About the Journal

Focus of the journal

Espacio Matemático Journal is dedicated to the promotion, development and information on the Mathematical Olympiads at Latin American level with some initial objectives: to provide useful material for the teaching practice and self-training of the teaching staff, to contribute to the construction of a specific field of mathematics teaching , create networks for the exchange of ideas, initiatives and experiences among teachers, favor the renewal of the pedagogical discourse, seek an intellectual and practical influence that allows the development of innovative educational ideas to be transferred to the participation and success in this type of competences and to their practice in the school environment and give a place for the discussion of the didactic experiences of peers.

Ethical considerations

Espacio Matemático Journal follows the ethics code of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Any ethical issues or misconduct arising during the submitting, reviewing, assessing, and publishing processes will be resolved following COPE’s principles and recommendations. 

https://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines-new/principles-transparency-and-best-practice-scholarly-publishing

https://publicationethics.org/guidance/Flowcharts

Originality: The authors must guarantee that the submitted work has been entirely written by them; that the work is original, and it has not been published or under considered for publication somewhere else in any language. Manuscripts which are derived from thesis should not have their rights compromised and it is recommended to make them invisible in institutional repositories during the evaluation process. All used tables, figures and images must have authorization for their use in case they are protected by copyright and must cite the source if not. Pre-release versions published on pre-print sites are not accepted in order to guarantee the double-blind evaluation process.

Any author misconduct not clarified or resolved satisfactorily will be grounds for rejection at any stage of the process. COPE defines the following as major misconduct:

Plagiarism or self-plagiarism: refers to the use of your own or others’ information without proper recognition (citation), including tables, figures, or images. Before carrying out any review process, Journal will analyze the submitted manuscripts using Turnitin software as an anti-plagiarism mechanism.  This percentage may be higher for review works; the editorial team will analyze the review’s contribution to knowledge. 

Recycling: involves duplicating large portions of a previously published text or the fragmentation of a study into two or more articles. Authors must ensure transparency by inexorably quoting previously published works in the new manuscript, citing them appropriately. Please note that Journal is not interested in publishing works with marginal contributions derived from the author’s own previous publications or other’s previous research.

Fabricated information: involves inventing, recycling, falsifying, plagiarizing, or self-plagiarizing at any research stage. Authorship conflicts, information misuse, or evaluation by external evaluators are also considered misconduct.

Authorship conflicts: authorship requires a significant contribution in writing the manuscript. By submitting a manuscript, all the authors agree that they approve the final version and consent to its submission. Upon the manuscript’s approval for publication, all the authors will be responsible for the information it contains. The authors will be responsible for solving any conflicts. Journal adheres to the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) criteria defining authorship, in which an author must meet the following four criteria to be considered as such:

  1. An author makes substantial contributions to the conception, design, acquisition, analysis, and interpretation of the research data.
  2. An author actively participates in the writing of the manuscript, and reviews the manuscript contents’ scientific, academic, or intellectual contributions of the.
  3. An author approves the final version of the manuscript.
  4. An author agrees and is responsible for all aspects related to the manuscript contents’ veracity and integrity.

 

After a manuscript is accepted, authorship changes must be made through a letter or email to the Editor-in-Chief. The corresponding co-author must comprehensively state and justify the change and copy all the co-authors, including the person added or removed. The editor-in-chief will decide if the arguments are sufficient to accept the change.

Conflict of interest: every manuscript submitted must include a statement of possible conflicts of interest, financial or non-financial, that may have arisen during the research and may cause bias (up to 3 years after the work is published). If any, the conflict-of-interest declaration must indicate the funding source and any conflicts of interest that the authors may have. The consulted source must authorize the use of private information.

Requests or complaints: if an author, reviewer, reader, or other external person identifies misconduct, they may send the Editor-in-Chief a complaint or request through email (editor@espaciomatematico.com). The editorial team will further analyze and handle the misconduct according to the COPE guidelines.

Expressions of concern: if misconduct is informed or detected, the Editor-in-Chief will alert the authors. The alert will be issued if there is evidence that the article is based on unreliable data.