This policy refers to control over publication ethics (see Code of Ethics and Good Editorial Practice). The Directorate of the Journal of Modern Languages (JML) will ensure that the editorial team and board, the reviewers and authors comply with the necessary ethical standards in the publication process.

To detect plagiarism, tools such as Turnitin®, from iParadigms, LLC, and search engines such as Google® are used. If self-plagiarism is found, the author will be notified to resolve the situation; If the author does not comply with the notification, the article will be rejected for publication. In the case of plagiarism, the proposal will be immediately rejected.

Authors are encouraged to read the Ethics Resources for Scientific Publications of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

As general provisions, it is established that:

All documents sent to the Revista de Lenguas Modernas must be original and unpublished; Furthermore, it should not have been sent simultaneously to another magazine.

With the submission, each author declares the originality and the assignment of the right of publication and non-commercial distribution in the RLM, guaranteeing that the text is original, is not plagiarized, is not self-plagiarized and has not been published in another digital medium or printed.

Verbatim citations or paraphrasing should be clearly distinguished from each author's own elaborations. For this, all the theoretical and methodological references duly referenced according to the latest edition of the Publications Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA) will be provided.

In research involving human beings, the privacy of individuals must be respected, including the confidentiality of their identities, and it will only be indicated that their informed consent was obtained.

The results must be presented clearly, honestly and without manipulating, falsifying or producing the data in an inadequate or false way.

The unpublished research methodology must be presented in a clear and unambiguous way, so that the results can be confirmed, analyzed and replicated by the scientific community.

Publications derived from a previous research project (thesis or second parts of a large study) must be clearly identified as such, recognizing the primary publication from which they arise and complying with the format of a scientific research article.