Open access policy

The FIGEMPA: Investigación y Desarrollo Journal, in its mission of disseminating research and supporting knowledge and discussion in the fields of interest, provides open, immediate and unrestricted access to its content free of charge by distributing printed and digital copies. Interested parties may read, download, save, copy and distribute, print, use, search or reference the full or partial text of the articles or the entire FIGEMPA: Investigación y Desarrollo Journal.

This magazine is under the Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 International license: "You are free to: Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format, Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially".

The FIGEMPA: Investigación y Desarrollo Journal is disseminated in research centres and groups, in libraries and universities, and in the main faculties, through open access to the digital version.

To increase their visibility and the impact of articles, they are sent to databases and indexing and summary systems (SIRs) and can also be consulted and downloaded on the magazine's website.

Digital preservation policy

The contents of the magazine have enabled the digital preservation system in LOCKSS through OJS. In addition, the Central University of Ecuador has a server where the contents are deposited and, whose management is covered by the Information Security Policy of the Information Technologies and Telecommunications Directorate - UCE (DTIC).

APC

The FIGEMPA: Investigación y Desarrollo Journal does not handle collections, fees or article publishing fees (Article Processing Charge-APC), or by submitting texts to publication.

Copyright policy

The publication of an article to the FIGEMPA: Investigación y Desarrollo journal indicates that the authors certify that they know and accept the editorial policy, for which they will sign in original and send the format (download).

The FIGEMPA: Investigación y Desarrollo Journal handles a BLUE Self-File policy, according to SHERPA/RoMEO guidelines, so the author can:

Author Post-print: Archive the post-print version (the final post-peer version)

Editor/PDF version: Archive the version of the editor – PDF/EPUB/XLM in the model of the FIGEMPA: Investigación y Desarrollo journal.

The Self-Archive must be done in compliance with the open access license, integrity and image of the FIGEMPA: Investigación y Desarrollo journal, it is also recommended to include the reference, the electronic link and the DOI.

The author or authors are the copyright holders © of the published text and the Editorial of the FIGEMPA: Investigación y Desarrollo journal requests the signature of a reproduction authorization of the article (download), which is accepted CC license, expressing the right of first publication of the work.

The FIGEMPA: Investigación y Desarrollo journal is guided by international standards on intellectual property and copyright, and in particular Articles 325, 322, 350, 351, 385,386,387, 402 of Ecuador's Political Constitution, Organic Code of Social Economy of Knowledge, Creativity and Innovation (2016) and the UCE Statute (2019).

For authorship purposes, you must fill out the Author Data format (download). Whoever acts as responsible and contact person must ensure that those who sign as authors have reviewed and approved the final version, and consent to its disclosure. The collective work is one in which, although various collaborators participate, there is an author who takes the initiative, the coordination and realization of said work. In such cases, the authorship shall be the responsibility of that person (unless otherwise agreed) and shall be sufficient only with his authorization to disclose.

The number of authors per article, complexity, and extent is recommended that it not be greater than five. The order in which they are enununced is not private with the correspondence to the contributions of each to the construction of the text, fictitious or gifted authorship should be avoided. If more people who worked in the research are included, it is suggested that it be as collaborators or as part of the thanks. The FIGEMPA: Investigación y Desarrollo journal will respect the number and order in which they appear in the original submitted. If the authors deem it necessary, at the end of the article they can include a brief description of the individual contributions of each of the signatories.

The communication is established with one of the authors, who in turn will be responsible for informing the other authors of the notifications issued by the FIGEMPA: Investigación y Desarrollo journal

By maintaining the balance of the sections and the same opportunities for all participants, the same author can apply two or more articles simultaneously; if the editorial decision is favorable and the articles are accepted, their publication will be made in different numbers.

Ethics policy and good practices

The FIGEMPA: Investigación y Desarrollo journal is committed to complying with and respecting ethical standards at all stages of the publication process. The authors of the published articles will comply with the ethical principles contained in the different declarations and laws on intellectual property and copyright specific to the country where the research was conducted. Consequently, the authors of the articles submitted and accepted to publish, which present research results, must sign the declaration of originality.

The FIGEMPA: Investigación y Desarrollo journal recognizes and adopts the principles of transparency and best practiceded by COPE, "Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing" (2022).

The editorial team is obliged to keep confidential about the articles received, and to refrain from using data, arguments or interpretations in its own investigations until the article is published. It must also be impartial and manage the items appropriately and within the prescribed timeframes. The selection of reviewers will be made with objectivity and they must respond to the subject of the article.

The publisher, authors and reviewers should follow the international ethical standards defined by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) in order to avoid cases of:

1. Manufacture, forgery or omission of data. 
2. Plagiarism and self-plagiarism. 
3. Redundant, duplicate, or fragmented publishing. 
4. Skipping references to the queried sources. 
5. Use of content without permission or without justification. 
6. Individual appropriation of collective authorship. 
7. Changes of authorship. 
8. Conflict of Interest (CDI) not disclosed or declared. 
9. Others that may arise in the research and publication process.

The production of results is generated by displaying data invented by the authors; counterfeiting results when data is manipulated and changed at the whim of authors; omission originates when the authors deliberately hide a fact or data. Plagiarism occurs when an author presents as ideas own data created by others. The cases of plagiarism are as follows: direct copy ing-inquotation text or cite the source, modification of some words of the text, paraphrases and lack of gratitude; self-plagiarism occurs when the same author reuses his own material that has already been published, but without indicating the reference to the previous work. The magazine relies on digital tools (URKUND) that detect any of these cases in the nominated articles, and it is the work of editors and reviewers to ensure originality and fidelity in the citation. Redundant or duplicate publication refers to the total, partial or altered copy of a work already published by the same author.

In case of suspicion of any misconduct it is recommended to follow the flowcharts prepared by COPE (2024), in order to determine the corresponding actions.

Article Retraction Policy

The FIGEMPA Investigación y Desarrollo Journal reserves the right to retract the publication of articles that, after publication, are found to contain errors made in good faith or that involve fraud or scientific misconduct. This decision will be based on the "Retraction Guidelines" (COPE, 2021).

According to COPE's Retraction Guidelines (2021), the editor should consider retracting a publication if:

- There is substantial evidence that the findings are unreliable, either due to a major error (e.g., calculation error or experimental error) or as a result of fabrication (e.g., data) or falsification (e.g., image manipulation).
- It constitutes plagiarism.
- The results have been published previously in another resource without proper attribution, communication to the editor, permission for re-publication, or justification (e.g., cases of redundant publication).
- It contains material or data used without authorization.
- Copyright infringement or other significant legal issues are present (e.g., defamation, privacy).
- It includes unethical research.
- The publication is the result of a compromised or manipulated peer review process.
- The author(s) did not declare a significant conflict of interest that, in the editor’s view, would have affected the interpretations, work, or recommendations of the editors and peer reviewers.

Retraction articles will remain on the platform with the [RETRACTED] label at the beginning of the title and a watermark on the document.

Interoperability protocols

The Journal incorporates interoperability protocols (https://pkp.sfu.ca/ohs/) that allow other distribution systems to collect information on their published articles. Journals published through OJS (Open Journals System) incorporate the OAI-PMH (Open Archive Initiative-Protocol for Metadata Harvesting) interoperability protocol with the possibility of obtaining different formats for metadata.

Protocol: OAI-PMH Version 2.0

Metadata formats: Dublin Core; MARC; MARC21; RFC1807

Link:

https://revistadigital.uce.edu.ec/index.php/RevFIG/oai

 

Privacy policy and information management

The Central University of Ecuador, considered as responsible or responsible for the processing of personal data, states that the personal data of the authors, members of the committees and review pairs are included in our databases; therefore, and in compliance with the legal provisions in force, the University will always request its authorization, so that in the course of its own functions as an institution of Higher Education, especially those related to teaching, the development and research, the Central University of Ecuador collect, collect, store, use, circulate, delete, process, exchange, compile, process, update, transmit or transfer to third countries and have the data that has been provided to you and that have been incorporated into the databases of all sorts that rest at the University.