Ethical Guidelines - Editors
- Seek to constantly improve the Journal and meet the demands of authors and readers;
- Adopt practices that aim to ensure the quality of the journal;
- Defend free expression and maintain the integrity of the academic record, as well as prevent research that does not comply with the ethical standards recommended by the Research Ethics Committees (COPE, CONEP) from being published;
- In the case of research involving human beings or animals, check whether it contains an approval protocol by institutional Ethics Committees;
- Publish in the form of erratum possible corrections, clarifications, retractions, and acknowledgments of any errors committed, whenever necessary, including when conflicts of interest (financial, personal, professional) are identified. Each situation must be carefully evaluated by the editorial team, in contact with the authors, their institutions, and other parties, when applicable.
- Provide, when applicable, information on the journal's funding and encourage authors to do so concerning their research;
- Encourage accuracy, integrity, and clarity in publications;
- Ensure objective and impartial evaluations through a peer review process and care for confidentiality (cf. Flowchart);
- Submit manuscripts through the iThenticate plagiarism detection system. The tolerable percentage, considering the results of the plagiarism detection system, is 20% (disregarding citations). If plagiarism is detected, after analysis by the editors, the submission will be summarily rejected, the authors will be notified and, as a result, they may reformulate the article and submit it again. The publication of texts already published in scientific event proceedings or blogs will not be permitted (cf. Flowchart).
- Provide information about the entire publication process and a mechanism for authors to appeal decisions they consider inaccurate;
- To improve means of communication, review, debates, and post-publication retractions, the Journal makes available on its website its Facebook and Instagram profiles, through which it maintains contact with authors, readers, and the public;
- Not to interfere in decisions about submissions, unless a serious problem, such as those mentioned above, is identified (cf. Flowchart).