Open science practices

Open Science Practices in Science and Philosophy
Editorial Policies and Publications
ISSN: 2594-2204

Presentation
Science and Philosophy is a Diamond open access journal, published by the Information and Communication Society, with the support of the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico and other national and international academic institutions.

The journal adopts open science practices as a cross-cutting principle in its editorial work. Open science is conceived as a movement that seeks to make scientific knowledge accessible, reusable, and transparent for all of society, in accordance with the human right to science and the principles of the National System of Scientific and Humanistic Publications (SNPCyH). The journal, faithful to the open access philosophy and consistent with DOAJ, has adopted the Diamond Open Access model and the Non-Commercial 4.0 license.

Open Science Practices in Editorial Policies
Diamond Open Access: All content is free for authors and readers. No Application Processing Charges (APCs). Democratization of knowledge, equity in publication. Creative Commons licenses.

In 2024, the journal adopted the CC BY-NC 4.0 license, which allows sharing and adapting content with attribution and for non-commercial purposes. Legal and transparent reuse of knowledge.

Peer review (double-blind): the journal has a rigorous double-blind peer review system that guarantees the objectivity and quality of the evaluations. Academic integrity and quality control.

Code of ethics (COPE): the journal aligns with the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), ensuring good editorial practices, transparency, and conflict of interest management. Reliability and compliance with international standards.

Plagiarism detection policy: similarity verification tools (such as iThenticate) are implemented to ensure the originality of manuscripts. Safeguarding scientific integrity and preventing malpractice. AI Use Declaration: Authors must explicitly declare the use of artificial intelligence tools in manuscript preparation. AI cannot be listed as an author. Transparency in authorship and human responsibility for content.

Digital Preservation: The journal guarantees the long-term preservation of its content through institutional archives and digital preservation systems. Permanent access to knowledge, even in the long term.

Open Science Practices in Publications

Preprint Policy: Ciencia y Filosofía allows and encourages the deposit of preprints (versions prior to peer review) in institutional or thematic repositories (such as Zenodo, arXiv, OSF Preprints, etc.) before, during, or after the peer review process.

Requirements for Preprint Submission:
1. Authors must include the following statement in the preprint:

"This manuscript is a preprint submitted to Ciencia y Filosofía (ISSN: 2594-2204). It has not yet been peer-reviewed or certified by the journal. Therefore, it should not be used for decision-making purposes or as a final version."

2. Preprints must be submitted under the same license as the journal (CC BY-NC 4.0).

3. Authors agree to update the submitted preprint once the article is accepted and published, adding the accepted version (postprint) and a link to the final version in the journal.

Open Data Policy
The journal recommends that authors, whenever possible, deposit their research data (databases, analysis scripts, supplementary materials) in open access repositories.

Requirements and Recommendations:
1. **Deposit in thematic or institutional repositories:** The use of repositories such as Zenodo, GitHub, Figshare, or recognized institutional repositories is suggested.

2. Data citation: Deposited data must be cited in the article using a persistent identifier (DOI or Handle).

3. Open license: Data must be released under an open license (preferably CC BY or CC0) that allows for its reuse.

4. Declaration of data availability: Authors must include a declaration regarding data availability in the manuscript, indicating where the data is deposited and under what conditions it can be accessed.

Open Metadata Policy
Science and Philosophy guarantees that the metadata of all articles (title, authorship, abstract, keywords, DOI, URL) is openly available in interoperable formats.

Implementation:
1. DOI assignment: Each article has a persistent identifier (DOI) that facilitates its location and citation.

2. Metadata in XML/JATS format: Structured metadata in JATS format is used to ensure interoperability.