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Editorial Policies and Publication Ethics

The Journal follows the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and endorses the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals as well as the GPP3 guidelines regarding authorship.

Submission of a manuscript to the journal implies that all authors have read and agreed to its content and that the manuscript conforms to the journal’s policies.

Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints takes compliance with publication ethics from all participants in the publishing process seriously.

Only manuscripts that are original works, free of plagiarism even of the author’s own works, and are not under consideration for any other publication should be submitted for consideration. Once a manuscript has been submitted to this journal, it cannot be submitted to other publication outlets, except when peer review results in the inability of this journal to accept the work for publication.

The editors reserve the right to accept or reject any material submitted to it for consideration.

The journal does not charge any fees for processing or publishing work, the exception being, as stipulated below when a manuscript that is already undergoing copyediting is withdrawn by the author.

Works that appear in Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints Viewpoints do not represent the views and opinions of the editors and the Ateneo de Manila University.

The journal will retract works that after publication are revealed as breaching norms of research and publication ethics.

Affiliations

Authors must list in their respective bionotes all relevant affiliations to attribute where the research was approved and/or supported and/or conducted. In cases where an author has moved to a different institution before the article has been published, they should list the affiliation where the work was conducted, and the current affiliation and contact details should be listed in the acknowledgment paragraph of the Notes section. Change of affiliation alone is not a valid reason to remove an author from a publication if he or she meets the authorship criteria. For non-research submissions, authors must indicate their current institutional affiliation. Misrepresentation of affiliation is a form of misconduct, and the journal will deal will such cases by contacting all relevant institutions to assist with our investigation.

Appeals and complaints

The journal follows Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines on appeals to the editorial decisions and management of the peer-review process of the journal. We welcome genuine appeals, including concerns raised post-publication, which should be addressed to the chief editor, who shall investigate the claims by first, requesting information from all parties involved and second, proposing a course of action in line with academic ethical principles. Submissions can be halted in the review or publication process until the issue are resolved. In situations in which the chief editor is involved in the complaint, the Editorial Board members, led by the most senior member, shall investigate the claims and propose a course of action.

Acknowledgment

Individuals who participated in the development of a manuscript (e.g. general supervision, acquisition of funding, study design, data collection, data analysis, technical assistance, formatting-related writing assistance, scholarly discussions which significantly contributed to developing the article, etc.) but do not qualify as an author should be acknowledged in the opening paragraph of the Notes section. Organizations that provided support in terms of funding and/or other resources should also be acknowledged. Authors have the responsibility of notifying and obtaining permission from those they wish to identify in this section. The process of obtaining permission should include sharing the article so that those being identified can verify the context in which their contribution is being acknowledged. Any assistance from AI tools for content generation (e.g., large language models) and other similar types of technical tools must be clearly acknowledged within the article. Authors are expected to use these types of tools responsibly and in accordance with our editorial policies on authorship and principles of publishing ethics.

Authorship

Responsibility for authorship of a publication rests with those who carried out the work and submitted the manuscript. This journal is not responsible for the identification of authors nor does it settle questions of authorship.

This journal subscribes to the view that an author is one who made a significant intellectual contribution to a work and who accepts accountability for that contribution. Anyone listed as an author of a work should approve the version of the manuscript as submitted as well as the page proofs prior to publication.

Individuals whose contributions to the work do not warrant authorship should be identified by name, along with their specific contributions, in an acknowledgments section.

Should any questions about a work arise after publication, the author or authors should be willing to respond to these questions honestly and professionally.

Authorship Criteria

Authorship of a published work must be based only on substantial scholarly contribution, which may fall into at least one of the following lines of research work:

1. Conceptualizing and designing the study;
2. Processing and interpretating gathered data;
3. Drafting of the manuscript or revising it critically for important intellectual content; and
4. Giving the final approval of the version to be published.

Participation solely in the gathering of data or funding the study does not justify authorship. General supervision of the research process is not sufficient for authorship. The order of authors in the byline should be based on the relative contribution of the contributor toward the study and writing the manuscript.

Authors’ Responsibilities

Responsibility for statements and the accuracy of facts rests solely with the individual authors.

Authors are responsible for ensuring that all borrowed ideas and extracts from other works have proper attributions and that all sources are accounted for.

Authors have the responsibility to ensure that a work does not contain any matter that is obscene, libelous, or contrary to law.

Authors are obliged to secure all necessary permissions or written authority for any parts of a work the copyright of which is owned by someone else and to pay any and all related fees that may be involved. Authors should furnish the journal with copies of the permission obtained and proof of any payment made.

Authors should disclose any conflict of interest.

Authors are required to provide information on and acknowledgment of research and publication funds and the contribution of scientific and research institutions, associations, and other entities.

Contribution Details

Submissions that have three or more authors should provide a description of the contributions made by each of them toward the manuscript. The description should be divided into the following categories, as applicable: concept, design, definition of intellectual content, literature search, clinical studies, experimental studies, data acquisition, data analysis, statistical analysis, manuscript preparation, manuscript editing, and manuscript review.

Citations

Citations are an integral part of maintaining the academic integrity of publications. Therefore, authors must ensure that they cite relevant, timely, and verified literature to support any claims made in the article. Authors must also avoid excessive and inappropriate self-citation or prearrangements among author groups to inappropriately cite each other’s work, as this can be considered a form of academic misconduct. Please refer to COPE guidance on citation manipulation.

Conflicts of Interest/ Competing interests

All authors must declare any competing interests relevant to, or which can be perceived to be relevant to the article. Competing interests can be financial or nonfinancial in nature so long as such these relationships could influence the author’s research and interpretation of results. Authors should also disclose conflicts of interest with products that compete with those mentioned in their manuscript. If an author is in doubt over whether they need to disclose a competing interest, they should consult with their institution or PSHEV’s chief editor, who can guide them on the right course of action.

Corrections, expressions of concern, and retractions

Corrections may be made to a published article with the authorization of the chief editor, who will decide the extent of the correction. Minor corrections are made directly to the original article, and a post-publication notice (erratum) will appear in the journal issue after the decision to make the correction has been made. However, in cases of major corrections, the original article will remain unchanged, while the corrected version will also be published. Both the original and corrected version will be linked to each other. A statement indicating the reason for the major change to the article will also be published. When necessary, the retraction of articles will be done according to to COPE retraction guidelines. These permanent and transparent recording of corrections are meant to ensure the journal’s scholarly integrity, and are not intended as a means of punishment for authors.

Consent for Publication

Getting the consent of individuals whose names and photos appear in the published article. Authors may prepare their own forms or use a consent form from their own institution or region if appropriate. The consent form must state that the details/images will be available on the Internet and may be seen by the general public. The consent form must be made available to the chief editor if requested and will be treated confidentially.

Confidentiality

A submitted manuscript will be treated with utmost confidentiality. Only the editorial staff and reviewers will have access to it. However, in suspected cases of misconduct, a manuscript may be revealed to the members of the University Research Ethics Office of the Ateneo de Manila University and institutions/organizations that may require it for the resolution of the misconduct. The journal will follow the appropriate COPE flowcharts wherever necessary.

Copyright

This journal uses a non-exclusive licensing agreement. It is a condition for publication that authors vest copyright in their articles, abstracts, and reviews in the Ateneo de Manila University. Authors may use their own articles in other publications provided prior permission is sought from the Ateneo de Manila University.

Data falsification/fabrication

Deliberate acts to manipulate or fabricate data is a serious form of academic misconduct. It is the responsibility of the authors to ensure that all data contained within their manuscript are accurate and correctly represent their work. Authors are expected to retain all raw data used in their manuscripts. If cases where the original data cannot be produced on request, the acceptance of a manuscript or published paper may be declined.

Desk rejection policy

A submission receives a desk rejection when it 1) deals with a topic outside the scope of the journal; 2) violates research ethics 3) is heavily plagiarized (set at a similarity index of higher than 30 percent); 4) has been previously published or submitted to other journals for possible publication; 5) does not sufficiently contribute new knowledge to the field.

Duplicate submission/publication

Authors must declare upon submission that their manuscript is not under consideration elsewhere. This is also applicable to articles previously published in another language, unless it is being submitted as a translation. In such a case, authors must make it clear that they are submitting a translated version of a previously published work.

Funding

Authors declare all the sources of funding that supported their research and the writing of their manuscript.

Images and figures

Authors must obtain the necessary written permission to include in their article images and figures that are owned and held in copyright by a third party.

Misconduct

The journal takes all forms of misconduct seriously and will deal with such cases in accordance with COPE guidelines. Examples of misconduct include (but are not limited to):

• Affiliation misrepresentation
• Breaches in copyright/use of third-party material without appropriate permissions
• Citation manipulation
• Data/image fabrication and falsification
• Duplicate submission/publication
• “Ethics dumping”
• Improper author contribution or attribution
• Peer review manipulation
• Plagiarism
• Redudant publications and text-recycling/self-plagiarism
• Undisclosed competing interests
• Unethical research

Reviewers are also expected to exhibit academic integrity throughout the review process and will also be held accountable if found negligent. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers. Reviewers are expected to uphold the confidentiality of the manuscripts sent to them for assessment. They should also call the chief editor's attention if there is any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.

Publication Process

The decision to publish is based on the originality, contribution to scholarship, clarity of writing, and overall significance of a submitted work. The decision is not based on the personal attributes or institutional affiliation of the author.

Once a manuscript is accepted for publication, the author is required to consent to the copyediting process. No manuscript that is already undergoing copyediting can be withdrawn, except by mutual agreement of the author and the journal, and subject to the payment of a fee.

Authors are enjoined to respond immediately to queries during the copyediting stage. All major editorial interventions in a work require the consent of the author.

Authors have the right to see the page proofs of their work before publication.

The journal’s editors do not disclose information about a manuscript before its publication, except to the participants in the editorial and publishing process.

Review Process

The journal’s publication decisions are guided by double-blind peer review to which all manuscripts are subjected, be they full research articles, professorial addresses, research notes, commentaries, or review essays. Internal evaluation of manuscripts also follows a blind procedure. Book reviews are subjected to the journal’s editing process, and unsolicited book reviews are not accepted as a matter of journal policy.

The editors are committed to a fair and independent review process. The manuscript review focuses solely on the intellectual merits of a work, without regard to the personal attributes or institutional affiliation of the author.

The editors shall recuse themselves from the review of manuscripts in which they have a conflict of interest.

Peer reviewers are requested to provide reports on manuscripts based solely on the qualities of a submitted work. They are to respect the confidentiality of peer review and to not disclose any information about a manuscript to any third party during and even after the review. They are not to utilize information contained in a manuscript that will injure the interests of the author. In writing their report on a manuscript, peer reviewers are to avoid the use of hostile or derogatory personal comments.

Peer reviewers do not receive compensation for services rendered to the scholarly community.

Plagiarism

The journal does not tolerate plagiarism. All submissions are checked for plagiarism using professional plagiarism-checking software. Submitted manuscripts with an unacceptable similarity index (more than 30 percent) resulting from plagiarism are rejected immediately.

Preprints policy

Authors can share their preprints freely. Once their manuscript is accepted for publication, we encourage authors to link the preprint to their formal publication via its Digital Object Identifier (DOI).

Repository Policy

Restriction on the circulation of the final published version of the article (in PDF): Please note that, in accordance with the terms of the transfer of copyright agreement signed by all contributors, no author may reproduce the final PDF of this article from Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints on any form of electronic or other type of publication (e.g., websites, repositories, and the like). All requests for use of the published article should be addressed to philstudies.soss@ateneo.edu.

Standards of reporting

Authors are expected to present their research in a way that allows other scholars to verify its results. As such, the journal editors encourage authors to provide comprehensive descriptions of their research rationale, protocol, methodology, and analysis during the copyediting phase.

Use of third-party material

Authors are expected to secure permission in using third-party material—especially illustrations, photographs, and similar nontextual content—in their articles (Please see the journal policies regarding consent and the use of images.).