Code of conduct for reviewers

Reviewers of manuscripts submitted to Kranion undertake to observe and act in accordance with the principles of responsibility, integrity, confidentiality, impartiality, and objectivity, and shall perform their duties as reviewers with absolute transparency.

In any case, potential conflicts of interest must be disclosed. Editors should be aware that the use of artificial intelligence for manuscript review may constitute a violation of confidentiality terms. Reviewers must request authorization from the editor-in-chief if they wish to use artificial intelligence tools to review manuscripts.

For more information: ICMJE: Use of artificial intelligence in the review process

The reviewers will evaluate the following aspects in the received manuscripts:

– Originality and academic quality
– Timeliness and relevance
– Scientific contribution
– Adherence to ethical principles
– Methodological quality
– Transparency

Any suspicion about the existence of the following criteria must be communicated to the Editors-in-Chief:

– Plagiarism
– Lack of adherence to international ethical standards in the development of research.
– Data fractioning or salami slicing
– Falsification, appropriation, or unauthorized reproduction of data, figures, images, algorithms, or tables.
– Duplicate or redundant publication
– Manipulation of bibliographic citations, including unwarranted self-citation
– Omission of relevant information that has a direct impact on the content of the manuscript.
– Unjustified alteration of the authors’ list

For detailed information, please refer to: https://publicationethics.org/

Statement on the use of artificial intelligence in peer review

This journal recognizes the potential of AI tools to support certain editorial tasks; however, it considers that the scientific evaluation of manuscripts and the preparation of peer review reports must remain the sole responsibility of the reviewer.

Therefore, the use of generative AI to evaluate manuscripts, generate or draft peer review reports, formulate editorial recommendations, or replace the reviewer’s critical judgment is not permitted. Likewise, reviewers must not enter manuscripts, data, tables, figures, reports, or any other confidential information into AI tools.

The use of AI tools is permitted exclusively as linguistic or editing support for text prepared by the reviewer, provided that such tools do not contribute to the scientific evaluation and that the confidentiality of the information is ensured. Any use of AI beyond this function must be disclosed to the editor. This position is consistent with the approach adopted by leading international scientific publishers, which establish varying levels of restriction and transparency regarding the use of AI in peer review.

Tiempos Editoriales

El proceso editorial consta de 6 pasos:

1. Recepción del manuscrito (indeterminado, dependiendo de que el autor cumpla con los requisitos): su objetivo es comprobar que el manuscrito cumple con las especificaciones de estas instrucciones para autores y que la documentación remitida está completa.

2. Revisión editorial inicial (máximo 5 días hábiles): su objetivo es corroborar la pertinencia, actualidad, originalidad y aportación científica del manuscrito, así como la solidez metodológica y estadística del estudio. En este momento se someterá a un sistema electrónico de detección de plagio. Derivado de ello se podrá obtener un dictamen de rechazado o se enviará a revisión por investigadores pares.

3. Revisión por investigadores pares (máximo 30 días hábiles): Se obtendrá la opinión de al menos dos personas expertas en el área en cuestión, quienes evaluaran los aspectos técnicos y metodológicos de la investigación

4. Revisión editorial (máximo 7 días hábiles): su objetivo es tomar una decisión basada en la opinión de revisores pares. El dictamen puede ser rechazado, cambios mayores, cambios menores o aceptado. En el caso de cambios mayores o menores se someterá  nuevamente a evaluación por los revisores pares iniciales.

5. Edición final (6 semanas): su objetivo es la edición técnica y lingüística (y traducción), maquetación de galeras, asignación del DOI, y corrección por parte del autor.

6. Publicación adelantada: Todos los manuscritos serán publicados ahead of print en la página web de la revista en cuanto completen el proceso de edición, hasta ser incorporados en un número final de la revista.