RESEARCH ETHICS
Ethical principles for authors
- Participation: not accepting to be the author of an article to which you did not substantially contribute in its conception, design, data collection, analysis, data interpretation, writing/elaboration, critical review of the content and final approval of the version for submission and publication;
- Communication: communicate to the editorial team any inconsistencies, from omission/concealment of authorship, to details of the manuscript;
- Originality: authors must ensure that their work is original in its entirety and that the essential content of the manuscript has not been previously published;
- Citation: authors must ensure that any non-proprietary idea present in their articles is properly cited and referenced, as the opposite characterizes plagiarism, an unacceptable practice;
- Verisimilitude: authors must guarantee that the information included in the body of the text is true;
- Reporting standard: research must have its steps thoroughly described to enable replication;
- Single publication: the author must guarantee that the manuscript to be published is not in the active process of publication in other journals;
- Transparency: disclose possible financial or material conflicts of interest;
- Notification: notify the editorial team when you find significant errors/inaccuracies in your work during the editing process or after publication.
Ethical principles for evaluators
- Self-assessment: self-questioning about the level of mastery of the area that covers the manuscript to be evaluated;
- Punctuality: notification in cases of impossibility of evaluating the manuscript or impossibility of meeting the requested deadline;
- Confidentiality: non-disclosure of the manuscript beyond those involved in the editorial process;
- Recognition: recognition and description of basic bibliography not used as a source of evaluated manuscripts and of non-authorial ideas not correctly referenced;
- Non-evaluation: do not consider evaluating articles that present conflicts of interest or competition;
- Non-disclosure: of unpublished content without due authorization from the author/s;
- Competence: standard of clear and thorough comments, despite being objective;
- Non-identification: evaluate only anonymous manuscripts;
- Non-communication: do not communicate directly with the authors without authorization from the editorial team;
- Commitment: notify any suspected ethical violations or irregularities;
- Anti-plagiarism: report signs of plagiarism;
- Publication: always provide constructive evaluation that encourages the author to publish their article;
- Specificity: be specific in your criticism, although objective;
- Veracity: provide honest, frank, unambiguous feedback on the manuscript to support your recommendation;
- Identity: respect the author’s language and style, within the observed parameters;
- Scientific validation: Suggestions must be based on valid academic/scientific reasons.
Ethical Principles for Editors
- Decision: decide the fate of submitted manuscripts according to scientific and ethical parameters;
- Impartiality: evaluation based strictly on the intellectual content of the manuscripts, without any distinction in the treatment between authors;
- Confidentiality: non-disclosure of the manuscript beyond those involved in the editorial process;
- Non-evaluation: in cases that present conflicts of interest;
- Non-disclosure: unpublished content without explicit authorization from the author/s;
- Investigation: investigation into cases of ethical complaints regarding submitted or published manuscripts;
- Verification: checking for copyright infringement, plagiarism, legal requirements and defamation;
- Guarantee: guarantee the maintenance of scientific knowledge after the decision to publish;
- Legality: check/contact authors, in case of doubts about the legislation that governs the place where the research was carried out;
- Specificity: be specific in your criticism, yet objective.
Fonte: Editora Ibero-Americana (2024).
