Ethical aspects

1. Plagiarism, Conflicts of Interest, and Other Ethical Considerations

ANTEC: Revista Peruana de Investigación Musical establishes ethical guidelines aimed at safeguarding academic integrity, transparency, and adherence to best practices in scientific research and scholarly publishing. The following sections outline the journal’s policies regarding plagiarism, conflicts of interest, and other ethical considerations.

1.1. Plagiarism

ANTEC maintains a strict policy against plagiarism, which is applied from the initial stage of the editorial process, known as the pre-review or editorial screening stage. During this phase, the journal’s Editorial Team uses Turnitin to conduct a comprehensive similarity analysis of all submitted manuscripts.

This screening procedure is applied to all manuscripts that successfully complete the initial editorial assessment and are considered suitable for external peer review. The journal reserves the right to reject manuscripts that exceed the established similarity threshold.

1.2. Conflicts of Interest

At ANTEC: Revista Peruana de Investigación Musical, it is essential that authors, editors responsible for manuscript evaluation, and both internal and external reviewers disclose any conflicts of interest that may influence the manuscript or its evaluation and publication process.

If authors declare a conflict of interest, this information will be communicated to the reviewers assigned to evaluate the manuscript. Likewise, potential reviewers who identify conflicts of interest with the authors or with the subject matter of the manuscript are expected to decline participation in the review process.

ANTEC is committed to selecting reviewers based on both their academic expertise and their relevance to the subject area of the manuscript. In cases of disagreement or controversy, the journal will address the matter through its Editorial Team, which will act as the decision-making body.

The journal also adopts all reasonable measures to identify and prevent the publication of manuscripts involving research misconduct. Under no circumstances will the journal knowingly encourage or permit unethical practices.

If the Editor or Editors of the journal receive allegations of editorial misconduct, such cases will be addressed appropriately and in accordance with established procedures. Actions may include the correction or retraction of published articles, as well as the publication of errata, clarifications, retraction notices, or apologies, as appropriate.

For the resolution of disputes, ANTEC follows the guidelines of COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) whenever applicable.

1.3. Ethical Considerations

All individuals involved in the publication process of each issue of ANTEC must comply with the ethical standards and codes of conduct established below.

1.3.1. Editorial Team

The Editorial Team is responsible for ensuring that all editorial processes are conducted in a fair, honest, impartial, transparent, organized, and timely manner.
The evaluation and selection of manuscripts must be carried out objectively, based solely on the quality of the manuscript’s content and scholarly contribution, without consideration of factors such as race, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, or any other personal characteristic of the author.
Each manuscript must be evaluated by a minimum of two independent external reviewers. Reviewer selection must be based on academic qualifications, expertise in the relevant field, and the absence of relationships or circumstances that could compromise the objectivity and impartiality of the peer-review process.
Authors must be informed in a timely manner of the outcomes of the evaluation process for their submissions, as well as the status of their manuscripts throughout the editorial and production stages.
The confidentiality of all documents and communications submitted by authors and other journal contributors must be protected. The use of unpublished material for personal purposes without the explicit consent of the corresponding authors or contributors is strictly prohibited.
All individuals involved in editorial processes must disclose any potential conflicts of interest that may arise during manuscript evaluation or other editorial activities. Such conflicts may be personal, political, professional, institutional, or of another nature. Individuals must refrain from participating in the evaluation of a manuscript if they have previously contributed to its preparation or maintain a close relationship with the author.

1.3.2. Authors

Plagiarism and self-plagiarism are strictly prohibited. These practices include the total or partial reproduction of content, as well as the inappropriate use of citations, whether intentional or unintentional, from third-party works or from the author’s own previous publications. If full or partial plagiarism is detected in a submitted manuscript, the work will not proceed to evaluation or publication.
The reuse of previously published material by the author is permitted only when it is properly cited and referenced. Likewise, if the manuscript derives from or is based on an academic working paper authored by the researcher, this circumstance must be explicitly disclosed at the beginning of the article.
Authors may include images considered necessary for the development of their manuscript, provided that they are relevant to the research and that their authorship is clearly indicated or, when applicable, the appropriate source is cited.
When a manuscript is submitted by more than one author (co-authorship), the corresponding author is understood to have obtained the consent of all co-authors for submission.
In cases involving disputes or disagreements regarding the authorship of a submitted or published manuscript, the journal will follow the procedures established by the guidelines and flowcharts of COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics).
Authors must disclose any financial support, funding, or personal assistance received from institutions or individuals in the preparation of their work.
Authors are responsible for the content of their manuscripts, both in the submitted version and in the published version. The content is presumed to have been prepared in good faith and without the intention of improperly harming or benefiting third parties, unless evidence demonstrates otherwise.
During the editorial process, ANTEC provides authors with different versions of the manuscript. These versions do not alter the intellectual content of the work but may include formal adjustments and academic style corrections. Authors are responsible for reviewing and approving these modifications. Approval is formalized when the author returns the validated manuscript to the Editorial Team for publication.
By authorizing publication of the article through the signing of the "ANTEC Journal Author Forms", the author acknowledges the transfer of exclusive economic rights related to the distribution and dissemination of the article. Consequently, any subsequent republication of the article in another medium requires prior authorization from ANTEC. Authors may not obtain financial benefits from the distribution of the article without the explicit authorization of the journal, as the rights related to layout and editorial production belong exclusively to ANTEC.

1.3.3. Other Contributors

Academic reviewers or peer reviewers must treat all materials received during the review process as confidential. They must not discuss, comment on, or share information contained in the manuscript with third parties, nor contact authors directly without explicit authorization from the Editorial Team. Likewise, reviewers are prohibited from using ideas, arguments, or information contained in unpublished manuscripts under evaluation unless explicit authorization has been granted by the authors.
Manuscript evaluations must be conducted according to objective criteria, avoiding any form of personal bias or prejudice.
Academic reviewers and peer reviewers agree to comply with the deadlines established by the Editorial Team when accepting a manuscript review assignment. In exceptional circumstances, reviewers may request an extension, which will be subject to evaluation and approval by the Editorial Team.

2. Research Ethics

Authors must ensure that research submitted to ANTEC: Revista Peruana de Investigación Musical complies with the ethical principles applicable to academic and scientific research. Where applicable, manuscripts must indicate that informed consent has been obtained from participants involved in interviews, testimonies, audiovisual documentation, sound recordings, or other research procedures involving human subjects.

Research involving fieldwork, communities, cultural heritage, historical documentation, archives, sound recordings, or cultural expressions must comply with current legal and institutional regulations and must obtain the necessary permissions for the use and dissemination of research materials.

Authors are responsible for ensuring the proper acknowledgment of all sources, testimonies, images, musical scores, sound recordings, documents, and other materials used in their research, while respecting copyright and applicable intellectual property regulations.

When a research project requires review or approval by an institutional ethics committee, authors must declare such approval in the manuscript or in the supplementary documentation submitted to the journal.