Contributors will commit themselves to:

• Presenting quality materials, written with precision and clarity, and offering the result of original and relevant research output.
• Offering only original, previously unpublished, work.
• Not presenting their materials for review by Estudios de Asia y África, in part or whole, at the same time as they are presenting them for publication in another venue.
• Closely follow the “Guidelines for contributors” prior to presenting their work for review.
• Respect the intellectual property and properly recognize (giving the corresponding credit) the contribution of each of the collaborators who participated in the elaboration of the material submmited to the journal.
• Respect the intellectual property of third parties and to always give due credit to the work of other authors; a task for which they must always cite the original source for all third-party information that appears in their work.
• Offer precise and thorough data regarding all references, including secondary and primary bibliographical sources, electronic sources and journalistic sources.
• Avoid excessive citation of their own previous work.
• Avoid plagiarism, falsification, misleading information or the omission of key material relative to their main arguments and results.
• Respond, within a reasonable timeframe, to doubts or specific petitions expressed by the editor and/or reviewers relative to the precision of data regarding the authorship and/or source of information that is employed in the contributor’s text.
• Take proper and serious consideration for all the observations, critiques and requests put forward by the reviewers in relation to the contribution; specifically, this will include replying in clear and precise fashion –in tracking review format- to each of the points raised by the reviewers.
• Make themselves available both to the Editor and to the Editorial Assistant in relation to requests for clarifications arising from the editorial process.

The reviewers will commit themselves to:

• Respect the policy of anonymity and confidentiality relative to their review, which rests on the principle that they may not make their identities known to the contributor under review and that they may not disseminate, by any means or in any form, the materials that have been submitted for review.
• Generate objective, responsible and impartial reviews.
• To deliver a clear evaluation in accordance with the “Format for revision of articles by Estudios de Asia y África.
• To deliver their verdict within a period no greater than 30 days from the time of having received the article to be reviewed.
• Not to use offensive language and to respect authors when referring to them within the context of their review.
• To make themselves available both for the Journal Editor and for their Secretary in case any subsequent clarification becomes necessary.

The Editor and the Editorial Board will commit themselves to:

• To safeguard the reputation of the journal by publishing only previously unpublished material, which is qualitative and scientifically relevant.
• To publish every number of the journal on time and in proper form.
• To specify what materials are subject to review and which are not.
• To evaluate every submission prior to review, in order to verify that it is in line with the “Guidelines for contributors” as defined by Estudios de Asia y África.
• To accept or reject submissions strictly on the basis of the anonymous reviews that arise from said submissions. If reviewers do not coincide in their final evaluation, the Editor and the Editorial Board will take a final resolution on the matter.
• To maintain, at every moment, reciprocal confidentiality in relation with both contributors and reviewers.
• To allow contributors the right to appeal a decision by the Editorial Board.
• To maintain contributors informed of the state of progress of their review process from the moment that their submission is received until a final evaluation is produced.
• To undertake a transparent and respectful editorial and publications process in relation to every contributor.
• To make themselves available to both contributors and reviewers in relation to any queries or clarifications that may arise during the review and subsequent editorial process.
• Resolve cases of controversy surrounding publication proposals or published works, including plagiarism practices, citation manipulation and data fabrication, among others, and act in accordance with the research ethical principles of El Colegio de México.