Code of ethics

The Colombian Journal of Computing has established a Code of Ethics that promotes principles of good conduct for the dissemination of scientific knowledge in Computing derived from systematic research processes. Next, the commitments of the Editorial / Scientific Committee, Evaluating Pairs and Authors of the Journal are presented.

The Colombian Journal of Computing welcomes the COPE: http://publicationethics.org/

Part I: Commitments

Editorial / Scientific Committee:

Group of recognized national and international experts with up-to-date scientific production whose function is to guide editorial policies and determine the issues and scope of the publication.

  • Positioning the Colombian Journal of Computing in terms of quality of the editorial process, thematic lines, dissemination, publication of unpublished material and impact for the academic and scientific community.
  • Prepare de Call for Papers.
  • Disseminate the articles published among the members of the Research Groups to which they belong, as well as in academic networks in Computing and related areas.
  • Attend and actively participate in the meetings convened by the Editor of the Journal to make decisions related to the editorial policy, selection of articles and assignment of peer reviewers.
  • Ensure compliance with the process of evaluation of articles through the double-blind method.
  • Ensure compliance with the times established by the Journal during the peer review process no longer than 90 calendar days, trying to keep the authors informed: (i) Reception of articles, (ii) Analysis of originality, (iii) Review by part of the Editorial Committee from the reception of the article, (iv) Assignment of peer reviewers, (v) Evaluation by peer reviewers and; (vi) Communication to the authors.
  • Detect and apply the corrective measures in case of bad practices by Authors, Evaluators or Members of the Editorial / Scientific Committee during the editorial process for the publication of articles in the Colombian Journal of Computing.
  • Receive and process petitions, complaints, claims or comments related to articles published by the Journal. Likewise, publish the corrections made to the documents published by the Journal.
  • Maintain updated scientific production in CvLAC, ResearchGate, ORCID or Google Scholar.

Peer reviewers

Group of prominent national and international experts in thematic lines related to Computing and related areas, whose function is to carry out a critical evaluation of the documents submitted to the Journal and issue the concept on the evaluated document.

  • Evaluate the assigned document in less than 20 calendar days. In case the Evaluator cannot perform the evaluation in the times stipulated by the Journal, he must inform the Editor, so that the work can be assigned to another peer reviewer.
  • Maintain the confidentiality of the document assigned for evaluation, so that they cannot be disclosed to third parties.
  • Send the evaluation form completely filled out, presenting observations, comments and suggestions to be taken into account by the author.
  • Maintain updated scientific production in CvLAC, ResearchGate, ORCID or Google Scholar.

Authors:

Researchers, professors and undergraduate, masters or doctoral students, who send their articles derived from Research Projects in subjects related to Computing and related areas.

  • Send an original and unpublished article, which has not been sent to another Journal, unless it is rejected during the Editorial Process.
  • Fulfill with the guidelines for the submission of articles for publication established by the Journal in the Guide for Authors section.
  • Respond opportunely to the doubts or requests made by the Editor or Peer Reviewers related to the originality and unpublished character of the document.
  • Take into consideration the observations and recommendations made by the Peer Reviewers for the correction of scientific articles.
  • Send opportunely to the Journal the information requested by the Editor or Editorial Assistant during the editorial process.

Part II: Inappropriate behaviors not tolerated by the authors

  • Application of the document to more than one Journal.
  • Plagiarism of the information presented in the document.
  • Refusing to make the adjustments proposed by the Peer Reviewers.
  • Unjustified withdrawal of the document during the editorial process.

Consequently, when any of these behaviors are detected in the articles submitted to the Journal, the Editorial / Scientific Committee will study each particular case to apply the corrective measures that are considered pertinent.