About the Journal

Approach and Scope of the Journal

México y la Cuenca del Pacífico (MyCP) is an academic journal that aims to contribute to the multidisciplinary research of society, culture, economics, environment and politics of the Asia-Pacific economies, as well as its regional integration processes. It is a fourth-monthly journal and pioneered its genre in Mexico and Latin America. As an open-access journal and published in both digital and printed formats, MyCP stands out as a scientific discussion forum for academics and students interested in Transpacific relations. The quality of the publications –original in their nature– is guaranteed by a strict double-blind peer review process conducted by outstanding academics. MyCP is edited by the University of Guadalajara. There are no fees on the submission and processing of articles, received both in Spanish and English. MyCP observes the guidelines established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

 

Contents of the Journal

The Journal consists of the following sections:

-  Analysis: It is the core section of the Journal. The Analysis articles focus on the study of politics, economics, environment, culture, and society of the Asia-Pacific countries, as well as on the analysis of the regional integration processes among them. All approaches and analysis must be within the Social Sciences spectrum. Articles are subject to a strict double-blind peer review process conducted by two members of the Journal’s Examination Committee.

-  Guest Opinion: The Editorial Committee invites specialists to write pieces on relevant topics related to the Journal’s area of study. The Editor and/or the Associate Editors review such contributions.

- Reviews: Critical evaluations of recently published books relevant to the Journal’s area of study. The Editor and/or the Associate Editors of the Journal evaluate the proposals of such contributions.

Articles in both Spanish and English will be published due to the Journal’s international scope.

Policies of the Journal’s Sections

 

Analysis

It is the core section of the Journal. The Analysis articles focus on the study of politics, economics, environment, culture, and society of the Asia-Pacific countries, as well as on the analysis of the regional integration processes among them. All approaches and analysis must be within the Social Sciences spectrum. Articles are subject to a strict double-blind peer review process conducted by two members of the Journal’s Examination Committee.

Reviews

Reviews should be a critical evaluation of a recently published work relevant to the Journal’s area of study. The Editor and/or the Associate Editors of the Journal evaluate such contributions.

 

Peer Review Process

All manuscripts submitted for publication are subject to review by the Editorial Committee. Manuscripts may be rejected during this stage, even before they reach the peer review process, if deemed as unrelated to the Journal’s subject matter or below quality standards. In such case, authors will receive a prompt response before the rest of the evaluation process is undertaken. Manuscripts approved in the previous stage are subject to a double-blind peer review process. Based on such evaluations, manuscripts will be labeled as one of the following:

  • Printable with no substantial changes.
  • Requires minor corrections.
  • Requires moderate corrections.
  • Revise and send again.
  • Not printable.

 

 

Publication Ethics

Manuscripts submitted for publication in MyCP must be unpublished and provide a significant contribution to the study of politics, economics, environment, culture and society of Asia-Pacific countries, as well as to the analysis of regional integration processes among them.

Manuscripts submitted to the Journal must comply with strict publication standards. Counterfeiting or fabricating information and plagiarism (including duplicate publication of the authors' own work without proper citation) are not practices accepted by this Journal. MyCP reserves the right to use anti-plagiarism software during the evaluation of the manuscripts.

Prior to the publication of their pieces, authors must submit a signed letter declaring that such work has not been published and will not be published in another diffusion outlet, whether Mexican or international.

Furthermore, in a footnote in the first page of the article authors must disclose all funding sources, if any.

Code of Ethics

México y la Cuenca del Pacífico adheres to the code of ethics for the performance of those involved in the publishing process (Executive Committee, Editorial Board, authors and examiners) as issued by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE); this organism was established in 1997 and currently has over 12,000 affiliates from all around the world. Available for consultation at publicationethics.org.

México y la Cuenca del Pacífico will ensure that the corresponding best practices are closely linked to the following standards:

Code of Ethics for examiners

  • Examiners will only accept the manuscripts if the subject matter matches their area of expertise.
  • Examiners will deliver the evaluation on or before deadline (three weeks). Examiners must inform the Journal if they will not be able to deliver the examination on time and in such case may request an extension.
  • Examiners promise not to involve any other party in the manuscript review process and will respect confidentiality during and after such process.
  • Should a conflict of interest that could affect the impartial opinion on the submitted manuscript arise, the examiner must notify the Technical-Administrative Editor, who will propose a new examiner.
  • Examiners may suggest changes that could improve the manuscript. In order to do so, the examiner must fill the evaluation form after accepting to perform the assessment, in which they must justify each of the proposed modifications.
  • Examiners will inform the Journal of similarities between the manuscript and other reviewed articles or any kind of plagiarism.

Code of Ethics for the Executive Committee

The Editor undertakes to inform the readers of the steps followed to ensure that the pieces published in the Journal were impartially and objectively examined by the Executive Committee and the Examination Committee, and to declare any possible conflict of interests over the editorial process due to institutional affiliation, ethical stance, kinship, or personal or work relationship.

  • The Editor guarantees to protect the intellectual property and copyright of the pieces.
  • The Editor undertakes to submit manuscripts to an assessment process performed by examiners qualified and specialized in each topic.
  • Authors will receive full examinations.
  • The Editor’s decision to accept or reject a manuscript for publication will be pursuant to its relevance and contributions to the topic, as well as originality and clarity.
  • In the case of misconduct, the Editor will follow COPE’s codes and flowcharts: https://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts
  • The Editor will make the final decision on the publication or rejection of a manuscript.
  • The Editor and his/her work team undertake not to disclose any information regarding the manuscripts submitted for publication to people alien to the Editorial Board, the authors or the examiners.
  • The double-blind peer review process will be observed by avoiding any indication of authorship. The identity of examiners is also confidential.
  • Except for institutional affiliation, email address, ORCID ID number and other information that the authors may request to be included in the published articles, the authors’ personal information is confidential.

Code of Ethics for authors 

  • Authors must submit their manuscripts to México y la Cuenca del Pacíficothrough the Open Journal System (OJS) platform.
  • Manuscripts submitted for publication inMyCP must be unpublished and should make a significant contribution to the study of politics, economics, environment, culture and society of the Asia-Pacific countries, as well as to the analysis of regional integration processes among them.
  • Authors must adhere to strict publication standards. Counterfeiting or fabricating information as well as plagiarism (including duplicate publication of the authors' own work without proper citation) are not practices accepted by this journal. MyCP reserves the right to use anti-plagiarism software during the evaluation of the manuscripts.
  • Authors must disclose all funding sources, if any, in a footnote in the first page of the article.
  • Authors that submit a manuscript must indicate the order of authorship in a fair manner according to the contribution of each member; MyCP will not alter such order. Candidates are responsible for giving each author their corresponding role (author, co-author, assistant, acknowledged collaborator, etc.) and timely communicate it to the Editor. Involved collaborators must solve all issues related to authorship before submitting their manuscript. All collaborators listed as authors take responsibility for the contents of the manuscript. The number of collaborators must correspond to the functions performed during research and drafting of the manuscript, as well as to the requirements of the field of study. For avoidance of doubt, consult COPE guidelines on authorship. Should a dispute over authorship arise, the Editor, assisted by the Editorial Board, might withdraw a manuscript from the examination process, reject the submission or retract the published article from the Journal platform until the situation is resolved.

 

Detection of misconduct

Malpractice will be identified by the Editorial Team, the Editor, examiners or readers. Upon detection, allegations will be heard, provided they are justified and supported by evidence. In order to attend such instances, and to the extent it is suitable, COPE flowcharts will be adapted to the Journal’s structure and used as support and reference.

Some examples of malpractice in authorship are: plagiarism, self-plagiarism, previous publication of the same material, falsification of the research data and results, among others.

The first respondent will be the Editor, who will contact the author(s) suspected of malpractice to inform them about the controversy and request a reply to the allegation, without disclosing the name of the person who lodged the complaint. Should the author not submit a satisfactory response, an investigation will ensue.

The case will be exposed to the members of the Editorial Board, who collectively will make a decision based on the evidence and the severity of the case. Such decision may lead to the withdrawal of the manuscript from the review or editing process or the retraction of the article from the Journal’s website.

 

Serious malpractice

If misconduct is serious and implies a violation of the law, the case will be referred to the Office of the General Lawyer of the University of Guadalajara, where the appropriate process will be followed.

If deemed necessary and/or useful for the scientific community, the University or Research Center to which the indicted author is affiliated will be informed of the circumstances. The corresponding government agencies (CONACYT, in the case of Mexico) may also be informed.

 

Attention to complaints

Complaints from authors will be received by the Editor, provided they are backed by evidence. Once admitted, such complaints will be addressed to the extent possible following COPE regulations and flowcharts, as well as the Journal’s internal rules.

Under no circumstances shall the process of complaint resolution disclose the identity of the examiners. Any complaint about a review process will be addressed as long as the author identifies possible mistakes in the manuscript review process; notwithstanding, the examiners’ aptitude will never be called into question.

The Editor will only accept complaints if they are supported by arguments and evidence necessary to take the case into consideration. If necessary, the Editor may request the support of the Editorial Board or a single member specialized in the topic addressed by the corresponding article.

 

Detection of Plagiarism

México y la Cuenca del Pacífico uses Plagiarism Checking Software to detect illegal duplicates. Submitted manuscripts will undergo a plagiarism check process before reaching Editorial and academic review; manuscripts will be rejected if the similarity score regarding another piece published or available online is over 35%. This rule does not apply to pieces published as working papers (own authorship texts that have not gone through an arbitration process and whose publication aims to promote discussion and suggestions for revision before publication).

If plagiarism is detected or reported in a published text, the procedure to follow is the one COPE outlines in the following flowchart: https://doi.org/10.24318/cope.2019.2.1

 

Implications for authors and examiners

  • The Editor will inform the author or examiner in written that malpractice has been detected, explaining the inappropriate publishing behavior and acting as a warning.
  • The Editor will provide the institution to which the author or examiner is affiliated with a written report.
  • The Editor will retract the manuscript from the Journal’s processes.

 

Implications for the Executive Committee

In the event of complaints about bad practices by the Executive Committee members, the case will be referred by the Editor or the Technical-Administrative Editor to the Editorial Board, which in turn will discuss the possibility of removing him/her/them from the Executive Committee.

 

Post-publication discussions and corrections

México y la Cuenca del Pacífico and the Editor commit themselves to having a written discussion in the case of articles already published, as well as executing mechanisms to correct, review or withdraw articles after publication.

 

 

Publication Frequency

México y la Cuenca del Pacífico is a four-monthly academic Journal. New issues are therefore published on January 1st, May 1st and September 1st.

 

Open Access Policy

This journal provides open access to all its contents, in adherence to the principle that making research freely available supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

MyCP is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial license, also known as CC BY-NC.

Contents are published in both PDF and XML formats.

Authors who publish in México y la Cuenca del Pacífico must accept the following conditions:

Pursuant to Mexican copyright laws, México y la Cuenca del Pacífico acknowledges and respects the authors’ moral right and ownership of property rights, which will be assigned to the University of Guadalajara to publish the articles in an open-access mode.

México y la Cuenca del Pacífico does not charge the authors any fees for receiving and processing their articles.

Authors are permitted to enter into other independent and additional contractual agreements for the non-exclusive distribution of the article version published in México y la Cuenca del Pacífico (for example, publishing it in an institutional repository or in other printed or electronic media) as long as they clearly state that the piece was originally published in México y la Cuenca del Pacífico.

Pursuant to the above, once the article is approved for publication, authors must send the Assignment of Rights Agreement form duly filled and signed. This form must be sent to mexicoylacuenca@gmail.com as a PDF file.

Readers/users of México y la Cuenca del Pacífico can freely access the journal new issues as soon as they are uploaded. Readers/users are allowed to cite, share (both electronically and physically), print and distribute the material, provided they expressly state that the work was originally published in México y la Cuenca del Pacífico. Contents are to be properly cited and never for commercial purposes.

 

Responsibilities of the Editor, Editorial Team, Editorial Board and Examination Committee

Editor

The Editor is mainly responsible for supervising all areas involved in the production of the journal; i.e., editorial, legal and dissemination matters. Furthermore, the Editor convenes the Editorial Board and constantly coordinates with the Examination Committee, examiners and collaborators.

Technical-Administrative Editor and Executive Committee

They are responsible for the following activities:

  • Inform the Editorial Board about the Journal’s editorial policy and the appointment of new Editorial Board and Examination Committee members for approval.
  • Submit periodical reports on the functioning and achievements of the Journal to the Editorial Board.
  • Propose examiners and track the reviewing process manuscripts submitted for publication.
  • Coordinate the editing of the Journal’s electronic version.
  • Attend workshops on journal editing organized by the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT).
  • Coordinate the incorporation of MyCP to national and international indexes.
  • Disseminate the Journal in electronic fora.

Editorial Board

The MyCP Editorial Board is composed of distinguished specialists in Asia-Pacific affiliated in national and international academic institutions. The Board helps in the design of the Journal’s editorial policy and to approve the appointment of new Editorial Board and Examination Committee members.

Examination Committee

The Examination Committee is composed of well-known specialists in Asia-Pacific affiliated in national and international academic institutions. The main function of this Committee is to perform double-blind reviews of the manuscripts submitted to the Journal for publication.

The Examination Committee also assists in inquiries on editorial affairs and in the dissemination of the journal’s contents.

 

 

Intellectual, patrimonial and publishing property

Ideas, procedures, operating methods or concepts expressed in the articles are the exclusive responsibility of the author/authors and do not necessarily reflect the point of view of México y la Cuenca del Pacífico. Thus, any partial or total reproduction by the author/authors of the articles, its contents or images, and electronic storage is authorized, provided it is for non-profit or strictly academic purposes. Authors compromise to always cite their sources and provide México y la Cuenca del Pacífico with authorial and publication credits.

Authors who publish in México y la Cuenca del Pacífico may distribute, combine, edit, and create further information from their work, provided they clearly and expressly declare that the article was originally published in México y la Cuenca del Pacífico.

Authors who publish in this Journal agree to the following terms:

  1. Authors retain copyright and assign the right of first publication to the Journal.
  2. Authors may enter into separate or additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the Journal's published version of the work (e.g., publish it in an institutional repository or as a book chapter), provided the original publication in this Journal is acknowledged.
  3. Authors must sign an assignment of rights agreement.

 

Interoperability

México y la Cuenca del Pacífico has an interoperability protocol (OAI-PMH: Open Archives Initiatives – Protocol for Metadata Harvesting). If any institution is interested in sharing the information that is published, please contact us at mexicoylacuenca@gmail.com

 

Statistics

México y la Cuenca del Pacífico uses Google Analytics for statistical purposes, as it generates usage statistics whose access is limited to the MyCP staff.

People interested in consulting the statistics can freely do so through ClustrMaps, from the Journal platform or directly at https://clustrmaps.com/site/1ahqz

 

Digital Preservation

This journal uses the LOCKSS system to create a file that is distributed to participating libraries, allowing them to create permanent documents of the journal for preservation and restoration purposes.

 

Ownership

Universidad de Guadalajara

Centro de Universitario de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades

Departamento de Estudios del Pacífico

 

Fees and Charges

México y la Cuenca del Pacífico charges no article processing fees (APCs) nor article submission fees.