About the Journal
Open Access Policy
Researchers at the Research Institute of the Peruvian Amazon (IIAP) are committed to disseminating the products of their research and academic work as widely as possible. In line with this commitment, the IIAP Editorial Committee adopts the following open access policy for Folia Amazónica:
Each researcher / author grants IIAP permission to make their academic articles accessible and to exercise author rights on those articles. More specifically, each researcher / author grants IIAP a non-exclusive, irrevocable and worldwide license to exercise any right related to the Copyright of their academic article, in any medium, provided that the articles are not commercialized or used for commercial purposes. The policy applies to all written or co-written scholarly articles whose author has voluntarily submitted their manuscript to the journal.
Plagiarism Prevention and Detection Policy
Manuscripts are examined with anti-plagiarism software to detect any similarity with another publication. Plagiarism can also be identified during the editor's review and in the peer review process.
If plagiarism is detected, we will proceed according to COPE guidelines. For unintentional plagiarism, the author will be notified, correction and citation of the source will be requested. If the author does not correct the observations, the manuscript will be rejected. In case of evident plagiarism, the manuscript will be rejected or the publication will be retracted, communicating the fault to the authors, to their institutions of affiliation and to the entities that financed the research.
Retraction and Correction Policy
Folia Amazónica may publish corrections and retractions when necessary.
Retractions will be made in cases of plagiarism, repeated publication, problems in peer review, unauthorized use of data, copyright infringement, conflict of interest, manipulation of results, among others. The retraction implies the replacement of the article with a note referring to the document that has been removed from the journal.
In case of minor corrections, a correction document will be published, the original article is maintained with a note referring to the correction document.
Arbitration and Review Process
Folia Amazónica is peer-reviewed by renowned academics and researchers affiliated with research centers and universities in Peru and around the world. An anonymous peer review process coordinated by an editor is carried out for each article. The average review time is 6 weeks from receipt of the manuscript.
Publication Frequency
Folia Amazónica is published semi-annually (2 times a year) corresponding to the following time periods:
- January - June
- July - December
And have a policy of forthcoming articles.
Archiving Policy
Folia Amazónica uses the LOCKSS system to create an archive distributed among repositories and libraries that participate in the Open Access Journals initiative, allowing these entities to create permanent archives of the journal for preservation and restoration purposes.
It has weekly backup copies of the OJS system that are stored on the local servers of the Peruvian Amazon Research Institute. This includes database, OJS system source code and pdf of the articles.
Policy on Data Sharing and Reproducibility
The journal encourages authors to exchange information that allows the reproducibility and reuse of data.
Financing of Folia Amazónica
The editorial expenses of the Folia Amazónica magazine are entirely assumed by the Research Institute of the Peruvian Amazon (IIAP).
Copyright
Upon receipt of the articles, editors and reviewers are free to suggest partial modifications of the content, without affecting the meaning of the author's arguments. After articles are accepted to be published in the journal, Folia Amazónica has the right to reproduce the contents of the articles for dissemination purposes, rightful giving credit to the authors. The authors of each article will maintain the intellectual property and rights recognized by law.
By sending and having material evaluated, Folia Amazónica assumes that the authors know and accept the following conditions:
a) The authors retain the copyrights and assign the journal the right of first publication of the work, under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which allows third parties to use what is published as long as they cite the author or authors of the work and its publication in this magazine.
This work is under a License of Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.
b) Authors are free to enter into other contractual agreements for the non-exclusive distribution of the article they publish in this journal (such as including it in an institutional collection or publishing it in a book), provided that they clearly indicate the original publication of the work in this journal.
c) The authors expressly release the Peruvian Amazon Research Institute (IIAP) from any responsibility for any legal, contractual or regulatory infringement that may be committed or may have been committed in relation to the work, obliging the institution to repair any resulting damage of the infringement of the aforementioned rights. Authors are allowed and encouraged to publish their work online (eg. in institutional or personal repositories) after the review and publication process, as it can lead to productive exchanges and greater and faster dissemination of published work.
Ethical aspects
Folia Amazónica is a publication that monitors the quality of its content and whose members exercise ethical and equitable practices in research. This statement is based on the Guidelines on Good Practice for Publications developed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and proposes a set of recommendations for each of the functions and tasks developed during the editorial process.
1. About the Articles
1.1. The data declared in articles must be real and authentic. All articles must include citations and references to the sources used.
1.2. Plagiarism, self-plagiarism, excessive self-citation, data manipulation and fraudulent data in articles are prohibited in any way. To guarantee the originality of the articles, free access anti-plagiarism software is used. It is considered an unethical practice to submit and publish the same article in more than one journal.
2. About the Author
2.1. Presenting ideas of other authors as your own is unacceptable.
2.2. The authors must report any source of funding that has allowed the study to be carried out, as well as any other commitment that may influence the interpretation of the results.
2.3. All authors are obliged to provide the necessary corrections and rectifications to observations.
3 . About the Evaluators and Reviewers
3.1. The evaluators must issue their opinion objectively and without bias.
3.2. Evaluators must any conflict of interest they may detect when reading an article that has been assigned for review to the editor in a timely manner.
3.3. Evaluators must alert any possible situation of plagiarism in a work, both partially and in the entirety of an article. The must also indicate if any theoretical source is being used in an article without being cited.
3.4. Peer review is a confidential process. Any information about the evaluated manuscripts must be kept confidential.
4. About the Editor
4.1. It is the responsibility of the editor to evaluate the articles without considering the race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, political belief, nationality, ethnic origin or personal position of the authors.
4.2. The Editors must decide which articles should be sent for peer review, as well as which ones are in a position to be published after review. In addition to preserving the confidentiality of the evaluated articles, the editor will not reveal any information about their content, subject matter, authorship, data included, analysis carried out or final conclusions.
4.3. It is up to the editor to seek to satisfy the needs of readers and authors, by aiming to constantly improve and innovate the journal, and ensure the quality of published articles.
4.4. The editor must avoid any conflict of interest with rejected or accepted articles.
4.5 The editor receives all allegations of misconduct and coordinates with the Editorial Committee for resolution according to COPE guidelines
5 . About the Editorial Committee
5.1. The Editorial Committee is responsible for monitoring and safeguarding the various aspects of the journal's editorial ethics, resolving any ethical conflict as soon as possible and in coordination with the editor, in order to maintain the integrity and academic credibility of the journal.
5.2 The Editorial Committee is prepared to request clarifications, reject the publication, withdraw the publication, publish corrections, rectifications and apologies when necessary.
