Policies

Focus and Scope

Mexican Bioethics Review ICSA is an open access online journal of the Department of Medicine of the School of Health Sciences (ICSA) at the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo. Mexican Bioethics Review ICSA is a biannual journal, published at the beginning of each period (January and July).

Section Policies

Article

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Review

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Clinical Case

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

Mexican Bioethics Review ICSA has an eminent editorial group of 15 members, who are all recognized experts in their field. Double-blind peer review is the critical evaluation of manuscripts submitted to our journal by experts who are not part of the editorial team. All papers submitted to the Mexican Bioethics Review ICSA are subject to an initial review by the Editor and an expert researcher from the editorial board. After that, the article is sent for peer review by independent external reviewers under the following criteria:

REVIEWER 1	REVIEWER 2	RESOLUTION
Positive	Positive	Accepted
Positive	Negative	The article is sent to reviewer 3, whose decision will be final and unappealable
Positive	Conditioned	The corrected article returns to the editor, who accepts or rejects the publication (2nd round)
Negative	Conditioned	Rejected
Negative	Negative	Rejected

After Acceptance. Manuscripts accepted for publication are typeset and proofs are sent to authors for correction before final publication. The authors must review the proofs and return them within 48 hours.

Publishing process

The publication procedure of the manuscripts within the Mexican Bioethics Review ICSA includes the following phases:

a. SHIPPING (Reception of manuscripts)
b. REVIEW (Evaluation of manuscripts)
c. EDITING (Sending the Webmetrics)
d. PRODUCTION
e. PUBLICATION

A manuscript cannot enter a phase without the previous one having been completed, so the criteria that differentiate each of the publication stages must be clearly identified by the author and the editorial committee itself. See Authors Guide

Publication Frequency

Mexican Bioethics Review ICSA is a biannual journal, published at the beginning of each period (January and July).

Months covered by the publication period of the issues: January-June and July-December.

Editorial flow

Open Access Policy

This is an open-access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author.

The journal is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), which allows the user to copy and distribute the material in any medium or format, under the following terms:

Attribution: Adequate recognition of the authorship of the journal, indicating the source.
Non-Commercial: the material may not be used for commercial purposes.
No Derivatives: the material may not be distributed if it has been modified or altered.

Ethical Code

Authors' commitments

Originality and plagiarism: The authors should guarantee that all manuscripts submitted to Mexican Bioethics Review ICSA are original and unpublished. Besides, the authors confirm the veracity of the data, i.e., that the empirical data have not been altered to validate the hypothesis.
Authorship: Authors guarantee that the manuscript belongs to people who sign it. The condition of the author implies active participation in the realization of the presented article, in writing text and in revisions of the same one. At the same time, authors have been organized hierarchically according to their level of responsibility and their respective roles.
Conflict of interest and disclosure: All authors must declare that there are no conflicts of interest that may have influenced the results, and authors must also indicate information about research funding and/or the project from which the article arises.
Responsibility: The responsibility for the content of the articles published in Mexican Bioethics Review ICSA is exclusive to the authors. The authors also undertake to make a review of the most current and relevant scientific literature of the topic analyzed.
Attributions, citations, and references: The author must always provide the correct indication of the sources and contributions mentioned in the article.

Reviewers' commitments

Contribution to the editorial decision: Peer-review is a procedure that helps editors make decisions about the proposed articles and also allows the author to improve the quality of the articles submitted for publication. The reviewers assume the commitment to carry out a critical, honest, and constructive review of both the scientific quality and the literary quality of the writing in the field of their knowledge and skills.
Respect for review times: Reviewer who does not feel competent in the subject to be reviewed or who cannot finish the evaluation at the scheduled time, must immediately notify the editors. The reviewers undertake to evaluate the works in the shortest possible time to respect the deadlines, given that in Mexican Bioethics Review ICSA the custody limits of the manuscripts are limited and inflexible due to respect for the authors and their works.
Confidentiality: Each assigned manuscript must be considered confidential. Therefore, these texts should not be discussed with other people without the express consent of the editors.
Objectivity: Reviewers are required to give sufficient reasons for each of their assessments, presenting a complete critical report with appropriate references; especially if it is proposed that the manuscript be rejected. They are required to warn editors if substantial parts of the manuscript have already been published or are under review for another publication.
Anonymity: To ensure that the review process is as objective, impartial and transparent as possible, the authors' identity is deleted before the manuscript is submitted for peer-review. If it is the case that the identity of the authors, their institutional affiliations or any other data that expose the anonymity of the manuscript has been compromised, the reviewer must immediately notify the editors.

Editors' commitments

Publication decision: Editors will guarantee the selection of the most qualified reviewers and scientists scientifically to issue a critical and expert appreciation of the manuscript, with the least possible prejudice. Mexican Bioethics Review ICSA decides to select at least 2 external reviewers for each manuscript to guarantee objectivity in the review process.
Honesty: Editors evaluate the articles submitted for publication based on the scientific quality of the contents, without distinction of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, nationality, political opinion of the authors.
Confidentiality: Editors and Editorial Committee undertake themselves to the confidentiality of the manuscripts, authors, and reviewers so that anonymity preserves the intellectual integrity of the entire process.
Conflict of interests and disclosure: Editors agree not to use the contents of the articles submitted for publication in their investigations without the signed authorization of the author.
Respect of times: Editors are maximum responsible for the accomplishment of the time limits for the revisions and the publication of the accepted manuscripts, to guarantee a fast diffusion of results.

Mexican Bioethics Review ICSA adheres to COPE's Core Practices (http://www.publicationethics.org).

Copyright

In the event that the manuscript is accepted for publication, the authors maintain the copyright of their published articles without restrictions and permanently grant Mexican Bioethics Review ICSA the right of publication, reproduction, distribution, exhibition and national and international dissemination of your work to preserve it and make it open access in whole or in part through the current institutional digital media and channels, databases, repositories and portals under the same license of original use of publication in the scientific bulletin or of the same characteristics.

APC Processing Charge

Mexican Bioethics Review ICSA has no article processing charge (APC), which includes:

Shipping
Reception
Preliminary review
Peer review
Editing
Publication
DOI Assignment
Marking

Plagiarism detection

All manuscripts submitted to the Mexican Bioethics Review ICSA will be subjected to plagiarism detection tools: EduBirdie, Plagius, and Plag, which analyze texts for matches to ensure their originality. This is done by the Editor-in-Chief upon receiving the submission and before starting the peer review process. If plagiarism or self-plagiarism is detected in a manuscript submitted for publication, the procedure detailed by COPE will be followed as outlined in the following diagram.

Errata and Retractions

Mexican Bioethics Review ICSA follows the recommendations issued by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) in relation to Correction, Retraction, and Republication, in order to avoid bad scientific practices, being willing to publish corrections, clarifications and retractions when necessary according to the following types of errors:

Errata - Unintentional Errors (errors in sampling, procedures, failure to reproduce results, accidental omission of information about methods or data analysis): When an author or other person on the committee discovers an error or significant inaccuracy in their published work, it is their obligation to immediately notify the newsletter and support, as applicable, to correct the document.
The editor-in-chief, together with his editorial committee, will evaluate the situation and if there is an erratum, the published document will be corrected and updated, attaching a second document. that uses the corresponding template of the bulletin, which must contain and indicate the following:
1. The modification date.
2. Indicate exactly the parts of the document that were corrected or modified, showing the before and after.
3. If necessary, the justification for the reasons for the change must be included.
4. It must contain the information regarding the title of the affected manuscript, the numbers corresponding to the volume, number and year of publication of the original.
5. You must include the approval signature of the editor in chief who validates said procedure.
6. If there are future corrections, they must be updated in the latest modified version of the attached document, maintaining all previous versions of the incidents. This to keep track of events.
Retractions – Voluntary errors (forgery, fabrication or plagiarism): In the event that an article already published presents substantive errors detected by the author and that attempts against scientific quality, may request withdrawal or correction. But, if plagiarism, prior publication, unethical conduct or error is detected by a third party, it is the obligation and responsibility of the author to publicly retract, which will be removed or corrected immediately after a thorough analysis by the editor-in-chief who validate this event. The manuscript will be withdrawn maintaining the publication of the title, attaching a subsequent document establishing the reasons and/or causes that led to its withdrawal, which must contain:
1. The information regarding the title of the affected manuscript, volume, number and year of publication of the original.
2. Indicate the causes and/or reasons, as well as the corresponding evidence for which the retraction or withdrawal of the manuscript was carried out.
3. The date of original publication and the date of retraction or withdrawal of the manuscript.
4. You must include the approval signature of the editor in chief who validates said procedure.

It is worth mentioning that the online publication and DOI assignment to the manuscript will be maintained in either of the 2 cases. If necessary, the organizations in which the journal/bulletin is currently indexed will be notified of these corrections. scientific.

Interoperability

Mexican Bioethics Review ICSA provides the OAI-PMH protocol (Open Archives Initiative – Protocol for Metadata Harvesting) for access to the metadata of published content.

Path:
https://repository.uaeh.edu.mx/revistas/index.php/MBR/oai

Postprint

With the firm commitment and conviction of disseminating the results of scientific research and innovation as soon as possible, the manuscripts accepted for publication are presented, after a double-blind peer review process (Post-Prints). These manuscripts will appear in their final version in a future edition of the Mexican Bioethics Review ICSA and only the information related to the volume, number, date of publication and pagination will change. It is worth mentioning that each Post-Print has its own Digital Object Identifier (DOI), which can already be used for citations/references. However, it will be officially registered when the manuscript is in its final version and appears in a specific volume and number of the Mexican Bioethics Review ICSA.

Digital Preservation

In order to ensure the integrity, accessibility and long-term preservation of published content, this journal implements various digital preservation strategies. In particular, it actively participates in the following initiatives:

PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN): Preservation system driven by the Public Knowledge Project, which ensures the safeguarding of journal content that uses OJS and meets established editorial requirements.
LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe):Decentralized preservation technology that allows storing multiple copies of content in different participating libraries, guaranteeing its recovery in case of loss or damage.
CLOCKSS (Controlled LOCKSS):Controlled variant of LOCKSS, managed by academic libraries and publishers, which offers a reliable and permanent archiving solution.

These tools allow the safeguarding of articles and editorial materials through distributed and secure copies, reinforcing the journal's commitment to the continuous availability of scientific knowledge.