The Revista de Filología of the University of La Laguna is firmly committed to the detection of different plagiarism practices. In particular, and following the recommendations expressed by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), special care is taken to ensure that the texts submitted are original and unpublished contributions, and that they have not been published partially or totally under any format of scientific dissemination. It also checks that ethical behavior is guaranteed during all stages of the editorial process, so that both the content and authorship of the original works are kept anonymous from their reception to the final stage of publication.

The submissions undergo an initial review phase, which is carried out by the Steering Committee with the advice of the expert members of the Editorial Board and the Scientific Advisory Board, who belong to different philological fields, in order to detect, if need be, the existence of partial or total coincidences that may be indicative of plagiarism. If it is proven that this fraudulent practice has been committed, the paper will be immediately rejected and the author will be informed of this serious circumstance. In case of doubt, the author will be urged to prove that no fraud has been committed, even if partially, in the writing of the paper; and, in any case, he/she will be urged to correct what has been pointed out and to send the article again so that it can be reviewed and the absence of plagiarism in the text is guaranteed.

That said, however, if once the article has been sent for evaluation any of the evaluators detects any such incidence, the appropriate inquiries will be conducted so that the journal's editorial team can make a final decision, of which the author of the article will be informed through the channels provided for in OJS.

Additionally, and as a supporting resource, the  Steering Committee uses the University's Turnitin corporative license.