Editorial policies
Open access policy
The magazine is open access, that is, all its content is available free of charge, at no cost to the reader or institutions. Users can read, download, distribute, print and link to the full texts of the articles, as long as it is non-profit and the source is cited.
Anti-plagiarism policy
The authors of the manuscripts sent to RC Cuentas are entirely responsible for the content of their collaborations, as well as ensuring that the works are original, unpublished and that they do not infringe the copyright of third parties.
As part of its commitment to editorial ethics and academic integrity, the journal applies a plagiarism prevention policy, for which all manuscripts received are subjected to a verification process using the specialized software iThenticate, used for the detection of similarities, plagiarism and other practices contrary to academic ethics, according to editorially accepted criteria.
In case plagiarism, self-plagiarism, citation manipulation, or any other dishonest practice is detected during this process, the manuscript will be rejected immediately and will not continue in the editorial process. The journal reserves the right to take the editorial measures it deems relevant, in accordance with its policies and the principles of ethics in scientific publishing.
Privacy policy
The authors retain the copyright and grant RC Cuenta de Cuentas the right of first publication, with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Noderivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), which allows third parties to share the work provided that the authorship is recognized and the initial publication in this journal is not used for commercial purposes.
RC Rendición de Cuentas provides immediate open access to its content, under the principle that making research available to the public free of charge favors greater global exchange of knowledge.
Authors may establish independent additional contractual agreements for the non-exclusive distribution of the published version of the article (for example, including it in an institutional repository or publishing it in a book), provided that it is clearly indicated that the work was originally published in this journal.
The electronic documents corresponding to the content of the magazine are published in digital format to allow their free, free and permanent access.
The names and email addresses and other data of the authors will be used exclusively for the stated purposes and will not be available for any other purpose or other person.
Digital archive preservation policies
RC Rendición de Cuentas establishes the following procedures as a policy of preservation, restoration and recovery of digital content:
DOI number assignment to each article and issue of the magazine.
The files published on this website are available in easily reproducible and interoperable formats (PDF and XML-JATS).
Our website is developed on the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform, which is an open source software developed by the Public Knowledge Project (PKP) that has the Portico or CLOCKSS service, through which the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN) works to digitally preserve OJS journals through the LOCKSS program.
Monitoring the technological environment to foresee possible migrations of obsolete formats or software.
Likewise, the Editorial Board of our magazine is committed to reviewing the digital preservation policy periodically.
Complaints Policy
Complaints, disagreements or inconveniences that arise between those who participate in the editorial process of the magazine will be resolved by consulting the COPE guidelines. Please direct your communication to the email rc.rendiciondecuentas@gmail.com
Deposit policy in institutional repositories
1. Royalties
The authors retain the copyright of their works and grant the journal the right of first publication. Consequently, they can deposit their work in accordance with the terms established in this policy.
2. Versions that can be deposited
The authors may deposit without temporary restriction (however) the following versions:
Version accepted for publication.
Version published by the magazine (final editorial version in PDF).
The deposit can be made in:
University institutional repositories.
Thematic or disciplinary repositories.
Open access platforms for non-commercial purposes.
3. Deposit conditions
The deposit must:
Maintain the integrity of the content, without modifications or derivative works, in accordance with the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.
Explicitly acknowledge the original publication in RC Accountability.
Include the complete bibliographic reference of the article.
Incorporate the corresponding DOI (when applicable).
Add a direct link to the official version published on the magazine's website.
4. Embargoes
The magazine does not establish embargo periods. The deposit can be made immediately after publication.
5. Ethical responsibility
The deposit in repositories does not exempt authors from compliance with editorial policies, including those relating to originality and plagiarism prevention. All manuscripts are verified using the specialized software iThenticate as part of the editorial process. Open access policy
The magazine is open access, that is, all its content is available free of charge, at no cost to the reader or institutions. Users can read, download, distribute, print and link to the full texts of the articles, as long as it is non-profit and the source is cited.
