ETHICS POLICY

Statement on Ethics and Publication Malpractice

Aurum Académico Multidisciplinary Journal en Educación is fully committed to upholding the highest ethical standards throughout every phase of the editorial process. To preserve the scientific integrity of its publications, the journal adheres to the COPE Code of Conduct and the ICMJE Recommendations, ensuring responsible practices in manuscript preparation, submission, review, and publication. The following principles reflect our core ethical guidelines.

Editorial Board Responsibilities
Impartial Evaluation and Editorial Independence
Manuscripts are evaluated solely based on their academic merit, originality, clarity, and relevance to the journal’s scope. Decisions are made independently of the authors’ gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, nationality, or institutional affiliation. Editorial decisions are taken without external influence and are the sole responsibility of the Editor-in-Chief.

Confidentiality
All submitted materials are treated with strict confidentiality. Only corresponding authors, assigned reviewers, and essential editorial staff have access to the editorial process.

Conflicts of Interest and Disclosure
Unpublished information contained in a manuscript must not be used for personal or financial gain without the authors’ explicit written consent. If an editor has a conflict of interest with any of the authors, institutions, or funding bodies, they must recuse themselves from handling the manuscript and assign it to another editor.

Scientific Publication Ethics
All research must comply with the ethical standards applicable in the country where the study was conducted. It is the authors’ responsibility to obtain all necessary approvals prior to the research.

If manuscripts include identifiable images or personal data, authors must ensure participants’ privacy and anonymity. The journal follows ICMJE guidelines for preparing and publishing scientific articles.

Research Involving Humans and Animals
Studies involving human or animal subjects must comply with the ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Informed consent must be obtained from all human participants and declared explicitly in the manuscript.

Randomized clinical trials must be approved by an appropriate ethics committee, disclose funding sources, and be registered in a public trial registry such as ClinicalTrials.gov.

Conflicts of Interest
All authors must disclose any personal or financial relationships that could influence their work. If no conflicts exist, the manuscript must include the statement:
“Conflicts of interest: none.”

In case of a conflict, it must be declared clearly in the manuscript and accompanied by the ICMJE Conflict of Interest Form.

For details, see section II-B-2 of the ICMJE Recommendations.

Funding Disclosure
Authors must declare the organizations that funded the research and/or article writing, specifying their role in the study design, data collection and analysis, manuscript preparation, and the decision to submit for publication.

If no funding was received, this must be explicitly stated in the manuscript.