Information For Librarians

Code of Arbitrators’ Duties and Rights

Duties:

• Meet the 30-day deadline if you agree to the review.

• To ensure the integrity of anonymous peer reviews of submissions to this publisher, every effort will be made to prevent authors from knowing the identity of reviewers and vice versa.

• Use the Arbitration Guidelines provided, as well as other internationally standardized evaluation guidelines (EQUATOR).

• Clearly state what the suggested modifications consist of, if any, or the criteria used to reject the work.

• Refuse to arbitrate any scientific article if a conflict of interest (personal relationships, academic rivalry, intellectual passion, or others) with the author(s) could prejudice opinions about the content.

• Do not use the information contained in the articles evaluated to promote your own academic interests, nor discuss or comment publicly on the content of unpublished articles or the result of their arbitration.

• Not superficially approving a manuscript submitted for review.

• Report promptly if any evidence of plagiarism is detected, whether partial or total.

Rights:

• Refuse to review the assigned article if you do not have the time required to evaluate it or do not consider yourself an expert on the subject.

• Reject works that have not been formally presented by the RIC director.

• Failure to superficially approve a manuscript submitted for review.

• Know the final decision made by the editorial committee regarding the article that was evaluated.

• Require some type of document that certifies your collaboration with RIC as a reviewer.

• Send criteria or suggestions to the RIC editorial committee to improve the evaluation process.

• Participate in workshops, work meetings or scientific activities related to their role as reviewer.