Ethical oversight policy

Concordia, Revista de Administración y Educación is committed to ensuring compliance with ethical principles in both research and scientific publishing. The journal aligns its processes with international standards for academic integrity, editorial best practices, and scientific responsibility.

Author Declarations: Authors are required to declare, where applicable, that their research was conducted in accordance with ethical principles concerning informed consent, confidentiality, institutional authorization, personal data protection, voluntary participation, and the responsible use of information.

Human Participants and Institutional Contexts: In studies involving individuals, educational institutions, businesses, organizations, communities, students, faculty, executives, employees, or vulnerable populations, authors must specify the ethical protocols applied and the measures taken to protect the identity and rights of the participants.

Documentation and Verification: When necessitated by the nature of the research, the journal reserves the right to request official evidence of approval from an Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board (IRB), institutional authorization letters, informed consent forms, or other documentation that substantiates the ethical compliance of the study.

Sensitive Information and Materials: The use of photographs, testimonials, institutional names, images, databases, or sensitive information must be backed by the corresponding legal authorizations. Furthermore, such content must be handled to ensure it does not cause harm, undue exposure, or detriment to the individuals or institutions involved.

Research misconduct policy

Concordia, Revista de Administración y Educación publishes works derived from scientific, academic, or professional research processes conducted with methodological rigor, transparency, and ethical responsibility.

Research misconduct is defined as any practice that compromises the truthfulness, reliability, or integrity of the submitted work. This includes, but is not limited to:

• Data Fabrication: The invention of data or results.
• Falsification or Manipulation: The alteration of results, research instruments, surveys, interviews, or experimental records.
• Fraudulent Referencing: The inclusion of non-existent citations or false references.
• Visual Manipulation: The deceptive alteration of images, tables, or charts.
• Intentional Omission: The deliberate withholding of relevant information or conflicting data.
• Unsubstantiated Findings: The presentation of results that lack methodological support or empirical evidence.
• False Declarations: Misrepresentation concerning ethical approval, funding sources, or informed consent.

Verification and Oversight: During the evaluation process, editors and reviewers will assess the coherence among the study’s objectives, methodology, results, discussion, and conclusions. The journal reserves the right to request supplemental information from authors, including raw datasets, research instruments, field evidence, institutional authorizations, or any documentation supporting the validity of the research.

Sanctions: The detection of fraud, manipulation, or falsification will result in the immediate rejection of the manuscript. If misconduct is identified after publication, the journal will issue a formal retraction and, where appropriate, notify the authors' affiliated institutions and relevant regulatory bodies.

Plagiarism and self-plagiarism policy

Plagiarism Policy: Concordia, Revista de Administración y Educación maintains a zero-tolerance policy toward all forms of plagiarism, self-plagiarism, data duplication, redundant publication, misappropriation of ideas, verbatim copying without proper attribution, paraphrasing without citation, source manipulation, or the unauthorized use of third-party content.

Manuscripts submitted to the journal must adhere to the following criteria:

• Originality: Submissions must be original and unpublished.
• Prior Publication: They must not have been previously published in any language.
• Exclusive Submission: They must not be under simultaneous consideration by any other journal.
• Proper Attribution: All citations, references, tables, figures, charts, images, and other supporting materials must be correctly presented and credited.
• Source Recognition: Authors must clearly acknowledge all sources of information, data, instruments, scales, theoretical models, or previously published content.
• Research Integrity: Authors must avoid the unjustified fragmentation of research into multiple articles (commonly known as "salami slicing") when such practice compromises originality or results in the duplication of findings.

Similarity Detection: All received manuscripts undergo editorial screening and may be evaluated using text-similarity detection software (e.g., Turnitin or iThenticate). The detection of overlapping text does not automatically constitute plagiarism; however, the editorial team will rigorously analyze the origin, extent, nature, and relevance of any identified matches.

Editorial Actions: If plagiarism, duplication, or the misuse of information is detected, the journal reserves the right to reject the manuscript, request formal clarification from the authors, or suspend the editorial process. If the article has already been published, the journal may issue a correction, a formal retraction, or a withdrawal of the work, depending on the severity of the infringement and following COPE guidelines.

Third-Party Rights: Authors are solely responsible for ensuring that all materials included in the manuscript, such as tables, photographs, figures, instruments, scales, databases, or appendices, have the necessary permissions and do not infringe upon any existing copyrights.

Conflict of interest policy

Concordia, Revista de Administración y Educación establishes rigorous mechanisms to prevent, identify, and manage potential conflicts of interest throughout all stages of the editorial process.

Definition: A conflict of interest is defined as any personal, academic, institutional, financial, professional, or political situation that could influence, or reasonably appear to influence, the objectivity of an author, editor, or reviewer.

Author Responsibilities: Authors must disclose any potential conflicts of interest related to their research. This includes, but is not limited to, research funding, institutional affiliations, employment history, consultancies, commercial interests, project participation, hierarchical relationships, or any other condition that could potentially bias the interpretation of the findings.

Reviewer Responsibilities: Reviewers must recuse themselves from evaluating manuscripts when a conflict of interest exists regarding the authors, institutions, research topics, or funding sources. Furthermore, they are required to notify the editor of any circumstance that might compromise their impartiality.

Editor Responsibilities: Editors shall not participate in editorial decisions when they have a direct relationship with the authors, institutions, projects, or specific content of a manuscript. In such instances, the management of the manuscript will be delegated to another member of the editorial board to ensure an independent assessment.

Anonymity and Neutrality: To further safeguard objectivity, the journal employs a double-blind peer review process, ensuring that authors and reviewers remain anonymous to one another. Consequently, authors are required to submit an anonymized version of their manuscript, stripped of any identifying metadata or information.