Code of Ethics

The Aquaciencia Journal is guided by the academic purposes of the University of El Salvador as established in Art. 3 of the Organic Law:

• Preserve, promote and disseminate science, art and culture.
• To form morally and intellectually qualified professionals to play their corresponding role in society, integrating the functions of teaching, research and social projection.
• To carry out philosophical, scientific, artistic and technological research of universal character, mainly on the Salvadoran and Central American reality.
• To promote, with a social-humanistic sense, the integral formation of the student.
  To contribute to the strengthening of the national identity and the development of its own culture, at the service of peace and freedom.
• Promote sustainability and the protection of natural resources and the environment.
• To foster among its students the ideal of unity of the Central American peoples.

The Code of Ethics of the University of El Salvador in its Art. 5 establishes the ethical values that should regulate the conduct of those who integrate the university corporation, which are:

Authenticity
1. Autonomy
2. Cooperation
3. Equity
4. Ethics
5. Excellence
6. Honesty
7. Innovation
8. Meritocracy
9. Relevance
10. Responsibility
11. Teamwork

In addition, the Aquaciencia Journal joins the ethical criteria infused by the regulation published by COPE https://publicationethics.org/core-practices because its practices are attached to ethics in the field of academic publications.