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Author Guidelines

The Prospherus Scientific Journal maintains a permanent call for the submission of original, previously unpublished manuscripts. The Editorial Team conducts a preliminary assessment of each submission to verify its alignment with the journal's focus, scope, and quality standards. Works approved at this initial stage are forwarded to blind review by external experts under a double-blind system, who determine whether the work is accepted, revised, or rejected.

The author team must ensure that formal permission has been obtained for any third-party material included in the text (images, maps, figures, or datasets). Submission implies that all listed researchers explicitly consent to their co-authorship and retain their intellectual property rights without restriction, accepting the journal's licensing regime: the historical archive published through 2026 is distributed under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license, while articles accepted for upcoming volumes from 2027 onward will adopt the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

When the nature of the study requires it, authors must certify that the protocol has been approved by an institutional research ethics committee (IRB or equivalent), in accordance with the international standards of the Declaration of Helsinki and the ICMJE Recommendations. The Editorial Committee reserves the right to promptly reject manuscripts that do not meet basic methodological guidelines, conceptual clarity, or structural consistency in the research design. The title should be concise, and the abstract should be structured to stand on its own (describing objectives, methodology, key results, and conclusions) to facilitate international indexing.

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must strictly meet the following requirements before starting the process, confirming that:

  1. The manuscript strictly adheres to the formatting, length, structure, and citation criteria detailed in the Author Guidelines.
  2. The work is rigorously original and previously unpublished, has not been published in whole or in part in any other scientific publication, and is not under simultaneous review by any other journal.
  3. The bibliographic references have been thoroughly verified to ensure their technical accuracy, consistency, and the correct inclusion of their respective active DOI links.
  4. Tables, figures, charts, and maps are inserted within the body of the text, numbered consecutively, clearly titled, and accompanied by their corresponding original sources.
  5. The necessary usage licenses or written authorizations for the public reproduction of materials protected by third-party property rights are available.
  6. The author team agrees that the manuscript will be distributed under the journal's Diamond Open Access schemes: the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license for volumes through 2026, and the CC BY-NC 4.0 license for volumes published from 2027 onward.

Articles

At PROSPERUS, research ethics is a fundamental principle. All studies involving human or animal subjects must comply with recognized international standards. Authors must:

• Obtain and document informed consent from participants.

• Obtain approval from a Research Ethics Committee (IRB) or equivalent body.

• Guarantee the confidentiality and anonymity of subjects at all stages of the study.

• Implement additional safeguards for vulnerable populations.

 


We align ourselves with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki.

We also adhere to the Recommendations of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE)


For randomized clinical trials, authors must comply with:

• Registration on ClinicalTrials.gov

Copyright Notice

By formalizing a submission to the Prospherus Scientific Journal, the author team agrees to the following copyright and licensing terms:

Authors retain their intellectual property rights (copyright) without any restriction and grant the journal the right of first publication of the work. The distribution of the journal's content is governed by a Diamond Open Access model and adopts a transparent temporary transition scheme:

  1. Articles published in volumes corresponding to the year 2026 and earlier: These are distributed under the international Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 license (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). This license allows third parties to download and share the work while crediting the original authorship, but explicitly prohibits its commercial exploitation and the creation of modified versions or derivative works.
  2. Articles accepted and assigned to volumes from 2027 onward: These will be distributed under the international Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 license (CC BY-NC 4.0). This license allows the global scientific community to read, download, copy, distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the work for non-commercial purposes, provided that appropriate credit is given to the original authorship and to the journal as the primary source of publication.

Authors retain the right to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the published version of the article (for example, depositing it in an institutional or subject repository, or on a personal website), provided that explicit mention is made and a permanent link (DOI) to the original publication in this journal is included.

Privacy Statement

Privacy Statement and Data Protection

The Prospherus Scientific Journal establishes a strict institutional commitment to the security, confidentiality, and protection of the personal data provided by authors, reviewers, editors, and users. The processing of information collected on the OJS platform is governed by principles of necessity, transparency, and compliance with international regulations.

Purpose of Processing

The collection of metadata (names, institutional affiliations, ORCID records, and email addresses) is restricted to the scope of editorial management. It is intended for submission communication, peer review, and indexing in global repositories (Crossref, Dialnet, Latindex) for proper scientific attribution.

Restriction and Non-Disclosure

Personal data collected will not be transferred, sold, or disclosed to third parties outside the journal's regulated scientific activity. The editorial board and the external reviewer committee assume a binding obligation of confidentiality regarding the manuscripts and data assigned to them.

Rights of Data Subjects

In accordance with global data protection regulations, the platform guarantees the full exercise of the rights of access, rectification, cancellation, and objection regarding registered data. Users retain the legal right to:

  • Access and Review: Verify the status and accuracy of the personal data stored in the OJS system.
  • Rectification: Correct, update, or complete institutional affiliations or other scientific identifiers at any stage of the workflow.
  • Cancellation and Erasure: Request the deletion of records from the database once they are no longer required for the editorial purposes of the publication.
  • Objection: Legitimately deny or revoke the secondary processing of their contact information.

Requests to exercise these rights are formally handled through direct notification to the technical and official correspondence channels listed on the journal's institutional portal.