Policies

Open Access Policy

The InnOvaciOnes de NegOciOs journal maintains an open access policy (Open Journal) to support scientific research, publication channels, and collaboration within academic networks and academic bodies for the advancement of science.

The journal’s content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

The InnOvaciOnes de NegOciOs journal endorses the following open access statements and initiatives:

Journal Funding.

The journal InnOvaciOnes de NegOciOs is a free, open-access electronic publication of the Autonomous University of Nuevo León, published by the School of Public Accounting and Administration. Its editorial model is non-commercial: it does not charge authors any fees for the processing, evaluation, review, or publication of articles, nor does it charge readers for access to its content.

Copyright Policy

The InnOvaciOnes de NegOciOs journal is a free, open-access electronic journal of a scientific-academic nature and is a publication of the Autonomous University of Nuevo León, in which authors retain their copyright and grant the journal a non-exclusive license for first publication of the work. Third parties are permitted to use the published content, provided that the authorship of the work is acknowledged and the first publication in this journal is cited.

This policy applies starting in July 2024. From this date onwards, authors publishing in Innovaciones de Negocios retain their copyright and publication rights without restriction. 

Code of Ethics and Best Publishing Practices

Seeking to strengthen best practices in the receipt, review, and editing of articles submitted to the journal, InnOvaciOnes de NegOciOs has decided to use the best practices of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) as a reference, which includes international standards for journals and the various stakeholders involved. For a detailed review of COPE, visit the following link: https://publicationethics.org

The journal implements COPE’s best practices as follows.

This code applies to authors, reviewers, editors, and the publishing entity.

Responsibilities of Authors

  • Ensure the originality and unpublished nature of the work; do not submit it simultaneously to another publication.
  • Declare authorship in accordance with actual contributions; acknowledge funding sources and those who have contributed but do not meet the criteria for authorship.
  • Cite sources appropriately and avoid citation manipulation (unjustified self-citation or forced citation)
  • Declare conflicts of interest and retain data supporting the results, making them available upon request.

Responsibilities of Reviewers

  • Evaluate manuscripts objectively, confidentially, and in a timely manner; disclose conflicts of interest and recuse themselves when such conflicts exist.
  • Do not use information from the manuscript for personal gain or disclose it; point out similarities with published works.

Responsibilities of editors

  • Make decisions based on academic quality and relevance, without discrimination; preserve the confidentiality and anonymity of the double-blind review process.
  • Manage conflicts of interest and take action in response to any suspicion of misconduct, before or after publication.

Procedures

  • Plagiarism detection: All manuscripts are checked using the Turnitin or iThenticate anti-plagiarism tool; the maximum acceptable similarity threshold is 20%. If the threshold is exceeded, the manuscript is returned or rejected, as appropriate. This detection also applies to the use of artificial intelligence.
  • Corrections and retractions: Errors that do not affect the results are addressed via an errata; serious errors or proven misconduct result in a substantial correction, an expression of concern, or a retraction, which is published as a link to the original article in accordance with COPE guidelines.
  • Complaints and appeals: Authors may appeal a decision by writing to negocios@uanl.mx. The editor-in-chief reviews the appeal and may request an additional review; the decision is communicated via email.
  • Conflicts of interest: all parties must declare them; management follows COPE’s flowcharts.
  • Use of AI: governed by the journal’s Policy on the Use of Artificial Intelligence, which forms part of this code.

Misconduct: In the event of any suspicion (plagiarism, fabricated data, ghost authorship, duplicate publication), the COPE flowcharts will be applied

Anti-Plagiarism Policy

The journal InnOvaciOnes de NegOciOs requires that all submitted research papers be unpublished and original. Under no circumstances will papers be accepted that have been published in whole or in part in other publications. Likewise, papers must not be under simultaneous review in other editorial processes.

Manuscripts submitted by authors are reviewed by the editor using the iThenticate platform and must not exceed a 20% similarity rate. If the similarity rate exceeds 20%, the authors will be contacted to make the necessary adjustments to ensure the maximum allowed limit is not exceeded.

Artificial Intelligence Usage Policy

This policy takes effect in June 2026

Scope. This policy regulates the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools, including generative models for text, code, images, or data, by authors, reviewers, and editors of the journal Innovaciones de Negocios. Its guiding principle is transparency: any use of AI must be disclosed, and ultimate responsibility for the content always lies with the individuals, not the tool.

For Authors

  • AI cannot be listed as an author. Authorship requires responsibility for the content and the ability to account for it—conditions that a tool does not meet.
  • The use of AI is permitted to assist with ancillary tasks (style and grammar correction, translation, programming assistance, reference formatting), provided that the authors review and validate the results and take responsibility for their accuracy.
  • It is not permitted to use AI to fabricate or falsify data, results, references, citations, or images, nor to generate substantive sections (results, analysis, or conclusions) that are presented as original human work.
  • Mandatory disclosure. All use of AI must be disclosed in a “Declaration of Artificial Intelligence Use” section at the end of the manuscript (before the references), indicating the tool, its version, and the purpose. Failure to disclose when use is detected will be treated as unethical conduct in accordance with the journal’s Code of Ethics.

For Reviewers

  • Manuscripts are confidential documents: they must not be uploaded, in whole or in part, to AI tools or online services that do not guarantee confidentiality, as this violates the rights of the authors.
  • The critical judgment involved in the review cannot be delegated; AI cannot replace expert evaluation. Any use of AI in the preparation of the review must be disclosed to the editor.

For editors

  • The editorial team preserves the confidentiality of the material and does not input manuscripts into AI tools without guarantees of confidentiality. AI may be used for support tasks (similarity detection, format verification), while keeping editorial decisions in human hands.

Digital Preservation Policy

The journal *InnOvaciOnes de NegOciOs* is committed to preserving its content through the use of the PKP Preservation Network (PN), CLOCKSS, and LOCKSS licenses, with the aim of ensuring the long-term availability and accessibility of its content, even in the event that the online platform experiences any type of interruption or failure.

The PKP Preservation Network provides free preservation services for any OJS journal that meets the basic criteria. In this regard, with a view to digital preservation, articles are archived in LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) and CLOCKSS (Controlled Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe), thus ensuring the journal a permanent and secure archive.

APC (Article Processing Charges).

The journal does not charge any fees for article processing, evaluation, peer review, or publication.

Interoperability Protocols

The journal Innovaciones de Negocios incorporates interoperability protocols into its policies that allow its content to be collected by other distribution systems, such as digital repositories and harvesters. It provides an OAI-PMH (Open Archives Initiative – Protocol for Metadata Harvesting) interface that allows other portals and information services to access the metadata of published content.

Link for harvesters:
https://revistainnovaciones.uanl.mx/index.php/revin/oai

 

Self-Archiving Policy

The journal InnOvaciOnes de NegOciOs permits and encourages self-archiving. Authors may deposit the following versions of their work in institutional or subject-specific repositories, as well as on personal or academic websites. The versions permitted for self-archiving include:

Submitted version (preprint): may be deposited at any time.

  • Accepted version (postprint, revised manuscript): may be deposited after acceptance.

  • Published version (publisher’s PDF): may be deposited and shared, as the journal is open access.

In all cases, the original publication in the journal must be cited, including the DOI, and the terms of the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license must be respected.