Ethics code

Authors are those who assume the intellectual role of conceiving, developing, writing, and taking academic, ethical, and legal responsibility for a scholarly work. The journal recognizes as authors only those who have made substantial intellectual contributions to the submitted work.

All authors must approve the final version of the manuscript before submission and assume responsibility for its content through the Declaration of Original Authorship required by the journal.

Authors must ensure the originality of submitted works. All submissions will be screened using similarity-detection software (Turnitin). When high levels of similarity (above 20%) or attribution concerns are identified, editors may request revisions, additional explanations, or reject the submission.

Manuscripts must not contain excessive similarity to previously published material by the same authors unless properly justified and cited in accordance with APA (7th edition) standards. This criterion does not apply to works derived from theses or dissertations, provided their existence is properly disclosed to the journal at submission.

Manuscripts must not be under consideration by another academic publication at the same time. By submitting a manuscript, authors declare that it has not been previously published and is not being considered elsewhere.

Authors must disclose any conflicts of interest and report sources of research funding in the corresponding submission fields.

Authors must follow the Author Guidelines to preserve manuscript anonymity during peer review. References to their own prior work should not compromise anonymity and, when necessary, must be temporarily anonymized until the review process is completed.

Authors must provide appropriate credit to the contributions of others through complete and accurate citations and references prepared according to APA (7th edition). Authors are also responsible for ensuring that any reproduced images or figures have the necessary permissions for republication.

The journal employs a double-blind peer review system as described in its Editorial Policies. Authors, reviewers, and editors are expected to preserve anonymity throughout the evaluation process.

The Editorial Board conducts an initial screening of submissions to assess compliance with the journal’s editorial, ethical, and formal requirements, as well as the manuscript’s relevance, originality, and overall suitability for peer review. This screening does not replace the specialized academic evaluation performed by reviewers.

Editors shall select reviewers whose expertise and academic background align with the manuscript’s subject matter and methodology, ensuring competent, impartial, and well-founded evaluations.

Editors shall seek to maintain a balanced pool of reviewers in terms of geographic origin (national and international) and gender, and shall ensure that reviewers are not affiliated with the same institution as the authors.

Reviewers must provide confidential, impartial, and academically grounded evaluations. They shall refrain from reviewing manuscripts when conflicts of interest exist and promptly report any suspected academic misconduct identified during the review process.

The editorial team shall ensure transparent, impartial, and non-discriminatory evaluation procedures. Editorial decisions shall be based exclusively on academic and scientific criteria, including quality, originality, relevance, and methodological rigor.

Prior to publication, authors will be provided with the final typeset version of the manuscript for review and approval. Authors are responsible for verifying the accuracy of all contents, data, figures, tables, and other elements, and for communicating any necessary corrections in a timely manner.

To prevent institutional concentration, articles authored or co-authored by individuals affiliated with the institutions that publish the journal shall be limited to a maximum of one article per issue.

Authors who have published an article in the journal must wait until at least the following volume before publishing again, either as lead authors or co-authors.

Authors, reviewers, and members of the editorial team must disclose any financial, professional, institutional, or personal conflicts of interest that could influence the evaluation, interpretation, or publication of a manuscript.

Conflicts of interest include personal, professional, institutional, political, or financial relationships that may affect the editorial process or the interpretation of research findings.

Authors are responsible for the truthfulness, integrity, and accuracy of the data, materials, and results presented in their manuscripts. They must also retain research data and provide sufficient information to ensure transparency and, whenever possible, the reproducibility of the procedures used.

The journal may request data, materials, or supporting documentation necessary to verify reported results or address concerns raised during the review process or after publication.

The journal encourages the availability of data, materials, and methodologies that allow research findings to be verified and reproduced whenever ethically, technically, and legally feasible, and when doing so does not compromise the confidentiality of research participants.

When appropriate, authors should deposit datasets, corpora, research materials, or other resources used in the study in trusted repositories that provide persistent identifiers. During the review process, these materials should be made available through links that preserve author anonymity. Once a manuscript is accepted, provisional references must be replaced with permanent references containing a persistent identifier (e.g., DOI). The journal recommends the use of specialized repositories such as Figshare or equivalent services that support anonymous initial publication, preservation, citation, and access to research materials.

Authors must ensure that research has been conducted in accordance with applicable ethical principles, the regulations in force where the study was carried out, international standards of academic integrity, and respect for universally recognized human rights, in order to safeguard the dignity, autonomy, privacy, safety, and well-being of research participants.

The journal may request documentary evidence of relevant ethical approvals or additional information regarding measures implemented to protect participants. The journal reserves the right to reject submissions when there are reasonable concerns about the ethical adequacy of the research, even if it has been approved by a particular institution or jurisdiction.

Global Media Journal México adheres to the principles of open access and transparency in the dissemination of knowledge. Accordingly, all articles published in the journal are protected under the Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. This license permits the use, distribution, and reproduction of the work in any medium, including commercial use, provided that appropriate credit is given to the original work and that any derivative works are distributed under the same license.

This means that any content based on an article published in Global Media Journal México—including translations, adaptations, or any other type of modification—must be shared under the same CC BY-SA license, thereby ensuring the continuity of open access and preserving the principles of the free dissemination of scholarly knowledge.

Authors retain copyright over their works and may share them through academic networks, institutional repositories, personal profiles, and any other platforms, provided that they acknowledge the original publication in Global Media Journal México as the primary source of the content.

The journal encourages respectful and evidence-based academic debate regarding published works and may receive comments, letters to the editor, or other communications related to previously published articles via email at: globalmediajournalmexico@gmail.com

Comments received will be evaluated by the editorial team to determine their academic and editorial relevance. When appropriate, authors will be invited to respond, and comments, replies, clarifications, corrections, or other contributions that promote scholarly discussion and the integrity of the academic literature published by the journal may be published.

The journal may receive, examine, and resolve complaints related to possible irregularities in editorial processes, breaches of this Code of Ethics, inappropriate conduct by participants in the editorial process, allegations of scientific misconduct, and any other practices that may compromise the academic or scientific integrity of a research project or publication.

Disagreement with the content of peer-review reports or with editorial judgment alone shall not constitute sufficient grounds for an appeal.

Complaints, allegations, or appeals must be submitted by email to globalmediajournalmexico@gmail.com and should include a description of the facts and, where applicable, supporting information or evidence. The journal will acknowledge receipt of the communication and assign it to a member of the Editorial Board who is not involved in the matter under review.

The designated Editorial Board member may request additional information from the parties involved and will issue a recommendation to the Editorial Board for resolution of the case. The decision will be communicated by email to the interested parties and may be appealed once through the same procedure.

When necessary, the designated committee member may request additional information from those involved, consult independent experts, or contact relevant institutions to assist in clarifying the facts.

The designated Editorial Board member may recommend actions to the Editorial Board, including:
a) Corrections: when errors do not substantially invalidate the results or conclusions of the work;
b) Retractions: when there is evidence that the findings are unreliable or when a serious breach of academic integrity has been confirmed;
c) Expressions of Concern: when there are well-founded doubts that require further investigation.

In any of these cases, editors will notify the authors and provide them with an opportunity to submit clarifications, additional information, or their position regarding the matter. However, if no response is received after reasonable efforts have been made to establish contact, the journal may proceed with the process and adopt the editorial measures it deems appropriate based on the information available.