Editorial Policy

Ethics and Misconduct Statement for @Limentech Ciencia y Tecnología Alimentaria

Section I: Publication

By submitting an article to @Limentech Ciencia y Tecnología Alimentaria, the author accepts this publication and negligence ethics statement.
All articles are subject to a peer review process by at least two international reviewers who are experts in the field of the submitted document.
The criteria considered during the review process include quality, relevance, originality, innovation, significance, and language.
The possible decisions made by the @Limentech Editorial Board are acceptance, acceptance with modifications, or rejection.
There is no guarantee that a reviewed article will be accepted.
Articles will not be rejected without review.
Section II: Authorship

All articles submitted to @Limentech Ciencia y Tecnología Alimentaria must have a relevant list of references.
The author must acknowledge any financial support obtained from institutions for conducting the research.
The titles of all articles must be original. Plagiarism in any form and fraudulent data are not acceptable.
@Limentech will not publish articles with identical material from other journals.
Section III: Authors' Responsibilities

Authors must ensure that:
Their articles are original;
Their works have not been previously published elsewhere;
All sources used in the creation of their works are properly identified;
All data in the documents are real and authentic;
All authors (in the case of co-authorship) have made significant contributions to the research.
Authors are also obligated to:
Participate in the peer review process;
Provide retractions or corrections for errors;
Report any mistakes they discover in their published articles.
Authors must notify the editors of any conflicts of interest.
Section IV: Reviewers' Responsibilities

Reviews must be carried out objectively, fairly, and without personal criticism of the author.
Comments on the papers should be handled confidentially.
Reviewers must:
Be academically qualified to review the article;
Have no conflicts of interest regarding the research, any of the authors, research sponsors, companies, or institutions;
Express their views clearly, with supporting arguments;
Identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors and/or any substantial similarities between the manuscript under consideration and other published documents.
Section V: Editors' Responsibilities

The editors have full responsibility and authority to accept or reject an article.
The editors are responsible for the content and overall quality of the publication.
Editors must:
Have no conflicts of interest regarding the articles they reject or accept;
Ensure the quality of the works;
Accept articles only when they are reasonably certain of their quality;
Preserve the anonymity of contributors;
Ensure that all documents published adhere to internationally accepted ethical guidelines;
Promote the publication of corrections or retractions when errors are found.
The Editor-in-Chief of @Limentech has the authority to make final decisions on the acceptance or rejection of a submitted document after reviewing comments and consulting with other editorial board members when appropriate. The Editor-in-Chief must not use any bias against authors and must have no conflict of interest regarding the documents under review.
Section VI: Publication Ethics

The Editor-in-Chief, members of the Editorial Board, and members of the International Advisory Board of @Limentech are committed to:

Safeguarding publication ethics;
Maintaining high intellectual and scientific standards, free from the influence of income and commercial business needs;
Protecting and enhancing the peer review process;
Publishing corrections, clarifications, retractions, and apologies when necessary;
Working closely with other editors;
Ensuring that plagiarism and fraudulent data are not tolerated.