OPEN ACCESS STATEMENT

The journal Más TIC is an open access journal, since all its articles are available on the Internet for all readers immediately after their publication, according to the periodicity declared in the instructions for authors (biannual). All users have free and open access to the articles and other documents published in this journal, globally, without space restrictions.

PUBLICATION POLICY

The journal Más TIC provides free access to all its articles and there is no charge for the editorial process. The journal does not charge for its publication nor does it commit itself to remunerate the authors, since they cede the right to publish their articles. This journal is not for profit. Any author who submits an article for publication in this journal accepts this rule. No payment or other consideration is required for reviewers involved in this process.

Immediate free access to its content is provided on the principle that making research freely available to the public encourages greater global knowledge sharing.

When an author submits an article for publication in the journal, it is expected that the article has not been previously published and is not under consideration by another publication. Articles must be original and unpublished, complying with the rules of citation and referencing.

AUTHORS' AND READERS' RIGHTS POLICY

Authors retain at all times their copyright on their published contributions. Copyright policies require citing the author(s) of any content reproduced in whole or in part, as long as the information is not used for commercial purposes; in this way, the intellectual property of the authors and of the University of Panama as the publishing entity is recognized.

The assignment of copyrights implies the assignment of patrimonial rights by the authors of the published articles, allowing the journal to publish them in electronic format. The journal Más TIC does not request payments to authors for the editorial process or for publication, nor to readers for access to scientific information available in the Portal of Journals of the University of Panama (revistas.up.ac.pa).

OPEN EVALUATION POLICY

The journal evaluates all manuscripts through a very transparent and participatory peer review process, which includes the eventual disclosure (two years after the article is published) of the identity of the reviewers.

The manuscript evaluation process is at no cost to the journal's contributors. Any manuscript submitted for publication will be treated with equality and confidentiality.

Reviewers must comply with the deadlines agreed and requested by the journal Más TIC for the reviews. In addition, they should avoid accepting manuscripts that are not within their competence, when they consider that they will not be able to carry out the review in the established time or when there is any link with the author(s), respecting the confidentiality of the manuscripts and the right of authorship, avoiding commenting or discussing the content of the documents with other people.

PUBLICATION LICENSING POLICIES

The journal Más TIC adopts the following Creative Commons publishing license: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).

Terms:

BY - Attribution: credit must be given appropriately, providing a link to the license and indicating if changes have been made. It can be done in any reasonable manner, but not in a way that suggests that you or your use is supported by the licensor.
NC - NonCommercial: You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
SA - ShareAlike: If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contribution under the same license as the original.

DIGITAL PRESERVATION POLICY

The editorial management of the journal is done through the OPEN JOURNAL SYSTEMS (OJS) software, in which the plugin called LOCKSS has been enabled for digital preservation and restoration purposes.

COMMUNICATION POLICY

Both the Editorial Committee and the authors of the journal Más TIC are committed to promote strategies of induction and promotion of access and use of the articles, so that the university community understands the value of the information contained in the different issues of the publication. Once published, they will be disseminated through the different institutional and personal social networks and/or through academic events held in the institution and in the academic unit.

POLÍTICA ANTIPLAGIO

La revista Más TIC considera que el plagio incluye tanto el robo como la apropiación indebida de la propiedad intelectual y la copia textual no atribuida de la sustancia del trabajo de una persona. Por ello, todos los manuscritos recibidos son verificados por el editor jefe, quien los somete a un análisis de coincidencia semántica a través del software antiplagio Ithenticate de Turnitin, adquirido por la Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Postgrado. Si se detecta alguna similitud de hasta el 20%, el manuscrito será devuelto a su autor para que realice las modificaciones necesarias y lo reenvíe a la revista para una nueva revisión. Si la coincidencia semántica detectada por el software es superior al 21%, el manuscrito será rechazado completamente sin derecho a reenvío.

La revista Más TIC sanciona el plagio y los datos fraudulentos en los documentos. Publicar un mismo artículo en más de una revista, copiar y utilizar información textual de cualquier documento, utilizar datos, imágenes y otros recursos sin autorización de todos los autores, o utilizar información que no haya sido consultada en la fuente original por alguno de los autores del documento, son prácticas inaceptables. También se considera inadecuado modificar o tergiversar el sentido y el contexto de la información contenida en otros trabajos, así como cualquier otro uso que altere la integridad de la información. En caso de que la similitud sea del 100%, el autor(es) será sancionado a tres años (como medida mínima) sin posibilidades de publicar en Más TIC (RIC.s.f, párr. 32).

POLÍTICAS ÉTICAS DE PUBLICACIÓN

La revista Más TIC asegura que los editores, evaluadores y autores sigan rigurosamente las normas éticas internacionales durante el proceso de revisión y publicación de los manuscritos.

Los lineamientos éticos de la revista están alineados con los establecidos por el Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Todo trabajo que no se adecue a estas recomendaciones y que se compruebe mala praxis será eliminado o retractado, según el estado en que se encuentre el manuscrito en el momento de detectar faltas éticas.

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES
Access and reuse policies.
In: http://revistas.unanleon.edu.ni/index.php/REBICAMCLI/polireuso
RIC (n.d). Open access policy:
http://www.revinfcientifica.sld.cu/index.php/ric/about/editorialPolicies#openAccessPolicy