Ethical principles of publishers in the Spanish scientific journals on Communication, Education and Psychology

Abstract

The ethical responsibility of the editors of scientific journals is a cardinal issue, particularly following a series of fraudulent publications. This article presents the results of an exploratory study on the opinion of editors of Spanish scientific journals in the fields of Communication, Education and Psychology on these matters. The design of this research stems from a quantitative methodology and uses an electronic questionnaire that was submitted to 203 editors and had 19 items. The editors attach a great importance to the rigor of the reviewing process, carried out by blind peers. Most of the editors label themselves as autodidacts and raise the need to professionalize the editorial process.