The Anuario del Centro de Investigación y Estudios Políticos has implemented measures to prevent and detect plagiarism in manuscripts submitted for publication. To this end, a protocol has been established to address suspected plagiarism cases, and the application "Turnitin" is used to detect it (https://ucr.turnitin.com/home/sign-in). Documents analyzed with Turnitin may not contain more than 20% similarity (except in cases that qualify as multiple, redundant, or concurrent publications, as per point XII), and all citations must mention the source, as explained in the Publication Guidelines.
In the event of plagiarism detection, the journal will proceed as follows: 1) the Editorial Board will present evidence to the author, 2) the accused author will have 10 days to present a response if they believe the resolution is unfounded, which will be re-analyzed by the Editorial Board; 3) if the Editorial Board rejects the article after this second analysis, the manuscript will be rejected. The author will be barred from resubmitting the article to the journal.

In this journal, we aim to avoid such situations, which is why we have outlined the following responsibilities for the participants in the publication process:

• Editors must adhere to the highest ethical standards in overseeing the publication process, ensuring that all reviews are fair and free from ethical bias. This implies that each article will be pre-reviewed by at least two reasonably qualified peers, and the editorial team will develop publication guidelines and policies (as outlined in this section) that provide proper guidance on handling plagiarism cases. Anuario CIEP reserves the right to seek additional peer reviewers if the evaluations received are of low quality.
• Authors must submit original and unpublished articles based on rigorous, transparent, and ethical research processes. To ensure this, Anuario CIEP requires the signing of a declaration of originality for each manuscript. By signing this declaration, the author assumes responsibility for the published research. Our Publication Guidelines require authors to refrain from submitting the manuscript simultaneously to other academic publications and to disclose any conflicts of interest related to the publication.
• All authors must clearly state where the funds for their research were obtained and whether the research originated from research projects, theses, or previous articles. They must also be willing to correct or retract their articles if the situation requires it.
• Reviewers must comment on the originality of the manuscripts they review and alert the Anuario editorial team in cases of redundant publications, fraud, or plagiarism. Reviewers should justify their observations and provide relevant, constructive feedback aimed at improving the quality of the manuscript. All reviewers must refrain from using the content of the manuscripts they are reviewing until the information is published.