POLICIES

RIBESA INNOVATION & KNOWLEDGE, SL. aims to publish conference proceedings or papers in international journals that contain original research articles of high quality meeting the expected ethical standards. The following guidelines are provided for authors who submit articles to the Institute conferences in order to maintain high ethical standards.

Manuscript Content: Authors must submit original unpublished content with substantial contributions to the field. Content reproduced from other sources must be acknowledged and the corresponding permission has to be obtained for its reproduction, respecting the intellectual property rights.

Plagiarism: The submitted work must not contain plagiarized material copied from any other publications.

Defamation: Defamatory or unlawful statements about organizations or people are not allowed in any case.

Conflict of Interest: Authors must declare any eventual conflict of interest when submitting a manuscript to review.

The Institute shall guarantee the high technical and professional quality of the publications and that good practice and ethical standards are maintained. If any unethical behaviours are identified, an investigation will be initiated and pertinent actions will be taken. For more information about best publishing ethical behaviours, authors are referred to the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines: http://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines