Publication Ethics Policy

Latin American Business and Sustainability Review (LABSREVIEW) is committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics and takes all possible measures against publication malpractices. This document outlines the expected ethical behavior for all parties involved in publishing with our journal, including the authors, editors, reviewers, and the publisher.

Responsibilities of Authors

  1. Originality and Plagiarism: Authors must ensure they have written entirely original works. If the authors have used the work and/or words of others, this must be appropriately cited or quoted.
  2. Data Access and Retention: Authors may be asked to provide the raw data in connection with a paper for editorial review and should be prepared to provide public access to such data.
  3. Multiple, Redundant, or Concurrent Publication: Authors should not submit the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently. The author is also expected not to publish redundant manuscripts or manuscripts describing the same research in multiple journals.
  4. Acknowledgment of Sources: Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have influenced the nature of the reported work.
  5. Authorship of the Paper: Authorship should be limited to those who have contributed significantly to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors.
  6. Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript.
  7. Fundamental errors in published works: If an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in their work, the author must promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with them to either retract the paper or publish an appropriate correction statement or erratum.

Responsibilities of Editors

  1. Respect for diversity, equity, and inclusion: Editors should evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.
  2. Confidentiality: Editors and editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.
  3. Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor's own research without the author's express written consent.
  4. Decisions to Publish: Editors are responsible for deciding which articles submitted to the journal should be published.

Responsibilities of Reviewers

  1. Contribution to Editorial Decisions: Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and, through editorial communications with the author, may also assist the author in improving the paper.
  2. Promptness: Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse themselves from the review process.
  3. Confidentiality: Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents.
  4. Standards of Objectivity: Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate.
  5. Acknowledgment of Sources: Reviewers should identify relevant published work that the authors have not cited.

Responsibilities of the Publisher

  1. Handling of unethical publishing behavior: In cases of alleged or proven scientific misconduct, fraudulent publication, or plagiarism, the publisher, in close collaboration with the editors, will take all appropriate measures to clarify the situation and to amend the article in question. This includes the prompt publication of an erratum, clarification, or, in the most severe cases, the retraction of the affected work.
  2. Access to journal content: The publisher is committed to the permanent availability and preservation of scholarly research and ensures accessibility by partnering with organizations and maintaining our digital archive.