed by all authors certifying that all agree with the modification. In the case of addition or removal, the written communication must include confirmation by the author (s). Once the article is published, no addition, deletion, or modification in the order of the authors is accepted.

 

COSTS OF PROCESSING AND SHIPPING OF ITEMS

The RFJ is a free publication. The RFJ does not charge for the submission, evaluation, and publication of the submitted articles. The publication does not generate any cost for authors and readers since the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador - PUCE assumes the expenses related to editing, management, and publication. The evaluating peers do not receive any economic compensation for their valuable contributions.

 

DECLARATION OF GOOD PRACTICES

As mentioned in the Declaration of Ethical Principles (Code of Ethics), the RFJ is committed to high standards of ethics and good practices in the dissemination and transfer of knowledge, to ensure rigor and scientific quality. That is why it has adopted as a reference the Code of Conduct that, for editors of scientific journals, has established the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE: Committee on Publication Ethics), which highlights:

 

Obligations and general responsibilities of the editorial team

The RFJ commits to:

• Join efforts to meet the needs of readers and authors.
• To strive for the continuous improvement of the magazine.
• Ensure the quality of the material that is published.
• Ensure freedom of expression.
• Maintain the academic integrity of its content.
• Prevent commercial interests from compromising intellectual criteria.
• Post corrections, clarifications, retractions, and apologies when necessary.

 

Relations with authors

The RFJ is committed to ensuring the quality of the material it publishes, informing about the objectives and standards of the journal. The decisions of the editor to accept or reject a document for publication are based solely on the relevance of the work, its originality, and the relevance of the study in relation to the editorial line of the journal.

The journal includes a description of the processes followed in the peer evaluation of each work received. It has a manuscript submission manual for authors in which this information is presented and is updated regularly. The right of authors to appeal editorial decisions is recognized.

The editor will not modify his decision in the acceptance of shipments unless irregularities or extraordinary situations are detected. Any change in the members of the editorial committee will not affect the decisions already made, except in exceptional cases where serious circumstances converge.

 IMPORTANT: When applying for articles, authors must indicate their ORCID code.

 

Relations with evaluators

The RFJ makes available to the evaluators a manual for the evaluation of manuscripts about what is expected of them. The identity of the evaluators is always protected, guaranteeing their anonymity.

 

General aspects of the peer evaluation process

The RFJ guarantees that the material sent for publication will be considered a reserved and confidential subject while it is evaluated (double-blind).

 

CLAIMS

The RFJ is committed to respond quickly to complaints received and to ensure that dissatisfied claimants can process all their complaints. In any case, if the interested parties fail to satisfy their claims, it is considered that they are entitled to raise their protests to other instances.

 

PROMOTION OF ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

The RFJ ensures that the material it publishes conforms to internationally accepted ethical standards.

 

PROTECTION OF INDIVIDUAL DATA

The RFJ guarantees the confidentiality of the individual information (for example, of the professors and/or participating students as collaborators or subjects of study in the presented investigations).

 

Follow up of bad practices

The RFJ assumes its obligation to act accordingly in case of suspicion of bad practices or inappropriate behavior. This obligation extends to both published and unpublished documents. The editor will not only reject manuscripts that raise doubts about possible misconduct, but also consider themselves ethically obligated to report alleged cases of misconduct. From the journal, all reasonable efforts will be made to ensure that the works submitted for evaluation are rigorous and ethically adequate.

 

Integrity and academic rigor

Whenever there is evidence that any published work contains important inaccuracies, misleading or distorted statements, it must be corrected immediately.

 In case of detecting any work, whose content is fraudulent, it will be removed as soon as it is known, immediately informing readers as well as the indexing systems.

 They are considered inadmissible practices, and as such the following will be reported: the simultaneous sending of the same work to several journals, the publication duplicated or with irrelevant changes or paraphrasing of the same work, or the artificial fragmentation of work in several articles.

 

Relations with the owners and editors of magazines

The relationship between publishers, publishers, and owners will be subject to the principle of editorial independence. The RFJ will always guarantee that the articles are published based on their quality and suitability for the readers, and not with a view to an economic or political benefit. In this sense, the fact that the journal is not governed by economic interests and defends the idea of free access to universal and free knowledge facilitates this independence.

 

CONFLICT OF INTERESTS

The RFJ will establish the necessary mechanisms to avoid or resolve possible conflicts of interest between authors, evaluators, and / or the editorial team itself.

 

COMPLAINTS

Any author, reader, evaluator, or editor can send their complaints to the competent bodies.

 

ENDOGAMY POLICY

From the fifth number, the members of the Editorial Committee, Editorial Management Team, Editorial Board, and External Evaluators may not publish in the RFJ. For previous issues, members of the Editorial Committee limited the publication of manuscripts to one (1) by volume, when the editor is the first author of the article and two (2), when he is a secondary author. For the same author, the limit was one publication per number, that is, a maximum of 4 publications per volume. However, publications for authors affiliated with the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador - PUCE will not exceed 30% of the total.

IMPORTANT: As indicated, the RFJ complies with a strict inbreeding prevention protocol (introduced in compliance with general recommendations/policies of the SENESCYT). For this reason, the following cannot participate as authors: 1) the authorities of the Faculty; 2) those who have held a managerial position within the academic unit (Fac. Of Jurisprudence), and 3) those who have held the responsibility of the coordination of research and/or publications of the academic unit (Fac. of Jurisprudence).

 

DIGITAL PRESERVATION POLICIES

The RFJ complies with the policies and guidelines of the Information Technology Directorate and the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador - PUCE General Library System.

 

GENDER EQUALITY

In a cross-sectional way for all its organs, processes, and products/sections, the RFJ tries to keep it below 50%.

 

LEGAL ANNOUNCEMENT

In accordance with the legal protection provided by Article 118 of the Organic Code of the Social Economy of Knowledge, Creativity, and Innovation (Ingenios Code) from number 1 to number 6 of the journal, the original format of the documents/articles submitted has been respected.