Editorial policies

Open Access Policy
Creative Commons License
Copyright Policy
Digital Preservation Policy
Self-Archiving Policy
Plagiarism Policy
Authorship Policy
Policy on Corrections, Retractions, and Ethical Conduct
Funding and Conflict of Interest Policy
Research Data Deposit Policy
Human and Animal Research Ethics Policy
Policy on the Use of Large Language Models (LLM)
Advertising Policy

Open Access Policy

Innovación Empresarial (RCIE) is an Open Access journal, which means that all its content is freely available to users and their institutions. Readers may read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, as well as use them for any other lawful purpose, without requesting prior permission from the publisher or the authors. This editorial policy aligns with the definition of open access established by the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI).

Creative Commons License

RCIE is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0), which means:

You are free to:

  • Share: copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.
  • Adapt: remix, transform, and build upon the material, even for commercial purposes.

Under the following terms:

  • Attribution: you must give appropriate credit to the author or original source, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. This must be done in a reasonable manner, without suggesting that the author or the journal endorses your use.

Copyright Policy

Authors retain the intellectual property rights of the works published in RCIE and grant the journal only the right of first publication. This means that authors may reuse and disseminate their work later, provided that the original publication in this journal is acknowledged and the terms of the CC BY license are respected.

Digital Preservation Policy

RCIE implements multiple digital preservation mechanisms to ensure the integrity, accessibility, and long-term conservation of scientific articles, from the original version submitted by authors to the final version published in OJS. The following strategies are applied:

  1. Local storage: All manuscripts are stored on the journal’s official computers, as well as on the Editor-in-Chief’s computer, in both editable (Word) and PDF formats.
  2. External backups: Periodic backups are made of the files stored on the journal’s computer using external storage devices (hard drive) and cloud storage through Google Drive linked to the official Gmail account.
  3. Institutional OJS system backups: The institutional servers of the University of Huánuco perform automatic and periodic backups of the OJS platform, ensuring preservation of the final published version of all articles.

Self-Archiving Policy

RCIE allows the self-archiving of the manuscript in its pre-print version, that is, the version submitted for evaluation before peer review and formal acceptance. Once the article is accepted, authors are encouraged to disseminate the post-print version (the reviewed and accepted version) through their personal website, institutional repository, or thematic repository, including a clear reference to the journal’s acceptance, indicating the volume and issue in which it will be published.

Once the article is published in its final version, the author must replace the self-archived text with the official PDF available on the journal’s platform. No embargo period is established; authors are free to publicly share the final published PDF immediately after publication.

Plagiarism Policy

RCIE uses the Turnitin tool to detect textual similarities and potential cases of academic plagiarism. All manuscripts received will be checked using this tool before being sent to editorial screening and peer review.

Articles must be at least 80% original, meaning that most of the content must represent an unpublished contribution to the field of knowledge, beyond properly referenced citations.

If significant similarities are detected with previously published texts, the following procedures will apply depending on severity:

  • If it is an unintentional error or minor citation omission, a warning and request for correction will be issued to the author.
  • If a deliberate case of total or partial plagiarism is confirmed, the manuscript will be immediately rejected and the authors' affiliated institution will be notified, in accordance with COPE ethical principles.

Authorship Policy

Number of authors

RCIE preferably accepts manuscripts with a maximum of four authors. In cases requiring more participants, justification must be provided through documentation proving that the article results from a collaborative or interdisciplinary research project. The journal reserves the right to request formal evidence supporting such collaboration. Only one institutional affiliation per author will be included, specifying city and country.

Authorship criteria

An individual will be recognized as an author or co-author if he or she has contributed substantially to:

  • The conception or design of the study.
  • The acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data.
  • The drafting of the manuscript or critical revision with relevant intellectual content.
  • The final approval of the version to be published.

Individuals who do not meet these criteria—such as those who assist with technical editing, language editing, or statistical analysis—must be acknowledged in the Acknowledgments section as contributors.

The Journal of Business Innovation emphatically rejects honorary authorship (inclusion of individuals without real contribution) and ghost authorship (exclusion of significant contributors), in accordance with COPE ethical guidelines.

Contribution statement

The journal adopts the CRediT Taxonomy (Contributor Roles Taxonomy), which recognizes 14 distinct participation roles (such as conceptualization, formal analysis, writing, etc.). Each author must declare their specific contribution using the journal’s submission template.

Changes in authorship

Once the manuscript is submitted, no changes to the number or order of authors will be accepted. All authorship matters must be resolved before initial submission. Any conflict among authors is the responsibility of their affiliated institutions, as established by COPE (https://publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines).

Name changes

RCIE acknowledges that authors may need to change their names for personal or legal reasons. Upon such a request, the editorial team may require official identification or legal documentation. The journal is committed to respecting the author's privacy and autonomy, handling this procedure confidentially and in direct coordination with the author.

Policy on Corrections, Retractions, and Ethical Conduct

Corrections and author correspondence

If an author needs to correct a published article, they must contact the editorial team at editorial@udh.edu.pe, providing proper identification. Requests will be evaluated by the RCIE Editorial Committee, which will determine the pertinence and validity of the proposed changes. Any accepted correction will be reflected through an erratum or correction note clearly linked to the article.

Retractions

An article may be retracted for several reasons, including:

  • Unintentional errors (such as methodological or instrumental failures).
  • Data fabrication or manipulation.
  • Duplicate or overlapping publication.
  • Plagiarism.
  • Unauthorized or fraudulent use of data.
  • Violation of research ethics.

Retractions may be requested by the authors or initiated by the editor following a formal investigation. RCIE will publish a retraction notice specifying the reason, the party requesting it, and the link to the affected article. The article will remain visible on the website but clearly marked as “retracted,” including on its PDF file. Content will only be removed if there are legal restrictions or court rulings. In such cases, bibliographic information will be retained along with an explanation of the removal.

In exceptional circumstances (such as the publication of false data posing a serious risk to public health or integrity), the original version of the article may be removed and replaced by a corrected and clearly labeled version.

Misconduct and ethical complaints

In cases of suspected scientific or editorial misconduct, the journal will follow the procedures and workflows established by COPE: https://publicationethics.org/guidance/Flowcharts?classification=277.

The process begins with contacting the implicated author to request clarification. If necessary, the institution of affiliation, ethics committee, or other academic authorities may also be contacted.

If you wish to report a suspected misconduct case in an article published in the Journal of Business Innovation, you may contact us at editorial@udh.edu.pe. A member of the editorial team will contact you within 7 days to confirm receipt of your report and request additional information if needed. We will keep you informed of results whenever possible, although some details may remain confidential for ethical or legal reasons.

Appeals and complaints

RCIE follows COPE guidelines for appeals and complaints: https://publicationethics.org/appeals. If you wish to appeal an editorial decision or file a formal complaint, contact the editorial team at editorial@udh.edu.pe.

Funding and Conflict of Interest Policy

Authors must transparently declare any source of funding, material assistance, or financial support received during the execution of the research, the writing of the article, or the publication process. They must also disclose any institutional, commercial, or financial relationships that could constitute a potential conflict of interest related to the manuscript.

If no external funding was received, the authors must include the following statement:
“The authors did not receive any financial support for conducting this study.”

Likewise, if no conflicts of interest exist, authors must declare:
“The authors declare no conflicts of interest related to this study.”

If a conflict of interest exists, authors must disclose it in the corresponding section of the manuscript and attach the official conflict of interest statement following the ICMJE format, available here: https://www.icmje.org/downloads/coi_disclosure.docx

The information provided in the form must match what is declared in the manuscript. The Editorial Committee may request clarification if inconsistencies or omissions are detected.

Research Data Deposit Policy

RCIE recommends depositing research data generated or used in investigations in reputable repositories, whether discipline-specific or general. This practice aims to promote scientific transparency, facilitate result verification, and encourage the use, reuse, and replication of data in future studies.

Repository requirements

The selected repository must comply with the FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) and offer open access to the data. Authors are encouraged to consult the Registry of Research Data Repositories (re3data): https://www.re3data.org.

Data availability statement in the article

At the end of the manuscript, before the reference list, a section titled *Data Availability* must be included, informing:

  • Name and URL of the repository used.
  • Unique and permanent identifier (DOI or other).
  • License for use and distribution.

Example: The data supporting the results of this study have been deposited in the Zenodo repository and are available in open access under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). The dataset includes anonymized survey responses and the final database used for analysis. The data can be consulted at the following link: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1234567

Human and Animal Research Ethics Policy

All manuscripts reporting studies involving human participants must comply with the ethical principles established by the World Medical Association, particularly the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki.

For research involving animal experimentation or clinical trials (with patients, human biological samples, or confidential medical data), submission of an approval certificate from an officially recognized Ethics Committee is mandatory.

If the study lacks formal ethical approval, authors must provide a detailed justification in the manuscript, explaining the reasons and describing how the research adhered to the ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki.

In all cases, it must be explicitly stated that the research was conducted with prior informed consent from participants. Both ethics committee approval and information about informed consent must be clearly mentioned in the Methods section.

Policy on the Use of Large Language Models (LLM)

RCIE does not prohibit the use of large language models (LLM)—such as ChatGPT, Bard, Claude, among others—during the writing, analysis, or technical support phases of manuscript preparation. This policy aligns with the recommendations of the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) on the use of chatbots in scientific publishing: WAME Recommendations on ChatGPT and Chatbots.

However, LLMs do not meet the scientific authorship criteria defined by the ICMJE and therefore must not be listed as authors on any article.

If authors use these tools, they must explicitly declare their use in the Methods section, specifying the tool’s name, version, and purpose (e.g., writing assistance, idea generation, style editing, etc.).

It is important to note that the use of LLMs does not exempt authors from their ethical and academic responsibility, particularly regarding the accuracy, originality, and intellectual property of the content. Any error, bias, or misuse arising from these tools is the sole responsibility of the authors.

Advertising Policy

RCIE is funded exclusively by the University of Huánuco through its editorial fund and corresponding academic units. Since it does not receive financial support from public or private companies, both the website and the digital versions of the journal remain free of external commercial advertising. The journal guarantees that no editorial or digital space will be used for advertising content unrelated to academic, scientific, or institutional activities.