Ethical and best practices statement

The editorial team of Carthaginensia is committed to the scientific community to ensure the ethics and quality of published articles.

In compliance with these good practices, articles are evaluated by anonymous external peers with criteria based exclusively on the scientific relevance, originality, clarity and pertinence of the work presented. The confidentiality of the evaluation process and the anonymity of the evaluators and authors, the evaluated content, the reasoned report issued by the evaluators and any other communication issued by the Scientific Committee or the Editorial Board is guaranteed at all times. Likewise, confidentiality will be maintained in the event of possible complaints, claims or clarifications that an author may wish to make to the editorial team or to the evaluators.

Carthaginensia declares its commitment to the respect and integrity of published works. For this reason, plagiarism is strictly forbidden and texts that are identified as plagiarism or that have fraudulent content will be eliminated from the evaluation process. Online digital means will be used to detect plagiarism. By accepting the terms and conditions expressed, authors must guarantee that the articles and associated materials are original and do not infringe copyright. Authors must also justify that, in case of shared authorship, there was full consensus of all authors concerned and that the proposed work has not been previously submitted or published elsewhere.

Statement of good practice in gender equality

The journal recommends the use of inclusive language in articles submitted for publication, provided that the orthographic norms of the original language of the article are not transgressed. The reviewers will be informed of this criterion so that they can take it into account in their reports. Similarly, reviewers will be informed of the author's gender.

Likewise, Carthaginensia promotes the presence of women in its Editorial Board and Scientific Committee, as well as among the evaluators, with the intention of covering at least 40%.

Carthaginensia publishes the full name of all collaborators and identifies the gender when requesting evaluations.